Drawings

Fruits and Vegetables Bones

faux boutique

August 26, 2016September 21, 2017 Categories: art · artist run centre · performance art · storefront studio · UncategorizedTags: art · Art Exhibition · dressmaking · dressmaking patterns · installation · Prince George · Storefront Studio · studioLeave a comment

With my studio empty due to an exhibition and wanting to stay busy, I decided to try my hand at restyling some outdated clothing.This resulted in visiting every thrift shop in town for fancy fabrics; then sewing non-stop with the results you see below. I hung these garments in my studio as I completed them, eventually producing a boutique-like atmosphere which became the focus of the pedestrian traffic and puzzlement since I had no sizes or particular idea of selling any garment. It was great fun!

suspended

August 24, 2016September 21, 2017 Categories: art · artist run centre · performance art · storefront studio · UncategorizedTags: art · cast papermaking · handmade paper · imprinting · installations · studioLeave a comment

An installation for the professional theatre, Theatre NorthWest, Prince George, British Columbia

The Ladies: Isabella

August 24, 2016September 11, 2017 Categories: art · artist run centre · drawing · storefront studio · UncategorizedTags: ancestors · art · Art Exhibition · cast papermaking · collaboration · curator · drawing · handmade paper · history · installation · kinetic · Maeve Hanna · papermaking · Prince George · printmaking · sculpture · Storefront Studio · studioLeave a comment

Please join artist Susan Barton-Tait and curator Maeve Hanna for the opening of a new show – The Ladies: Isabella – at Storefront Studio, 1144 4th Ave on Thursday august 25 starting at 4.30pm. Light refreshments will be served. Help support local artists – come, take a look and say hello! The Ladies illuminates Barton-Taits ancestry, FRANK PEEBLES / PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN AUGUST 23, 2016 07:44 “The legacy of Isabella McKenzie is built of pulp and human spirit. The story is almost wordless. Barton-Tait is a professional artist and she introduces her 19th century ancestor to the world in the frame of…

Graffiti revenge

August 24, 2016September 21, 2017 Categories: art · artist run centre · drawing · performance art · storefront studio · UncategorizedTags: art · graffiti · Storefront Studio · studio · tagsLeave a comment

My studio is next door to the needle exchange. Tagging is a regular occurrence in this neighbourhood. With the landlord’s agreement, I tagged the back wall of my studio.

kitchen sink & counter

August 24, 2016September 21, 2017 Categories: art · artist run centre · storefront studio · UncategorizedTags: bones · Broken Paths · cast papermaking · fruit · fruits · installation · installations · kitchen · kitchen counter · kitchen sink · papermaking · Prince George · printmaking · toasterLeave a comment

The final piece of the cast paper kitchen – the kitchen sink, counter and essentials needed to make a kitchen run: toaster, fruits and vegetables, tea pot, tea cups, bowls, implements, etc..