Flow Motion; The Book Now Available

 

Hello Folks,

I am loving zeros and ones.  Playing with  images of my acrylic paintings I have employed the online book publishing world of The Great Blurb to create first editions of Flow Motion; The Book.

I began with the “Large Landscape” edition which is 13” x 11” inches (33 x 28 cm four colour printing).

Clicking on the links below you can preview the entire book.  Accompanying the images of my acrylic paintings are poems and lyrics to songs I have written.

If you want to see the whole book at a glance then click on the six little squares in the center of the blurb tool bar below.  Thumbnail images of all pages in the book will appear two by two.

Blurb is great! 

You can purchase a copy in either hardcover with full colour dust jacket or a hardcover ImageWrap edition.  All this is done online via Blurb.

The link below takes you to a full preview of the 7’’ x 7’’ Flow Motion book.

 

Flow Motion by John Russell Redmond | Make Your Own Book

This is a pretty darned cool way to share some creative energy with you.  If you enjoy this preview and want to share it with friends simply click on the t or f on the wee blurb tool bar above.  You can share via Twitter or Facebook.

(Please note:  should be reading this blog entry at a late date and the above link to the book is not working simply go to the Blurb website  http://www.blurb.com/  and do a search for my name.  You will find me.)

 

Who Wants To Know?

Encore, encore!

Encore, encore! 

For your enjoyment-amusement again here via Youtube is the long  journey musical basement tapes recording of one song included in the book Flow Motion.  Who Wants To Know is a song I wrote.  Musician master Murray Kinsley recorded it with me.  The cartoon is mostly all Johnny. Murray made the funny Mujotles hayfield image used in the credits at the end.

Who Wants To Know? performed by the Mujotles

 

Hmmmm….Now I’m thinking I could record my reading the poems and all for you.  Or maybe; Flow Motion The Movie.

Watch for that one ha ha.

 

 

 

11 11 11

 

 

 

John Redmond

Ottawa, Canada

 

 

What’s The Buzz Now? What’s The Line?

Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

Hi,
What’s the buzz now?   What’s the line?
Tell your story. I’ll tell mine.
This painting is one of a series of four.  It has a black and white layered undercoating with colour applied in layers.


Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond


Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond
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Who Wants To Know?

Who Wants To Know
song by John R. Redmond
Arranged by Murray Kinsley
Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Backup Vocals, Mixing and all that jazz; Murray Kinsley
Lead Vocals and Backseat Mixing; John Redmond
Drums; Mr. Vee Dee who was always on time for rehearsal but spent an awful long time in the can.
The Mujotles; Alias MK Solo and JR Madog Redmond
Who Wants To Know was recorded in the basement of Rancho del Greely using ones and zeros on a cantankerous ole PC.
Video was created with Windows (Clunky) Movie Maker
Shared for your amusement and bemusement
with apologies from Madog.
 
 

24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

















Above; Details 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

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24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond   For a full experience click on ‘View Full Album’ then choose full screen viewing it as a slide show..

Who Wants To Know
When a flower becomes a seed
Seed becomes the flower’s need
Where you go is where you been
Rustling leaves become the wind
 
Who Wants to Know?
 
Walking ‘long a city lane
Steps becoming much the same
One in front and two behind
Footprints makin’ visible time
 
Who Wants to Know?
 
Laundry basket, ticking clock
Worn out shirts and holey socks
Sorting out the old and new
Bag ‘em, toss ‘em down the chute
 
Breaking news now breaking wind
Papa comes talkin’ I just sinned
My land your land God and war and
Bush league big league intrigue and
 
Who wants to know?
Who wants to know?
Sometime mother, I wonder when
Here and now, there and then
Who Wants to know?
 
What’s the buzz now what’s the line
Tell your story I’ll tell mine
Propaganda, whatya after
Claws in me like a gentle raptor
 
Pictures painting; seemly scenes
Manifesting; dire dreams
Phantoms surfing Emptiness
Hollow, hungry, with finesse
 
Who wants to know?
Who wants to know?
 

‘Till we meet again.
John Redmond
Ottawa, Canada

I Me Me Mine; About JR

John R Redmond
Canadian born artist residing in Ottawa, Canada

John Redmond's work is fluid. He creates pure abstract and abstract land/waterscapes by an action pour, splatter and spray technique. Seldom does Redmond use a brush. Accidentally on purpose is his method. He employs the flow of waterborne acrylic paint to form layers of texture and blended colour.

Redmond's paintings are often delicate. Others are bold and surreal. Redmond expresses images of clouds, mist, storms over wilderness forests and lakes, waves, seas, under water worlds and gentle or wild wind blown rains.  Some paintings are filled with phantasmic imagery. Splashes of colour on canvas and the movement of water build his distinctive style. Whatever artistic vocabulary Redmond employs his expressive paintings are to be seen, felt and touched.

