Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
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
Here is a tourism website and some artwork to get you started!
https://www.gobc.ca/victoria-travel/code-of-creation-daniel-poisson_2880
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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!
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!
Monday, March 7, 2011
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...
Thank You for taking your time to view my newest work....
PEACE!
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...
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| "ATMOSPHERIC CHIEF OF CHIEFS" - 16"x20" - March2011 |
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| "ATMOSPHERIC TRIBAL COUNCIL" - 16"x20" - March2011 |
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| "ATMOSPHERIC UPROAR!" - 16"x20" - March2011 |
PEACE!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
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..."
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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!
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!
Monday, January 10, 2011
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!
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
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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!
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!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
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
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
Monday, December 21, 2009
RESTORE ARTS FUNDING NOW!
DAMN RIGHTS IT MATTERS! IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST OR ATTEND ANY SORT OF THEATRE, MOVIE, PLAY, BAND, PERFORMANCE OR EVEN SO MUCH AS LOOK AT A PIECE OF DESIGN OR COLOUR, YOU BEST PAY ATTENTION!
Everyone reads, books written by writers…creative writers. People buy clothing with patterns and designs, all made by artists. Old men widdle sticks and old ladies knit tea cozzies….they are artists. It helps calm life and keep sanity close. Many people are artists and for some twisted reason others refuse to accept this because of their precluded stigma about who or what an artist is. Everyone goes to plays, theatre, a movie, a festival or something similar throughout the year. These are all artists. Some people such as myself participate in many of these from both the audience and participant side with little or no funding at all. It’s hard enough, but art is what we do, so we do it! If you are an audience member at any point…you are an integral part of the arts and must support what you are buying or watching. That band on stage while you drink your martini?.....that's ART! Some people such as myself feel worth being alive on this planet, partly because of the ability and support we receive through the “arts”. Some of us become ill, suffer depression, mental illness, loneliness and so on if we are not able to function effectively through the arts. For everyone like me who has some issues and finds the balance in life through the arts, there are many who can not or will not be brave enough to stand up and tell it this way. Removing funding from the arts is worse than or at least equivalent to cuts to education and health care as ultimately, they are tied as one. Cutting arts funding is refusing to acknowledge our future and our children’s future and well-being.
Much Love
RESTORE ARTS FUNDING NOW!
http://www.artsadvocacybc.ca/
http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/Fast_facts.html
http://greysquare.ca/index.php
Write a letter to the government as simply as clicking here:
http://greysquare.ca/send_letter_1.php
Everyone reads, books written by writers…creative writers. People buy clothing with patterns and designs, all made by artists. Old men widdle sticks and old ladies knit tea cozzies….they are artists. It helps calm life and keep sanity close. Many people are artists and for some twisted reason others refuse to accept this because of their precluded stigma about who or what an artist is. Everyone goes to plays, theatre, a movie, a festival or something similar throughout the year. These are all artists. Some people such as myself participate in many of these from both the audience and participant side with little or no funding at all. It’s hard enough, but art is what we do, so we do it! If you are an audience member at any point…you are an integral part of the arts and must support what you are buying or watching. That band on stage while you drink your martini?.....that's ART! Some people such as myself feel worth being alive on this planet, partly because of the ability and support we receive through the “arts”. Some of us become ill, suffer depression, mental illness, loneliness and so on if we are not able to function effectively through the arts. For everyone like me who has some issues and finds the balance in life through the arts, there are many who can not or will not be brave enough to stand up and tell it this way. Removing funding from the arts is worse than or at least equivalent to cuts to education and health care as ultimately, they are tied as one. Cutting arts funding is refusing to acknowledge our future and our children’s future and well-being.
Much Love
RESTORE ARTS FUNDING NOW!
http://www.artsadvocacybc.ca/
http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/Fast_facts.html
http://greysquare.ca/index.php
Write a letter to the government as simply as clicking here:
http://greysquare.ca/send_letter_1.php
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
IT'S A MEAT GANG!
I was messing around with the concept of transfer from one surface to another using fluid mediums....if you know what I mean...what happened was that I started a gang. Yes, a gang!
This is not your ordinary gang. There are seven exclusive members....the "seven deadly grins". If gangs aren't for you, then please don't read on....IT's A MEAT GANG!
This is not your ordinary gang. There are seven exclusive members....the "seven deadly grins". If gangs aren't for you, then please don't read on....IT's A MEAT GANG!
This is "Peppered Clit Chicken", he's the leader, run's the show.
These are his three main boyz...
That's "Henchman"...
"Lynchman".....
And this is "Doucheman"....
This here is "Keep Six"...
And this is "Keep Nine"
Together Keep Six and Keep Nine make a great 69!...
And this beauty here, she's "The Prize!"
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE!
The harder the cock the tighter the pussy
and this meat gang means it.
Don't mess with gangs!
IT JUST MIGHT BE....THE MEAT GANG!
Monday, October 12, 2009
A MONUMENTAL DREAM
I have relocated from Whistler to Vancouver after 7 years in the coastal mountains. I have set up my studio space in my suite for now and will be exploring options in the coming months to acquire a proper production facility somewhere in Vancouver.
The following pieces of work are something a little smaller, more affordable and more intimate for those who appreciate something more subtle, calming and unsaturated with colour. They were produced after a dream I had about the future.
