Lignée : August 10 - September 18

I have a new exhibition called "Lignee" at La Maison des artistes's community gallery. It is on display until mid-September and features my latest work, where I combine watercolor and blind contour ink drawings. Check it out!

Steel Sculptures

Some of my newest work uses CNC technology and high pressured water to create steel cut-outs of my blind contour drawings.

Art City Parade

watercolor and ink on paper




GPS co-ordinates:

49° 53' 08.61" N
97° 09'18.83" W

CBC Radio One Interview

I was recently invited to join Terry MacLeod and Marcy Murkusa in studio for an interview to discuss my book Contouring Quebec, click on the links below to check it out.

Click here to check out the CBC posts of the interview

Winnipeg Book Launch @ McNally Robinson Grant Park

Thursday Nov 20 2008 8:00 pm, Winnipeg, Grant Park,

Prairie Ink Restaurant

Winnipeg launch of Contouring Quebec, a personal discovery of family roots and the author's own French identity through the art style of blind contour drawing. Born in St. Boniface, Culleton studied painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba, where he earned his BFA Honors in 1997. In 2006, he received a grant from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Quebec to rediscover his French roots using blind contour drawing and a Global Positioning System.

Lyrical Lines Drawing Exhibition

September 18-October 24, 2008 @ The Folk Exchange, Winnipeg, MB
Opening September 18th, 7-9pm Lyrical Lines is a collection of drawings inspired by music.
This exhibition includes drawings of The D-Rangers, Righteous Ike, The Perpetrators, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Los Lobos, Benwah, Corb Lund, Stonypoint, The Home Cooked Meals, The Undesirables, Madrigaia, Chic Gamine, Nathan, Andrew Neville & the Poor Choices, Scott Nolan, Al Simmons, Gregor, The Western States, The Jake Brakes, Percy Tuesday, Antibalas, Big Dave Maclean, The Cockroaches, Katie Moore, Lew Dite, The Sadies, The Weber Brothers, Bobby Starr, The Smoky Tiger, Lonesome Pine Special, The JakeBrakes, Matt Monsoon and the Riffriders, and many more…

Flower Studies from Salt Spring Island

Upcoming Exhibition and Book Launch

Contouring Québec

The Portage and District Arts Centre is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition Contouring Québec.
This exhibition showcases the drawings of Winnipeg artist James Culleton.

Contouring Québec is a biographical account of rediscovery through blind contour drawing. Contouring Québec focuses on the rediscovery of Culleton’s French roots and how he is connected to Québec. In this exhibition, Culleton explores his need to document, collect, and archive these drawings to understand his French identity. Using the technique of blind contour drawing and a Global Positioning System, Culleton has created a collection of work that documents his experiences in Québec culture.

The book titled Contouring Québec will be available for purchase at the exhibition. This book features Culleton’s drawings from 2005-2007, has a full color cover and 160 pages. $20 CDN / $20 CAN (available at the opening for $15). The book is also available online here
The exhibition runs from June 3rd to June 28th, 2008.
Opening Reception: Sunday June 8th, 2008, 2:00 – 3:30pm
(Artist in Attendance)

ADMISSION IS FREE AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME

The Portage and District Arts Centre is located at 11-2nd Street NE, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The gallery and gift shop hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm. For further information call (204) 239-6029.

“The financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec has made possible the creation of this work."

Framing Madness

John Deere Tractor

Farmall Tractor

Lanz Bulldog Tractor

Allis ChalmersTractor

Broadway & Main, Winnipeg

Autumn Cabin, final stage

Art City Parade in the Banjo Labyrinth @ the Winnipeg Folk Festival 2007

Gimli Beach

Antibalas @ the Pyramid

Victoria Beach

Autumn Cabin (stage 1)

The Inn At the Forks

If you head down to the Forks in Winnipeg, check out these chairs I designed.

Dru

Migration (stage 2), 3' x 7', oil on canvas

The James Rocker

The Ruins of Materra, 2006

The Ruins of Materra, 2004

The Ruins of Materra, detail

Great Woods Labyrinth

The Prairie Living Room by Jennie O'Keefe and Chris Pancoe

Winnipeg Folk Festival Labyrinth, 2006

The Winnipeg Folk Festival Main Stage, 2006

Coleman, from the series "Cats and Canoes"

The National Gallery of Canada, brush pen on paper, 8" x 22", 2005

Bent Banjo with Accordian

St.Agathe, Quebec

Ralph, Shawna, and Kenny

Burning Ladder, oil on canvas, 48" x 48", 2005

Terry Joe Banjo

Tree of Life

Baby Laila, charcoal, 8 x 11, 2006

Drawing Project

I started a drawing project in January, funded by the QALC, to rediscover my French roots. Click here to see it.

