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Petrochemical painting has something to say

by | Apr 11, 2026 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Apocalypse Now, Art Blog, Conceptual Craft, Creative Process, Distracts, Doilies, ECU, ECUAD MFA, Emily Carr University, Fiber Arts, Material Exploration, Painting, Petrochemical, Upcycle

A pretty and pretty repellent tapestry composed of a lot of bad decisions and ignorance is having a moment.It had a benign beginning eight years ago: to approach painting like making a quilt. It started when I discovered I could pour viscous acrylic paint onto acetate...

Letting go and getting on it

by | Mar 22, 2025 | Abject, Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Art Discourse, Artist, Crochet, Doilies, ECUAD MFA, Fiber Artist, Fiber Arts, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Handmade, Handwork, Imagination, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, MakingIsConnecting, MFA, Personalispolitical, Re-use, Reimagine, Stitching, Tactility, Textile Art, Upcycle, Vancouver

Our job as artists is to imagine different futures (Originally published Feb. 23, 2025 on Substack)I made a bit of a scene when Friedrich Irrgang confirmed that he was retiring after 62 short years in the timepiece-repair business. And just what will become of my...

The future is fungal

by | Jan 18, 2025 | Abstract Painting, Carlyn Yandle, Crochet, Embroidery, Entanglements, Fiber Artist, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Found Materials, Hand Stitching, Handmaking, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, LA Fires, Mapping, Material Exploration, Mixed Media, Mushroom, Mycelium, Nature, Painting, Pattern, Renewal, Repairing Is Caring, Spore, Vancouver

Mushrooms and more for troubled times When you spend a good portion of your winter cowering from the cold and the rain, it’s hard to fathom the fiery desert winds that are obliterating entire neighbourhoods just a three-hour flight south. In the near-real-time images...

Time to find focus

by | Jan 4, 2025 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Carlyn Yandle, Creative Process, Distraction, Distracts, Fiber Artist, Geometric Art, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Painting, Pattern, Personalispolitical, Political Art, Process, Quilt Painting, Trump, Vancouver

Depicting a distracted mind might not be helping Disrupting the grid, upending predictable patterns. Acrylic on canvas, sewing pins, 24” x 24” (Carlyn Yandle) If the person I share the bed with is to be believed, this morning (as of this writing) I announced in my...

From mind-numbing to mindful

by | Sep 30, 2024 | Abstract Painting, Aesthetics, Art Discourse, Carlyn Yandle, Conceptual Craft, Distraction, Embroidery, Exploration, Fiber Arts, Hand Stitching, Intrusive Thoughts, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Material Exploration, Meditative, Painting

Dropping out is easy. This art practice is about tuning in​Flat on my back in the chair last week, the dentist had just plunged the second needle into my eroded molar area and her assistant was now affixing the rubber dam. This is when my go-to flight response kicked...