3 MONTHS LATER!

Mission...ALMOST...Complete.
Yahoo!...ALMOST Travel time!

Corinna and I are in the finishing stages of work here at Luna's Castle. 4 days left...for now.
Looks like we will be flown back to Panama City from Guatemala in January for a couple weeks to provide the finishing touches on a major renovation, before we fly home in Early February.
We are in the midst of framing and hanging the last handful of pieces, solidifying our promotional materials, documenting all aspects and tidying up loose ends.
What a trip!
Here's a picture of me out in the street showing the Presidential Policia some of the paintings I did of them. I had some help hauling them off the walls and out into the middle of the road for them to see. At first they thought I was crazy for sure, but they couldn't stop looking at them. Alexis' smile tells it all. At least I didn't get arrested...again.
Thanks for the photo skills Corinna.
And YES, that is a Whistler Podium Auto Detail shirt I have on.
Luna's Castle is a truly amazing place, and when you travel throughout Central America, you will undoubtedly here stories about how people come here and stay a while. Many people overnighting it, end up here for a week or more. I get a little wild sometimes and the 160 vodka jello shooters I made the other night to toss around for good measure, certainly don't hurt the fun-o-meter, not to mention it's so damn hot, everyones nearly naked!

What Luna's lacks in a natural outback setting, it makes up for with gigantic space to move around, a jungle courtyard, lazy hammock breezeway, big screen movie theatre, free internet, timely laundry service, new guitars, bad ass art, panoramic ocean and city views and super rad vibes. Panama City is a modern hub and great jumping off point to South America and many awesome surf locations, islands and jungle treks.
Check out these little cuties we found on Isla Taboga, a 45 minute ferry ride from here.
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
Yeah! The ones the natives used the poison from to tip their blowdart points for hunting.

Fiddler Crab
These little guys are reeeeeaaaaal darn fast and beautiful saturated reds, purples and yellows.

Central American Smooth Gecko
We found this guy in an old Army War Bunker on a hike. He's 10 inches long!

Redrump Tarantula
Actually....a little bigger than the size of my palm. On the trail at our feet.

Pictures of the finished project will be posted very soon, so in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this new work from the last 2 weeks.

"Black Love" - 24'x24" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
Love is important.

"Range of 1000 Faces" - 72"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
What I think it is like back in BC right now.

"Island Pass of 1000 Traces" - 72"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
What the BC Coast would look like.


"Valley of 1000 Races" - 48"x36" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
What the mountains look like.

"My Pirahna" - 48"x36" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
Beware of monkey wrench throwers, Karmas a bitch!

"Lacking DMT in my Dream" - 24"x24" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
The mind is a terrible thing to waste.


"Let it Flow, Let Yourself Go!" - 36"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
Confront your demons, before they confront you!


"Green Without Envy" - 9"x12" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
Everyone is different...real different.


"Gold Love" - 24"x24" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD
LOVE!

Thank You for taking the time to view my work and read my story.

Daniel

A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO

Be careful what you paint for................
When Realism is boring...
When Impressionism is unimpressed...
When Graffiti is shit...
When Lowbrow isn't soooo cool anymore...
And Nobrow never made it...
When Shepard Fairey rises from the dead...
When Juxtapoz is read by ceo's of The World Bank...
When Street Art is everywhere...
When Banksy is a gay martian...
When Abstract is totally untalented...

Heck!...he said to me..."ANYONE CAN THROW PAINT AT A BLOODY CANVAS!"...
I responded, "I agree...but the difference is...I just did...you didn't!"...
I had to repeat myself to him more than once until he got it.
He was pissed, but he heard what I said and really understood.
He just didn't see why, but now he did.
By the end of the conversation, he thanked me. REALLY THANKED ME!
He never looked at art that way before.
For his first 35 years of his life, he missed the point of art.
That's the difference...
I JUST DID!..YOU DIDN'T...an artist knows and does what he does because "I JUST DID"
So when all those genres, categories, trends, classes, qualities, styles, subjects, directions, and reasons for art, have been rehashed, redone, overworked, undervalued, overvalued, undermined, and promoted to shit, stolen, borrowed, copied, defaced, hated, loved, bought, sold, and burned...
I'll be proud to say I have NO STYLE...NO GENRE...
and ONE REASON...
PEACE!

"WORLD PEACE"-OCT 3rd 2008 - 36"x48" - SOLD
This painting was done as the global economy began to collapse, in hopes that the 75 + people from over 16 countries who signed it, could maybe help spiritually offset the damage the Reptilian Greed Mongers are doing to their own children, among others.

There are two major coincidences in this work that became apparent after I finished it.
1) It has eight rays outward...Buddhism...but let's not get tooooo religious here.
QUESTION AUTHORITY!

2) The entire piece is actually one gigantic peace symbol, aside from the 33 obvious ones.

"FREEFLOW" - 16"x20" - SOLD
There are those among us who have completely lost control morally, financially, economically, and rationally...so if you know one of these people...please print this image and give it to them for a gift, free of charge. SMILE!



