Rene Gagnon

Eleven

Posted: May 22, 2008

I created these by hand tagging the name of every person that lost their life on 9/11. In a style reminicent of my work from about 8 years ago in black, white or silver, and on and on with the layering... By no way does this mock up reveal the saturation of writting. I had one of my students make this mock up of how I envision the experience. Each tower is made up of 3 canvases, 6 feet X 6 feet - so over all each tower is 6 feet wide X 18 feet high X 4 inches deep. I am never going to reveal detailed photos of this piece, someone is going to have to trust me on this one. I've only had the opportunity to assemble it once, and it was a pretty heavy experience for me.

Black & Pink Kick

Posted: May 12, 2008

Funny how things progress. Couple of weeks ago I received a request to do a black and pink combo on a canvas. Now I can't stop using the damn color combo. I'm on a spring cleaning kick at the studio, this is where I "try" to exhaust all the old paste ups and crap to make way for new stuff. It makes for some real fun. I love looking at these later and finding all the hidden treasures in the surface.

HEY BANK$Y.

Posted: May 10, 2008

Make No Mistake.

Posted: April 19, 2008

As most of my supporters and fans know I've been a bit busy lately making prints and limited edition canvas series with some of my more representational imagery. Which is all fine and dandy because it's giving be some cash to put back into my work (and get out of debt) but at times it does stifle my creative juices. Finding the balance between making money and "flipping out" on canvas is tricky because sometimes you get side tracked and find yourself in a frenzy trying to crank out the next best thing that will sell, which is something I tried getting away from when I painted "Birth of the Forth Valley". I guess it's a vicous circle no artist can escape. But MAKE NO MISTAKE, the blurry guy you see below is who I am.

Back to Basics.

Posted: March 8, 2008

This morning I noticed this beautiful crack in the sidewalk and realized I'm not going to able to do this forever. It sucks that theres a number that exists out there that defines just how many pieces the world will see from me. So today I got back to basics.

Show Photos - OUTSIDE/INSIDE - Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art

Posted: March 6, 2008

Click the first photo to see photos from the show. Click the second photo to view the artwork from the show. I also want to thank Seth & Elisa Carmichael for the opportunity to be part of this show. Hope to work with them again.

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