My sister JasmineI have been making paintings of my sister jasmine for the past four years. These paintings, mostly plaster hybrids, are part of our ongoing collaboration. I call it a collaboration because with Jasmine I have realized to what extent the character, or even mood, of the model is the expression of my painting and it is something I can only express when I am offered the time to observe and paint. I cannot make up her spirit without her there to share it with me. She lets me look upon her and describe what I see and feel without impediment and this in turn allows me to make paintings that express a spirit, her spirit, which is beyond my understanding. Jasmine and I made a book together in 2008 with Jasmine's poems alongside my paintings of her sleeping and resting. It is called Outside the Garden and can be ordered from here. The paintings from the book were exhibited in Montreal in 2008 and Jasmine slept and performed her poems in a brass bed during the opening of that exhibit. You can see a short video of her performance over here. |
Eden Within, oil on plaster, 2008, 48x40cm (with plaster frame-see photo in plaster hybrids page) |
Leaving, oil on sculpted plaster, 2007, 31x25cm |
Eve wanted God, oil on plaster, 31x25cm, 2007 |
The exhibit "Outside the Garden with Jasmine sleeping, Exhibition photograph, Galerie Pangée, 2008 |
Jasmine (space ship), oil on mylar, 2010, 40x50cm |
Jasmine in the schoolhouse, oil on paper, 2010, 37x43cm |
Silence, oil on plaster, 2007, 31x25cm |
Jasmine in the Braemare House, oil on plaster, 2008, 63x78cm |
photograph of Jasmine's performance reading aloud from our book of paintings and poems during the Exhibit "Outside the Garden" at the galerie Pan |
My sister and I, oil on plaster, 2007, 31x25cm |
Not seen to sight, oil on plaster, 2007, 21x24cm |
The All of It, oil on plaster, 31x25cm,2007 |
With Adam, oil on plaster, 2007, 35x28cm |
For my Father, oil on plaster, 2007, 16x21cm |
Outside the Garden, oil on projecting plaster, 2008, 21x24cm |
Open Rooms, oil on plaster, 2007, 31x25cm |