"PRESIDENTIAL POLICIA" - 36"x48" - SOLD
Believe me; he wishes it was not this way. I am sure the ring on his finger tells the same story.
The fact is, there's just too many dangerous people out there who don't get it.



"SPIDERS ANKLES IN PLAID" - 48"x36" - SOLD
There is no style. There is no category. You either love it, or you don't.


"BEES KNEES IN PLAID" - 48"x36" - SOLD
LOVE IT?



"REBIRTH CACOON" - 36"x48" - SOLD
This is the after effect of death...the new life!


"AFTERLIFE" - 36"x48" - SOLD
Because we're all just energy.


"FUTURE PULSE" - 24"x36" - SOLD
Everything is gonna be all right.


"LIFE BLOOD" - 24"x36" - SOLD
Stay focused, realign the path, think positive and love yourself.
Love your energy!

Thank You for taking the time to view my work, read my blog, and don't eat money even if it's all you have!

PEACE!
DANIEL POISSON
CODE OF CREATION

BAIL INTO THE CREATIVE REVOLUTION!

Everyone hates math, so here it is...don't be a hater.
Controversy and sex sell. I have a girlfriend, so here's the other.
$700,000,000,000 -bailout
divided by 400 (approx.) the # of paintings I have at my disposal
equals $1,750,000,000 which is the price I would have to sell each painting for, to cover this soon-to-be-bigger mess than it already is.

After 3o hours of work, this painting tells a lot.

"$700 Billion bailout for only $100,000.00" - 36"x48" - "FOR SALE" $100,000.00

So this painting is only $100,000.00. It is "for sale" and we figure it is one hell of a screaming deal for that lucky person with a significantly smaller amount than $700,000,000,000, who wants a non-polluting, emission-free, tangible investment sure to become a valuable short-term and long-term reward.
Barely chump change for the right buyer and I guarantee I will personally deliver it to you anywhere, worldwide to ensure it's safe, mortgage-free, no-catch arrival at your doorstep.

If nearly everyone in the world didn't bite the baitless mortgage/loan/finance/economic money hook the savages threw in when life was cherry, no one would be in this position and we would never be on the brink of....wait for it..........
on a bigger, badder, more serious scale than any point in recent history..........

"A CREATIVE REVOLUTION"
Here it comes!!!!!!!
WHY?
When this economic situation has leveled out, millions of people worldwide will be affected. They will be forced to think about business differently, view issues far more creatively, see one another on a more empathetic level. People will find new creative outlets to live the new way they may have never experienced.
There IS more to life than money.
Many people associated with penthouse suites, stock markets, 10 bedroom homes, global portfolios, Armani suits(trademark), board meetings, Rolex(trademark), 3 meals out, triple Manhattan martinis, diamond cuff links, day trading, Rolls-Royce (trademark), and 7am-6pm forget to view the world from an angle other than standing atop a stack of 100's.
Creativity is a vast interconnected energy that once tapped into will bring about new, exciting patterns, freedoms, realities and truths.
Creativity, once accepted and utilized is uplifting, entertaining, rational and persistent.
Everyone has it in them, some just forgot to follow this path.

GET CREATIVE........SHOW SOME LOVE!!!!!
Think outside the box
Don't eat money even if it's all you have
and PLEASE.............buy the above painting.

Here are the other piece I have created in the last 2 weeks. ENJOY!


"A SOUND INVESTMENT" - 48" x 72" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"The WISE INVESTOR" - 48"x24" - SOLD


"The BUSINESS PARTNER" - 48" x 24" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"RELEASE DATE - Sept 2oth #1" - 36"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"RELEASE DATE - Sept 2oth #2- 36"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"RELEASE DATE - Sept 2oth #3- 36"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"BEING NEAR" - 32"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD


"CLOSE COMFORT" - 24"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel - SOLD

On another note, I caught a scorpion.......


APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE, HOWEVER, IT"S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING!

Peace and good luck,
Daniel Poisson

ARTISTS WANTED

Oh Heck Yeah!
Hello,
I was sun burnt to a peeling corpse after my San Blas Islands trip 2 weeks ago.
NASTY!
I have been staying inside in the shade and painting. And NO... I don't go get burnt often just to make myself productive.

Here is what I have done in the last 2 weeks. The first two are done with nothing more than earth...DIRT. The next two are my trademark style (if I ever dare pigeon-hole myself to say that...OUCH!).
I think one can see all are heavily tribal influenced after my Kuna Yala tribe excursion.
"I RELY ON FREEDOM"- 32" x 48" - Dirt on wood panel SOLD

"NO FOOT BEHIND" - 32" x 48" - Dirt on wood panel SOLD

"NEW TRIBE 1" - 36" x 48" - Acrylic/ spray paint on wood panel SOLD

"NEW TRIBE 2" - 36" x 48" - Acrylic/ spray paint on wood panel SOLD

"HERMIT GECKO vs THE CRAB MAN DANCING - 36"x48" - Acrylic on wood panel SOLD

"THE PROPHETIC HERMIT" - 36" x 48" - Acrylic on wood panel SOLD

"THE PROPHETIC GECKO" - 36" x 48" - Acrylic on wood panel SOLD

PLEASE...this is an informal invitation/ inspiration to all you that are artists and work your ass off and never seem to get anywhere. I know how it is....

