BlogHide Resteemsrachelsvparry (67)in art • 7 months agoMidnight Mooring, at my little Gallery on Spadina Avenue.This piece is called Midnight Mooring. In Mikey's Wiarton years, he spent many nights wandering along the water's edge. On this night, the ships whispered together, gently swaying under the soft…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 7 months agoMix and Match at the current show at my little gallery.Mikey, the current artist at my little gallery, slaved away at these frames right up to the night before load in for his show. He built them largely out of found and upcycled materials. The main…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 7 months agoMilkweed Peekaboo - Another piece in the current show at my gallery.Another piece currently in my gallery, this one I'm always shocked hasn't found a home yet. I mean, I feel that way about a lot of the work I show here, but I get that it's not easy for most people…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 7 months agoHalfway through the show, a couple salesThis piece is my MOST sold piece. The Birdhouse. Inspired by Baba Yaga's cottage on bird feet, but using owl legs instead of chicken. It's in Mikey's show because he wanted it as an example of his…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 7 months agoHOME - Made by Mikey at my little art galleryEverything getting so wacky over here. We've been having these markets on weekends. Maybe too frequently. There's a lot of drama to expunge here, but some of it can't really be said just yet. I will…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 8 months agoGreen Crab Artwork by Christina Kostoff in my galleryToday's feature for the Green Crab Project show, is this one. Christina had a show last year in August, and the owner took to her style immediately. He likes texture and three-dimensional aspects.…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 8 months agoMy Sale at the George Street Diner!I have a few pieces of this series up on the wall. Apparently they're people pleasers, which pleases me too. I feel terrible, I keep forgetting the names of the staff who have been talking me up for…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 8 months agoThe Green Crab Project. New Show at my gallery in Toronto.Hello my friends! I have some catch-up to do again. I fell ill during the latter half of my previous show with Fee Gunn and fell off the habit of posting again. It was probably covid, and I…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 8 months ago'The All-Seeing Eye' by Fee Gunn at my little art galleryToday I want to highlight this stunning piece in our current show, 'We Are Thankful For His Table Scraps' by Fee Gunn. This one is called All-Seeing Eye, featuring at least 72 iPhone image sensors…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months ago"Board" By artist Fee Gunn at my galleryWhen I met Fee, he was pretty much exclusively a photographer. He specialized in event photography, with a distinct preference for the dark and weird. We either met at Brides of March (a…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoNext up at my gallery! Fee Gunn.We're in transition week, getting ready for the glorious return of Fee Gunn, who had a very successful opening last year. I'll get to double up on experiences for this run of posts, talking both…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoSecond Last Day of the current show at my gallery.There is one wall dedicated to pets, and a bunch of space dedicated to friends. This is the Joy side of the show. I think the artist wanted to highlight coping mechanisms both good and bad in an…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months ago"Plague by Gaslight" from the current show at my galleryWhen we'd talked last year about a show, the artist's original concept was about the pandemic. I wasn't 100% sure about it at the time, just because we're all so exhausted of Covid by now, I was…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoWood Dragon from out current show at my gallery at 222 SpadinaI'd asked my artist in advance if he had any work related to the concept of the Wood Dragon in anticipation of Lunar New Year. He didn't, but he did have this little heirloom art piece from his…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoFlashback to February 2023 - Vashty Hawkins solo show in my gallery.I'll take a little tiny break from today to talk about last year a bit more. I think I started a week or two ago to get to the first days at the gallery. Let me set the scene again. Months and…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoLights, Camera, ACTION at Gallery 222 - Photography by Charlie LawtonMy current artist at the gallery here is hosting a screening of two of his shorts this weekend, so I did a couple posts for him on the Facebook page. One of them featured the short films, and the…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 9 months agoNew Show at my Gallery; Photography by Charlie Lawton.We just opened a new show last Sunday. This one took a lot of work to get going, and no small amount of stress on my part. There were some miscommunications, some misunderstandings, some…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 10 months agoMy Gallery's Opening Show last year, 2023Last year, about mid-January, 2023, my gallery opened. I've changed my life around it drastically. We'd planned to open sooner. The owner bought the unit just before covid, and we started to talk…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 10 months agoThe Story of the Olive Tree, by Raz Rotem (Currently at my gallery)These three illustrations are another piece of my current display at the gallery. Part of the artist's dissertation, these pieces represent a story-telling aspect to the body of work. They…rachelsvparry (67)in art • 10 months agoRevolving Men, by Raz Rotem (Currently at my gallery)This show, called Riddles, is almost entirely works made for the artist's dissertation. He's made a point not to publish too much in advance of submitting his defense in the unlikely event that…