SUZUKIDELIC!

"SUZUKIDELIC" - 36"X48" - acrylic/guache on canvas - 2011

I love this man!  I know, I know what some of you say...he's rich, he sold out, he's..whatever!
The fact of the matter is, he is awesome and I think awesome is what counts when nature is at hand.

PEACE!

BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, BIG TREES and BIG CLEARCUTS!

 FRENCH BEACH- Vancouver Island, Canada

 FRENCH BEACH- Vancouver Island, Canada

 I burn natural tree resins.  I find it grounds me, while the smoke connects my spirit to the rest of the world.

 SOMBRIO BEACH- Vancouver Island, Canada

 Middle of nowhere beyond PORT RENFREW- Vancouver Island, Canada

 Even further into the middle of nowhere- Vancouver Island, Canada

 I find it sick humans put plastic tape around and spray paint "LEAVE TREE" on 1000 year old trees. Why don't we just leave them in the forests where they live instead of reducing their life to "SOLITARY CONFINEMENT"?  And don't gimme that "you wipe your ass and live in a house" thing....these logs all go overseas now(for pennies).

 What the picture below could be if we stay ill.

Gorgeous!

 AVATAR GROVE

 AVATAR GROVE

 I find this AMAZING! Look close!  That tree on top growing over(out of) the tree laying down is hundreds of years old.  And to think that the tree rotting under it has not completely rotted away and caused the growing tree to fall, over time? Amazing!

 OLD GROWTH

 Realize the size of this tree!  The others around it are not planted. They are also 1st growth, but only miniature in comparison to this 12 foot diameter giant!  You see, that's the parent.  Those smaller ones are the children. Just like your family.

 Neco is a full grown Husky!  That's a BIG tree.....WHY ARE WE STILL CUTTING THESE???

 The Official: Canada's GNARLIEST Tree!  It's a brute, and gnarly all right!

Me and my dog, Neco being in the forest under Canada's Gnarliest Tree in Avatar Grove.


Study about the concept of, or more accurately, subject of Ecopsychology is vital.  Planet Earth is a beautiful place that my psyche has a deep connection to.  I often think about and contemplate the possibilities beyond wealth, fame, fortune, riches and denial. Denial of our human culture as a phycologically damaged creature. We truly are capable of so much, and being as how we are aware of our consciousness, I can not fathom the possibility we are incappable of growing up as a species and putting ourselves right.

What happened?...

There are many great theories out there and you surely have your own if you have time to think beyond your finances. Morris Berman says in The Reenchantment of the World:
"Addiction , in one form or another, characterizes every aspect of industrialized society...Dependence on alcohol, food, drugs, tobacco...is not formally different from dependence on prestige, career achievement, world influence, wealth, the need to build more ingenious bombs, or the need to exercise control over everything."
He's right in some regard.  Combine that with a lack of connection to nature and you have an environmental, social and planetary recipe for disaster.

I frequently take myself out to the ocean, beaches, parks, forests, rivers, lakes and mountains.  It's partly because I'm a nature lover, but more than that, from a young age I was well aware that issues can often be solved with a firm connection, understanding and comfort from nature.  Growing up I  always believed that if we put ourselves into this position, there must be a way to put ourselves out of this position we have come to find ourselves in.
"By assuming a deep, abiding connection between psyche and Gaia, ecopsychology could produce a timely reappraisal of the environmental movement's political strategy. It might generate a new, legally actionable, environmentally based criterion of mental health that could take on prodigious legal and policy-making implications."- Theodore Roszak


I believe we can change the world. It may be a challenge, but I think we are smart creatures.
Yesterday, 40 km into the bush beyond Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island, I ran into a logger getting ready to head into the bush to fall some trees.
Conversation:
me: Hi! Nice day hey?


logger: A bit rainy


me: Yeah, still nice...so I heard saws from up on the ridge. Is it 2nd or 3rd growth you guys are harvesting down there?  I'm just curious.


logger: 1st


me: oh thats unfortunate, with all the 2nd and 3rd growth timber farms up for harvest?!?


logger: No it's not


me: Why so?


logger: Because all the big ones aren't gone yet


me: that's my point...how unfortunate


logger: So what?


me: May the infinite spirit one day recognise your troubled soul!


logger: FUCK YOU!


me:  I DON'T wish the same upon you, have a nice day!

I extended my hand, we shook and I drove away.....the point is, he shook my hand after all that.
I hope deep inside, I gave him something to think about beyond the "I have a family to feed" mentality.
It's kinda getting old! WE NEED CHANGES!

PEACE!

GREAT FRIENDS MAKING DOPE THREADS!

SO, whenever a few good friends start a clothing company and start out strong, I always like to recognize!  Here is some information to get you started in SKRIBE engagement. Nice work fellas!


