Blood Bunnies

2011

2011-01-18T14:11:00.000-08:00

new tee shirt design coming soon!!

8x11 (inches)
watercolour, acrylic and marker on arches paper
for lil chico's show punkyartfish studios USA...
prints to come

she's a wee one! the paper is 23cmx23cm little 1910's/1920s gal, watercolour, markers and pencil on arches paper... also available as a tattoo if someone is interested :) all female tattooer art show NYCdone for SOLD

2010-08-30T12:14:00.000-07:00

For Blood Money Show california sept 11th

little cat cameo (ca(t)meo if you will 20cmx20cm watercolour

Bound for glory skateboard collaboration with slicknick for nick caruso

2010-03-17T10:10:00.000-07:00

still in progress
rotterdam harbour siren
watercolour, acrylic and ink on illustration board

kitsune for Gominkeo Books' exhibit tokyo, japan
watercolour and ink on paper
15x12 (inches)

www.desmondandbeatrice.com's
apron for the juno gift baskets! very exciting!

cupcake and roses
for www.desmondandbeatrice.com 's juno apron
watercolour and ink on paper
8 x12 inches

Late or not late there is always time for a cup of tea

Watercolour and ink on paper
9” x 9”
2010

Guen Douglas
Late or not late there is always time for a cup of tea

http://canteenlife.com/artwork/1239492_Guen_Douglas.html

Harbour Lights

2010-02-04T11:52:00.000-08:00

"Late or not late, there always time for a cuppa."
23cmx23cm
watercolour and ink on paper
THIS IS A SNEAK PEAK - A TINY PORTION OF THE PIECE
see the rest at Canteen, Ottawa, Canada March 2010

"Lucky 13"
16"x20" watercolour and ink on watercolour paper
for Tattoo Mania "Lucky 13" show (dates tba)

Rotterdam Siren for TNS in progress
acrylic and watercolour on illustration board

Creature.

2009-08-14T22:01:00.000-07:00

"Kirin"
water colour and markers on illustraton board, odd size.
for Gomineko Books exhibit Japan

gonna have prints of these on big cartel up soon!!

Press

2009-07-06T21:13:00.000-07:00

Ive been lucky this week, the press machine was kind to me with interviews in the OTTAWA CITIZEN as well as radio interviews with both the CBC and CKCU.

Listen for me on this week's Ontario Today wednesay at 12.30pm! Talking what else, tattoos.

Smash Cut

2009-06-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

Last summer friend Lee Demarbre wrapped on filming "Smash Cut" a film starring artist and porn star Sasha Grey, and horror legend and musician David Hess. I was lucky enough to be cast in a speaking role (Gretchen Gregorski - Film Critic) for this movie which is Demarbre's tribute to Herschell Gordon Lewis and inspired by his movie "Color Me Blood Red". Also my friend Jennilee Murray plays Gigi Spot the saucy stripper who's untimely death sends Able Whitman (Hess) off the deep end. Be sure to watch for it in local theatres. (most likey the MAYFAIR). Here's an interview i did with Lee last summer.

Smash Cut will have its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal this July 18th.

"Frustrated with his most recent film doing poorly, film director Able Whitman finds himself at a strip club where he meets and takes home one of the strippers, Gigi Stops. They have an accident on the road which kills Gigi leaving Able to figure out what to do with the body. He conveniently decides to "disguise" the body parts as set pieces to his new horror film. When this new design style is met with much praise, Able decides he needs more parts to fulfill his new "project". Written by rivethead808

Smash Cut is a satire of the filmmaking industry and the challenges of independent filmmaking, with a story that draws on the filmmakers' real-life experiences. It follows the murderous exploits of Able Whitman, a horror-film director whose films are panned by critics and audiences alike - until he starts killing people and using their body parts as props in his new flick." Written by Ian Driscoll

some other press links:

www.twitchfilm.net

www.bloody-disgusting.com

www.dreadcentral.com

www.imdb.com

www.cinemafantastique.net

Big BIG Cartel

2009-06-27T23:41:00.000-07:00

So I've signed up for a BigCartel site so hopefully in the next few days i shall have prints of some of my work up for sale! woot woot!
bookmark it HERE and check back to get your grubby mitts on my art. (The first print up will be "Family Man")

Permanent Collection: Tattooed Artists

2009-06-27T23:27:00.000-07:00

Permanent Collection: Tattooed Artists
Opens July 3rd at La Petite Mort Gallery
look HERE for the Gallery
and HERE for the Facebook event

This is my piece for the show:

"Family Man"
16x20
acrylic watercolour on illustration board - framed
La Petite Mort Gallery
$400

La Petite Mort Gallery present...

PERMANENT COLLECTION:
TATTOOED ARTISTS
Group Exhibit: Curated by GUEN DOUGLAS
One Month Exhibit / July 3 - 26, 2009
Vernissage Friday July 3 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Boy Scout Killers & Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM

Statement:

"What are you gonna do when you're eighty?", as if any of us had planned that far ahead. Even those of us conscious of the future should be so lucky as to live to be eighty.

People fear the permanence, and the stigma that tattoos are for the marginalized. Forever is word not one of us could ever fully understand, like love and evil it is unquantifiable. We are made of flesh and when we die, our physical presence decays. Even those that believe in an afterlife might agree that it is doubtful you would take your tattoos with you. Like that nifty anorak you love or your favourite diamond earrings, those that believe might tell you that you leave with what you came in with. nothing. and maybe your soul. For some it is this very same longevity and marginalization that attracts them to this form of decoration. People get tattooed to either belong to or to disassociate from a group, often it is a little of both. These days with the hallmark sentiment of television shows pushing the tattoo world into new markets, we forget the perspectives of those that came before. Those artists and laymen who chose to adorn their bodies not to mark the passing of a loved one or to make grand gestures of faith, but those that flouted the public opinion and got tattooed in spite of the name calling.

