re: the truth

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's something i've been chipping away at this past week,

enjoy!

cb

re: the pledge.

hello friends, fans, lovers, ex's and the like......

here's another new work i've been chipping away at lately, things are getting a bit hectic, just wrapping up 65 grand in grant writing proposals, if i get one or two grants, that would be smashing, i need to start exploring new directions in my film and art, music and writing too.....i need to sit and record a proper album of new stuff.

anyways, i'm back at construction, i like it, not a bit of drama, just laughs and hard work, actually, not even that hard, but i ain't getting any younger, so you won't hear me complaining! plus, i'm working with a good crew, and that makes all the difference. it's been over five years since i've done this, so we'll see how long this old coyote lasts, if i can give'r until xmas, i'm laughing.

sort of.

in the meantime, i'm working on new things and life is good, all the bets suckas!

cb

re: the prestige

Greetings friends, fans, lovers, foe and the like,

how goes it? i'm well, sort of, heading back to work in construction for awhile, need to catch up on some bills post haste, and i need a break from the art world. people want to do things, and have ideas or promises, but those things do not pay rent or bills. at least, not in the immediate.

been thinking about the future, what does it hold? how long can i keep doing this? i need to get myself a house, and some money saved for the future. today in line at a grocery store, i watched several elderly people paying for their groceries, and i noticed how they were super precise about their purchases. it reminded me that i too might be fortunate enough to get old, but i should begin socking some money away.

who is going to look after me? who will be there for me? how will i retire? these are questions i'm asking myself more and more lately.

anyways, until i figure out some concrete plans, i'll keep slogging away at artwork and everything else until i hatch a plan.

enjoy this new work, it's very layered and hypnotic, i can't wait to print it. and is very much about the upcoming prophetic 2012.

adieu,

cb

re: more new art!

hello friends, fans, lovers, foe and the like,


here's a new work i've been chipping away at for awhile, but i've got about five more on the way.

it's part of a new series i'm working on as part of the Ullus Collective's pictograph prophesy and will be printed and exhibited in Penticton, BC and Kelowna, BC at the Alternator Centre as well as a projection installation.

dig it!

cheers,


cb

re: new art

greetings friends, fans, foe, lovers and the like,

i'm back at it, creating new art, getting ready for an upcoming series of shows in Penticton, Kelowna, and Kamloops.

this is stuff just to get me going again, as i've hardly done anything in a month. and a long month it's been.

in the meantime lovers,

cb

re: the road.

hell-o friends, fans, lovers, ex's and foe,

haven't been posting much i've realized, computer problems, and i've been on the road for a month or so. time passes quickly when traveling, but i will get back at it shortly, once i get my 'puter fixed up.

what can i say, being an artist is a tough slog, because you're never just an "artist."

you've gotta be a PR person, constantly carrying the flag into battle and schmoozing up new gigs or clients, you've got to be a manager, booking gigs and arranging transportation and accommodations, as well as a researcher, delving into new technology and techniques, while simultaneously working to keep you chops up in an ever competitive world, and personal assistant, taking care of all the little tasks that need to be done to keep your ship running smoothly. it's endless and exhausting, and when you're not on the road, you ain't making a living, so you're constantly struggling against two worlds, the home world and the road world, which are impossibly different places to be at both times.

one lifestyle is domestic, take out the trash, do the dishes, pick up after the kids, banking, get in line for groceries, while the other lifestyle is a hectic, rock 'n' roll, mish mass of panic, and what i call the "hurry up and wait," syndrome at venues, galleries, theatres, hotel lobby's, hotel rooms, cabs, airport skybars, and of course, there's quite a lot of imbibing of spirits to pass the time in between it all. So, in getting home, there needs to be a little bit of 'downtime' to change gears and adjust to being a civilian again, instead of a frontline foot soldier in the trenches of the art, music, literary, and film world where people are throwing "culture bombs" at you in attempts to make you prove your worth, or send you back to relative obscurity and slavery.


myself, i've been on the road a good three years solid, traveling pretty much consistently across canada and a few forays into the states doing what i love doing, making art, or films, or music or writing. i haven't had much time to reflect on it, because when you're in the 'now' you have no time to look back on things, goals, accomplishments, missed ships and the like. but lately, i've been doing something a bit different, and that is abstaining from my good friend alcohol, and it's been treating me right. on the road, you can develop a voracious appetite for good spirits for a variety of reasons: missing home, missing friends or family, the love of a good time, and so on. it isn't a bad thing, i think it helps keep you sane and decompresses the mind from a high stress lifestyle in a lot of ways, but sometimes, differentiating between a "good time" on the road and a "good time" at home can be very, very different things. i guess what i'm saying is i'm slowing down and it's a good thing, because i was going very hard traveling and living for a few years, and i realize i am mortal, and have a multitude of responsibilities that i must take care of, dangling modifiers aside.

i quite like this new lifestyle i'm adjust to, it's not the home life, but tee-totaling it, because i'm up early in the morning now, not feeling like death warmed over, and i can feel a nice clarity coming out of a fog of frantic traveling. As well, for some reason, I’ve got all this damn energy, so I’ve been hiking a lot and trying to figure out what to do with myself while I my computer gently weeps in a mac repair lab…….well, here are some photos from the road....enjoy......(i should do a travel blog as well!)

 i love and at the same time, hate flying.

 a total bitch

 what kind of house are you? i like victoria era houses, but hate queen victoria.

 my view from my hotel in victoria

 awesome graffiti i saw in vernon

 one of the last things i built while still a construction worker, a ramp and elevator shaft in james bay, victoria, i built it with a guy named "critter," a weirdo whose wife was a "deprogrammer"  yeah, that kind of deprogrammer, the kind that screams at you in a cheap motel "you are not a religious freak, cult-member!!" weird eh?

 good art comes in many forms

 some cool graf i saw in montreal recently, which victoria was strangely devoid of.....

anyways, travel is good for the soul, and i may bitch about it because i see a lot of airports, but not them big breaks or super fat pay cheques i'm starting to realize i want and am ready for more and more. plus, i've got kids, and i've missed three years of birthdays, gatherings, celebrations and holidays, and this "emerging" artist status should hopefully start changing sooner than later, because this glass ceiling is very frustrating.......well, until next time lovers,


cb.