Skribe's Online Lauch

Skribe Select's launch of their online store is of to a phenomenal start.

A few quick notes -

Our shirts are selling fast - place your order at http://www.facebook.com/l/mAQC548TRAQDZuATKW8LyXRG51VTtRaSHRt1ica2XOjWBiA/www.skribe.ca to make sure you get your favourite colour/design. We've had an amazing response and want to make sure every one of our friends gets first access to the designs before we launch our online store to the public. As always, a portion of each sale goes to one of our non-profit partners. 

Free music! It doesn't get much better than this. One of the Skribe Select crew dropped some bass on our page for everyone to vibe to. Check it out atwww.facebook.com/pages/Skribe-Select-wwwskribeca/116935238326248

The mechanics of our photo contest have also been updated. To make it more interactive, we at Skribe will select the top 3 photos and leave it up to you all to vote on which reigns supreme. The winner takes home some fresh gear courtesy of Skribe Select. Visit http://www.facebook.com/l/_AQDhxwAuAQBqIohqSkVNFR5ExVNcm9Wba9FRFZWflUEEVg/www.skribe.ca/store/photo-competition for more details on how to enter.

And remember to like Skribe Select on Facebook and share the page with your friends. We've got a lot more music, media and awesomeness to come, as well as updates on our clothing, community and the work our non-profit partners are doing with your contributions. Keep updated at www.facebook.com/pages/Skribe-Select-wwwskribeca/116935238326248

CLAY PEOPLE

CLAY PEOPLE 1 - 22"x30" - natural clay on archival, watercolour paper

This is the first of a new series of work I am creating, drawing inspiration from the forests and rivers of Vacouver Island.  There are creatures in the forest. I call them the clay people.  They hide in the mud and  inside the soils.  They are silent and invisible.

They are just like us, but rarely seen and never heard.  It takes great concentration to become aware they are always watching out for the forests.

These creations are pure, natural clays found on Vancouver island.  I use my fingers and rocks I find to create the "CLAY PEOPLE".

CLAY PEOPLE 2 - 22"x30" - natural clay on archival, watercolour paper 

These ferns are stunning and important to the clay people.

The Clay people have the rivers as their main water source.  COWICHAN RIVER- MARIE CANYON

VERY BEAUTIFUL!!

PEACE! and remember...the clay people are always watching you when you are in their trees and on their forest floors.

Whistler, April 22, 2011

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British Columbia is awesome!

I draw much of my inspiration from BC.....if you have never been here....I suggest you come for a visit.  The adventure and beauty is endless.
Here is a tourism website and some artwork to get you started!

https://www.gobc.ca/victoria-travel/code-of-creation-daniel-poisson_2880

30 WORKS spanning 5 Years and many genres showing

 

If you are in Victoria BC between March 15th and April 14th 2011, please take 5 minutes and come by SOLSTICE CAFE at 529 Pandora Avenue (downtown).

This work ranges from $20 each to $2000 each.  They range in size from 4"x4" to 48"x48". All pieces are ready to hang. 

Have a look or make a purchase of my works being shown to support two worthy causes and allow me to continue to produce.
50% of all sales will be donated to:
http://www.ancientforestalliance.org/
and
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/

to assist with saving our treasured old growth forests and natural environment.

PEACE!

Daniel Poisson

Central American Photography FOR PEACE

Hello,
These images were created in March 2011 while reminiscing about traveling.


The images here are created from photographs I took in Central America while traveling there in 2008-2009.  Along with my girlfriend, Corinna Haight, I backpacked from Panama City, north, through  Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Southern Mexico, before returning to Panama by plane from Guatemala City. That trip changed my life.  The images have been super-imposed over my own wallpaper-style background and enhanced with subtle colours.

I have used a background that is my own design using the traditional peace symbol that has been spread outwards in radiating rings to create a "flower of peace".  The original image is from a 36"x48" painting I did in Panama City that still hangs there today.  The original painting was signed by over 100 people from over 15 countries while traveling through Panama.  It hangs in Casco Viejo, in the UNESCO Heritage Site, in Luna's Castle, the greatest Hostel in Central America.  There are also over 50 more of my paintings there for all the worlds travelers to enjoy.
 These artworks are collage, ink and coloured pencil on stretched canvas, ready to hang.
Please contact codeofcreation@gmail.com for more info.


PEACE!

