Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (https://voaf.ca/) 2023

Waves Awash (2023)

Acrylic on canvas (16”x20”)

Fall Foliage Fantasy (2023)

Glue, turmeric, alkanet root powder, beet root powder, tomato powder, nutritional yeast, & hydrogen peroxide, over found acrylic painting on canvas (12”x16”)

Into the Woulds (2023)

Acrylic, indigo leaf powder (aqueous suspension), glue, over canvas board (16”x20”)

This Is Not a Pair of Glasses on a Faucet (2023)

Acrylic on canvas (16”x20”)

Waves Aflush (2023)

Glue, toilet paper, acrylic, turmeric, tomato powder, & crayon chunks, over found mixed media piece on canvas (30”x15”)

The Eyes Have It (2023)

Glue, acrylic, beet powder, & tomato powder, over found oil painting on canvas (24”x24”)

Sakura (2023)

Glue, rhubarb pulp, pear pulp, & acrylic over found oil painting on canvas (20”x16”)

Nebulous Tile for Spacey Spaces (2023)

Glue, turmeric, tomato powder, nutritional yeast, hydrogen peroxide, & acrylic, on canvas (12”x12”)

Mudflat (2023)

Acrylic, paper, pipe cleaners, feathers, & hair, on canvas (16”x12”)

Mao-cho Marx Cat (2022)

Collage, acrylic, on canvas (14”x14”)

Chinese-English translations

The vertically aligned characters on the left:

毛吵 [máo chăo], meaning fur noise, or hair quarrel, followed by 马克思 [mă sī], meaning horse gram think, all suggesting one of the Marx Brothers (e.g. Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Karlo, or Mao-cho Marx).

The first two horizontally aligned characters on the left:

猫毛 [māo máo], meaning cat fur (mao Mao).

The two horizontally aligned characters in the centre:

主席 [zhŭxi], meaning Chairman (Zhuxi).

The last two horizontally characters on the right:

墓地 [mùdì], meaning graveyard (mudi, sounding like Moody, and thus forming a signature).

Languid Linoleum (2023)

Glue, turmeric, nutritional yeast, hydrogen peroxide, & acrylic, on canvas (10”x10”)

Inflamed Inspirational Poster (2023)

Glue, turmeric, tomato powder, & acrylic, over found inspirational poster (“Living without an aim is

like sailing without a compass”) on canvas (22”x16”)

Hull on Earth (2023)

Acrylic, indigo leaf powder (aqueous suspension), glue, turmeric, tomato powder, hydrogen peroxide, over canvas board (16”x20”)

Fireweed Field Aflame, or, One with Everything: mustard, ketchup, & relish (2023)

Acrylic on canvas (16”x20”)

Aliums (2023)

Glue, acrylic, onion skins, garlic skins, over found oil painting on canvas (24”x24”)

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