⚙︎ Ephemeral Museum

These artworks are very dear to me…

I draw and create with my children, enabling and following their inquiry. We encapsulate the fleeting moments into tangible and collaborative artworks. In turn, this collection has grown into a figurative museum. It hosts an evolving visual language, one that holds aesthetic truth.

You are invited to view this virtual exhibition.

Process
The processes have included: scaled-up proportion, applying colour, creating books/zines, transferring onto stronger materials, framing work with museum-quality glass, and digital applications. Each purposeful application places value on the original marks.

Uurrrgllle! (left)
pencil crayon, transparent paper, acrylic, and glaze on canvas
20 x 20 cm
2021

Untitled (right)
pencil crayon, transparent paper, acrylic, and glaze on canvas
40 x 40 cm
2021

Maker Space Makings
up-cycled materials (plastic, paper, string), hot glue, and duct tape
2020 – present

Farts and Social Distancing (An Analogy for Social Distancing)
ink and paper collage on paper
printed zine, a limited number of 50
10.5 x 14.8 cm
2021

Knights against Knights
acrylic, gouache, ink, and paper on paper
49 x 55 cm (75 x 55 cm with frame)
2017 – 2018

Realm of Monsters
watercolour, ink, and acrylic on paper
92 x 62 cm
2017 – 2018

The Walk to the End of the Earth
liquid watercolour, masking, ink, tape, pencil crayon, paper, gouache, & wax paper
61 x 22.5 cm (70 x 30.5 cm with paper casing)
2017

Evil Birthday
pencil, pencil crayon, acrylic, & gouache on canvas
30 x 30 cm
2016

The Lightening Guys
Small print run, Stitched binding
Spot-painted cover, “Self approved” gold sticker
15 x 21 cm
2016

Strong Bullet
four shapes, three of each
paper on paper
50 x 50 cm

Process: Child-led inquiry
The child asked for paper, to cut up and such up with the vacuum cleaner.
“I was feeding the paper to the scissor.” He then slowly sucked up each piece with the vacuum, while closely observing them. As he cut the last three sheets of paper, four shapes remained (three of each). He arranged them on the dark coffee table in the exact composition as below and named the character “Strong Bullet”.