OLD AGE, NEW AGE BUSINESS - Panajachel, Lago De Atitlan, Guatemala - 12"x16"

ANGEL IN THE CEMETERY - just outside Grenada Nicaragua - 12"x16"

SCHOOL BAND DRUMMER BOY - Bocas Del Toro, Panama - 12"x16"

EDGARD MUNGUIA(la gata)the cats - Large outdoor wall mural of Sandinista Rebel killed in action, Leon Nicaragua - 12"x16"

KIDS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - in the mountains, Juayua, El Salvador - 12"x16"

TIKAL TEMPLE 1 -main temple, Tikal Guatemala - 12"x16"

LANDED ANGEL IN CEMETERY - just outside Grenada Nicaragua - 12"x16"

A GUATEMALAN FAMILY - between Coban & Lanquin in Guatemalan Highlands - 24"x36"

THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUR TIME TO LOOK AT MY WORK.

PEACE,

dan

Canada's 'Avatar' forest - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Canada's 'Avatar' forest - Americas - Al Jazeera English

I think pressure upon the supposed rulers of our country will make some changes. Write letters, make signs, do art, be active and make your positive ideals known. Never assume the greedy can destroy everything. Keep working at change.

Peace!

Rework what has already been reworked, again

This series of works, and the many works soon to follow, are pieces that have been created from previous creations of mine, which in some ways, are creations from elsewhere or other peoples creations or minds.  (say 3 times quickly)
I have gathered elements I enjoy from other paintings and works previously done and mashed them together through collage, painting, projection, photocopy and photography.  Although the inspiration comes from others, the work is all mine. 
The result is something inexpensive and attainable that will end up on walls both indoors and out, purchased or not.  They make beautiful large-format posters for outdoor galleries or backyard patios in a city near you!


PEACE...

"ATMOSPHERIC CHIEF OF CHIEFS" - 16"x20" - March2011

"ATMOSPHERIC TRIBAL COUNCIL" - 16"x20" - March2011

"ATMOSPHERIC UPROAR!" - 16"x20" - March2011

Thank You for taking your time to view my newest work....
PEACE!

Miru Kim's underground art

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Blind Mute Productions: Tales from the Inkwell show pics

Blind Mute Productions: Tales from the Inkwell show pics: So last night, Friday February 18th, 2011,  Dave Petko and Blind Mute Productions had the opening of Tales from the Inkwell group art e..."

EARTH LIFT EXTENSION

Going Further through the chaos into freedom!
This painting was completed Through January and February 2011.
It measures 36"wide by 48"tall.  It is painted with Iridescent, interference, metallic and fluid acrylics on mahogany wood panel.

EARTH LIFT

I have not painted anything in 8 monthes.  Instead, I have been stacking sticks, reading books, illustrating on paper with pen, walking Neco, thinking deeply, working for others, planning my future and reaching into the far abyss of my mind.  I discovered an important thing and before I show you the outcome, I will tell you what it is.

I can sometimes be very "uncomfortable", edgey, anxious, obnoxious, boisterous, sad etc etc etc.....  I started realizing there was a place in my mind that I touched on in my last blog entry. It is regarding that quiet place where one is completely at ease and empty, yet completely full and aware at the same time.  That place in your mind is a place of great peace and important contentment and should everyone find it, the world would be cured of all evil and disarray.   I have since gone beyond this place.

Imagine this....really picture it if you can.  It came to me out of nowhere and I have been using it for weeks now.  Every day it gets more and more pure. It's mental visionary work.  Consider it time travel or....mind travel but without any sort of meditation, yoga, or deep concentration.  It happens and can be used while I am doing my daily routine.

I had this line of thought that took me into the middle of this large, black, transparent disc.  The disc is similar to a saucer or a...frisbee.  BUT, it's large, I mean infinately large.  It stretches out horizontally either above me or below me in all directions, however it is flat and thin.  Now here's the key part.  The disc is essentially the "plane of positivity, ability and clear thinking".   Below the disc is negativity, laziness, anger, confusion, depression, hatred and a myriad of other dark forces .  Above the disc is positivity, motivation, energy, happiness, clear thought, love and light.

I am a small capsule flying around this disc and as my altitude drops, well, you know where I go.  As my altitude climbs life is happy.  The greatest part of all this is that in the beginning when this first came to me, I had to think about it quite often and remain on the upside.  Now, only weeks later, I can guide my capsule along with ease.  The goal is to always remainon the top side of the large disc.

It's odd to you maybe?....but it works and that is what is important.....
SO, here is the outcome of where I have been.

As well, this was the second painting I have done of people using mental travel to create it and soon after, that region of the world has gone into confusion of some kind.  Years ago, I painted a Kenyan lady and weeks later they had riots.  Days after I started this painting, Egypt went into riots.  I intend to work things out.



The being is cross-cultural Egyptian, Mayan, Celtic and Coast Salish androgynous (both male and female) god(ess) holding the earth and drawing universal power from all they know.
Eternal Knowledge.

PEACE!

5 steps to peace

1) The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

2) There are only two tools involved in Sacred Geometry- the compass and the square.

