tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240335952024-03-05T08:37:10.610-05:00Art MonkeyA visual blog, showcasing my ongoing work in painting, drawing, and photography.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comBlogger429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-21209436443980985322019-07-26T11:45:00.002-04:002019-07-26T11:46:41.583-04:00yep, @eric.farache on INSTAGRAMArt Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-37497113393785669292016-03-23T16:23:00.001-04:002016-03-23T16:23:34.178-04:00MonoprintNeed to reframe this
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-73296604896253708562016-01-20T13:46:00.001-05:002016-01-20T13:46:33.814-05:00Another page, another sketchWaited for 15 minutes on the Broadview streetcar before it left, I started sketching this guy and he ended up running out and getting a different streetcar that left sooner, I could not figure out when the next ones but it gave me time to sketch, when he left I noticed he was wearing slippers. Slippers: for a comfy night.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-953739000016835062016-01-20T13:43:00.000-05:002016-01-20T13:43:25.644-05:00Sketches from TTC
A rare night out and coming home on the TTC to see the people going about their biz. So many headphones.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-78242271235552139902015-07-09T16:51:00.002-04:002015-07-09T16:51:58.020-04:00The BeachI hung this picture up at Rooster in the East End if you are around Broadview and need a coffee and to look at a picture of a beach in black and white.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-34436687039170341252015-07-09T16:37:00.001-04:002015-07-09T16:37:31.450-04:00Sketches for New Graphic Novella StoryI say new story but really this has been plopping around in my head since about 2003?
Well, lets just say that it is definitely after Nelly's seminal 2002 hit, "(its getting) Hot in herre"
So with that non sequitur in mind, here is the video
But enough of that.
This story is about seeing photographs of Lee Millar at the Getty Museum. Basically, being the best at anything she touched, Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-28672433309465987362015-05-19T13:59:00.001-04:002015-05-19T13:59:42.952-04:00Airport Cafe
Again with the waiting, this time waiting on a plane.
Love playing with a fat tipped marker, lots of edges to draw with especially when you have the right kind of paper.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-91502486512513437812015-05-19T13:55:00.001-04:002015-05-19T13:55:27.034-04:00Waiting Room
I saw these people about a month back, would have preferred to use the inkling digital file to post but the dang thing doesn't work, I had to order a new battery...we shall see.
looking at this now my interest in drawing the central character exaggerated her scale. I really liked the way that guy on the left was leaning back, he looked like he should be on a porch somewhere- like he had been Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-35190213388680274152015-05-13T12:00:00.000-04:002015-05-13T12:00:12.735-04:00Throng of men at the AirportThese guys looked like they were having a last meal together, definitely the end of a trip or an experience together, all seemed a bit worn around the edges.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-65001510985836667602015-05-13T11:00:00.000-04:002015-05-13T11:00:04.117-04:00Automatic TV Sketching
I was watching Annie Hall, haven't really seen it in years-the movie depressed me more than anything else.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-3399838864430135082015-05-13T10:00:00.000-04:002015-05-13T10:00:05.321-04:00After much stress, drawings from AtlantaA simple thought: I'm up why not scan some sketchbook drawings.
Foolish idea.
As it turns out, if its 4 in the morning and the scanner isn't working, you really are lacking the capacity to trouble shoot the thing.
Or you can, but it will take you to almost 6am.
I digress, here is a picture of my brother working on some files in Atlanta in April
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-37753832345703400692015-04-24T10:00:00.000-04:002015-04-24T10:00:04.370-04:00Cold Phone CheckArt Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-31989819897502658562015-04-23T10:00:00.000-04:002015-04-23T10:00:08.158-04:00February 27th, 2015
Quick sketch of woman slumped in the subway for warmth. Bloor Line...is this line 2 now?Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-63550543248938825272015-04-22T10:00:00.000-04:002015-04-22T10:00:02.606-04:00Multi-coloured cold coffee drinkers
With the relative warmth of early spring these people look so incredibly bundled...especially if you consider that they were indoors. Again, with the Faber-Castell markers. But the paper is too rough so you can just feel the nib of the marker being needlessly destroyed by the paper's tooth. I know, use a different sketchbook, but whatever it was there.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-24957448198935058182015-04-21T15:02:00.001-04:002015-04-21T15:02:17.706-04:00Sketching on the Street Car
I was drawing a few months back some afternoon on the College Streetcar. I have had this tiny sketchbook since 2007, I think it is a DeSerres. I use it, misplace it, forget it, find it, get annoyed with the paper quality and do some drawings in it.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-3123770084555119252015-04-21T14:21:00.000-04:002015-04-21T14:21:20.328-04:00Late February Sketch
I was holding this mini sketchbook while waiting for a prescription, just noticed how many products line the shelves at your typical Shoppers, it is crazy. Also, there is a sale on Immodium... i'm thinking when you need that stuff, you gonna buy, sale or not.Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-4724846754783202232015-02-26T03:04:00.001-05:002015-02-26T03:04:11.759-05:00English PortraitJust found this on the Tate Website, the damn thing is beautiful.
