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New Show: Of Monkeys

2012-04-20T11:42:36Z

OF MONKEYS

ORESTA gallery
137 Beechwood Avenue
Ottawa

Saturday, May 5, 2012
6pm - 9pm

Sunday, May 6, 2012
10am - 5pm

Studio Tour: Kunhimangalam

2011-06-03T16:26:07Z

Kunhimangalam
bronzes, paintings & drawings form Kerala, India

Read about the journey:
Part 1 • Part 2

Opening Night party:
Friday, June 17, 7pm—late

Showing:
Saturday, June 18 & Sunday, June 19
noon—5pm

Christopher Griffin
The Media Arts Building
203 Catherine Street (between Bank and O’Connor St.)
Studio #20
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Open Studio Tour

2010-10-19T11:59:41Z

I am pleased to showcase my most recent works: Ottawa Sidewalks.

I am interested in everyday urban architecture and how the public interacts with it. Crumbling city sidewalks are constantly repaired with a quick patch of asphalt. Time, weather and foot traffic transform these patches into fascinating varied shapes and imagery. I have traced these patches and transfered them onto canvas.

In my newest body of work Ottawa Sidewalks, I am using sidewalks as giant woodblock prints. By applying wet asphalt over the existing patch and then placing the canvas face down onto it, I am rewarded with a myriad of marks, blobs and lines. These graphic noises are the framework for the resulting paintings.

Please join me on Saturday, October 23 & Sunday, October 24 noon – 5pm

Christopher Griffin and the Catherine Street Art Collective
The Media Arts Building
203 Catherine Street (between Bank and O’Connor St.)
Studio #20

Tortuga

2010-04-12T14:24:41Z

View Paintings

May 1 - 19, 2010
opening reception 2 - 5pm
Trias gallery Toronto
80 Spadina Avenue, Suite 403
Toronto
http://www.triasgallery.com

464 O’Connor exterior renovation

2009-11-10T14:06:57Z

Our exterior home renovation is complete and I am thrilled to announce that our project was awarded both ‘Green Renovation of the Year’ and ‘Best Housing Detail’ at the Ottawa Housing Design Awards 2009.

Look for us on Dwell.com

Andrew Reeves, project architect www.linebox.ca

Home and Studio Exterior Renovation

2008-10-09T17:32:29Z

For the last couple of months we have been renovating the exterior to our home and studio. The canopy will soon have a green roof installed and the solar hot water panels will be installed this week. You can read more about the renovation in this Ottawa Citizen article.