re: new art new card new inspiration.....

hello lovers, sinners, winners, losers and lickers,

hope all is well in your world. i'm reinvigorated. i'm alive. i feel good. 

there is something liberating in creating art in such a small space, 3 x 5 inches, instead of the massive panoramas i've been working on the past few years. it is really exciting and fun for me to create new work and it's a great start to the new year. 

stay tuned, i'll keep posting stuff every day.

all the beasts,

cb

re: reworks in progress....

hell-o winners, sinners, lovers, leapers and strangers,

thanks for dropping by, i'm gong to be really pushing myself as an artist this year, i need to develop new techniques, as well, i need to figure out an exciting way to display my art in exhibitions besides printing them up, framing them, and slapping them on a wall. i mean, why go to all this trouble making crazy art and displaying it the same old traditional way. i need to build machines. make each one an experience.

well, my goal is to post something every day this year, let's see if i make it!

hope all is well in your world, things are just fine in mine.

cheers,


cb

re: god save the queen

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

how are you? i hope you are well. sincerely. i'm good and busy.

new direction. life is good.

and here's some new art. "god save the queen."

all the bets,


cb

re: fire and redemption......

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

how's it going? i'm ottawa, it's hot, humid and intense. i like it here, it's a nice city, and i've found places to do art, and people are quite friendly.

things are going well.

anyway, here's some art.

until next time lovers,


cb

re: spiracy theories.....

more, sacred geometry, conspiracy theory riddled art.

thanks for stopping by,

the day i flew out here to ottawa, i had a horrible dream, i was driving my truck downtown kamloops when all of a sudden there was this crazy sound, like static electricity getting louder and louder, buzzing and crackling filling the sky, and then it stopped and the city went dark, and all the cars died, everything.

i got out out and saw the city was dark, it was twilight, and ran to get my kids, because i knew shit was going to hit the fan. that same day, the earth was being bombarded by solar rays, a huge cosmic storm. coincidence?

thanks for coming by,

cb

re: zombie jesus

hell-o, friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i present to you, zombie jesus and the happy family time fun game show.

cheers,


cb

re: kanata day art

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

another canada day image for your consideration. 

cb

re: kanata day 3

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

a third image for your Kanata day celebrations. 

cb

re: kanata day

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

it's Kanata day, a day that first nations, metis and inuit both loathe and maybe celebrate across canada.

we are a people that have many unresolved issues, actions and history with our government and citizens. we have a hidden history, one most people across the vast country called canada do not know even exists. i always have a challenging time with this celebration, because internally i'm wrestling and struggling with it, because both my parents went through the meat-grinder of the Residential School system and are complete messes as a result. i have no relationship with them, and it saddens me, and my kids are at an age where they are starting to ask about them. what do i tell them? the truth? no, they're too young, and i want them to have some sort of childhood. so, i soldier on, and tell them bits that i can and wait until i can figure out the rest.

in the meantime, i'm posting four or five pieces today, older and newer and i hope you contemplate them each, and try to understand what i'm saying through visual metaphor.

all the bets,


cb

the priest they called him.

re: voices of the valley.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

okay, i'm back on target and will begin posting fresh jives.

i think i needed a break, even though it wasn't much of a break.

thanks for coming by, and cheers, to summer!!!!!


cb

re: eyes of doom

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's some new art for you. 

been busy doing stuff, good stuff, keep at it, i tell artists all the time, once you stop making art, you stop making art. and then it's more and more challenging to get the artwork going again. so, never stop making art. make art every day and you'll get somewhere. 

all the bets,


cb

re: crow crazed.......

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers and evil doers,

i salute you all.

life is good, i'm busy making art and the world keeps on spinning.

check this one out, it's time for crows......

love'em.

cb

re: crow woman

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a couple new images, one about crow woman, and the other, the statistics on my blog.

thanks for stopping by, enjoy!?

cb

Crow Woman

Stats on my blog.

