Death of an Artist Collection
Death of an Artist Collection
It's What's on the Inside That Counts
Death of an Artist This is the first collage on abstract piece. Originally these panels were not meant to be works of art. They were meant to be a story that gave the viewer...
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts
Death of an Artist Limited Edition Hoodie Price: $95 CAD + tax Fit: Unisex Fabric: 100% polyester, soft-touch performance blend Origin: Locally sourced Pickup Only: Pre-order...
There Is a Clear Message in the Appearance of Chaos - Allow Yourself to See It
Death of an Artist The vial in the painting denotes a "spill" and the abstract appears to most as chaos or mess. Some can see the pattern or choices in colour, tone and...
Somewhere in All That Ink Is the Novel That You Should Have Published
Death of an Artist The splatter ink is a variety of drops, drips, and pools of ink. The artist has long been an author and has written several books without attempting to...
How Will I Be Remembered, Will Anyone Hear My Voice
Death of an Artist The colours are calm and plaintive or contemplative tones. The first layer is an abstract mountain scene and the second and third layers are abstractions....
It's When You See the Unbelievable That It Hits You
Death of an Artist The image depicts moments during, moments before, and moments after something unusual happening in life. Some of these "unbelievable" things will be...
I Lived My Life in Those Years, I Forget the Rest
Death of an Artist The images represent periods of normal life scenes with a mix of distorted images that represent times when an individual's path or general life is...
If I Only Painted Birch Trees or Portraits, Life Would Be Grand
Death of an Artist The choices we make in life define us and can limit us. This title is a reflection of the artist's experience choosing to be an abstract painter. Having...
Everything You Think Has One Common Denominator
Death of an Artist The figures and cartoon images represent age and wisdom tempered by the cartoons pointing out our imperfection and ability to recognize our own weaknesses...
Trying to Hold Onto Something That Let Go of You a Long Time Ago
Death of an Artist The image is a mixture of youth, pop references, sports, and figures in business attire doing non-business related activities. It reflects the human...
Trying to Find Yourself in the Doing
Trying to Find Yourself in the Doing Death of an Artist The figures are all working in a variety of industries using a variety of tools in roles from artistic to technical....
Most of Us Can't Work a Toaster
Death of an Artist The image represents humanity's amazing engineering and technological advancements, set in a space setting. While some of the figures marvel at the...
If I Only Stuck to That Which I Am Capable I Would Accomplish Very Little
If I Only Stuck to That Which I Am Capable I Would Accomplish Very Little Death of an Artist The image has elements of youth that represent the barriers and growth we all...
My Take on Being in an Angry, Beautiful, Hopeful, Dismal New World (the Step Toward Being Different)
Death of an Artist This first piece for Death of an Artist explores my thoughts and feelings about identity, past leadership, and turning the camera on ourselves while...
Most of Us Can't Work a Toaster
Death of an Artist Limited Edition Hoodie Price: $95 CAD + tax Fit: Unisex Fabric: 100% polyester, soft-touch performance blend Origin: Locally sourced Pickup Only: Pre-order...
It Is All Chance or Destiny and Our Wayward Steps Are Best Planted Without Too Much Calculation
Death of an Artist During moments of deep questioning, it can be difficult to see that choices have outcomes. Especially if your lived experience does not align with that...
Something Tells Me Things Can Be Different
Death of an Artist The abstract is a reflection of older methods used by the artist, but with a single collage piece that the artist believes is a good visual representation...
Embracing A Plan You Can'T See Or Understand
Death of an Artist This image is deeply personal. Both the abstract and the collage elements are in the DNA of the artist. It is something I do not want to explain. It says...
I Have Always Found The Palette More Interesting Than The Painting
Death of an Artist Here's my copy edited version: The title is a reference to the way the artist lives. A blank canvas, the creation of complex plans, and the daily grind of...
When You Go Away And Realize That No One Realized
Death of an Artist The cracks in the image are purposeful to portray the wounds we feel when we believe that we are unnoticed, not valued, or not recognized. The human images...
Imperfection Is Beautiful, Some Would Argue, Its Where We Derive It
Death of an Artist There is a great deal of alchemy in abstract art. As a practice, there is a great deal of material mixing and even chemistry that comes into play. Look at...
I Can No Longer Afford To Travel Due To An Excess Of Invisible Baggage
Death of an Artist Some of this panel has been left as plain wood. As we grow older we become layered by our life experiences. Some have hundreds of layers and some choose...
