Meita Winkler, Painter, Graphic Designer, Graduate 2001 (Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Canada) in Vancouver, Canada

About

The Creepiness of Ordinary Things

My work is about the aliveness of everything. Even the repeating patterns of the Flower of Life paintings are the starting point for life. Orifices can be scary or intense. Organs show their emotional natures. Portraits often include colors or costumes that don’t seem to belong. Subjects are purposely skewed for humor’s sake; the darker reality, the accurate representations would be a terrible landscape for any viewer day in/day out.

My paintings are animated; they share a proud and naïve presence, which will be felt. These emperors on my walls aren’t wearing any clothes, and that is part of their charm.

Procreation is a recurrent theme. Golden suns, red caverns, white penises. Sex takes place before sex takes place. Genitalia threaten to leap from their canvases. Brush strokes are full and long, slipping into cracks the medium has left behind. Flowers are unabashedly sexual metaphors. Magnified colors and shapes bring to mind the familiar symbology of our own bodies.

Scale is part of the whole, and until you see a work of art at its actual size a viewer is missing the impact of brush strokes, proportion and unmodified color. Viewing everything on computer or worse yet, a digital phone, takes the majesty out of a creative expression.

Education

B.F.A. Visual Arts

Emily Carr University of Art and Design

1997 - 2001

Experience

Art Department Assistant, "The

4400"

Vancouver, BC

Art Department Assistant, "The
Graphic Designer

"Vancouver Film Race" International Film Contest

Vancouver, BC

Created poster design, arranged logos and added text * Worked in conjunction with New York and local producers * Prepared poster for printing, met deadlines, assisted printing house
Graphic Designer, "One for the Road"

Fringe Festival

Vancouver, BC

Created and designed 1/8 page ad for Fringe Festival play * Provided layout specifications and prepared ad design for printing press * Submitted design to printing house, met deadline and ad specifications Graphic Design / Puppet maker "Capitol One" commercial. Adapted and transformed existing puppet for shoot, met tight deadlines * Worked independently to create four handmade, identical props * Sourced materials and supplied, cash reconciliation, followed limited budget Butterfly Costumer, Designer, "Battle in Seattle" (based on WTO Riots), Vancouver, BC * Crafted, constructed and decorated 30 large scale costumes for feature film * Light supervision only, set own hours, sourced out materials for design construction * Worked within parameters laid out by Costume, Paint and Props departments
Marketing Writer

"The Guiding Line"

Vancouver, BC

Teligence Communications, Vancouver, BC * Provided technical writing for international phone service to deadlines * Created and maintained product quality for brand image and product. * Developed marketing strategies to increase brand productivity and sales
Photosphere Images

Colour Correction

Vancouver, BC

Re-sized images to specifications for Graphic Image Publishing company * Colour corrected RGB and CMYK images, prepared for printing catalogue

Skills

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