Tuesday, December 28, 2010

re: art update and such......

hi friends, fans, lovers, foe and the like......

here's a sneak sample into how i do my art, or at least, one style of my art..........this is basically how my work begins, i start with a base image, or an idea, and then begin layering art around it until a theme develops or something visual i love comes through and tells a story......as you can see, this next piece, about Kevin Krueger, former axe man to the bc ministry for arts/culture/prisons and how i feel about him.

it has 17 layers so far, and will take quite a few hours to pull the idea/image through!

in the meantime,  stumbled across an unpublished poem, and thought it would be great fun to post it, sort encapsulates a lot of my life and travels so far.......

much love,

cb


The stars:
Waiting in line
To board a jet
That will roar down a runway
Towards a beautiful blue sky
Full of happy people
Lonely people
And stars
Of the literary
Filmmaking
And creative arts

I meet them
At functions
And note how many
Are in excellent physical
Condition up-to-the-second style
and don’t smoke or drink, well maybe red wine
And they love antique shopping
In the different cities
We all visit
And enjoy fine dining
And exquisite breakfasts
At their favourite nooks
While I wander down
Darker roads
Absorbing the cities
Of the night
The stench of the rotting garbage
The endless gritty pawnshops
The yellow nicotine saturated air
The cheap beer and loud pounding music
in a variety of pubs
Meeting up with the crazy, love starved
Hungry, manic energy
Of the city
And when we bump into
One another at various airports
we exchange cordial greetings
and then I watch them make a scene when the plane
Is delayed
Or text angrily on their phones
While I count my blessings
And feel genuinely fortunate
To even be here in the first place
And wait for another sundown
In another city
And what might happen next………

Monday, December 27, 2010

re: interesting website i found......

hi friends, foe, family, fans, freaks and so on.....

hey, today, i was doing some research about gordon campbell to do some political art about the douche canoe, and i came across this website.......check it out!!!

it's very interesting, as we all know, or should know, water is going to be blue gold, the final wars will be about it i reckon.......

http://www.waterwarcrimes.com/index.html

this guy has some real guts to do this site.........

well, i'm working on some real scorching art about political figures in canada..........

see ya real soon kiddies!

cb

Sunday, December 26, 2010

re: new art.......happy holidays!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers.......

here's a new artwork i did, actually, i worked on a couple over the last few days, but didn't post them......


the one above is about a beautiful 72 buick i loved and lost..........

the below image is about a lot of things i won't even bother to explain.......except tell you the burlesque dancer was a still i took from some 1930's film i found at a wicked cool site called:

www.archive.org

and i've been wanting to use it for some time............

in the meantime, i'm packing up my place and getting ready to head to kelowna, bc, and it's kinda sad, to once again be packing stuff, throwing it into storage, and moving on.......but this is a really positive move, and a smart one..........

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/entertainment/112394814.html

ha ha i picked a bad time to stop smoking tobacco! as i pack stuff up, i am flooded with memories of time i spent with my kids at my place, some fun dinner parties i had, it sucks giving up the place, but it has been an albatross around my neck since i've had it! very expensive, and i've never really been around much to enjoy it a whole lot! i was gone about three weeks every month, so it felt like i was paying a grand a month for a week long stint at my house........

though, it was nice to give my kids some stability, a place they always knew would be there.......

as for now, i once find myself at chapter's in kamloops, as i have done so often, writing and reflecting.....i think this place is comforting to me, in a world where i have always been on the road, or traveling or on the move, there are few constants for me......this is one place i have, and it's anonymous, and loaded with decent books on art and design.......

even though, as a published author, i've staunchly refused to read at them! ha ha! weird?!

hoping you've had a great holiday season, mine was surreal as usual, not because of anything i ingested, but more because of the fact i've realized i'm not really close to my family, not really close to anyone but my children......and that can make for lonely holidays when they're not around........so i've made a pledge to have a great holiday season next year, with loads of friends and family around for a big solstice feast and giveaway!!!

well, that's about enough navel gazing, here's to the end of a great year, and the start of a fabulous new one!!!

much love and thanks for dropping by the past year, or two!?


cb

Monday, December 20, 2010

re: kick it old school.......


i'm kickin' it old school

hope you are well and having a great holiday season......

i miss my kids, but i'll see them soon!

cheers,

cb

re: Candy Bose

hi peeps, freaks, geeks, lovers, fans and foe,

allow me to introduce "Candy Bose."


She's a sexy bitch isn't she? In Case you didn't know, she's on the far right of the photo, in all her tattooed glory!
she'll be making regular appearances at various events, conferences and fundraisers around the world with paris hilton in the next year.....

ta ta,

cb

Sunday, December 19, 2010

re: happy holidays from Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art!!!

Hello friends, fans, lovers, and the like,

happy holidays, i hope you are enjoying the season with friends, family and good cheer!

i'm adjusting to life at the Alternator Centre, but it's great and we're going to have a fun year coming up!

a new city, a new gig and a new life,

what the hell, let's have some fun and blow some minds!

cheers,

cb
ps: it's sad to see Jen Pickering go, but she'll always be close and we hope she has fun in mexico! and props to my new workmate, the one, the only Heather Martin!!!

do come see us at the Alternator in the new year! Kelowna, Rotary Centre for the Arts Building.......

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

re: call to artists!

Hello friends, fans, lovers, and the like,

well, i guess i can finally let you in on what new changes have happened in my life, i have now relocated to Kelowna, BC, which is exactly the shift i was looking for in life, and now i'm the new Creative and Administrative Director for Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art!!!

Do check out this call to artists, and keep checking back for more art, and new films i'll be posting in the new year!

happy holidays!

cb

Friday, December 10, 2010

re: a moon made of copper.....


so, here it is, the first digital image i've done in some time........and with text from a yet unpublished poem!

actually, i'm probably wrong, i think joanne arnott is publishing this in the salish seas anthology........

anyway, it felt good to create some new art.......i hope you dig it......

i'll keep chipping away at some new stuff, already working on three more new ones.......

until next time kiddies,

cb

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

re: leaving kamloops.......

i'm leaving kamloops, bc, for another city.......but i know it will be like having an ex-lover, meaning that i've got family, friends and a weird attachment to it, not entirely functional, not entirely positive, but that's how it goes.

the new city i'm moving to, is great, i'm totally anonymous here and i'm excited to have continual change in my life.......and by change, i don't mean, spare change.....whew.....i'm starting a new job in a cool place with great people.......i am excited about it all......

i'll keep you posted, and plan to have some new art updates.......

soon.

cb.
ps: this is a picture i took leaving kami-town......

Saturday, December 04, 2010

re: some of what I do!

 Myself and Tracey Kim Bonneau checking out a project one of the students was working on, Tracey is the program coodinator for NAPAT program at En'owkin Centre in Penticton, BC.
 editing with a student at En'nowkin Centre in Penticton, BC......as part of the NAPAT program the students got to create a short film each.......and i was there as mentor, editor for them! great fun!
 cool darth vader guitar! it even had a built in speaker!
i tried to entice dean into selling it to me, but it was a no go! damn!

 I get to go all over the country mentoring youth and people in digital art, filmmaking, editing and creative writing workshops.......it's really fun, and i get to meet a lot of cool people......
but i will have big news shortly, bring about some fantastic changes and opportunities......
stay tuned!!!