When artists collect other artists's work - Amy Schissel

         Living and working here in Ottawa, and through all the work I do with The Council for the Arts in Ottawa, I meet and get to know lots of people in the local art scene - artists as well as people who help support them. Several years ago I began a modest little art collection, with an emphasis on local artists and emerging artists especially, (this is due partly to budget constraints - newer artists can be more affordable!). I have also met other people who do the same thing, and am currently a member of the Collectors Group at La Petite Mort Gallery. I guess this is nothing new or groundbreaking.
         I am, however, also interested in "behind the scenes" stories from the art world, about people themselves, and part of that is a curiosity about artists who manage to collect work from other artists. I always find it interesting to see what the artist likes in other's work, especially when it is completely different from their own. It may be that I am the only one fascinated, but what the hell. Its fun to find out.
       I asked Amy Schissel if she had work from other artists, and if so, who did she have? This is what she told me;

 (Note - This blog was always intended to be more visual than blather. Below I have Amy's list of artists whose work she has, with images representing their work. The images are not of the actual pieces themselves, and I have just grabbed them from the Intranet only for illustration purposes. If anyone involved feels slighted or anything, just let me know and I'll get rid of them.)

  Amy has some Stephan Thompson drawings,

Stephan Thompson

Cathead

wildboar

  Andrew Smith paintings,

Ottawa artist Andrew Smith poses with Rhythm Section,

one of the pieces in his new show at city hall, called Of the Appearance of Bees.

Involution,  2011, oil on canvas

Hive House, 2011, beeswax and acrylic on plywood, 173 x 218 cm

A Steven Stewart photo,

The Coachman

The Summit

An Andrew Morrow drawing,

 Andrew Morrow poses in front of his work, Something Went Wrong In The Bedroom,

a multi projection on a bedroom setting, now on display at Mississauga Art Gallery.

 Photo by Peter C. McCusker

Detail from

Perfect, Pristine, Magnificent, , 213cm x 446 cm, 2011, massage oil and oil paint on canvas

Commision for the Tsar, by Andrew Morrow, from Enriched Bread Artists. (EBA photo)

And a photograph by Micheal Opalski .

(This was the only image I could find.)

I will add more if Amy wants me to.