doreyme

but not fast enuf

paying bills + thinking of money is an art killer. Or is it?

tulips in a vase

in Montreal. Spring is in the air.

super cool paper place

on the canal...how appropriate for my new stuff which is the canal.

hee-haw!

Now I can wear my cowboys everyday. On the good side, the Bloc didn't sweep.

get used to it

we'll be seeing a lot of this in Harper Valley.

Harper Valley PTA

This from "http://www.valleyskeptic.com/index.html"...an American blog. What we're going to get with the Harper Valley PTA. Discrimination of Homosexuals, Scrapping free health care for all Canadians, making you pay for all medical needs. Make us like the Americans where over 45 million US citizens have NO HEALTH COVERAGE! And where nearly half of all personal bankruptcies are the result of medical expenses. http://covertheuninsuredweek.org/about/ http://www.tilrc.org/docs/0904insurance.htm http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/002484.html The elimination of Canada’s social safety net, Erosion of rights for minority groups, Forcing Christian religion back into public schools, Public school science books will be replaced with the bible, Taking away a women’s rights to choose over her own body,Following the Americans into every war, thereby getting innocent Canadian soldiers killed unnecessarily, Help restart the cold war by joining the Americans in “Ballistic Missile Defense”, Having to hear Stephen Harper try and sound like George W. Bush with his nauseating “God Bless Canada”, Having rednecks control the government and the future of Canada, Preston Manning as our Ambassador to the United States, Stephen Harper will be campaigning in Air force 2, Having to get Canada's laws approved by Congress, Elimination or Privatization of Old Age Security and Canada Pension Funds Emulation of George Bush's "faith based initiatives", The politicization of science and the destruction of scientific integrity, Removal of the theory of evolution, the unifying principle of biology, from the educational curriculum, Like Pastor Stockwell Day, the Flinstones will be shown as a documentary,Will make Canada into a Theocracy, thereby making Iran look good. The following sugestions have been put forward by our readers A dramatic speed up in the Americanization of Canadians. Patriot Act 111 eh! Triple the amount of homeless people - maybe you! Gleeful corporations will abound. A privatized CBC - everything privatized for that matter. The further dumbing down of our children - 'every child left behind'. More investments in the U.S. military by the Canadian Pension Plan. Cases like Mahar Arar's will be commonplace. American Intelligence services will replace the RCMP and CSIS (probably already have). Ten-fold increases of foreign takeovers financed by Canadian banks. The Council of Chief Executives will become the Senate. The Fraser Institute, C. D. Howe etc. will fold as they will no longer be needed (mission accomplished). Brian Mulroney and Mike Harris will give thanks daily at the grave of Leo Strauss. The end of the middle class The erasure of the border and the country Goodbye Alberta, Goodbye Quebec and Goodbye Canada!

strange times are upon us

some days are hard to decipher. Some days are so random. A hostage taking here...family members, sleepless, paralyzed. And Scarlett Johansson's cleavage is Yahoo's biggest news. A cheesy film there. karla, without capitals. Will Karla with a capital put up her hoody and watch that 70's actress pretend to kill an actress playing her little sister? ...so what's the alternative...moving to the Queen Charlotte Islands?

don't have my groove back

altho it's necessary, have been spending an inordinate time cleaning up my studio. It's still a huge mess, but I'm somewhere between watercolours, big, recyling old paintings on wood+ starting new industry/nature stuff. Along with this weather, rather uncertain.

nature + industry

seems to be where my interest lies...exploring their intersection each day as I walk Angus down at the port + along the canal...that + the blue snow + ice is enuf visual stimuli for now...working mostly in watercolours, shades of sepia + indigo, reading van gogh's letters...particularily like what he says about walking.." Do go on doing a lot of walking and keep up your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better and better. Painters understand ... your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better and better. "

just to show I'm not just completely ga-ga about Angus...

here's Ollie, holding court on the dining room table.

mystery solved

re: Angus' pedigree.

lululemon pix

I believe some of my "Faraway Closeup" pix are now up at Lululemon -- hot new yoga/athletica store on St. Denis + Marianne + soon sweeping the world. They'll be up for 2 months, I think. Hope Chip -- Vancouver owner -- drops by + sees them.

groovy new painter's uniform

zip + it's on, over my clothes, with sleeves, pocket for phone + all.

me myself + I

it seems having a show makes one have to talk a whole lot about oneself...memememe...

mr photogenic

land across from Nun's Island amazingly enuf, 3 min from the Jointe.

decisions decisions

wood or canvas, dimensions. Artist's Co-Op no longer carries wood, but can order them at some expense, or try + build. Also, re: TO outdoor fair...which to submit...paintings, watercolours? + transportation, slides. Makes my brain hurt Sun morn.

see how they run

who's the handsome boy?

we even let him sit on the white couch, unimaginable to Scouty.
tcob today...framing pix for Lululemon, planning next series of paintings, with TO Artfair in mind...

finally back to business

hopefully everything open + this holiday nonsense is over. bring in Holga + fisheye lomography film, drop off paintings, figure out size of new canvases, build or order, try out fab new watercolour brushes, but first, walk Angus.

still so much to

the Whitney, Frick, MoMa, Gugg + Met in 4 days, plus mega galleries in Chelsea. Faves...Hockney, Turner, Dumas, Hopper, Guston, Avery, lots more. Russian realism at Gugg, spectacular. Van Gogh's remarkably accomplished drawings + Memling's touching portraits. Whoosh.

holymoly another year

will attempt a visual journal this year. a drawing or watercolour a day. plus set aside one day a week for art biz -- subs + promo. Coming up -- fotos for Lululemon, paintings for Cluny ArtBar Spring Thaw show, plus nibble from TO Queen St. place, a possible commission, + an offer to show at a Vanderpoof gallery. Def beats out this time last year.