Love
March 2023
10” x 19" paper print, $35
Available for purchase at Toronto local markets and for free pick up in Downtown Toronto. Contact the artists for times and dates.
Custom Order Canvas:
12” x 24” canvas print, $180
18” x 36” canvas print, $480
Other larger sizes, available for custom order.
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Love is about the paths we take and the places we go when experiencing the many feelings that come from love. Love is not always positive or simple and is made even more complicated by interpersonal dynamics. I wanted to visualize many different interactions of love and the outcomes that are affected by all previous experiences.
In the piece, figures climb through a twisting perspectival landscape that can be interpreted into relatable experiences. The goal of the work is to show how our perception dictates our reality and how our proximity to love informs how we connect to those around us whether it be through complex experiences, common interactions, or a combination of both.
This piece is derived from a style I like to refer to as optical illusion architecture, or more simply twisty steps. These pieces are unplanned marker illustrations made without rulers that begin in the centre and grow in all directions. They are also fully optically illusionistic and can be viewed from every orientation.
Love shows the uniqueness of each person’s path given their distinct perspective, while also highlighting how prevalent many of these experiences are.
Can you spot all of these experiences? How many have you felt?
What have you experienced?
People holding each other
People fighting
People reuniting
People loving through long distance
People being pulled apart by other people
People in a yoga class
Someone meditating
People having a party
Someone observing a party
Someone giving themselves a hug
Someone interested in someone, who is already with someone else
Someone interested in someone, who doesn’t want them
Someone being pushed into a hole
Someone helping someone get to someone else
Someone longing for someone out their window
Someone bigger taking advantage of someone
Someone holding someone back, from someone who doesn’t want them
A group of people interested in each other
Someone wanting to join a group of people in love
Someone being dragged
Someone sitting alone in fetus position
Someone hesitating to leave someone
Someone excitedly entering a new space as freshly single
Someone nervous to enter a new space as freshly single
Someone crying alone
Someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing
Someone who doesn’t know where they’re going
Someone content being by themselves
Someone hiding from someone that wants them
Someone professing their love to someone
Someone interested in two people that want them
Someone on the edge
People who love each other, but who are on completely different pages and can’t quite reach each other