a new beginning

The darkly painted and unconventional imagery is what Dane Atkinson has recently debuted within the art world. The Ottawa artist is emerging with a variety of pieces that captivates and invokes curiousity. Though the subject matter may appear to be something out of a science fiction novel or fanatical nightmare, it still invites the audience in and wills you to stay.

Born to a mother of First Nations descent and a father of Jamaican and British descent, Dane Atkinson has and continues to explore aspects of himself. Like his work, he is still in an act of transfiguration. The journey has only begun and with both himself and his work, great, new adventures lay upon the horizon. -- Writes a Supporter.

Hello, Thank you for visiting. I could go on on how special it is to have some of you here with a part of me today but I'm not going to, just as I imagine you will refrain from lamenting over your thoughts to share on my new reproach to blogging in the following. It's not unlike bloggers or plain website developers to get lost in the drivel of madness or be caught in a storm from which they did not perceive. Since November of last year I've obviously taken a shameless amount of time off from recording my thoughts or provoking panics in order to capture some more private space.

Coming back here I'll have you know that I'll soon be incorporating a number of new elements that will broaden my interpretations of internal suffering for your viewing pleasure. Soon enough one may only need to take a brief look to find that my own artwork; that includes paintings and drawings. Through time I'll attempt to detail my whole spectacles and allowing you the viewer to give feedback or...for some strangers... engage in freakish behaviour outside the normalcy of the everyday.

My previous employment at the Federal Governments' Justice Department was how I described, a "lightening speed waltz of bureaucracy". The short-lived tenure left me tired and particularly discomforted. Sometime after I followed a new trend, one called facebook (feel free to look me up - daneatkinson@hotmail.com) and greeted a new phase of challenges. For instance, I began painting again. This time I'm experimenting with a new aesthetic using a rich amount of various polymers to calcium carbonate and matting agent (modeling paste) in creating works that are especially visual effects-driven.

Recently, Marcus Lamoureux (local artist/art curator) had expressed interest in having my artwork on exhibition from September through until January at various locations here in downtown Ottawa. I've been punishing myself in-between the night and day to produce new visions for display at The Babylon Night Club.

Babylon Bonanza - Art & Music Show
Date: Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Time: 8:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Tickets at the Door - Price: $15.00 CDN
Tickets in Advance - Price: $10.00 CDN (available through myself)