Moss St. Paint-In 2010

Thanks to all who made it out to visit the Woodpile on a very fine Saturday on Moss St. Plenty of conversation and well wishes made the day go by as fast as ever.

A lot of kids seemed pretty excited about parts of this years structure, except for the girl in face paint who was clearly having none of it.

Air to the Thrown

Art opening at the Phillips Brewing Co. Gallery. Thursday June 3rd, 6-8pm.
The work will be up for the entire month of June. Hope to see you at the taps.

The Journey - Woodpile Art Drop photos

At long last the Journey is over. Our friends Tyson & Cloe at Driven To Sustain have been on a cross-continent tour driving their Alt-fuel/Vegi oil powered van. During their tour they attained the world record in distance traveled on alternative fuel. This was a by-product of their goal to inspire others & educate themselves in regards to living sustainably. Also on this journey they agreed to help out the Woodpile collective by droping pieces of our artwork across the continent as they went. The choice was up to them where they dropped the 8 paintings. The photos below show the works and where they were left for the next person to find. See the last posting for the map.

Art Drop #1 - Joshua Tree, California, USA

Art Drop #2 Leadington, Missouri USA

Art Drop #3 - Upstate New York, New York USA

Art Drop # 4 - Chicago, Illinois USA

Art Drop #5 - Toronto, Ontario Canada

Art Drop #6 - Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada

Art Drop #7 - Landmark, Manitoba Canada

Art Drop #8 - Great Slave Lake, NWT Canada

The Journey - Woodpile Art Drops Map

Here are the locations of the "Journey" Art Drops in North America


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Deluge Gallery - RPM 2010

RPM: The Lost Art of LP Covers - A fundraising show and sale

May 21 to June 5, 2010 Opening Friday, May 21, 7 to 10pm
Deluge Contemporary Art 636 Yates Street, Victoria
Exhibition Hours: Wed to Sat, 12 to 5 pm

RPM features the work of 50+ local, national and international emerging and established artists employing a variety of concepts to interpret this endangered species in a wide range of media. These creations will go on sale to the public for $45 each at the the gala opening on Friday, May 21st. The exhibition and sale continues through Saturday, June 5th.

Collective Silhouette

Thanks to Musica Intima for inviting the Woodpile to be a part of their recent "Silhouette" production at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC.

Our work found a very scenic backdrop on Sunday and those in attendance ( including we 3 ) were awed by the performance. Thanks for having us guys and here's to more collaborative works in the future. 

www.musicaintima.org

And the Time Passes Somehow

Artists in the video may be slower than they appear.

Creator of the Creator - Cabin Session

The Woodpile's Audio counterpart

A new Creator of the Creator album is now in the midst of cutting and pasting.

Some new technology and the same old venue and friends made for
mighty fine times this year. A few pics above from our good friend
Ben Moore add a nice visual angle to the WP's audio adventures.

Unfinished and In Progress

As the air chills, the canvas keeps us warm.

A few little details of some paintings that are being worked on at the moment. Some feel near the end of their journey, others are just packing their things.

Gallery visitors

I Dropped by the Boucherat Gallery to hook up with some friends and found a few more! Amy & Ryan were there of http://www.anteism.com/. Harley Smart was back in town visiting from Montreal. Darren Heise was staying with me, visiting from Ontario and Mr. Ben Tour came by for a visit fresh from the Sunshine Coast. I gave a quick guided tour of the show and then we crashed the Phillips Brewing Co."Monday Meeting" for a few pints.

The opening and re-visits

Thanks everyone for coming out to the opening of our new show titled funnily enough "knew".
Friday night was amazing, with so many familiar faces and many new ones as well. Plenty of beers went down and a great time was had by all that attended. The words of praise were appreciated and so were the purchases ( Thanks all of you!) Thanks to Bill & Kirsten of the Boucherat Gallery for handling the crowd and the monetary exchanges. One additional note,
if you plan on visiting the gallery to see our show, the show takes place on two floors. The ground floor is the main gallery and is sat by staff regularily. The upstairs portion of our show, you may need to ask to view as it is sometimes difficult to keep it open due to staffing issues. Be sure to see it all as we would hate for you to miss out on the whole experience.

Cheers. -The Woodpile.

The knew show