 


30” x 24” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Click on any image to view it enlarged. If you would like to view my paintings check out previous blog entries and/or scroll down to Froggy at the bottom of the page. Click on Froggy and hop to my online store with links to eBay. I'm also on Etsy. Search for seller johnredmond (no spaces) or use the painting images on the right side of this blog page to zoom there instantly. You can find me on Facebook, MySpace and, "tweeet twweet," Twitter (Redjar7)

 



Applying acrylic paint with an almost watercolour method over his textured base, Redmond reveals moods reflecting the rhythmic pulse of the fluid world in which we live. Viewers are drawn to Redmond’s abstract imagery because they recognize in his work the flow of something which they themselves are. His multi-dimensional paintings evoke an experience of inner and outer reality. The viewer is welcomed into a painting and urged to create along with the artist.

 


30” x 24” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Redmond paints for joy, sanity, self-development and the expression of beauty. His art reflects a life long interest in world religion, philosophy and psychology. A special interest in East Asian thought considerably influences his artist expression. Redmond’s experience and love of Canadian wilderness is also evident in his paintings.

 



Acrylic paintings by John R Redmond at Galerie 240, Ottawa
 http://www.galerie240.com/  Galerie 240, Ottawa

Media Review

Colourful Art With Colourful Roots;  ”Ottawa artist John Redmond's solo show at Sydenham's Mill Street cafe is as visually pleasing as it is historically interesting. His acrylic works, which can be classified as abstract expressionist, each contain a fluidity that demonstrate a painter who has been evolving and mastering his craft into his very own personal style……The Café & Gallery’s co-owner, Pat Dawson, is thrilled to have an artist who not only makes work of such a high calibre but who also has roots in the area.”  - The Frontenac News

 

Here is a link to the full article; Colourful Art With Colourful Roots http://www.frontenacnews.ca/2011/11-16_apr_21/redmond_john.html

The Frontenac News is a subscription based paper delivered to households in the region.  Here is a link to the home page of the Frontenac News online edition.  http://www.frontenacnews.ca/


More I Me Me Mine;

His paintings have been shown at Ottawa’s local galleries and art venues. Masks created by Redmond appeared at the National Art Centre in Opera Lyra’s production of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’. Life sized puppets designed and created by Redmond have been a part of professional performances in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and New York City.

Redmond was born and raised in the Montreal area. He moved to Ottawa to attend university and is a long time resident of Ottawa. He holds a B.A. in Religion from Carleton University, a B.Ed. from University of Ottawa, and is also a Montessori trained teacher. Currently Redmond teaches in public school at the elementary K-6 level in Ottawa.

 


40” x 30” 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Redmond studied Fine Arts while attending Carleton University, Ottawa. University courses included study of North American Native Art, and Asian traditions of Buddhist and Hindu Art.

This artist strives for a balance between action and quietude. Redmond began practicing yoga and meditation while enrolled in a Pure and Applied Science program at John Abbott College, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. During this period he also began a life long interest in the martial arts. His athletic endeavours have included marathon and ultra-marathon distance running. He has completed 20 such races. He was a core team member of several Cross-Canada running relay teams. Redmond has assisted with the instruction of young martial artists and has taught yoga and meditation in the Ottawa area. In October 2004 Redmond completed the Toronto C.N. Tower Stair Climb (1776 stairs) in 18 minutes 30 seconds.

 


28” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond

 


24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond

 


Acrylic paintings by John R Redmond at Galerie 240, Ottawa

 







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






You will find Redmond on stage in the Ottawa area singing some Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, J.J. Cale or Lennon tunes. He also enjoys writing and performing his own songs, accompanying himself on guitar.  Redmond views his music, his dynamic physical activities and the quietude of yoga and meditation as complementary. This sense of action and silence is expressed through his paintings.

 


30” x30” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


16” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


16” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


Diptych 24” x 48” x 1/2”; two 24” x 24” x1/2” by John R Redmond


 



John Redmond
Ottawa, Canada


 

Mill Street Gallery Show, Sydenham, Ontario; Flow Motion; Acrylic Paintings by John Redmond

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to share my art with you at The Mill Street Gallery and Café, Sydenham, Ontario. I love this area. I have paddled and hiked throughout Frontenac Park. With each passing day I realize the connection to this beautiful place. My family and relations were pioneers of Frontenac County. Great Great Great Grandpa William Redmond was married in Sydenham as was his son, John Redmond, my Great Great Grandfather.  Many family members still live in the area settled by our folk over two hundred years ago. Redmond, Babcock, Barrett, Medcof, McFarlane, Donnell, Dowker, Trousdale, Perry, VanLuven, Walker and more are families well known in the area. They are my own; being either direct ancestors or family relations. Thinking of how they struggled and laboured to build this community lets me feel very happy to display my art at the Mill Street Gallery and Cafe in historic Sydenham, Ontario.

 

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If you would like to view my paintings check out previous blog entries and/or scroll down to Froggy at the bottom of the page. Click on Froggy and hop to my online store with links to eBay.
I'm also on Etsy. Search for seller johnredmond (no spaces) or use the painting images on the right side of this blog page to zoom there instantly. You can find me on Facebook, MySpace and, "tweeet twweet," Twitter (Redjar7)

 

By night; The Mill Street Gallery and Cafe, Sydenham, Ontario

 News Flash . . .

