tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63616134339694286052011-07-30T13:17:33.066-07:00michele lucasmichele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-65631148451468390702011-02-11T12:43:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:50:40.750-08:00winter disaster ... and now we are gone ...<span style="color:#33ccff;">well --- its been quite the winter --- flat space has now relocated to across the street </span><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"> 16 main st north</span></span><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">i am not quite ready to open the doors yet -- hopefully --- </span><span style="color:#33cc00;">spring</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">working on a new series of work -- working title ...</span><span style="color:#993300;"> it could be worse...</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">explanations later --- stay tuned ---</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-6563114845146839070?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-28445397814877052282010-05-10T16:09:00.000-07:002010-06-29T15:01:07.280-07:00flat space<span style="color:#333333;">flat space </span><span style="color:#333333;">studio gallery</span><br /><span style="color:#333333;">35 main st n campbellville ontario</span><br /><span style="color:#333333;">invites you to a new exhibition of work </span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"></span><span style="color:#33cc00;">positive </span><span style="color:#663333;">ground</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">opening saturday may 22 from 4-8 pm</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">gallery hours are</span><span style="color:#999999;"> not carved in stone</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">tues weds thurs 11-4 </span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">most fridays 11-5 </span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">saturdays 10-6 and sunday 11-4</span><br /><span style="color:#c0c0c0;">questions about hours just email me </span><br /><span style="color:#999900;"><a href="mailto:sokmonkey@rocketmail.com">sokmonkey@rocketmail.com</a></span><br /><span style="color:#663333;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-2844539781487705228?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-78607638464500928322010-03-31T15:09:00.000-07:002010-05-10T16:06:30.749-07:00michele lucas and flat space<div><font color="#ff6600">michele lucas currently lives and works in </font><font color="#009900"><font color="#3333ff">small but beautiful</font> </font><font color="#ff0000">campbellville </font><font color="#cc0000">ontario</font><br /><font color="#cc0000">her working space - studio gallery is called </font><font color="#000000"><strong>flat space</strong></font><br /><font color="#009900">and can be found at 35 main st north in </font><font color="#ff0000">campbellville</font><br /><font color="#ff0000"></font><br /><font color="#6633ff"><font color="#cc6600">directions from the </font><font color="#006600">east</font> :</font><br /><font color="#6633ff">take the 401 and exit at guelph line/burlington/campbellville</font><br /><font color="#cc33cc">(guelph line is main st in campbellville)</font><br /><font color="#3333ff">turn left going south in the </font><font color="#3333ff">village of </font><font color="#ff0000">campbellville </font><font color="#000000"><strong>flat space </strong></font><br /><font color="#33cc00">is opposite scotiabank on main st </font><br /><font color="#996633">directions from the </font><font color="#006600">west:</font><br /><font color="#3366ff">take the 401 exit to campbellville and turn right going south </font><br /><font color="#cc9933"></font><br /><font color="#cc6600">directions from the </font><font color="#ff9900">south:</font><br /><font color="#3366ff">from burlington/oakville take guelph line north</font><br /><font color="#3366ff">when you reach </font><font color="#00cccc">campbellville </font><font color="#cc66cc">guelph line becomes main st</font><br /><strong><font color="#000000"> flat space</font> </strong><font color="#336666">will be on your left just past the lights</font><br /><font color="#3366ff"></font></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-7860763846450092832?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-45336523619274143712009-09-07T14:05:00.000-07:002009-09-07T14:07:53.092-07:00feeling better<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SqV2CK-hVcI/AAAAAAAAADY/TQYhsH_M_J0/s1600-h/FEELING+BETTER.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378835109642327490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 385px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SqV2CK-hVcI/AAAAAAAAADY/TQYhsH_M_J0/s400/FEELING+BETTER.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-4533652361927414371?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-57756523639483937932009-01-27T10:30:00.000-08:002010-05-10T16:09:14.406-07:00short bio<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff9900;">so you want to know a bit about me eh?</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">well ... i consider myself a mixed media artist</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">i am not content to only limit myself to oil </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">sticks </span><span style="color:#ff9900;">and crayons or </span><span style="color:#999999;">graphite and </span><span style="color:#333333;">charcoal</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">and im always looking or finding </span><span style="color:#66cccc;">stuff</span><span style="color:#ff9900;"> that i </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">incorporate into my paintings...</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">i seem be attracted to: </span><span style="color:#009900;">baroquish wallpaper</span><br /><span style="color:#6666cc;">funky fabrics</span><span style="color:#990000;"> old typeface </span><span style="color:#999900;">any kind of maps</span><br /><span style="color:#996633;">diagrams i dont understand</span><span style="color:#ff99ff;"> candy wrappers</span><br /><span style="color:#993300;">old pieces of metal and</span><span style="color:#66cccc;"> complicated textures</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9966;">i think my work is all about <span style="color:#000000;">colour </span>and</span><span style="color:#cc9933;"> form</span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">the paintings reflect my environment </span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">popular culture and </span><span style="color:#66cccc;">an ongoing fascination </span><br /><span style="color:#66cccc;">with lake ontario </span><span style="color:#66cccc;">the</span><span style="color:#cccccc;"> variations of greys</span><span style="color:#66cccc;"> </span><span style="color:#666666;">and</span><br /><span style="color:#666666;"></span><span style="color:#33ccff;">blues </span><span style="color:#cccccc;">air </span><span style="color:#999999;">and </span><span style="color:#333399;">water </span><span style="color:#66cccc;"> </span><span style="color:#ff9900;">i went to art </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">school in the okanagan </span><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">beautiful</span> british </span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">columbia </span><span style="color:#666600;">i seem to work in series ... </span><span style="color:#666600;">my latest</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">ones </span><span style="color:#666600;">being... <span style="color:#009900;">positive </span><span style="color:#996633;">ground...