Not sure who this long dead man reminds me of but for some reason, it looks fascinating and in its own way, utterly modern.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-8888584092635400772015-01-05T14:30:00.000-05:002015-01-05T14:30:49.134-05:00Upcoming ExhibitionSlowly getting myself ready for some new/old work to be put on display, details to follow.
Here is a sample: 10 years of sketches made in the Cabbagetown neighbourhood where my studio is located.
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-56358626977480991052014-12-09T22:57:00.002-05:002014-12-09T22:57:50.748-05:00CIA Report With this damning CIA report, I thought I would go through the archive and find some images of the Bush admin.
I did a couple of images for an imagined Tarot card deck that had W.Bush as the fool walking off the edge into Iraq. You have Gitmo as the Tower card, incorrectly I made Rumsfeld the devil card and Cheney the Hermit, based on the way he was always hidden from view like the Emperor in Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-24468737704604858482014-09-07T22:44:00.000-04:002014-09-07T22:44:33.090-04:00Japanese Cultural Centre TorontoLocated on Bloor street, the Japanese Cultural Centre has a library and is close to the ROM. They have rotating art shows and have something to check out. I was there recently and although I was let down that the prints on display were not real woodcuts but poor digital copies, I found they had selected some interesting monster images and made some sketches all the same.
I love the weirdness Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-83485668795398495122014-09-03T23:42:00.000-04:002014-09-03T23:42:25.159-04:00Urban Architecture Circa 1997
This is a drawing I gave a friend of mine back in 1997 before I drove around North America for 3 months. Back then, as I am still, I was very interested in old buildings, disused buildings and the way that light would play on them.
I lived in the area of Queen and Sherbourne and it was a lot rougher then, most everything was derelict (please no Zoolander references) and even the hoarding that Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-88020741114283717302014-08-22T07:04:00.001-04:002014-08-22T07:04:23.506-04:00Out Drawing on Bloor Street Before Getting SoakedAs always, a long pause from making posts, and never a great reason except the drawings and art making are few and far between.
Anyhoo, here are a few drawings I made the other night at Mark Laliberte's art hootenany held at the Rustic Owl over by Bloor and Dovercourt.
The last time I did any drawing I was interested in making marks on old paper so I tried that with this old cerlox bound Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-25589089834110747172014-03-31T13:45:00.001-04:002014-03-31T13:45:41.937-04:00Sketches from Creative Writing course this past summerThe summer seems so far away, and yet there was a time I rode my bike without a jacket to UofT for a terrific writing course for Graphic Novels, by Toronto based artist, Willow Dawson.
The class was amazing, the variety of what people were doing was so great, and I still had some time to do some stylized drawings...
Please check out Willow Dawson's website, she is about to launch Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-11681637559843961222014-03-05T17:11:00.001-05:002014-03-05T17:11:29.307-05:00Social Media DarlingHere is a Little Shot that Olex sent me after the artist project.
Look at this kid! If I held Annie the whole time I am certain more people would have stopped by the booth.
Thanks Olex and Danaka for coming by the booth and for sending me this great shot!
Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24033595.post-37878595509071716082014-03-02T16:53:00.001-05:002014-03-05T16:59:16.536-05:00Found Some Drawings From 2006Trying to clear out some junk, and you know with me that is a major feat. But as they say, live in hope.
I tried to clear some stuff from the file cabinet and came across this pamphlet from 2006 when I was in London, UK. I went to White Chapel gallery which is at the end of Brick Lane, an incredible immigrant portion of London.
These drawings were made on the tube and I must have been passing Art Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02275958003956719884noreply@blogger.com