I like magpies. In Eindhoven, they were as populous as pigeons are in Toronto. In artwork, sometimes I think of them as allegorical stand-ins for the artist, collecting shiny things and all. The shine is pouring down into the image of the cup at the bottom of the installation.

'Magpie With All The Gold & Silver Wrappers Collected from Chocolate Eaten By Me And Other Artists In The Gallery Sitting On Installation Guardians' detail from 'Picturesque/Picaresque...'
'Magpie With All The Gold & Silver Wrappers Collected from Chocolate Eaten By Me And Other Artists In The Gallery Sitting On Installation Guardians' detail from 'Picturesque/Picaresque...'
gouache, watercolour and graphite on wall, chocolate wrappers, digital photo print
varied
2008