shirt

a shirt for when systems collide

heart machine

toronto. nuit blanche 2011.  heart machine. 

nuit blanche 2011

nathan phillip square.  nuit blanche 2011.  lasers. zip lines. glider people.  

fall town

went walking downtown tonight

old painting, new house

havn't had much time for things lately other than work at work, work at house and going out for a few beers and some music.  so here's a little painting i put up for now.  and a picture of balki and tearing up the floor.

month of may

my last show with when systems collide.  this so far unrecorded song is lots of fun to play.  month of may, live at blackwater.

tree

did a bit of tree trimming on the weekend.  so here is a tree from middleton place in charleston, south carolina.

august

barn at the animal farm

summer is here

and it's hot.

white shadow waltz

this is a little painting based on white shadow waltz from okkervil river's great new album i am very far.  i can't find a decent version of the song online, so here is the single of sorts from the album.  the chaos of wake and be fine.  

summer nights

tonight has the rain, wind and thunder of a summer storm.  the night above does not.

artwalk again

 a few pictures from my booth for artwalk 2011. sold a few things.  a few smaller paintings to friends and family.  sold a print of this bermuda scene.

another weekend past

great weather and a great turnout made for a great artwalk weekend.  i even sold a few things.

here's a little timelapse video recorded from my booth.  perfect booth location.

artwalk weekend

sarnia's artwalk is this saturday and sunday.  i'll be having a booth with some paintings along with 200 other vendors.  when systems collide will be playing with lots of other great bands throughout the weekend.  

posters and musicians for all

the poster i made last night for the release of when systems collide's new ep, tennessee.  some great musicians are playing with us.  an old friend, ben ainsworth, an old teacher and hambone extrordinaire george alexander, and jadea kelly from toronto.  should make for a great show.

via chicago

heading to chicago this weekend for beers, food and good times.  so here's some big city work.  it is new york, not chicago.   i had never been to new york until last weekend, and never chicago.

the tree of life

the tree of life? probably not. 

going going gone

i will be lost in the bermuda triangle for the next 10 days.  so here's a song from our new ep.  
oh you.

under a bridge

well.  5 years of angry steve and a conservative majority.  i am going to go live under a bridge.

old tree, new spring

southern swamps

tennessee

this is possibly the art for the when systems collide ep.  i think it looks pretty classy.  just a rough version, but needs to be decided soon.

eh song?

a song from my bands new ep.  it is sounding none too shabby.  hopefully will be finished and ready to go by the end of may, for a release in june.  

ship song

i painted this years based on a picture i took in halifax.  i was on a cruise ship waiting to leave port.  it was pouring rain and we were about to head out into stormy waters.  the tail end of a hurricane was heading up the coast.  the ocean was choppy,  the boat was rocking and i avoided eating dinner just in case i would be seeing that dinner again later.

i like the blue.  i'll be back on a cruise ship in a bout a month, heading to bermuda.  we might encounter some rough waters, but there will be no hurricanes.  and hopefully no triangles.

robots need love too

a few more sunday robots.  first, a homemade robot card i got for my birthday last year.  second, a wooden robot i bought in charleston.  and third, i just got the full series of futurama and it came in a life sized bender head.  

and here is a robot compilation set to dan mangan's wonderful robots

old robot

i donated this robot to a benefit last year.  i wish i had kept it.  

forgotten short stories

back to the future, back to the past

back to the future is on tv.  here is a bee and some pastels from the past.

new ep cover?

possibly.  the text is just a rough test.  i'm liking it though.

ducks unlimited

i've painted a few ducks for friends over the years.  they are all basically the same but with different backgrounds and different sizes.  i found a nice frame for this one at a store in the states.  the old fashioned nature of it goes well with brown and blue and simple duck.  i just have to repair a little section in the top corner.

acrylic smiles

i have been painting with acrylic on acrylic recently.  or plexiglass or whatever you may call it.

 

it can make for some neat effects through the acrylic.  i usually paint on the back and try to get things good the first time.  sometimes have to wipe or scrape the paint off to redo sections.  or just scrape off a bit of it and paint over for some neat effects.  the backs don't look as good.

gold day

another painting that looks a lot better with its not quite finished frame.  a few touch ups on the frame and it should be ready to be assembled.