Yes indeed! Williamsburg, NY. I was pleased as punch to be invited to participate in a tremendous showing of toil at the Mark James Gallery. Joined by four other talented canadian artists, I had a great opportunity to do something really exciting and meet great people. Experimenting with found materials, I explored the aesthetic of early balloon builders. The Mongolfier brothers of nineteenth century France turned their paper-making shop into an impromptu balloon manufacturing concern. The marvelous notion swept through minds of the day and soon enough, many citizens turned aeronauts were taking to the skies teathered beneath private bubble of gas. Balloon flight has been a fantasy of mine and continues to be. The thought of going to sleep in a balloon and waking up in a balloon is, for some reason, incredibly attractive. High above the earth, silently drifting along, embedded in the flowing aircurrent...Oh that i were a Mongolfier. Thanks be to Lukas Geronminas, Dylan Eastgaard, Ryan Forster and Niall McClelland.
