Marcel Dzama
Let’s see how many Canadians I can post in a row (I forgot to mention Jessica Fortner is from Toronto). Below are paintings by Marcel Dzama, who is originally from Winnipeg and now lives in New York.
My first exposure to Dzama’s work was the album art for Beck’s Guero (love that album – Farewell Ride anyone?) and I immediately found something about his imagery really unsettling – it was like seeing a Goya painting for the first time.
Jessica Fortner
Jessica Fortner builds sculptures and photographs them to create her illustrations. She offers a nice peek into her process here.
Delphine Courtillot
Love these paintings by Delphine Courtillot. I learned from her bio that she was born in France and studied at the same school I attended, here in Vancouver.
Richard Barnes
Murmur, a fantastic series of photographs by Richard Barnes.
I once captured a similar flock of birds flying above a hotel near my house with my video camera. They swarmed around and formed a perfect circle, and then broke off into two separate ghost-like shapes revolving around each other. Eventually they all landed in one really small tree. It was amazing. I found that tape earlier this year, and half of what I just described had been taped over.
Courtney Reagor
Love these illustrations from Courtney Reagor’s sketchbook. I found her work after she left a comment on a recent post, so just a bit of proof that I do read all your comments and visit your links.
