PLEASE READ ON! (non-artists too)
This may be something you want to consider trying or keep tabs on until you feel comfortable enough to take a risk and throw yourself into something wacky.
The area of Panama City I am creating my artwork in is called Casco Viejo, which is the San Felipe district. It was declared a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1997. The blue and green house in this picture are my neighbours and yet, across the street is a pristine mansion covering an entire block.

In the last 3 years, Casco Viejo has begun rejuvenation and renovating the entire area into upscale restaurants, open patio cafes, creative art galleries and french/ spanish style veranda buildings. This area is beginning to take on the looks of any great city in the world. There is a long ways to go until completion, however when walking around and analyzing the number of labourers, painters, construction workers and tradesmen, one can not help but see through the walls of the finished properties to the bare ones on the inside...BEGGING FOR ART!

Here is the link to a short NY Times article published September 14, 2008 about this area.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/travel/14surfacing.html?ref=travel

Panama has funky, off the wall art too. I mean the city paid for a competition to have any and all graffiti artists as possible paint gigantic pieces that now line the entire main road, Avenida Balboa. And there was a cash prize for the best ones. As well, this picture shows the interior of the Ministry of Culture with freaked out surrealistic, graffiti work on the walls and ceiling.
You won't see this shiz in the Ministry building Canada kids!
That's right.
This project is so large-scale in the fastest growing city in the Americas, which is also an International banking city, I don't think I can downplay the potential here.
So if you want to come down, where food is $2.00 a meal, accommodation is $12.00 a night at Luna's Castle, beer is a $1.00, and art supplies are available, bring your business cards and stay a while. I'm sure there's plenty of contact aside from my project.

PEACE and thank you again for the continued support. I hope you enjoy the new art.

Regards,
Daniel Poisson
Castillo Calabozo Studios- Panama
Code of Creation- Canada

PANAMA LOVE

Hello!

My world has been turned upside down. I can feel my feet on the ground harder than ever. I never thought I would see the day as an artist where every piece I produce is already sold, but here it is!
Damn it! I worked hard for this!

I was thinking last night about the life I lived for soooo many years and soon realized I will never be the same. I stepped outside the box. It took a while since the last time. The inspiration I have drawn from the variety of places I have visited is outstanding. Until this Panama adventure, I spent the last few years traveling no further than my own back yard, so to speak. I feel I have seen a great deal in my life and this last couple weeks has been revolutionary.

Among other things:
While walking in the jungle I was attacked by flies. Nasty Bastards. These were no ordinary flies. They don't sting or bite, but they landed all over me and buzzed real loud. I ran, freaked out, and ripped my shirt, hat and backpack off while flailing my arms everywhere. These buggers have staying power.


For the first time I witnessed the Jesus Lizard. I forget what they call them here in Panama, but they run across water....FAST! Yes Lizards....running on water. Just like on the Discovery Channel.

This big bug (whatever it's called) vibrates so hard it creates a massive sound. There are thousands of them in the jungle and it's loud. You never see them, but I managed to find one. I touched it's ass with a 12" stick and it actually made my hand vibrate that's how powerful these 2" buggers are.

I was also stalked in the city while taking some pictures alone down a quiet street. The guy had a gun. A big handgun. He wanted my Nikon. It's kind of an odd feeling staring at a guy who wants something you have and he has a gun. I still have my camera but he still has the gun too...Bless his Soul!

For my 32nd birthday, I visited one of the last remaining true tribes on Earth. The Kuna Yala in San Blas Archipeligo. Aside from water containers, tin roofs, outboard motors, a few small essentials and money, these wonderful people live in the most wonderful place the same way they have forever.



The Kuna have nearly 400 islands they "own" independent of Panama or any other nation. They are self governing, hospitable, and amazing. We stayed in palm/ bamboo huts on our own private, palm tree lined, white sand islands with no one else or at most, 1 Kuna family.

We spent 4 days visiting Carti, Diablo Island, Perro Island and Holland Cayes area; suntanning, snorkeling, joking, loving and drinking coconut water. My birthday party was incredible with 15 of my best friends I just met, a bonfire on the beach and James on guitar. Thanks everyone!

I wish I could explain this place properly, however let's just say I have met people on the road for months and years, traveling hard and many have said it is by far, the best place they have ever experienced. I now know why.




This is one of the islands we stayed on. It was 100' across, with 2 huts and nothing else. Nothing. No bathroom. Nothing. All 400 islands are like this aside from the 4 central hub islands.




Here is the work I have completed in the last 2 weeks.

"Traveling"- 48"x36" - acrylic on wood SOLD

"Freedom Cacoon" - 48" x 72" - acrylic on wood SOLD

"The Cousin Pod" - 48"x72" - Acrylic on wood SOLD

"Hatching Double" - 48"x72" - Acrylic on wood SOLD

THANK YOU and PEACE!