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Artist Christopher Griffin takes a normal sidewalk patch that we see every» The imprints that the canvas pick up from the patch suggest images and day on our roadways and puts down his canvas shapes that the artist turns into animals like the Regina Street Raccoon. summmmovo Bi'MmsiiAu WARD a pail of asphaltr a push broom _ . . . i s 1 I ’ (”i 11, 3 ; 1 ( ., u j . . 1 _ process, inspired by imagery left by . . , â€"â€""â€"â€"'“ ' "’ ‘ j 333-1it":"113232;C'Si‘lifié‘ié‘ii’q thwdewa'ks ofWa'ef'oo Region Tiafefiigl'ffia‘fii‘ Li‘fidfl,‘ “Si? 33”; 1232233 3532" $1233,” m,“ hristopher Griffin hears along sucrl’i streets as Regina King “I.“ start rotating the canvases Isnorxiething that I wguld never'fiave And I think itg's that back story voices More accurately he and Union l l and let the marks dictate what one into the studio to aim oth- behind the iece that makes them sees them â€" in crumbling ( “I also hire an or'ingt‘ Hon I imagery will emerge,” said Griffin. Erwise" p feel even ngore invested in the city sidewalks set u i Wth] I work "tCriflEi’n said “AS I rotate each canvas, 1." think Thou h Griffin's work has aintin " "Tye let the sidewalks s ieak for with {1 Ian h acknowled in A his to myself, This one looks like the always beam heavil involved with p WitEa hi hi ' ex erimental themselves " N'll(l(( riflfin an unco‘nvengtional a with; to head Of a tortoise.“ or This one colour form and isture abstract at roach antizwillin Fiess to take ()ltawa~hasetl Visual ai'rtist whose painting and the cuzgus ga7es it looks like a whale,' and [halls what relationships and gatterns there is ripsifts Griffin is alfaays on the new exhibition Skit-milk Portraits elicits from onlookers ‘ I ' m” inspire me to paint that ani~ a new texture to this work thanks search for new possibilities ofpres» o ens Se t ”fat the ll'irbin Yer lie ex lained the rocess “I ma]. And ”ls that acctdental to the mediumofas halt l entation in hiswork. ' (Ellery: p l L K is coat a suilable patch sf sidewalk process that is really exciting to In pieces titlede'eher Street “I really like the colour and : “It all started three years ago." with fresh asphalt. then lay a blank Goldfish I& II and Frederick Street characteristics of the asphalt â€" it 4 he said. "Walking towards my sin canvas face down on top of it. Tortuga, with their translucent dries in a way that is not like tho l noticed the arbitrary and rain» Kneeling upon the back of the can- painterly quality contrasted with acrylic or oil." said Griffin, who has doin asphalt patches on sidewalks. \‘tl\, I rub and scrape the whole (‘hl'lblflpht‘l' dense and dark mark-making. worked in a wide range of media. and this great imagery Wilhln them brick surface ofthe canvas in order ‘ _ there appears to be an elevated from concrete to bronze to under- ? abstracted shapes of whales to transfer the print When I peel Grlffin: itrengtbh in the symbolic power of water medirlmsi (11 ha] 1h hears, fish. and other creatures all away the canvas, 1 m left with these t. . is su ject matter. “50 wor "rig wi asp t, at . u ) < presented mihin the confines of mndom marks captured on the Sldt‘“ ‘llk ' Dru-alts Those passing by his studio in alone gave me a whole new set of concreteand asphalt lift e of the canvas 7 some really Harbinger holler) Ottawa have taken notice of this tools to work with. . l "These weathered asphalt put cool patterns I'll get. sometimes 2: ”Wm“ \,_ | .< “dun-h,“ recent bodyofwork, Griffin said. "For me. the marks left behindi I terns have ex L‘r\'|hll\g I've been even Willi hits of gum or leaves in ”NFL «_i t to Uri. 3: "I ve had people see the rac- by the asphalt are beautiful as is” l trying to accomplish in my pill“! them, II can make for some really “ppm,“ ”wank,”t ‘t‘l‘l- _-; coon painting {Regina Street Racâ€" even before I start painting. And? I ings â€" texture. colour and con interesting. abstract morkmakmg. "n," g ”m, coon) in the Window and tell me that's what got me so interested in’ ‘ trust " communicated directly from the how much they love it,” he said. the first place. this new approach, With (Ill upcoming exhibition in sidewalk." “Then when I show how I did it. to working and seeing. while trying l' Waterloo. Griffin hit sortie of his Once back at his studio in using asphalt and an impression to capture the nuances and gritti- t‘ favourite streets in the region Wllll Ottawa. 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