3) Sacred Geometry is so incredibly vital to ones understanding of the universe.  If one explores the reality that everything in nature is constructed the way that it is due to geometric patterns interwoven into it's energetic existence, life becomes more meaningful(period)

4)To understand Sacred Geometry (or attempt to understand it) acquire one compass and one square. Use these tools along with a pencil on a piece of paper. Allow your brain to move into that empty space where you question nothing, think nothing, desire nothing and feel hollow, all while being completely conscious, present and aware. The human minds universal place where creation is paramount and freedom is eternal is possible through sacred geometry, because it is everything in existence.

5) Repeat for many years or a lifetime until desired results are achieved.

PEACE!

 CENTRE ONE-2011

 CENTRE TWO-2011

CENTRE THREE-2011

NEW ARTWORK -HACK COUGH! - APRIL 2010

With the smell of lacquer and spray paint thick in my nostrils....hack, cough!...it's worth mentioning that I have 4 shows this month and a few next month in May as well......I would show the work, but that will spoil the surprise. And besides, some of it is still being completed and looks incomplete right now.
I thought I would tell you about the new work I have going up in a great new gallery in Vancouver BC Canada, down at 110 East Hasting Street called THE GAM GALLERY.
http://gamgallery.com
It's just that...I like this place, the people a good.

Started at the end of 2009 by three wonderful ladies (who you will meet if you attend any shows or events) the gallery is a multi-use space that includes a stage, artist working studios, and a street level gallery space.  The ladies are friendly and on their game, hosting regular events including arts & craft night, chess nights, artist exhibit shows and more.  There is no uptight here...all good times and fun fun fun!  A great new twist on the gallery scene.

EMPIRICAL VANTAGE
Starting April 15th 2010, 8PM-12midnight, Jeff Dywelska (http://dywelskaart.blogspot.com/), Josh Landers (http://joshlanders.com/), and myself (http://danielpoisson.com/welcome.html) will be having an opening PARTY showcasing all our newest, greatest pieces.  The night will be accompanied by an incredible DJ, That African (http://soundcloud.com/that-african), killin' it on the wheels of steel.
He's gooood!

The show is FREE entry and includes drinks, art, live painting, a raffle for the live painting, art, friends and everyone....OH...and ART!

On a side note, what bird has the best whistle?

PEACE!

VANCOUVER 2010-restarting in April

"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law." -Martin Luther King Jr.

In my case and surely any intelligent individual, this is called "natural law".  So many people I talk to from wealthy waterfront homeowners in Point Grey Vancouver to the Iranian corner store owner to the young female UBC student at the bus stop to the panhandler on Hastings and so on and so on are angered and feel pressured by the vision and methods of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  From discrimination of female ski jumpers to removal of disapproved signage, blockage of roadways and increased police and military presence, people are tired of it.  Foreign media journalists have come here and made a human zoo of a great place.  All in the name of securing protection for a handful of highpaying, multinational corporate "sponsorships" disguised as "sport".

I do believe in freedom. I do believe in rights and I do believe in fighting abusive powers.  I have been working extremely hard every day to accomplish my dreams of becoming a self-sustaining artist.  I look for inspiration through travel and various walks of life.  I have never had the "fortune" of living a luxurious, monetarily wealthy life, however I have always stayed true to my vision of Peace, prosperity, individuality, hard work and achieving dreams.  I read a lot of information from newspapers to web-postings, reference books to magazines, periodicals to propaganda and books both fiction and non-fiction.  I feel justified in my disagreement with the mass-infiltration of crap our wonderful province has been forced into through the directions and visions of the International Olympic Committee and partners.  I am not angry, but what are you doing about it if you feel overwhelmed by corporate advertising and forced spiritual vandalism?  Or do you really care what your force fed subconsciously?  The ultimate goal is a political one in which our "people of power" (politicians) attract international wealth to invest in BC and buy up all of our natural assets. 

Vancouver BC Canada has been suffering lately from an extreme case of spiritual appropriation and social priority contortions heading into the 2010 Winter Olympics.  There is an unfortunate lose of accountability and rationality occurring within organizations such as the RCMP, VPD, The Greater Vancouver Regional District, Provincial Government, VANOC, IOC Olympic Organizing Committees, and a plethora of other misguided entities.  Although this is very unfortunate in such an amazing place such as British Columbia, I am doing my part to counteract these disgraceful peoples ideas of “progress” and “success”.  Success should be a walk in a clean park and a view of pristine mountaintops.  That is what we are best at here.

Here are a few images of beauty and not so "beauty" I have collected around Vancouver in the last few days.........LOVE em or hate em, thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!
PEACE!

"Fear is not the natural state of civilized people" - Aung San Suu Kyi