What sets these tattooed artists apart from the rest of society? Do we have a deeper understanding of our own mortality, choosing to experience all that we desire, without the fear of consequences? or are we merely impulsive and careless? Even though society's attitudes are changing there is still a stigma that surrounds the tattooed; that we are morally vacant and criminals of lesser breeding. On the surface we have all been marked, each with our either small or all encompassing, permanent collections, but we come from every background, rich and poor, formally educated and street smart. Like anyone, our perspectives on life, death and in between unable to escape the influence of our choices in life, and vice versa .
- Guen Douglas, 2009

"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones."
Henry David Thoreau

Photo Credit: Remi Theriault

ARTIST INCLUDE:

Hayden Menzies (Toronto) haydenmenzies.com

Crazzy Dave (Ottawa) (no website)

Azdead (no website)

Angela Marklew (Los Angeles) fstopinertia.com

Jon Claytor (Montreal) jonclaytor.com

Joel Conroy (Montreal) studiotattoomania.com

James Huctwith (Toronto) (no website)

Aaron Lucy (Los Angeles) aaronlucyphoto.com

Remi Theriault (Ottawa) remitheriault.com

Michelle Wilson (Ottawa) mwphotographs.com

Adam Turk (San Diego) turkturkturk.com

Josh Crowe (Montreal) (no website)

David Glantz (Toronto) archivetattoo.com

Adrienne Turner (Ottawa) (no website)

Scooter Laforge (New York) scooterlaforge.com

Brandon Steen (Toronto) brandonsteenart.com

Zachari Logan (Saskatoon) (no website)

Nico Mensinga (Rotterdam) 25tolifetattoos.com

Guen Douglas (Ottawa) guendouglas.com

Sneaker Wars 2009

2009-06-27T23:17:00.000-07:00

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
acrylic and canvas, glue and shoes (VANS, women's 6.5)
For Sale at Top of the World skate shop bidding starts at 100$
I was invited to paint these fun little guys for the Ottawa "Sneaker Wars" sponsored by: Vans, Top of the World, The Layup and Kapacity Entertainment

monkey prep, in stages

freshly painted shoes for sneaker wars, this was my base

Romances.

2009-01-21T22:06:00.000-08:00

I have a couple of pieces going up for group valentines shows in February. One show is at Aunt Olives here in town, and the other is put on by Tattoo Nat of Imago in Montreal... I'm pretty stoked about them both!! As soon as they are done I will post them.

"What's Bold Will Hold" 15x20in Acrylic watercolour on Illustration board
a gift for Friend Slick Nick

Lust and Poverty

2008-11-30T20:55:00.000-08:00

Two Group shows this Month, one is 101 frames at gallery 101 on Bank Street opening December 6th, it's a charity exhibit with framed art being auctioned off. This year's theme is LUST. These are my pieces:

"Pickle Parts the Meat Curtains"
frame is 5x5
pen and paper.

"Beaver Rides the Rocket"
frame is 5x6
pen and paper

The second show is also a charity show for Amnesty International. Disposable cameras were handed out to artists, photographers, and the homeless. We were asked to take photos of poverty and how it affects our lives. I took this photo of Eddie a mentally challenged man that is well known in and around my work. He runs errands around Rideau Street for tips.

"Eddie"
taken with disposable camera
red gel used on flash
printed 11x16 with border.

Canteen "Sweet 'n' Low" show

2008-11-09T22:31:00.000-08:00

Group show at new gallery and fun store Canteen up for the next three weeks go and check it out!

"sweetcheeks"
acrylic on illustration board
16x20 framed
$300

"cream puff"
acrylic on illustration board
16x20 framed
$300

"Sweetie Pie"
acrylic on illustration board
16x20 framed
$300

"Milk and Cookies: midnight snack"
acrylic on illustration board
16x12 framed
$200

La Petite Mort

2008-11-04T23:24:00.000-08:00

In August La Petite Mort gallery (that i am happy to announce i just joined) hosted a group show about foot methods of transportation, entitled "RIDE ME: the art of urban transportation". Being a nerdy bike rider it was a subject that i felt really close to. These were my contributions:

"613" mixed media on Vintage rollerskates

"Ride Me" Mixed Media on Skateboard SOLD
(mine is the yellow deck!)

Lost Marbles

2008-11-04T23:20:00.000-08:00

Munny Show! Lost marbles is a really swell little store, and last month they hosted a group show.
This was my first Munny, I had a super duper time making him and hope to have another chance again soon.

Pony Boy
mixed media

Wurm Gallery

2008-11-04T23:12:00.000-08:00

This past month i had pieces up at Wurm Gallery/Invisible Cinema I was one of three artists to exhibit.

Pride/Hate Series

Southern White Pride SOLD
15x20 acrylic on illustration board

Jewish Defense League
15x20 acrylic on illustration board

Black Panther
15x20 acrylic on illustration board

The Story So Far... Old Drawings

2008-11-04T23:06:00.001-08:00

Harvest Zombie

Zombie Gal

Leroy (Wren's Thigh)

Mod Gypsy

An abandoned tattoo

for a friend, Ice Cream

Tragic Fish

Lucky/Unlucky Rabbit

Guen Douglas

2008-11-04T22:13:00.000-08:00

This site is the new home of Guen Douglas' art and other projects unrelated to tattooing. For Guen Douglas' tattoo work please visit www.guendouglas.com