Those Who I Admire, Those Who I Aspire, Those Whom I Am Told I Inspire
Death of an Artist This is a simple image. As humans we have goals, we have work to sustain ourselves, we have relationships, and we can be both solitary and social...
It Took An Abundance Of Courage To Leap. The Path Only Appeared As I Fell Down
Death of an Artist Risk is all around us and so are signs. Do we trust our decisions and are we able to see the signs? Some decisions are massive. They have consequences that...
That Which You Cannot Reform Is Best to Endure
Death of an Artist What do you see here? This piece is different from the others - can you spot how it is different? The best way to understand this piece is to compare it or...
There Has Never Been A Shortage Of Bad Ideas
Death of an Artist This was a piece that was almost abandoned at several points because it was taking a great deal of time to form. The paint took a long time to fully cure...
I Was Struck By The Exhaustion Of Being Useful, Of Having An Abundance Of Utility
This is one of the only mainly abstract pieces in this size. The title appears in the form of a handwritten note. It is the closest true representation to the artist's...
Life Was An Aria, Dozens Of Scores, Hundreds Of Notations, And A Full Orchestra. Too Bad I Don'T Read Sheet Music
Death of an Artist The story of Achilles is a common tale. This is a second image where a container spilled on canvas represents the start of life creating a colourful image....
If This Doesn't Look Like A Tree To Everyone Else It's No Wonder I Can't Navigate The Forest
Death of an Artist This is the first fully abstract piece. This piece was created over a drawing of a large oak tree. The movement, areas of dark brown in the under painting...
When I Grew Up I Became Someone Else
Death of an Artist Youth, childhood, facial expressions, and a collage of words that the brain can read and fill in the blanks of missing words that tell a story. Canvas &...
Carrying The Weight On An Answer That No One Understands
Death of an Artist This piece is about looking yourself in the mirror and understanding what you wanted out of life versus the life you have lived. It is about those who...
Creativity Is the Universal Thing We Allow Ourselves to Be Talked Out of
Death of an Artist This piece is about looking yourself in the mirror and understanding what you wanted out of life versus the life you have lived. It is about those who...
How Is This A World I Was Blind To
Death of an Artist This can be read several ways. It is important for the viewer to try to find a path to a meaningful message on their own. For the artist it is about life...
I Am The Greatest World Champion Prize Fighter, But I Failed To Find The Right Ring
Death of an Artist There is the ideal we all seek and the reality we find. The images attempt to show a variety of expressions and humans in their chosen elements. Some of...
The Path To Become Everyone Else Is Free And Easy. I've Paid the Price Of Admission to Become Myself
Death of an Artist This image bears some lyrics from one of the artist's favorite musical groups. The lyrics are more recent, but the group was often playing as a soundtrack...
God Forbid You Use Tools That Saddle You With Premature Sheen
Death of an Artist This series has several pieces of collage taken from a book on graffiti artists. This piece was inspired by those artists. This is an homage to graffiti...
I Cannot Read A Crystal Ball, But I Can Read The Writing On The Wall
Death of an Artist This is one of the final pieces to be viewed in the show. This is not only an art piece that expresses the artist's uncertainty about his future, but it...
Using Too Many Words Awkwardly May Lead You To Believe I Am Not In Control - I Am
Death of an Artist The artist was going to add more collage to this piece, but a couple of things converged that made him feel it was complete. Firstly, there is a good...
I Always Wanted To Be An Interesting Person, I Never Achieved That
Death of an Artist Life has mountains to climb and barriers to overcome. We can be religious, be spiritual, or choose to believe in the universe. In a worst case scenario we...
Still Life, Will Hold the Moments You Long for
Death of an Artist This piece is about aging and having the privilege of carrying good memories. Moments you would like to relive. This image is abstract, but look closely at...
My Anthropic Principle Is More About Aesthetics Than Utility
Death of an Artist There are many messages in this image. The only one I will point out is the figure of the male form within the well-fitted suit. This figure appears in 3...
I've Never Heard More Voices Yet Felt More Alone
Death of an Artist This image has a central character behind an easel. This is from a Norman Rockwell painting. As the artist created this show he worked from 8pm until 3 am....
You Be The Constant And I'Ll Be The Moment Of Doubt
Death of an Artist This collage features images of people in pairs. Many of the images are sports related. In every relationship there are some more constant and steady and...
Somewhere Behind Me Is My Future
Death of an Artist Many people do not understand abstract. They will look at an image like this and believe it is incredibly easy to create this kind of image. I can tell...
