re: new digital works............

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm watching season 2 of the HBO series "Deadwood," and it's pretty damn good. i picked up season 2 for $8 at value village and the 3rd Herman Treasury by Jim Unger, which is hilarious for $2. finally a decent score there. I love Ian McShanes character "Al Swearingen," because i'm a lot like that, haha.

I made some new digital art, first one in a long time, and i'm happy with it. but i'll be pushing the boundaries a lot more, but i had to go on familiar territory until i get my skills back up.

check it out,

all is well lovers,

see you soon,

cb

re: new posts....

hello lovers,

it's been quite awhile since i've been here. many hectic things have prevented me from posting as well as a general laziness i can't cop out on. haha. i think i psych myself out more on posting than the time and effort it takes to post new stuff. plus, sometimes i feel no one reads this stuff anyway, so why bother? haha. but when i look back to stuff four or five years ago, it's interesting, to me, what the heck i was doing back then. i've got a shitty memory. i'll admit it. so i think blogging is important that at least.

well, the kids are still asleep, it's 6:45 am and i'll post a few pics from the past few months or couple months at least. i had a really big show with David Mackintosh, co-found of Battery Opera, at the Unit/Pitt galleries the past couple months, and i've been trying to kick start contracts and generally get paid. check it out here!

http://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/past/crawling-weeping/

some flicks from that show!

i sort of snuck painting on the walls

of the Unit/Pitt early one morning.

David had no idea what i was going to do

(i think!)

but i got the keys to the gallery and arrived at about 8 am

and started painting.

it's an allegorical painting. 

this part shows my throwie style

and leaving kamloops, bc

running away to vancouver, bc back in 1986

that's my little silhouette leaving the mountains/valley of kamloops, bc

with the owl pictograph watching over me

as i enter the forests.

moving through the forests i go through a charred and burning

landscape, the desert, or semi-arid desert of the interior

plateau of southern british columba. 

it's bloody hot here and kind of looks like new mexico.

i enter the blue and white mountains of the coast

hitching all the way down to vancouver, bc

and descend into the city.

which i painted gold, silver and copper to represent 

the wealth and promise it holds

but for the most part is a lie.

as the exhibition/performances/dance/music and booze

went on for 7 weeks, we invited artists and guests to attack

and paint on the wall. so all the other stuff you see

was added by guests.

it was awesome to paint on the walls of a gallery

even though i probably wasn't allowed. haha.

i also found their beer stash and drank about 8 beers

in the 4 or 5 hours it took to paint the walls. haha.

i don't think keith or brynn really cared about that. 

well, the kids are waking up and i was right

this is a pain in the ass to do

just this little part took half an hour. fuck.

i'll add more photos later. 

adios,

cb

re: jucifer....

friends, foe and lovers,

i bring you jucifer.

enjoy.

cb

re: alternate titles.

hello winners, sinners, losers and lovers,

just thought i'd show you an alternate version of the "Idle No More" image i made as a creative contribution to the phenomenon.

it is amazing the power of text. look at the one with the Duncan Campbell Scott text and the Jacques Cartier text. Such a difference!!!

which is why i went with the DC Scott one. the impact is brutal.

until next time lovers,


cb

re: 200th post!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, as well as gamblers, boozers, sinners and winners!

this is my 200th post of the year!

yay!

i knew i could do it!!!

thanks for believing in me and my art and even being interested!

if you ever want some art, contact me and i'm sure we can make a deal!

in the meantime,

the image above is one of my father. the only image i have of him.

i made the art to only start making sense of our complicated relationship and getting over the abandonment issues i had with him. one start in the long journey of life and forgiveness.

until next time lovers,

cb

re: more verotic art.

jello fiends, fans, foe and fum!

why all the reotic art? i don't know. why not?

cb

re: one more blackout.....artists design....

one final blackout artists poster, thing, shirt design. decadent and debauched.

just the way it should be. well, sometimes. haha.

cheers,

cb

re: one more new piece of a.........art.......

hello sinners, winners, freaks and lovers,

i was going to try to break 250 posts on my blog this year, but realized, that was too goddamn ambitious, and not realistic.

plus, i needed a break, my brain can only handle so much shit and abuse. i've been busting my ass since march of this year on the road, and it ain't easy! sure, some people think being an artist is a piece of cake, sitting in your lonely tower, creating new stuff for the world. but it ain't like that at all. there's about 30,000 km worth of hustle each year that goes into being a "professional" artist and that's a lot of cross country trips and airports and layovers and skybars and workshops and exhibitions and meet and greets and art juries and satanic presentations and festivals and conferences and interviews and whatever over and over again until you really puke your guts out. at least 150 times a year. no shit. really. it's just that simple.

