Re: more strange images....

Hello lovers,

Here are some more images from the road, which for me, can be a surreal, mind bending place. Not everyone can handle it, but I can, and I love it! Wow, just looking at these images is bringing back a flood of memories of adventures and the stories that go with them!

Until next time,

Cb

re: more travels.....

hello lovers,

some more strange images from SSM, or Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario......an amazing time there, i'd like to thank Jonathan Dewar, Andrea Pinheiro, and everyone at Shingwauk Residential School, Algoma University and 180 projects for inviting me there. it was quite an awesome and amazingly productive time there.

chainsaw bear. chopping down trees.

i met this guy. 

we went crushing paint cans

and bombing missions!

some of the mixed-media work

i did at 180 projects.

a sad empty theatre

derelicte for nearly a decade.

i'd definitely move to SSM part of the year.

a strange tower.

i thought it'd be the perfect zombie

apocalypse hide-out.

well, i'm going for a walk, until next time lovers,

cb

re: home sweet home.....

ahhhh, home, i love it and hate it! hahaha

anyway lovers,

don't get me wrong, i love traveling, i love making art, i love meeting new peoples, i love wrecking new places, but it's nice to get back home. plus, i usually do extended tours, or am gone a week or six at a time. all my plants have died, well, not all, i've got four that are heartily still giving it a go. haha.

but i miss my kids dearly, and even though each trip is supposed to expand my mind, or my group of contacts, i don't really believe it is always that beneficial? the art world, like any world is full of liars, sycophants, double talkers, back stabbers and the like, but it is also full of potential patrons, friends, lovers, leavers, and the like, so it really is a fun way to navigate the world.

just be smart. or stupid. whatever. hahahaha, don't take advice from me.

i am just as capable of self-sabotage as well as anyone else! and i often do it by accident, and sometimes by design! hahahahahahah.

anyway, here's some images from the road.

enjoy!

cb

the wall i painted at 180 projects/gallery

in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Reggie's, a great dive pub/bar in SSM,

it reminds me of the Central Pub in Kamloops.

a lot.

dials, gadgets, spinners and things.

my baby, i missed her. 

she's always by my bed. 

waiting for some action.

re: new art........

hello lovers,

so i'm in sault ste. marie, working at algoma university and at 180 projects/gallery space getting ready for an installation/exhibition. i'm also crushing a wall. check it below.

i've been pretty lucky, it was -12 when i got here, but warmed up to -2 and it's been great painting outdoors as well as indoors, working on another project. i'll post those images later.

talk more later, 

cb

re: title required. or whatever.

hello lovers,

so, when you arrive at vancouver international airport, you are greeted by these beautiful panels. nice eh!? i don't know who did them, but i will find out!

sitting at the airport during layovers. 

inevitably, when you cross the country, you are going to get

layovers. with air canada, you're in vancouver

with westjet, you're in calgary.

i actually prefer westjet, the crews are nicer

the jets are bigger

and the trip is smoother.

downtown Sault Ste. Marie.

the view from the windsor hotel. 

reggie's place

a great dive kind of pub.

it reminds me a lot of the central pub

in kamloops.

re: travelin' man.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm in ontario making art. it's amazing you can cross the continent in one day. the world in probably two or three days. 

below is a picture of the fart tube. an air canada airbus ac 130.

i call it a fart tube because that's what happens when you cram

it full of people and you breathe recycled air. 

it can get smelly. 

i'll post more photos.

cb

re: away......

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i've been away, i'm on the other side of the country making art.

will post some images soon.

until next time,

cb

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: god save the queen.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

some new art i made during a residency in sault ste. marie, ontario.

god save the queen!

until next time,


cb

re: new art!

new art!