Corinna and I are back at Luna's Castle in Panama. Two more weeks of painting after riding chicken buses from here all the way north to Northern Guatemala and Southern Mexico over the last 2.5 months. What an amazing time beyond any attempt to even explain. Anyone who knows the way we do things will surely imagine where we went and how we went about it!!!! Truly epic, inspirational, random, loco, motivating, and powerful!
I spent some of my time creating art with the supplies I carried with me, along with garbage, scrap and random things I found along the way. I did not photograph everything I did, however, some of the creative outlets included: illustrations, paintings, graffiti, wood sculptures, rock carvings, seed, shell and rock collecting, knot tying, photography, visualizing and contemplation.
Here are a few of the things done.......
"SIGHTS FELT" - illustrated by candlelight on the shore of Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala, a volcanic crater lagoon
"SIGHTS SEEN" Also, illustrated by candlelight on the shore of Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala, a volcanic crater lagoon
"IGUANA" illustrated in the middle of nowhere, mountainous jungles of Guatemala
"HORSE MOUNTED WARRIOR IN THE SKY" Illustrated in El Salvador
"DANCER" Illustrated in El Salvador
"RUNNING MAN" Illustrated in EL Salvador
"BUTTERFLIES AND BALANCING ACTS" Illustrated laying in a hammock near the beach in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
"UNTITLED" Painted under the sun on a mountaintop avocado farm overlooking a deep valley and 3 volcanoes...1 active and spewing smoke and rock.
"UNTITLED" Painted under the sun on a mountaintop avocado farm overlooking a deep valley and 3 volcanoes...1 active and spewing smoke and rock.
"CODE" Of Creation - marked in dry mud with a stick at a waterfall in the jungle hills of El Salvador
"CODE" Of Creation - written on the road in the mountains of El Salvador using pink rock. I actually left this 1 foot tall mark along with gigantic 3 foot pink hearts every few feet for over a kilometer.
"A ONE EARTH CONTINUATION" Painted and left on a wall in Leon Nicaragua
Hand-carved faces made from volcanic pumice collected in crater lagoons throughout Nicaragua. I left many of these throughout Central America in random places, but did not document them all.
Hand-carved faces made from volcanic pumice collected in crater lagoons throughout Nicaragua
"HOMBRE VACA" Cow Man...Painted as a gift for my Spanish teacher in Grenada Nicaragua. We found "hombre rana" frog man, in the dictionary, so I asked him if there is an animal-man for every animal. It's our joke I guess...
"CODE" Of Creation - written curbside in Nicaragua using a piece of charcoal I found in the gutter.
"ONE LONE SURFER" Painted on the beach in Nicaragua
"TRIBES IN PEACE" Painted on the beach in NicaraguaAs well, I am setting up a solo public art exhibit here in Panama.
Who: Daniel Poisson
What: "UNSEEN: Injustice at the Forefront"
When: January 26th 2009
Where: Central Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama
Why: Freedom
Here's what happened on our trip....
Baskets on heads
kids selling gum
other kids selling cigarettes
other kids selling pot
farmers filthy
dingos fighting
cocks clucking
fireworks exploding at 4AM
cows on the beach
babies with no shoes
buses with no class
men with less
old folks with no teeth
cathedrals crumbling
sketchy people watching for anything LOOSE!
descending massive waterfalls
diving cliffs
surfing overheads
flowers everywhere
comfort no where
thieves all over
smiles ear to ear
friendly HOLA. Buenos!
money collectors not providing change
welcoming folk guiding us to buses
kids hanging on
V W size pot holes
Drivers conversating behind themselves
Passing on mountain corners
mud houses
and sticks too
coffee plantations
NO ENGLISH
rice and beans
more arroz y gallo pinto
y pollo
women yelling in our face selling ¨stuff¨ on the buses
babies naked
different currency in every country
money changers with 6 inch stacks
waving it in the air
fruit stands
big hearts
even bigger poverty
underwear stands
hair clip stands
political signage everywhere
che guivera is a god
so is the colour red
Volcanoes surround us all the time
Animals animals and more animals
Sellers selling things you wish for
And others selling things you wish you never need
Grafitti artists lending hands towards neighbourhood beautification projects
And...........A LOT OF LOVE!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VIEW MY WORK
PEACE
See you soon
Daniel Poisson
