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Saturday, March 21, 2009

TOWN BY RIVER WITH SNOW - ACRYLIC ON BOARD

TWO MEN AND WOMAN BY WATERS EDGE WITH CHAIRS - ACRYLIC ON BOARD

BOATS BY THE WATERS EDGE WITH CABIN AND SLED - ACRYLIC

TWO MEN PLAYING POOL - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

MAN AND WOMAN WITH YELLOW RAVEN AND DOGS - ACRYLIC

BIG BOAT VISITING RED HOUSE - ACRYLIC

LOVE CANOE - in bronze

ARCH -METAL -COPPER ALUMINIUM WOOD CERAMICS

PRAIRIE ROUND HOUSE FUN - PAINT ON METAL - MURAL ON UNICEF BUILDING

SENTINALS OF TIME - WOOD, METAL, CERAMICS

WALL OF NAMES - CHINESE MONUMENT REMEMBERING THE HEAD TAX -BRONZE AND GRANITE

BRONZE : BLOWING THE BRUIN BLUES AWAY

DETAIL OF ABOVE BRONZE - BLOWING THE BRUIN BLUES AWAY

RECENT PAINTINGS 2009 - 2008 -TWO MEN IN CLASSICAL GARB WALKING DOGS and MAN MOWING HIS LAWN


RECENT PAINTINGS 2009 -2008 - ENTRANCE TO THE RED CITY

HOUSES ON A HILL -ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

THREE TREES AND HOUSES ON A HILL - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

A MAN AND TWO WOMEN BY MOUNTAIN STREAM - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

TWO INUIT WITH BLUE DOG IN SPRING ON A HILL - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

BIG ARCTIC TOWN - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

TWO DOGS JUMPING AT CLOUD - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

TWO MWN AT RED TABLE - ACRYLIC

MAN SLEEPING WITH RED DOG AND RAVEN - ACRYLIC

THREE MEN WITH BLUE DOG BY EMERALD LAKE - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS BOARD

DARK TOWN AT NIGHT - WATER COLOUR ON PAPER

JOURNEY BY BOAT - ACRYLIC ON BOARD

MEN AND WOMEN IN BIG BOAT - ACRYLIC

THREE MEN AND DOG BY FAST FLOWING RIVER - ACRYLIC ON BOARD

PRAIRIE FAMILY - ACRYLIC


THESE ARE NEW PAINTINGS AND WORK I HAVE CREATED IN 2009 AND THE LATTER PART OF 2008

ARTIST STATEMENT:
I MOSTLY AIM TO PAINT AND SCULPT WORK THAT GOES BELOW THE SURFACE OF WHATS PRESENTED. SOMETIMES THE WORK PRESENTS AS HUMOROUS AND THE PIECE STOPS AT THAT LEVEL. OFTEN I GO OR TRY TO GO BEYOND THAT LEVEL AND AFTER THE FIRST LOOK IT BECOMES SOMETHING MORE THAN WHATS PRESENTED. HOPEFULLY IT LEADS TO SOME MYSTERY AND SOMETHING BEYOND. IF IT IS AMBIGUOUS AND CHANGING FROM DAY TO DAY FOR ME I FEEL I AM SUCCESSFUL. THE MORE QUESTIONS A WORK ELICITS THE MORE ALIVE IT IS. THE MORE MYSTERIOUS AND AMBIGUOUS AND UNPREDICTABLE IT IS THE MORE VITAL AND ALIVE IT BECOMES. ONE DAY IT CAN MEAN ONE THING THE NEXT DAY IT COULD CONVEY ANOTHER MEANING. FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES IT BECOME AND CARRIES WITH IT OTHER MEANINGS.
LIKE LIFE, I WOULD LIKE MY WORK TO CARRY WITH IT THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE AND MYSTERY. THE VIEWER SHOULD NOT KNOW COMPLETELY WHAT IT MEANS. IF THE MESSAGE IS TOO STRONG IT BECOMES BORING AND SAYS THE SAME THING TO YOU AND OTHERS FROM DAY TO DAY -THERE IS NO CHANGE AND AFTER A WHILE THE WORK DIES. TO REMAIN ALIVE IT MUST CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE AND CHANGE - IT NEEDS TO BE MYSTERIOUS AND AMBIGUOUS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT.

FERDINANDO SPINA MARCH 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

new poems and short stories reading March 19 2009

THERE WILL BE A READING OF NEW POEMS AND SHORT STORIES BY FRED SPINA/ FERDINANDO SPINA AT THE CENTRAL CALGARY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 4TH FLOOR, AT 6 PM MARCH19 2009, 616 MCLEOUD TRAIL SOUTH, CALGARY. SPINA WILL ALSO BE SHOWING RECENT SLIDES AND PHOTOS OF HIS TRAVELS IN THE ARCTIC.
CALL THE LIBRARY 403 260 2785 FOR RESERVATIONS.