Friday 4 September 2015

approximately
two weeks
to the
T
O
A
E
and
what
does
this
mean
it
means
hundreds
of
artists
showing
their
work
to
thousands
of art lovers
out
of
doors
of course it is all more or less dependent on the mercies of mother nature
and
those
with
their
fingers
on
the
red
buttons
try to imagine
what this world
would look like if
only one per cent of
the resources/money spent
by the military industrial complexes
were allocated to the arts and the artists
W
O
W
which
rhymes
with
T
O
A
E
which
this
year
is
being
held
september      18     19      20
my
booth
is
n
u
m
b
e
r    
A36
i
would
like
to
promote
and
to
encourage
all
to
check
out
the
work
of
my
good
friend
Steve Austin
at
booth
n
u
m
b
e
r
D14
whose
work
is
a
must
see
in the meantime the tomatoes continue to ripen into delectable rubies






                               PROMETHEUS
                               53" x 41"
                               paint, pencil on plywood




some
words
regarding
PROMETHEUS
the
Titan
meaning
forethought
Prometheus has siblings one of which is his brother Epimetheus
meaning
hindsight
or
after thinker
it has be postulated
that we currently live in
an overwhelmingly Promethean age
our tendency has been to be ever looking foreword
ignoring
or
forgetting
the importance of hindsight
for
it
is
both
brothers
who
acted
as
representatives
of
mankind
both
are
required


the painting PROMETHEUS is painted
on an old shipping crate built specifically for shipping paintings
therefore the very foundation of the painting is that of going somewhere into a future space


in
order
to
restore
some
balance
and
to
honour
the
intent
and
the
spirit
of
the
myth
of
these
Titan
brothers
i
made
a
painting
honouring
EPIMETHEUS
which is on a canvas that has been reworked again and again to create a sense of the past







                                EPIMETHEUS
                                51" x 51"
                                paint, pencil,oil bar on canvas


























Wednesday 24 June 2015

beautiful
june
intense
light
waxwings
cardinals
robins
and
the
ever
ubiquitous
crow
as
a
single
japanese
plum
ripens
on
the
tree
gardeners garden
painters paint
gardeners paint
painters garden
and
so
it
goes

this
summer
the TOAE is much later than the usual
which means more gardening and more painting before the exhibition














Sunday 19 April 2015


Hermes
one of 12 olympian gods
the
god
of
trade, thieves, eloquence, athletes, boundaries, literature, invention, and guide to the underworld
he
was
the trickster of the gods
he
would
outwit
the
gods
either
for
the
benefit
of
humankind
or
for his own personal amusement and satisfaction

the
painting
HE RME   S
is the sixth in the Parnassus Paintings series






                                         HERMES
                                         66" x  54"
                                         paint,pencil,oil bar on canvas

Wednesday 18 March 2015



today
Geoffrey
Steve
and
myself
installed
the
Parnassus
show
at
gnstudio | contemporary art

the
7
paintings
hold
the
space
beautifully

and

i
am
very
much
looking
forward
to
opening
night
tomorrow

and

for
those
who
require
a
little
more
enticing ...





                      
                                        ARGONAUTICA
                                        36" x 36"
                                        paint, pencil, oil bar on wood panel




Thursday 12 March 2015

spring
is
near
as
is
my
solo
show
at
gn gallery

opening night is thursday march 19

the
theme
of
the
show
is
Greek
mythology

more
information
to
be
posted
soon



                             
                               THESEUS
                               36" x 48"
                               paint, pencil, oil bar on wood panel
                                       

Monday 16 February 2015


a wonderful opening night at the gn studio 7 painters group show
thanks to all who braved the bitter cold and attended




soon
a
preview
of
some
of
the
paintings
to
be
shown
at
my
solo
show
march 19 to april 15 at gn studio contemporary gallery in oakville






Friday 13 February 2015

 lucky friday 13
 so they say
 of course
 the
 Gregorian calendar or Christian calendar or Western calendar
 is a fabrication which does not quite fit over the natural universe calendar
 which
 begs
 the
 q
 u
 e
 s
 t
 i
 o
 n
 is it really friday
 is it really 13
 let us just
 say it is
 which
 means
 tomorrow
 is
 saturday
 14

 7 ARTISTS opening at gnstudio Contemporary Art




Thursday 5 February 2015

26 letters
near infinite
combinations
making millions
of words with which
to communicate with    one    and    another

sometimes
i cannot find
the words at all
with which to say
what needs to be said

i recently read
about an artist who
uses 90 percent of his working time
marketing and networking and schmoozing
and only 10 percent of his working time making

which makes me wonder if this is what it has come to

well
as you
can tell
from my
blog entry's
marketing is not
a grand pre-occupation
nor is networking or schmoozing

schmoozing is such a great word and so similar to snoozing

when
i am not
snoozing i mean schmoozing
i am making                                  paintings

this coming month i will be participating
in a group show at gn Gallery in Oakville
more information regarding this to be posted soon

as
well
as some
new images
of recent work

also
in the very
near future
a solo show
details to be
posted soon