When You See Yourself In The Words Of Others
Death of an Artist My favorite part of this image is the way the image of the pigeon reinforces the title of the painting. I also allowed a piece of paper to react to the...
All The Things I Wanted To Say But Didn't Have Time
Death of an Artist The sinister figure represents the words we often want to share, but hold back. The exclamation marks and other images I believe are fairly...
Don't Rest On Your Laurels
Death of an Artist The title of this came to me very early in developing this series. However, this is one of the final pieces I developed. I used Laurel and Hardy images,...
Mark These Times They Disappear With Cruel Swiftness
Death of an Artist This is a painted version of collage. These images were pooled from photographs. The image of an old movie theatre is meant to represent the story of our...
It's Not The Work That Will Keep You From Being Forgotten
Death of an Artist This image is about the colour. Yes, it has a deeper meaning, and again the title may be distracting. The words I have written on the canvas are the...
My Advice Is To Learn What Is Hard Until It Is Easy - Then Don'T Ever Stand Where Anyone Expects You To
My Advice Is to Learn What Is Hard Until It Is Easy - Then Don't Ever Stand Where Anyone Expects You to Death of an Artist We are a product of where we live, the people we...
My Nobel Peace Prize Was Returned When They Heard The Voices In My Head
Death of an Artist Most will not connect with this image. In my experience red abstract is something that many of us overlook. You have to think of the meaning behind the...
Rusty As You May Look, You Are Much More Than The Sum Of Your Parts
Death of an Artist As someone that focuses on my weaknesses; thinks constantly about what needs to be improved, finished, dreamt up, I do not take enough time to think about...
To Avoid Madess You Need To Read Between The Lines
Death of an Artist Many of us do not spend enough time thinking critically. We now have the tools in our pockets that allow our brains to stop thinking almost entirely. AI...
You Are Are Going To Have To Suspend Reality And Ask Yourself Some Life Altering Questions. Are You Ready?
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
The Package Does Not Represent The Product With Any Accuracy
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
My Ears Started Ringing Less When The Path Became Clea
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
You Can'T Wait For The Bad Stuff To Go Before You Allow Yourself To Be Happy
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
This Is How We Part
Death of an Artist The "Exquisite Corpse" game, also known as "Cadavre Exquis" in French, is a collaborative art-making activity where participants take turns adding to a...
It's What's on the Inside That Counts
Death of an Artist This is the first collage on abstract piece. Originally these panels were not meant to be works of art. They were meant to be a story that gave the viewer...
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts
Death of an Artist Limited Edition Hoodie Price: $95 CAD + tax Fit: Unisex Fabric: 100% polyester, soft-touch performance blend Origin: Locally sourced Pickup Only: Pre-order...
There Is a Clear Message in the Appearance of Chaos - Allow Yourself to See It
Death of an Artist The vial in the painting denotes a "spill" and the abstract appears to most as chaos or mess. Some can see the pattern or choices in colour, tone and...
Somewhere in All That Ink Is the Novel That You Should Have Published
Death of an Artist The splatter ink is a variety of drops, drips, and pools of ink. The artist has long been an author and has written several books without attempting to...
How Will I Be Remembered, Will Anyone Hear My Voice
Death of an Artist The colours are calm and plaintive or contemplative tones. The first layer is an abstract mountain scene and the second and third layers are abstractions....
It's When You See the Unbelievable That It Hits You
Death of an Artist The image depicts moments during, moments before, and moments after something unusual happening in life. Some of these "unbelievable" things will be...
I Lived My Life in Those Years, I Forget the Rest
Death of an Artist The images represent periods of normal life scenes with a mix of distorted images that represent times when an individual's path or general life is...
If I Only Painted Birch Trees or Portraits, Life Would Be Grand
Death of an Artist The choices we make in life define us and can limit us. This title is a reflection of the artist's experience choosing to be an abstract painter. Having...
Everything You Think Has One Common Denominator
Death of an Artist The figures and cartoon images represent age and wisdom tempered by the cartoons pointing out our imperfection and ability to recognize our own weaknesses...
Trying to Hold Onto Something That Let Go of You a Long Time Ago
Death of an Artist The image is a mixture of youth, pop references, sports, and figures in business attire doing non-business related activities. It reflects the human...
Trying to Find Yourself in the Doing
Trying to Find Yourself in the Doing Death of an Artist The figures are all working in a variety of industries using a variety of tools in roles from artistic to technical....
Most of Us Can't Work a Toaster
Death of an Artist The image represents humanity's amazing engineering and technological advancements, set in a space setting. While some of the figures marvel at the...
