A visit to the Seguin Poirier Gallery-Studio in Griffintown, Montreal. http://seguinpoirier.com This is another of my little point-and-shoot camera video interviews focused around aspects of the art scene I happen to encounter during my wanderings in Montreal. I’m formalizing it now as “Art Chat” and have bought that name as an address for a web […]
Archive for the ‘montreal’ Category
July 22, 2011
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Sonja and I
By Jack Ruttan in montrealShot of a drunken me (Jack Ruttan) and the estimable (and late) Sonja Skarstedt at the now-defunct Double Hook Bookstore, sometime in the early 1990s. Photo by Geof Isherwood.
Tags: books, literature, montreal, photos, poesy
July 6, 2011
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Street People
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketches, watercolour, womenOn Saint Viateur, during the recent Feast of Saint. Marziale. And rue Masson:
Tags: men, montreal, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
June 30, 2011
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Pinocchio
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeTaking a break from all the sketchbooky angst to post these shots of a performance of “Pinocchio” in the local park, still going on, even as I type this!
Tags: current events, montreal, photos, ruttan's place
June 14, 2011
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L’Écho d’un Fleuve
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's placeSpent a while shooting and editing videos of the annual L’Écho d’un Fleuve event, which happens in this neighbourhood every June. It’s a thrill to do, and wonderful to think one lives in a neighbourhood where such things take place. Hooray for artists and dancers and all. Not an easy life. But it’s great to […]
Tags: current events, montreal, ruttan's place, visual art
June 11, 2011
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F1 Confusion
By Jack Ruttan in horses, montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolourYesterday, I went to check out the Formula 1 Festivities downtown in Montreal. Snapped a few photos, as above. Kind of tiring, the whole thing, so I took a pit stop in Dorchester Square, ate French Fries, and sketched the equestrian monument to the wildly popular Boer War.
Tags: Animals, colour, current events, horses, montreal, paintings, photos, sketches, watercolour
April 28, 2011
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Back to the Balcony
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, watercolour, womenSitting on the balcony drawing again. People go by, things go by.
Tags: montreal, sketches, watercolour, women
March 9, 2011
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Alsatian
By Jack Ruttan in dogs, men, montreal, watercolour, womenThe drawings look more realistic when copied from photographs. My problem is, it’s boring to draw from photographs. I’m painting shapes rather than trying to think around an object. Oh, I just remembered. Drew some sketches on the metro the other day. These to me are the best faces. I don’t know they have a […]
Tags: Animals, Brush Pen, colour, dogs, men, montreal, Pen & Ink, watercolour, women
February 16, 2011
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Tonight’s Efforts
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, paintings, watercolourPainting more stuff tonight, after working hard. Tough days, actually, in various ways, though things aren’t bad. Getting stuff going, making decisions, dealing with things. Hope it all works out! It is February, though. One thing is from a photo, the other an elaboration of a quick sketch I made.
Tags: colour, men, montreal, paintings, watercolour
February 14, 2011
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Abandoned Building
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, paintings, watercolourPainted this today, from a friend’s photo of a building (I think) near Turcot Yards. Should do a lot more of these sorts of things.
Tags: colour, montreal, paintings, watercolour
November 15, 2010
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Expozine 2010
By Jack Ruttan in montrealHappy with how the video turned out, because I didn’t work that hard trying to get every little thing, or even amazing things. Leave that to other chroniclers. This is just my view of the show. I made sketches, which will be posted later, and I might also make an effort at identifying some of […]
November 7, 2010
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Les 48 heures de la bande dessinée de Montréal
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI was at the above-named event today. Plenty of cartoonists, plenty of cartoons. A surprise for me, because I didn’t know many of them. The Montreal comics scene is indeed diverse. The first day, Saturday, is devoted to creating strips: cartoonists are paired up to produce these. Sunday is for displaying the finished work to […]
Tags: cartoons, collaboration, comics, montreal, photos, workshop
November 6, 2010
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The Rise of the Octo-Moose
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI visited this show last night, at Galerie Monastiraki. Wasn’t really sure what they were doing, whether it was a book, or a show, or what. Turned out to be art. Here are some snapshots: I also made videos where I chatted with the artists. Very pleased that I’ve begun to be able to use […]
October 30, 2010
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October Montreal Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in men, montreal, sketches, watercolourSomething special for this month’s comic jam. Pierre Landry from CBC Radio came and interviewed us about the comic jam. Maybe this is a result of the press attention we got in the Gazette a couple of weeks ago. Here are some snaps from the Jam, including the interview: And you can listen to the […]
Tags: collaboration, colour, comics, Jeff Leblanc, Marr, men, montreal, Montreal Comic Jam, photos, Richard Gagnon, sketches, watercolour