26,000 views! 

holy moly!

re: occult + the cult = southern death cult

hell-o friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i hope all is well in your galactic worlds. things are busy in mine, but i'm happier that way. when i was younger, uhm, much younger, i used to think that haggard, worn out cliche, "live fast die young," was cool.

well, now that dying didn't happen early, i'm much happier being alive. haha.

plus, technology caught up to what i see in my head, versus, what i could technically accomplish on my own. now i can make the art i want, play the music i want and make the films i want without having to be a millionaire.

not that i don't want to be a millionaire, because hey, let's face it, if anyone of us was given the option to be a millionaire, i don't think we'd turn down that opportunity. some of us would buy stupid, status symbol, expensive crap, i'd buy art supplies. and guitars.

haha.

well, this latest occult image that i've been working on, one of many, is an homage to cheesy 1970's occult movie posters. ah the 1970's, so bad, and so good simultaneously. i was just a wee kid back then, and i listened to AC/DC, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, KISS, Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent and the first Def Leppard album. my favourite album was "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." i was a headbanger back then, i'm a headbanger now. my dad listened to those albums, and i remember looking at the album art, and wondering "wow, what made them make such crazy album covers?"

sadly, this is something i think is lost in our modern age, unless you count video game covers as the new "album" for kids to check out. lame-cakes.

but i remember the Merritt theatre always had posters and i would also check'em out, and i loved the beautiful women in the 1970's posters, they were hot, busty and scantily clad. what boy or perhaps even girl wouldn't like those posters?!?!

(people with a rant about sexism, exploitation and other important issues, please feel free to leave now.)

so, there you go, the inspiration behind this image, which isn't finished, but it'll do for now.

all the beast,


cb

re: portals........

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

portals.

we either ignore them or go through them. right now, i'm screaming for a portal. life is and isn't going as planned. things could always be better, perhaps that is part of the human condition. the perpetual want.

anyways, here's a piece about portals. as to it's exact meaning, fcuked if i know. although i do know i made this after reading some backslapping bullcrap about native artists. people need to get back to earth, into the trenches. i am in the trenches all the time, in fact, i'm even literally underground making art, for art's sake. maybe that's part of the problem, i need to get out of the trenches. the trouble is, when i'm in a room full of backslapping phonies and people who way over-intellectualize art, to justify their MFA and PH.D's in art, or philosophy or whatever the hell people were selling that year, my ass twitches, my spine aches, my brain begins to get sucked dry from all the hot air being blown around and i simply either get liquored and freak out, or i have to leave before i vomit. i can only stand so much bullshit, and the older i get, the less i can stand. i've been doing this a long time, toiling away in obscurity. meh. that said, i am looking into getting my M.F.A. at a university. haha. watch me eat my own words.

haaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaanom nom nom nom.......

maybe now i'll get the attention, fame and fortune i so richly deserve.

bwahahahahahahahaha. kidding about the fame. stuff the fame. the money i'll always take.

haha.

until next time lovers,


cb.

i think this is about the 2face nature of the art world

perhaps, the world in general.

king for a day

fool for a lifetime.

re: mark of the beast.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

enjoy some QR codes, or the "mark of the beast" as some zealots have called them. haha.

all i know, is this was a pain in the ass to make.

enjoy!

cb

let me know if any of these work.

click on photo to make larger.

re: upcoming exhibition

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

well, it's that time again, gearing up for another exhibition, this one is the Picto-Prophecy, i call it version 3.0, as it has been in Pencticton at the Enowkin Centre, in Kelowna at the Alternator Centre, and now here in Kamloops at Arnica Artist Run Centre.

next it'll be in Vancity, but not sure when.

in the meantime, come visit and check out the show.

cheers,


cb

re: a new whip.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i've been busy, which is good. i enjoy it, and being occupied is good, it keeps me out of trouble. speaking of which, the 1st photo, sure looks like dealing to me. plastic caps. in baggies. when will this be illegal? 

dealing.

my new whip. well, one day.

bender rodriguez, my hero.

well, that about wraps it up boys and girls, stay out of trouble.

cb

re: no rest for the artist. or wicked.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, ex's too.....

i couldn't sleep. i have my kids, it's awesome, we've had an exciting weekend, and so instead of sleeping i made art. i feel happy, the fair is in town, so we went to that, i had a storytelling gig yesterday, we did that and it was great fun, and today, i'm not sure what we'll do, but will make the most of it.

anyway, i made some art, it's totally a norval morrisseau knockoff, but so what, i enjoyed making it, and thought i might as well post it. enjoy!

cb

re: lust and anger.

Greetings Friends, Fans, Foe and Lovers,

Two more new works, i am on FYAH! 

yes, i know i just spelt FYAH! coz i could!

As of late, you may notice my work has been revolving around two themes, LUST, and ANGER!! ARGH!

GRR!

Just kidding, I don't know why, but i'm sure there is some reason beneath the surface. Last night i had the strangest dreams that i met and russian girl named Natasha, and she became my lover. it was very strange. we had a bonnie and clyde thing going. anyways, dig the new work, i'm working on a couple grants, one for the banff centre in the new year, both are residency type things. i need some time to develop a new body of work, even though i feel one brewing.

in the meantime lovers,

take care,

cb