</span> </span><span style="color:#ff9966;">places i have not </span><span style="color:#ff9966;">been ...</span><br /><span style="color:#cc66cc;">power lines/lines of power... </span><span style="color:#666600;">and </span><span style="color:#33cc00;">feeling better </span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">writing about my work</span> <span style="color:#666600;">is not easy for me and</span><br /><span style="color:#666600;">i really am not </span><span style="color:#666600;">fond of doing stuff on a computer</span><br /><span style="color:#339999;">i am recently enjoying experimenting with</span><br /><span style="color:#339999;">encaustic </span><span style="color:#cc9933;">embedding and embossing</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">i enjoy making messes and will continue</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">to paint as long as i can hold a brush and</span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">people tell me my work makes them </span><span style="color:#ff9900;">happy</span><span style="color:#999900;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">making work that is ambiguous</span><span style="color:#999900;"> </span><br /><span style="color:#999900;"><span style="color:#6600cc;">serious</span> and simultaneously </span><span style="color:#ff9900;"><span style="color:#009900;">happy<br /></span>are my ultimate painting goals</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-5775652363948393793?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-8202230619140143832008-05-07T12:26:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:58:41.639-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCICmLdAxyI/AAAAAAAAACI/3G1Qp7mTllY/s1600-h/great+lake+ontario.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCICmLdAxyI/AAAAAAAAACI/3G1Qp7mTllY/s320/great+lake+ontario.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#336666;">great lake ontario</span></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCICmbdAxzI/AAAAAAAAACQ/vqk00kIV0qs/s1600-h/powerplay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCICmbdAxzI/AAAAAAAAACQ/vqk00kIV0qs/s320/powerplay.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#666666;">powerplay</span></strong><br /><div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-820223061914014383?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-40736148016417422922008-05-07T12:22:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:58:42.329-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBy7dAxuI/AAAAAAAAABo/lfnaiL2piOk/s1600-h/tandem.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBy7dAxuI/AAAAAAAAABo/lfnaiL2piOk/s320/tandem.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">tandem</span></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBzbdAxvI/AAAAAAAAABw/y01Ge-7rM-A/s1600-h/to+tell+a+tale.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBzbdAxvI/AAAAAAAAABw/y01Ge-7rM-A/s320/to+tell+a+tale.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">to tell a tale</span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBz7dAxwI/AAAAAAAAAB4/w97jK_Bk6uk/s1600-h/touch+and+go.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIBz7dAxwI/AAAAAAAAAB4/w97jK_Bk6uk/s320/touch+and+go.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#666666;">touch & go</span></strong><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIB0LdAxxI/AAAAAAAAACA/W4CMOEMotB4/s1600-h/spring+flowers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/SCIB0LdAxxI/AAAAAAAAACA/W4CMOEMotB4/s320/spring+flowers.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#999900;">springflowers</span></strong><br /><div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-4073614801641742292?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-76110805333589794532008-03-11T07:54:00.000-07:002008-12-11T15:58:43.799-08:00truth in numbers<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aepBd8UbI/AAAAAAAAAAk/A-2asEKw5uM/s1600-h/Copy+(2)+of+Copy+of+Truth+in+numbers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176499249314812338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aepBd8UbI/AAAAAAAAAAk/A-2asEKw5uM/s400/Copy+(2)+of+Copy+of+Truth+in+numbers.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">from the series <em>tug</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em> </em></span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aeqxd8UcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/MzQxIRCTtEU/s1600-h/tug-red+sea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176499279379583426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aeqxd8UcI/AAAAAAAAAAs/MzQxIRCTtEU/s400/tug-red+sea.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">red boat</span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aevxd8UdI/AAAAAAAAAA0/m-5e4TrRtp4/s1600-h/04+tug-orange.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176499365278929362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aevxd8UdI/AAAAAAAAAA0/m-5e4TrRtp4/s400/04+tug-orange.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ff6600;">tug orange</span></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9aewxd8UeI/AAAAAAAAAA8/1G48THW5s7A/s1600-h/10what+is+and+what+ought+to+be.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-7611080533358979453?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-24980587035362623282008-03-07T08:05:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:58:44.030-08:00domino<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9Fozhd8UaI/AAAAAAAAAAc/dpf1XAVwlXo/s1600-h/Summer_500_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R9Fozhd8UaI/AAAAAAAAAAc/dpf1XAVwlXo/s400/Summer_500_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175032681191985570" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-2498058703536262328?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-21840081599069431912008-01-25T09:40:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:58:44.280-08:00mortise and tenon<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R5ofRhHDdeI/AAAAAAAAAAU/jNArCnIxuXs/s1600-h/08_art_lucas.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/R5ofRhHDdeI/AAAAAAAAAAU/jNArCnIxuXs/s400/08_art_lucas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159470708912518626" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-2184008159906943191?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-54938291206626284792008-01-25T09:29:00.000-08:002008-01-25T09:34:42.498-08:00MICHELE LUCAS <br /> mortise and tenon<br />oil on wood <br /><br />An ambiguous work, mortise and tenon is an abstract unexplicit landscape. A work of fiction that is simple yet complex.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-5493829120662628479?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361613433969428605.post-14537688718706525112007-09-15T09:50:00.001-07:002008-12-11T15:58:44.553-08:00bridge<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/RuwNw5yj-sI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SMQSQe2k8YE/s1600-h/07bridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__FQ-s2gnBdo/RuwNw5yj-sI/AAAAAAAAAAM/SMQSQe2k8YE/s400/07bridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110474810956446402" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6361613433969428605-1453768871870652511?l=michelelucas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>michele lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095672596444832075noreply@blogger.com1