John's Hair

I recently reconnected with a childhood friend, John. I only know what he looks like from his on-line photos. One thing I do know is that John has great hair and he wears it 1001 ways.

Here's two of his hair styles. One regular, one funked.

Regular.

Funked.

Gallery Crawl Jan. 24 - 25

Just banged off the latest installment of Gallery Crawl. This is my on-going journey through Toronto's Contemporary Art World in all its gory.

PICK OF THE WEEK: 25th anniversary show at InterAccess.

And now you can see more of my ga-roovy paintings for sale on-line after the jump....

Oscar's Revenge - BP071221-202805

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I've started to digitally catalog some of my 2007 paintings. In addition to all the regular info I add some thoughts, ideas, fond memories or frustrations about the painting.

Read somewhere this was a good idea because people want to know what a 'real' artist thinks about all day long.

Because I'm special.

Nonist 080120

Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)

Blogger, the nonist, wants you to say hello to his little friend. It's an awesthetically pleasing former scientific satellite.

"...when it comes to certain items I have the tendency to objectify, to glaze over purpose and function and context and just splash about in the shallows of aesthetics."

See the full January 20th, 2008 post at the nonist (space and science tags).

Bravo, sir. Bravo.

wet, wet, wet

I've been painting away like a happy little piggy in the mud.

Some people might want to barf, looking at this painting, but it's nice to remember it fresh.

'Sebastian's View' Bill Pocock, 2008

Premier Endorsed!

Last night I went with an old buddy to The Albany Club - Toronto's ancient conservative party digs - and had drinkies with none other than Ontario's 22nd Premier, Mike Harris.

Imagine my surprise when the old man - nice guy, good speaker - took one look at me, admired my luxurious mane and exclaimed, "You should run!" That was good for a laugh.

I ordered another round and wondered where I should run to....

Making the Rounds

Many thanks to Andrea Carson over at VOCA for pointing me to a nice article on why people collect art. One collector had a good line...

"Collecting is being there in the trenches every week," he says. "It's time-consuming but very gratifying when you go to hundreds of galleries and then finally, something stands out."

Only by seeing so many art shows - that your brain starts to melt - do you find the occasional artwork that stops you in your tracks. That's special.

I get the feeling that too many people decide they want some art for their home, go to a couple shows and find something that's the best of that small sample. It's gotta move ya baby!

Gallery Crawling Again!

I'm back at the ol' gallery crawling game.

Wanna see pictures of all the groovy art openings happening in Toronto?

Step right up with that mouse and click on... www.gallerycrawl.ca.

Trance Music

Sometimes I get in this groove where I listen to the same song over and over and over....for days.

It's sort of a trance that goes along with focusing and creating. What am I listening to now?

'Private Idaho' by the B-52s!

Watching Paint Dry

Was sitting, watching paint dry on a canvas, and thought, "This is a nice way to spend time".

It's much more relaxing to put some paint on, step away and consider the result. Doing sculpture was much different as I constantly hacked and banged away at the thing, circling it like a beast. Sculpture has an infinite number of profiles, but paintings have only one.

Ad Reinhardt 'at work'

On-Line HDV Wow!

I've seen the future of high-definition video on-line for regular slobs like me!

First you get one of these Canon HD 20 HDV camcorders ($1,000 CDN)...


Then you post it on Vimeo (YouTube for HDV). Then you get something like...(click here).