#aaron rossner

ALIVE OUTSIDE: An anthology to obliterate the impending monoculture! A convergence of new voices joining verifiable legends, all tearing at the walls of expectation. Cultural innovation as an impulse. Algorithmically-born tastemaking be damned! This is elemental vitality pressed into a wood pulp manifesto for the messy comedy of creation ~

Collecting work from an international cast of artists, including: Aapo Rapi, Aaron Rossner, Andy Cahill, Angela Fanche, Becchi Ayumi, Bridget Trout, Christian Schumann, Clayton Schiff, Dongery, Doug Allen, Dylan Jones, Eden Veaudry, J Bradley Johnson, Jonathan Peterson, Jordan Rae, Joe Grillo, Joey Haley, Julie Doucet, Julien Ceccaldi, Kari Cholnoky, Keith Jones, Leomi Sadler, Lilli Carre, Lukas Weidinger, Marc Bell, Mark Connery, Matt Lock, Poncili Creation, Roman Muradov, Ron Rege Jr., Shoboshobo, Susan Te Kahurangi King, Theo Ellsworth, Trenton Doyle Hancock

Edited by Cullen Beckhorn and Marc Bell. 248 pages, multiple inset booklets, mixed-process 6-color offset, and extraneous Risograph materials available direct from the publisher.

I just finished painting this new display card yesterday for Aaron Rossner's special figurine project which is now only available at my lil shop Toutoune Gallery on 998 Bathurst St. in Toronto, ON. *Blessed*

Aaron Rossner (also known as @wingnut_toys on instagram) is an avid toy collector, an amazing artist and tinkerer who lives in Victoria, BC. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting him in person yet, but I've been a fan from afar for many years.

Check out his instagram feed and visit Toutoune Gallery too to view some photographs of the figurines from this project. They are so fabulous! Every single one is so precious. Aaron is a master at recyling funny bits of wood, which you will surely notice if you view any of the figurines this painting is based off of.

Will share more about this project in the following posts. : o )

The image above was painted with acrylic-gouaches on watercolour paper. (A mix of Holbein Acryla Gouache, Turner Design Gouache and Turner Acryl-Gouache)