Down The Main (The Last Bike Courier Part 2), 2005

Check out another great line artist's work here

Down the Main (The Last Bike Courier - Part 1)

Self Portrait, 2004

Stu

Albert Street Burger

Montreal Low Lights(coming to a canvas near you)

Here's a painting that I did in the early 90's for the Festival de Voyager.

Brokenhead River

Knackerson sporting the Blind Contour Ruff

Portrait of Knick Knackerson

Old Winnipeg

Lonesome Pine Special

Cecarelli Soundscape

Fire in Parc Lafontaine

Channel 1

Church of St.Jacques

Peacock

The Wagon Wheel

The Labyrinth @The Winnipeg Folkfest 2005

The Labyrinth

Labyrinth Pathways

Here are some pictures of the Labyrinth that I built at the 2005 Winnipeg Folkfest. It was a lot of fun, and was crowd pleaser, especially with kids.. Hundreds of people walked its pathways. Next year I'm getting a helicopter shot!

Maple Tree, oil on canvas, 2005

Portrait of Leslie Culleton, 2002

Burning Ladder, detail, 2005

Salut Toute la Monde!

I've been attempting to rearrange my blog. I hope you enjoy it, just scroll on down and feel free to comment.


*All images are property of the artist, please no pirates! Just email me and let me know what your plan is :)

Contact me at culleton@sympatico.ca

Old Montreal

Schwartz, 16" x 20", 2004, oil on canvas

A Blind Contour Painting of the Cecilia Degagnes

The view from Pont Jacques Cartier, oil on canvas, 2004, 36" x 48"

Montreal, 2004, oil on canvas, 30" x 60"

Pigeons  

Pigeons, Detail #1, 2005, oil on canvas, 48" x 36" 

Pigeons, Detail #2, 2005, oil on canvas, 48" x 36" 

Toronto Harbour, oil on canvas, 2005, 48" x 36"

Frankfurt, oil on canvas, 2004, 24" x 48".

Piazza Milano, oil on canvas, 2005, 20" x 16"

Mount Trail 

Burning Sunset, detail, oil on canvas, 2005 

The first fire painting, 2005

First Fire, detail, oil on canvas, 2005 

Burning guitar, 2005

Smoldering Fire with Sky, oil on canvas, 2005, 36" x 23"

a burning ladder...

A burning door, 2005

Day Fire, 2005, oil on canvas

Terrebonne, oil on canvas, 2005

Monk in the Cornfield 

Mosque 

Beaver, oil on canvas, 2005 

The Vernissage, 2005 

Snow Traffic, 2004 

Studies 2

Studies 1

Jackpine

Clearwater Manitoba

Brokenhead Sunrise

Brokenhead River

Two Dollar Bill

Musk-ox

Smoky Dogs

Pagaent of Flamingoes

Bari

Brokenhead Elm, 2004, oil on canvas, 48" x 58"

Ave Maria, a pen and ink drawing about Louis Riel, based on some text by L. Blizzard.

Tanglewood, oil on canvas, 2004, 30" x 72"

Clubhouse Beach, 2004, oil on canvas, 36" x 54"

The Eyebrary, 2004

Brokenhead Sunrise, 2004

Brokenhead Forest

St.Agathe, oil on canvas, 2004, 36" x 48"

The Ruins of Materra, oil on canvas, 2004

Train Engine

King of Hearts

Queen of Spades

Pair of Locusts

The Murder

The Mustering

The Wagon Wheel

The Cry of Doves

Contour Chair

Herd of Elephants

Benwah

Chihuahua

David

Five Dollar Bill

Trinity

The Herd of Cows Moves

Freshly mooo-ved to Montreal.

The Brigade, 2003

Madcow

King of Spades, 2003

Ivan Eyre, 2004

Traffic, 2003

The Battle of Hummingbirds, 2003

Clutch of Poultry, 2003

The School of Fish, 2003

12,000 Miles Away

Herd of Giraffes

Icy

Bodysurfer

He'll Fix Her

The Three Graces Do Paradise, 2002

The Last Supper, 2002

Pablo and the Dove, 2001

Canadian Culture, 1999

self portrait, 1999