In the April 21, 2011 edition of the Frontenac News there is published a feature article by Julie Druker about my art and solo show at the Mill Street Gallery. It is titled . . .

Colourful Art With Colourful Roots”Ottawa artist John Redmond's solo show at Sydenham's Mill Street cafe is as visually pleasing as it is historically interesting. His acrylic works, which can be classified as abstract expressionist, each contain a fluidity that demonstrate a painter who has been evolving and mastering his craft into his very own personal style……The Café & Gallery’s co-owner, Pat Dawson, is thrilled to have an artist who not only makes work of such a high calibre but who also has roots in the area.”  - The Frontenac News Here is a link to the full article; Colourful Art With Colourful Rootshttp://www.frontenacnews.ca/2011/11-16_apr_21/redmond_john.html

The Frontenac News is a subscription based paper delivered to households in the region.  Here is a link to the home page of the Frontenac News online edition.  http://www.frontenacnews.ca/

 

Friend Murray Kinsley drove with me to Sydenham to help hang the show.  Many thanks to Murray for his kind help.

 

Get out on the highway . . . looking for adventure . . .

 

 

 

 

John Redmond standing with Mill Street Gallery and Cafe owner Pat Dawson.  Bare walls ready for paintings are in the background.

 

In a casual conversation during my visit a couple weeks after this photo was taken Pat and I realized that we had grown up in the same Montreal area suburb. Although on different streets, we lived about the distance of three houses away from each other and went to the same elementary school.  Pat was one year ahead of me.  There is little doubt that as children we played together.  What a surprise it was when we realized this.  My brother Steve wrote to me when I e-mailed the tale to him, “Your story proves that if you go far enough away from home, you will be home again…”  The universe is curved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murray Kinsley exchanged his Gibson guitar and pick for a screwdriver and picture hanging wire that day in late March 2011.  Merci encore mon ami.

 

“Me! Me! Choose me!”  They called out as we made our creative decisions about where to hang which paintings in that wonderful Mill Street Gallery and Cafe space.

 

 

Above photo;  I’m holding a photo of my great great grandparents John and Ann Redmond.   Several old family photos are included in the show to highlight our connection to Sydenham and the surrounding area.

 

Our family roots are thick throughout the Sydenham area.  Great great great Grandpa William Redmond came to Canada a widower with young children.  In Sydenham in 1858 He married Nancy (nee Barrett) widow of Daniel Perry.  Nancy also had three young children. Together they had three more children.  Their combined family lived just north of Sydenham on the east side of Rosedale Rd, halfway between Alton Rd and Freeman Rd.  William's son John Redmond, my great great grandfather married Ann Donald/Donnell in Sydenham in 1861.   William and Nancy Redmond purchased 203 acres (C11 L1) in Portland Township, Frontenac County.  This is indicated on the 1860 map of Portland Township.  John and Ann Redmond raised a family there.  While Post Master of the area in 1894 John Redmond named the area Holleford after the family’s home of Hollyfort, Co. Wexford, Ireland.

 

Here is a link to my Facebook album with many photos of the show as it was being set up.  This link allows even al the many very merry UN-Facebook-er folk to view the photos.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150172143460499.345259.584020498&l=b097bedc57

 

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Taking a little break during the hanging of the show.

 

 

Adjusting the lighting on paintings.

 

 

 

 

Black and white paintings occupy the Southeast corner of the Mill Street Gallery and Cafe.

 

Honouring the ancestors;  Photos that hang with the show and the notes accompanying them shed light on the history of the area and our ancestors who pioneered its settlement.

 

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The above album contains photos of the show that were taken during my visit on April 19, 2011.  I traveled to Sydenham for an interview with Julie Druker who wrote the article which appears in the Frontenac News.

 

 

Circa 1890-1895; The family of John and Ann Redmond.  Their home was at Holleford, C11 L1 Portland Township.  In later years John and Ann retired to Kepler (located South of Sydenham)  where they appear to have lived with the family of Ann’s brother.

Mary Ellen Redmond (far left in the photo above) was the first wife of James T. Babcock, father of the late Jack Babcock, who became Canada’s last living WW1 veteran at the time of his death in 2010.  A number of Holleford men served in the Canadian Forces during WW1, including Jack’s half brother Manily who was my grandfather’s cousin.  Grandpa Redmond served with the 21st Battalion.  Others in the extended family also served in that war.  John and Ann Redmond were grandparents to Jack’s siblings.

 

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Meet The Artist:  There will be a meet the artist closing happening on May 29, 2011, 1 to 3 p.m.  When my solo show ends we will have a group show for the month of June.  Artwork by the artists indicated on the poster image below will be displayed until June 25, 2011. (click on photo to enlarge)

 

ciao,

John Redmond

Ottawa, Canada