The Notebook

Fat Chicks Corner, Artist Book

Archiving the Archive. Fat Chicks Corner meets Ashley Lil.

Artist Book, Fat Chicks Corner (FCC), Screenprint and embroidery on 74 pages of Stonehenge paper, 5" x 6".

Poetry by StoreHouse. Works by Fat Chicks Corner

one of your art works is installed at my house
just exactly as it should be
just as you have one of mine
exactly

at yours.

Ashley Lil and StoreHouse, The Arts of Man, 21" x 28". 2012.

"THE ARTS OF MAN THROUGH ALL THE YEARS"
hangs above my bed
and with the windows closed
and the fan on "3"
sitting at the exact position
it sits now,
your piece
printed on crumpled news print
hung slightly bowed and bellowed
breaths.
as you view it
laying down-
which is confusing
at times it appears above you
at times appear to stand above it-
it synchs up with your own breath
you swear to move it with your current
but at more times than not
it has a current all it's own
and at times it appears as static
with little reference to the stone
that it is carved from.

Just as you are inspired by poetry
let your work inspire more.

this should be in that even uglier
yellow staircase
for all those who have no idea
no idea
what they're doing
and should be deterred
from doing it.

-StoreHouse, 2012.

Ashley Lil and StoreHouse, The Record of Nature, 21" x 28". 2012

Ghost

The banner breathes
"The arts of man
through all the years".

If you insist,
like so many have before you,
make sure to,
provide alchemy.

So your spirit too, 
hangs,
within the walls of this museum,
fills them all:

all the galleries,
all the ceilings,
and the floors, 
and the halls,
conscientiously, 

to make sure you have left,
exactly what,
and enough,
of your life behind

to go on living,
as what changes:
the perception of the viewer,

as what withstands,
the supreme editor
time,
as well as the stature 
of your valiant neighbours.

-StoreHouse, 2012.

Embroidery and Screen

Artist book, Forget-Me-Not: Cupid and Psyche. Published by Fat Chicks Corner.

Preview from the artist book, Fat Chicks Corner: Hand Picked Flowers. Published by Fat Chicks Corner.

 

Cloudy Weather

Upcoming Show! Everything Must Go!

I have a show June 28th at Art Bar in the Gladstone Hotel. The show is titled, Raw Beauty (but in French) and will showcase fellow artist Jean Romano-Ferderber and myself.

Parking Lot Art Fair

1439 Danforth Ave: Green P lot

Sunday June 3, 10 am – 4 pm

Following the rigid standards enforce by the CoIAF (Consulate of International Art Fairs) The Parking Lot Art Fair is the first of many international events inviting the public to partake in the lucrative world of First Class art fairs. Butcher Gallery invites artists and dealers alike to buy a parking permit, take a spot and set up shop. Your ‘booth’ stands as long as your permit is valid (strictly enforced). Entrance is free and the art is Hot.

Come visit Fat Chicks Corner this Sunday!

Texture Detectives

Come one, come all! Ally's having a show for Art of the Danforth. The opening is this Sunday from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at 1238 (Greenwood and) Danforth, there will be lots of artwork and snacks! Fat Chicks Corner will also be selling zines and cards from 10am to 4pm on the same day, at 1439 (Parkmount and) Danforth. This is the debut of the "Just Us Girls" zine. Images by Ashley Lil, Eunice Luk and Allison Philp. StoreHouse Ltd. 2012. Get them while you can, this is the best one yet!

Lee WiseBlood

Ashley Lil and StoreHouse, Lee WiseBlood Printmaker at Work.

Forget-Me-Not

Ashley Lil and StoreHouse, Forget-Me-Not 2012. Published by Fat Chicks Corner.

Win Some Lose Some

 OCADU, Sharon Merkur Memorial Award (Printmaking Woodcut).

The Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition Shortlisted.

Classified by StoreHouse....

WANTED:

Ashley Lil's Career

Artist frantically searching career that embraces revving vacuums, ultra magnetism, ultra romanticism, virtue, intuition, sleep overs, vacations, and claimed notes.

Loves working with children. Wild at heart, boy crazy, occasionally addicted, rebellious. 

Lady eagerly awaiting your arrival and looks forward to seeing you soon.

Purpose is an asset.

Will be willingly yours, yours, yours!

ALLISON LEIGH PHILP: LABYRINTH FOR ASH

ALLISON LEIGH PHILP: LABYRINTH FOR ASH:   Found this in an Ancient History book from 1927. The text reads "Drawing of a Labyrinth by a Roman school boy. Found at Pompeii."

Beautifully Messy

 Cherry Blossoms and Exposure Room

Living the dream....

 Printing at home.

The Death of Beauty

Fly Path Workshop

A couple of weeks ago I held a 'fly path' workshop at Clinton Street Public School with children in grades 3 and 4. Check out their amazing prints and drawings.

97th Annual OCADU Graduate Exibition

Come check out OCADU Printmaking Graduates, May 3rd on the second floor in the Great Hall.

ROCK N ROLL 4 TONIGHT

Hand Picked Flowers

"artist's hands should always be busy"

From Painting to Print

A Walk in the Maze, Photo and Watercolour, 12" x 14", 2010.

John Ekonomakos and Ashley Lil, It's a Monet, Lithography, 30"x 40", 2012.

"From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big old mess."