If I Only Stuck to That Which I Am Capable I Would Accomplish Very Little
If I Only Stuck to That Which I Am Capable I Would Accomplish Very Little Death of an Artist The image has elements of youth that represent the barriers and growth we all...
My Take on Being in an Angry, Beautiful, Hopeful, Dismal New World (the Step Toward Being Different)
Death of an Artist This first piece for Death of an Artist explores my thoughts and feelings about identity, past leadership, and turning the camera on ourselves while...
Most of Us Can't Work a Toaster
Death of an Artist Limited Edition Hoodie Price: $95 CAD + tax Fit: Unisex Fabric: 100% polyester, soft-touch performance blend Origin: Locally sourced Pickup Only: Pre-order...
It Is All Chance or Destiny and Our Wayward Steps Are Best Planted Without Too Much Calculation
Death of an Artist During moments of deep questioning, it can be difficult to see that choices have outcomes. Especially if your lived experience does not align with that...
Something Tells Me Things Can Be Different
Death of an Artist The abstract is a reflection of older methods used by the artist, but with a single collage piece that the artist believes is a good visual representation...
Embracing A Plan You Can'T See Or Understand
Death of an Artist This image is deeply personal. Both the abstract and the collage elements are in the DNA of the artist. It is something I do not want to explain. It says...
I Have Always Found The Palette More Interesting Than The Painting
Death of an Artist Here's my copy edited version: The title is a reference to the way the artist lives. A blank canvas, the creation of complex plans, and the daily grind of...
When You Go Away And Realize That No One Realized
Death of an Artist The cracks in the image are purposeful to portray the wounds we feel when we believe that we are unnoticed, not valued, or not recognized. The human images...
Imperfection Is Beautiful, Some Would Argue, Its Where We Derive It
Death of an Artist There is a great deal of alchemy in abstract art. As a practice, there is a great deal of material mixing and even chemistry that comes into play. Look at...
I Can No Longer Afford To Travel Due To An Excess Of Invisible Baggage
Death of an Artist Some of this panel has been left as plain wood. As we grow older we become layered by our life experiences. Some have hundreds of layers and some choose...
Those Who I Admire, Those Who I Aspire, Those Whom I Am Told I Inspire
Death of an Artist This is a simple image. As humans we have goals, we have work to sustain ourselves, we have relationships, and we can be both solitary and social...
It Took An Abundance Of Courage To Leap. The Path Only Appeared As I Fell Down
Death of an Artist Risk is all around us and so are signs. Do we trust our decisions and are we able to see the signs? Some decisions are massive. They have consequences that...
That Which You Cannot Reform Is Best to Endure
Death of an Artist What do you see here? This piece is different from the others - can you spot how it is different? The best way to understand this piece is to compare it or...
There Has Never Been A Shortage Of Bad Ideas
Death of an Artist This was a piece that was almost abandoned at several points because it was taking a great deal of time to form. The paint took a long time to fully cure...
I Was Struck By The Exhaustion Of Being Useful, Of Having An Abundance Of Utility
This is one of the only mainly abstract pieces in this size. The title appears in the form of a handwritten note. It is the closest true representation to the artist's...
Life Was An Aria, Dozens Of Scores, Hundreds Of Notations, And A Full Orchestra. Too Bad I Don'T Read Sheet Music
Death of an Artist The story of Achilles is a common tale. This is a second image where a container spilled on canvas represents the start of life creating a colourful image....
If This Doesn't Look Like A Tree To Everyone Else It's No Wonder I Can't Navigate The Forest
Death of an Artist This is the first fully abstract piece. This piece was created over a drawing of a large oak tree. The movement, areas of dark brown in the under painting...
When I Grew Up I Became Someone Else
Death of an Artist Youth, childhood, facial expressions, and a collage of words that the brain can read and fill in the blanks of missing words that tell a story. Canvas &...
Carrying The Weight On An Answer That No One Understands
Death of an Artist This piece is about looking yourself in the mirror and understanding what you wanted out of life versus the life you have lived. It is about those who...
Creativity Is the Universal Thing We Allow Ourselves to Be Talked Out of
Death of an Artist This piece is about looking yourself in the mirror and understanding what you wanted out of life versus the life you have lived. It is about those who...
How Is This A World I Was Blind To
Death of an Artist This can be read several ways. It is important for the viewer to try to find a path to a meaningful message on their own. For the artist it is about life...
I Am The Greatest World Champion Prize Fighter, But I Failed To Find The Right Ring
Death of an Artist There is the ideal we all seek and the reality we find. The images attempt to show a variety of expressions and humans in their chosen elements. Some of...
