Compacts in Westmount Square.

Westmount Square is a Mies van der Rohe building and as such it is an imposing and cold modernist structure that is also a symbol of wealth in Montreal (it is an expensive place to live). I wanted to show this little collection of mirrors surrounded by marble with the idea that it's not the kind of place you go without checking yourself in the mirror a few times, a place where image is everything. I don't know if it really worked out, it's a bit flat, and not so dynamic an image in the end, but I'm glad I made it.

Eyeshadow and Lipstick. The most formal of this series thus far. Exploring the decorative nature of makeup.

Swimsuits, from the Feminine Interventions series

The two print sale/auctions that I am part of are finishing soon:

First there is the Daniel Cooney Fine Art auction in which I have a print from my Domestic Interventions series and that ends this Thursday, Feb 4th, so go visit and bid often!

Then there is the print sale that is raising money for Haitian Relief (specifically for Doctors Without Borders, who will get 100% of the profits), this sale will end Feb 10th and there are still many great prints available. In this sale we have raised just under $10 000! Quite amazing, and I am so proud to be a part of it!

Bobby pins

This one really needs to be seen in person (30x30 inch print). It doesn't translate so well in small jpg.

Heels

After making the Nylons image a peer of mine turned me on to the work of the Brasilian artist Ernesto Neto. His installations are amazing!

Nylons

At the end of the summer my intervention work started to take a new turn and that all began with this image. I became interested in materials associated with femininity, beauty and how women use so many products for the purpose of beauty enhancement. And so I started working with these kinds of materials in order to reexamine and understand them. My constructions remained formal in composition and this decorative element made sense to me since I was dealing with the largest industry of decoration. I'll share more images from the "Feminine Interventions" series this week.

For today: Derick Melander's use of belts.