Each piece is watercolour, acrylic, ink and graphite on bristol board. They are all 11"X14", framed in beautiful one inch black frames, with single layer matting and glass. Each piece is ready-to-hang complete with wire and hand-signed. "Mother of Rebirth" and "Mother of Initial Rebirth" are 16"x20" on stretched canvas........ENJOY!!!!
"Mother of Initial Rebirth" - 16" X 20" SOLD
"Mother of Rebirth" - 16" X 20"
"Monumental Female" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Creativity" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Atmosphere" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Canada" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Universe" - 11" X 14"
"Mother of Re-transformation" - 11" X 14"
"After the Netherworld" - 11" X 14"
"MIND' is an illusory outgrowth of basic cerebral processes. It is like a tumor. It comprises all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bubble into awareness from the subconscious. Consciousness is not the mind; awareness is not the mind; attention is not the mind. Mind is an obstruction, an aggravation. It is a kind of evolutionary mistake in the human being, a primal weakness in the human experiment. I have no use for the mind."
---Dan Millman - Way of the Peaceful Warrior--
Thank You for your time......Much love!
Daniel
The following pieces of work are something a little smaller, more affordable and more intimate for those who appreciate something more subtle, calming and unsaturated with colour. They were produced after a dream I had about the future.
Each piece is watercolour, acrylic, ink and graphite on bristol board. They are all 11"X14", framed in beautiful one inch black frames, with single layer matting and glass. Each piece is ready-to-hang complete with wire and hand-signed. "Mother of Rebirth" and "Mother of Initial Rebirth" are 16"x20" on stretched canvas........ENJOY!!!!
"Mother of Initial Rebirth" - 16" X 20" SOLD
"Mother of Rebirth" - 16" X 20"
"Monumental Female" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Creativity" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Atmosphere" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Canada" - 11" X 14"
"Monumental Universe" - 11" X 14"
"Mother of Re-transformation" - 11" X 14"
"After the Netherworld" - 11" X 14""MIND' is an illusory outgrowth of basic cerebral processes. It is like a tumor. It comprises all the random, uncontrolled thoughts that bubble into awareness from the subconscious. Consciousness is not the mind; awareness is not the mind; attention is not the mind. Mind is an obstruction, an aggravation. It is a kind of evolutionary mistake in the human being, a primal weakness in the human experiment. I have no use for the mind."
---Dan Millman - Way of the Peaceful Warrior--
Thank You for your time......Much love!
Daniel
Sunday, September 20, 2009
LUNA'S CASTLE RANKED TOP 10 IN THE WORLD!!!
Luna's Castle in Panama City has been ranked by Trip Advisor in the Top 10 Places to Stay in the World for Under $19. Luna's Castle is a beautiful, oceanside hostel offering dorms and private rooms, a stainless steel chef-designed kitchen, free internet, big screen movie theatre, hammock breezeway, standing bar, excursion organization and tonnes of artwork among many many other great things.
Please see this link to the NY Times Article in their In Transit section.
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/travel-deals-10-hotel-under-19/
and for more information about Luna's Castle itself!.....
http://www.lunascastlehostel.com/
CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! YOU REALLY DO ROCK! NICE WORK and ALL THE BEST!
PEACE!
dan
Saturday, August 29, 2009
BC ROCKS!!!!!
The Okanagan Cherry picking team - Thanks everyone.....you are all awesome peopleWell, what a freakin' summer....so far!!
Been gone awhile, but still managed to produce some artworks on the road.
I have always been one to throw myself out of my own loop and never be afraid of change.
I fear those who fear. I fear nothing really, because ultimately, there is no future that I can predicted; only search for. I firmly believe in routine, but my routine usually tends to be the actual uncontrolled or lack of routine that brings me the best results. The flux of movement, the alteration of place, the desire for the unknown.
So early this summer, when the loop had to be broken, I decided to take the summer and head to the Kootenays of British Columbia for some far out, off track, way gone fishing, camping, exploring, gold panning, business contacting, proposal writing, searching and living. My friend Phil mentioned while out there I should try picking cherries for some cash.
WOOOOOOW! There's something I have never thought of, or done. So I did it. Why not?
It didn't take up my whole summer, but it definitely added some zest.
Let me tell you, it's a strange, yet incredibly awesome job. Never would I ever have imagined I would be willing to climb up and down ladders with a 25 pound basket starting at 5AM, 7 days a week. Being so far from any concept of employment I have ever considered, I learned that I actually loved it. We finished work every day at 11AM. The rest of the days were spent swimming, tubing down rivers, gold panning, cliff jumping, suntanning, reading, studying, driving, and of course napping.
I met some incredibly smart people and some incredibly douchebagged people. Some days were so beautiful, the lake 5 minutes away was too much effort. There were massive forest fires and torrential rains, gale force winds and blazing suns, full double rainbows and 16" trout.
The harvest season came to an early end this year as the rains came so hard for days and split and rot the entire crops. No matter the circumstances or trail of events this summer I conclude I will always be willing to follow this routine......the lack of routine......it brings life!!!
I am now in Vancouver re-establishing my artistic venture and Corinna is attending photography school. Vancouver is now our home base.
Looking North towards Revelstoke off the east side of....Mt Mackenzie
Fresh work- 3 gloss coats of marine resin over acrylic on wood panel - $3000.00
This fire west of Okanagan Lake, north of Kelowna nearly drove us out....the smoke...man.....the breathing.....
It started small........
And ended massive.....lasting almost 2 weeks.
This was the first time in my life, along with a few others, that we saw a full arc double rainbow. 2 full ground to ground arcs. Thank You for your time and PEACE!
Daniel
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