GETTING BEYOND HIS OBSESSION WITH WOODPILES, MONTREAL ARTIST, JERRY ROPSON SPLITS WOOD, DRAWS PICTURES AND TELLS TALES, NOT UNLIKE AN OLDER UNCLE MIGHT DO.Montreal, Quebec, Saturday, August 26, 2006 I presented the performance-based work: Woodhouse Sketches, on the rooftop of the William Street Studios. Starting at 12pm and continued well into the evening; this piece would be multidimensional in nature, incorporating: storytelling, drawing and the repetitive act of splitting wood. Simply described; pieces of firewood were split into smaller pieces or “splits”, to reveal/relay images and stories. The performance mimicked the method of layering that I utilize in my drawings.
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