AND THEN, you have to be ON every single fucking time. because god forbid, that if you are not ON that one time, people will totally shit talk you, blacklist you, blackmail you and treat like you are an intestinal parasite. because they are not out there on the road slogging it out like you and don't know what it's like crisscrossing the country like you do to pay the bills on top of everything else you do like being a mentor, a community leader, a father and so on.

anyway, i digress, and what i meant to say, is i've got some more new art for you, and new music coming soon, so enjoy! dig in! feast your eyes!

until next time lovers, sinners, and winners,


cb.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope all is well in your wood of the necks. things are fine in mine, but i'm bored as hell. haven't been doing art lately, self-imposed exile, but i'm back at it and excited.

and i'm looking for a drummer. someone who can play decent heavy stoner rock style like below link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuRKRFjm-HA

in the meantime sinners and winners,

enjoy some new art.

cb

re: selling lies disguised as truth. or trust.

if i won ten or twenty million dollars i'd take some serious time off and heal my body.

over the past 4 decades or so, i've beaten the hell out of it.

i'm starting to notice it.

in this form, this reality, i'm not going to last forever.

and i'm getting real tired of jumping through all these bullshit hoops to just do what i want to do that i would do just to cover my bills. but i'm getting older now and think of my kids more.

sigh.

i work and slave to change the cultural landscape of canada and to provide for my family. while bankers get richer, businessmen get fatter and politicians lie deeper. sometimes i just want to say fuck it all.

until next time lovers,

cb
ps: obviously, by the video, i don't take myself that seriously. but i rock. haha.

re: the dangers of art.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

just some deep thoughts from jack handy, in concerns with the dangers of the arts and art world. mainly, the lack of danger and sense of excitement. all too often lately, through my various travels, the artists i have met scare me in that i have a nearly jaw breaking yawn by hanging out with them. they seem like bean counters, dress like accountants, or business people, have become boring administrators and lost all sense of danger, enthusiasm, or excitement.

more often than not, i am the lone wild man, the lone wolf, or coyote, seeking adventures in new cities. they would rather go antiquing while i am drawn to danger, to death, to adventure and seek the thrills of discovering a new city or new places in an old city. while they look as though they would fold over in a windstorm because of the starch in their collars, i hoist the skull and bones and call out to others seeking adventure.

after several gatherings i've been to over the years, i've finally met my match, and it was on the other side of the country, at a symposium of national level artists, arts administrators, researchers, curators, educators and the like. it was mainly native or first nations, and the devil may care attitude was prevalent and refreshing. it felt so good to be surrounded by others cut from the same cloth of a pirate flag and we had charged dialogue, crazy adventures, fearsome hangovers, and amazing collaborations came about. the spirit of creativity guided us, and as a colleague suggested, "we all come from very solitary practices, so when we get together like this, of course it is going to get a little out of hand, it has to!"

i couldn't agree more.

other artists ask me how i got to where i am today in a very short period of time. (20 years!) and i have no definitive answer other than be bold. create the art that inspires you. don't care what others say. don't listen to them. don't be molded. be fearless. take chances. and be open to opportunities. this year i've had 5 exhibitions, 5 publications, organized a music festival and curated 2 exhibitions, as well as done countless workshops and an artist residency.

but this is what i wanted, and i sacrificed everything to get here. so really, there is no excuses to not accomplish anything.

until next time lovers,


stay dangerous

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 3

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

a third image for your Kanata day celebrations. 

cb

re: oh kanata.....

hello friends, foe and lovers,

more artwork for your canada day consideration.

the above image was taken at the Kamloops Indian Residential School and is the front gate around the building. it features a teepee, and i added the rest.

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: marvin strange

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

just a quick note, i met marvin strange finally and was not disappointed. total freak, makes awesome art, and you should check it out. hopefully we'll do some collaborations down the road. kamloops needs, no, the world needs more freak artists that follow their dream, their goals and ambitions.

here's a link to his website, go check it out!!!

http://marvinstrange.com/

dope sculpture work is it not?

until next time,


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

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope all is well in your world, i'm trying to kick my world's ass. things are going quite well, just not as fast as i'd like, you know, the fortune and freedom thing.....but i keep trying. 7 long years ago i was a construction worker, busting my ass and abusing my body pouring concrete footings and foundations.

all these years later, i'm an artist, which is what i wanted to be, because i was sick of seeing others claw their way ahead of me with shitty art. or what i perceived as bad art. haha. it's still around and so am i, pimping out my own art and stuff. now i'm setting my goals and sights on music, because originally i was a musician and had a lot of fun touring, recording, writing songs and such.

now to me, the music scene can kinda get a wee bit incestuous, perhaps that's too strong and graphic a way to describe it, but, you know what i mean, the same people getting the gigs over and over again.
i should be happy for them, and in a way i am happy for them, but the blood gets pretty thin at the top, and once that happens, mediocrity is never far behind.

i mean, i'll never stop doing art, or writing or making films, but i wouldn't mind recording some kick ass songs, making a kick ass album and doing some touring before i feel too old! haha. and don't hand me that "you're only as old as you feel" bullshit!

after many years of construction, my body is sore, and it makes me feel old. i'm exercising and mountain biking, which helps, i need a gym pass and then i'll rock it out. now that i'm a teeny bit older, i can honestly say i wish i knew then what i know now.

eat right, take your vitamins when you're younger, exercise your body and your mind, coz when you hit you're late 30's and early 40's, you'll see the difference. i'm sure of it. haha.

even now, if i am too lazy to go shopping and just let my food run out and eat whatever i can, i notice it affecting my mood and work/creativity. i can't sit still, i can't focus, and i never get anything done.

when i eat properly, bam, i mean BAM! i get it done and done proper. haha.

anyways, i gotta go get some exercise, adios,


cb

last summer. 

i am kinda bad at promoting my own gigs! 

d'oh!

places i wanna go.