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2010_What is safe haven to you?_Safe Haven_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio2010_What is safe haven to you?_Safe Haven_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio
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2010_Susan G Komen_Wicc gala_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio2010_Susan G Komen_Wicc gala_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio
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2009_Camh_performance painting_Dodalism_Sio2009_Camh_performance painting_Dodalism_Sio
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2008_East European Trade Routes_Board of trade_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio2008_East European Trade Routes_Board of trade_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio
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2009_Richmond and Spadina_Dodalism_Sio2009_Richmond and Spadina_Dodalism_Sio
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2006_Roncesvalles_Waterfront_Dodalism_Outdoor_Sio2006_Roncesvalles_Waterfront_Dodalism_Outdoor_Sio
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2005_Dancing connects us_Style in Progress_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio2005_Dancing connects us_Style in Progress_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio
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2005_Colour1_Kensington_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio2005_Colour1_Kensington_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio
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2005_Ants on the Sidewalk_Queen st_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio2005_Ants on the Sidewalk_Queen st_Painting performance_Dodalism_Sio
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2005_EyeSunSmile_Queen st_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio2005_EyeSunSmile_Queen st_Performance painting_Dodalism_Sio
Artist Statement
Dodalism Painting
Painting opens up a range of new possibilities for Dodalism. Do to the ability to construct images faster than with any drawing medium it is my usual choice when performing Dodalism in public. The variety of painting techniques available like texturing, blending, impasto, glazing etc., are efficient ways of adding dimension to the work that is not available in drawing even though the approach to mark making is still largely informed by it. Images are built up by overlapping brush strokes which mimic drawing with a pen or crayon. Clusters of symbolic and abstract shapes fill the canvass with colour and paint texture adding to the dimension of the work.
The first Dodalism paintings were almost entirely line driven with little consideration for any other painting method. They were also my first works in Dodalism to break the monochromatic rhythm set up by work accomplished with ballpoint pens.
In 2009 I experimented with creating highly textural surfaces loosely referencing abstract painting styles of Jackson Pollock and Gerhard Richter. The textures are built up with thick coats of gesso and acrylic paints which I later enhance with brush or pen Dodalism.
At the end of 2011 I began experimenting with painting using glazing which allows the image to build up slowly with a lot of interactions between each layer of colour. Each layer of paint informs the next building up to create texture, shading and symbolic likeness.
It is still a developing idea which I am interested in seeing evolve which each painting. Staying true to the core philosophy I approach each new painting from a fresh perspective seeing what is happening as I am performing the action of painting. The works are still very much line driven creating a sort of hieroglyphic narrative which is something I am interested in developing further. The idea of Dodalism as a form of coding which is balancing visual coding with that of text is my current concern.
Currently I have an ongoing painting project under the title of “In the beginning there was nothing, not even this…” which charts the progression from one paining to the next of how the language of Dodalism paining is evolving.
