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in the meantime, stumbled across an unpublished poem, and thought it would be great fun to post it, sort encapsulates a lot of my life and travels so far.......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