The Path To Become Everyone Else Is Free And Easy. I've Paid the Price Of Admission to Become Myself
Death of an Artist This image bears some lyrics from one of the artist's favorite musical groups. The lyrics are more recent, but the group was often playing as a soundtrack...
God Forbid You Use Tools That Saddle You With Premature Sheen
Death of an Artist This series has several pieces of collage taken from a book on graffiti artists. This piece was inspired by those artists. This is an homage to graffiti...
I Cannot Read A Crystal Ball, But I Can Read The Writing On The Wall
Death of an Artist This is one of the final pieces to be viewed in the show. This is not only an art piece that expresses the artist's uncertainty about his future, but it...
Using Too Many Words Awkwardly May Lead You To Believe I Am Not In Control - I Am
Death of an Artist The artist was going to add more collage to this piece, but a couple of things converged that made him feel it was complete. Firstly, there is a good...
I Always Wanted To Be An Interesting Person, I Never Achieved That
Death of an Artist Life has mountains to climb and barriers to overcome. We can be religious, be spiritual, or choose to believe in the universe. In a worst case scenario we...
Still Life, Will Hold the Moments You Long for
Death of an Artist This piece is about aging and having the privilege of carrying good memories. Moments you would like to relive. This image is abstract, but look closely at...
My Anthropic Principle Is More About Aesthetics Than Utility
Death of an Artist There are many messages in this image. The only one I will point out is the figure of the male form within the well-fitted suit. This figure appears in 3...
I've Never Heard More Voices Yet Felt More Alone
Death of an Artist This image has a central character behind an easel. This is from a Norman Rockwell painting. As the artist created this show he worked from 8pm until 3 am....
You Be The Constant And I'Ll Be The Moment Of Doubt
Death of an Artist This collage features images of people in pairs. Many of the images are sports related. In every relationship there are some more constant and steady and...
Somewhere Behind Me Is My Future
Death of an Artist Many people do not understand abstract. They will look at an image like this and believe it is incredibly easy to create this kind of image. I can tell...
When You See Yourself In The Words Of Others
Death of an Artist My favorite part of this image is the way the image of the pigeon reinforces the title of the painting. I also allowed a piece of paper to react to the...
All The Things I Wanted To Say But Didn't Have Time
Death of an Artist The sinister figure represents the words we often want to share, but hold back. The exclamation marks and other images I believe are fairly...
Don't Rest On Your Laurels
Death of an Artist The title of this came to me very early in developing this series. However, this is one of the final pieces I developed. I used Laurel and Hardy images,...
Mark These Times They Disappear With Cruel Swiftness
Death of an Artist This is a painted version of collage. These images were pooled from photographs. The image of an old movie theatre is meant to represent the story of our...
It's Not The Work That Will Keep You From Being Forgotten
Death of an Artist This image is about the colour. Yes, it has a deeper meaning, and again the title may be distracting. The words I have written on the canvas are the...
My Advice Is To Learn What Is Hard Until It Is Easy - Then Don'T Ever Stand Where Anyone Expects You To
My Advice Is to Learn What Is Hard Until It Is Easy - Then Don't Ever Stand Where Anyone Expects You to Death of an Artist We are a product of where we live, the people we...
My Nobel Peace Prize Was Returned When They Heard The Voices In My Head
Death of an Artist Most will not connect with this image. In my experience red abstract is something that many of us overlook. You have to think of the meaning behind the...
Rusty As You May Look, You Are Much More Than The Sum Of Your Parts
Death of an Artist As someone that focuses on my weaknesses; thinks constantly about what needs to be improved, finished, dreamt up, I do not take enough time to think about...
To Avoid Madess You Need To Read Between The Lines
Death of an Artist Many of us do not spend enough time thinking critically. We now have the tools in our pockets that allow our brains to stop thinking almost entirely. AI...
You Are Are Going To Have To Suspend Reality And Ask Yourself Some Life Altering Questions. Are You Ready?
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
The Package Does Not Represent The Product With Any Accuracy
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
My Ears Started Ringing Less When The Path Became Clea
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
You Can'T Wait For The Bad Stuff To Go Before You Allow Yourself To Be Happy
Death of an Artist The next time you look at abstract art and believe that it's easy, that it has no meaning, think of the depth and breadth of this show. With all the other...
This Is How We Part
Death of an Artist The "Exquisite Corpse" game, also known as "Cadavre Exquis" in French, is a collaborative art-making activity where participants take turns adding to a...