Expose on the Scheme

http://www.orgasminc.org/

Do not read if you think it is solved with a pill!

Throw out the pills, including the PE's.

Instead..., switch off the phone, twitter, the pc...

Put the kids to bed or, give away to the gypsies

and just spend time together "with each other"

for a change...

Dona Nobis Pacem

Peace on Earth

Que en paz descanses

Negra preciosa!

July 9, 1935 – October 4, 2009

circa 1973

A week later in the NY Times

STILL VERY HAPPY and PROUD

The "Contemporary International Artists II" Exhibit, Museum of the

Americas July 10-24, 2009, at its closing in Miami, has been moved to Argentina! KA-BOom-boom-boom!

In Argentina, it will become an Itinerant Exhibit to be shown as follows:

September 4 to October 2.09

Ideal Theatre, Provincial Cultural Centre, Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe

November 6 - 27.09

Barak-art Exhibition Salon, Rosario, Sante Fe

January 8 - February 19.10

International Art Fair, Miramar and Mar del Sur, Buenos Aires

And last, but not least... to be confirmed

Museo de Bellas Artes

Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina

hhhhhahhhhhh - huge sigh

I am really excited and moved to have been invited to further participate in this International Group Exhibit - In my Own Homeland.

My first major/big deal event at my place of birth!

The place, I have been unable to return to due to "life" since I left in 1969...

YES, it is a big deal - for me...

Auspiciada por el

MINISTERIO DE INNOVACION Y CULTURA

de la Provincia de Santa Fe

ARGENTINA

~

Sponsored by the

Culture and Innovation Ministry

of de Province of Santa Fe, Argentina

Curated by artist Oscar Alejandro Poliotto

Terra Logic... bellow :)

Sometimes life appears as "disjointed" as this otherwise delightful photo.

Full of contradictions...

Full of anxious passages.

Fleeting moments of joy and/or accomplishment

I almost stopped blogging because I felt short of time and pressed by an ever-changing life that I happily embrace, as it brings renewed hope and excitement to a life that otherwise would be in an "official and expected" state of "decline". lol

Well, maybe some parts are!

I followed a good blogger friend to facebook - what a lovely and at the same time irritating nut-house, also went on to twittering, and other writer and artist "circles".

Some were totally insane. How insatiable the human ego/spirit may be!

I found myself in a "competition" and stayed in that mode for a while, as I am establishing and promoting myself as an artist, finding it difficult to step back and focus on what it IS really import for me.

Odd. My own "terra logic" passage.

None of the incursions are/were as satisfying as blogging, where in time, friendships develop and become lasting emotional connections.

I have not forgotten any of my blogger friends, none. Although some have "departed" from our socialization - goodness know why!? - still, they will never be forgotten.

However it is time for a change, the bad side of this recognition is that I do not know quiet what the next step is, and if I find it - how clear will it be? How will I proceed and be both happy with my choice/needs and at the same time be courteous and caring with my friends?

Intermezzo Giocoso @ International Contempory Art II - Itinerant Exhibit in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina... ♡

love the ambiance

love the way the show is set up

love to have this opportunity...

☻

ENERGY ORBS - Plain and Simple

click on pics to enlarge - and see them clearly

Now, you see it...

Now, you don't!

This is Jennie, the Swiss Brown cow - with "friends"

There was something very sweet and gentle about Jennie that particularly drew me to her...

I needed to get that expression on her face - she was ever so calm in the chaos.

At the PNE - Pacific National Exhibition - Farm Animals... etc.

The Abbotsford International AirShow 2009

Active Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield

A wonderful, wonderful day!

Enjoyed everything and every minute from departure to arrival back home.

Guest at the President's Chalet ; got to meet super Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield - a true highlight.

Totally, completely, absolutely, no doubt impressed!

Fell in live with Rob Holland and his routine on that fabulous little power machine of his, an MX-2

And, wondered along with Charlie and Lorraine what could they be driving - a little rusted Neon, perhaps?

:)

For a pleasant change...

A wonderful day by the beach

at the Sea Festival, this week end...

Peninsula artist Jenny Lee at work at one of the murals.

the concert was tremendously enjoyed,

particularly in this setting

a ride along the beach on old Vancouver trolley

"Love" search on the Net - Case File No.1.09.2

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009

"Love" search on the Net - Case File No.1.09.2

Introduction...

Oooops! Group Exhibit at the Museum of the Americas

Taking part in the "Contemporary International Artists II"

Miami, Florida, July 10 - 24, 2009

"Intermezzo Giocoso"

Izquierdo/Left side, Acrylic Diptych

Can't believe did not post (toot horn/beat drums) at this blog.

We are now half way through...

Word has it, the opening/reception of show

was a total success! yay

PS.: Even with the best of intentions, there is room for miscommunication..., as a result the Derecho/Right side remained back in Canada, Ouch!!!

Sometimes, happiness is a Sunday afternoon

washing blueberries in a full sink

having a cucumber and dill sandwich for lunch

out, on the balcony...

“Contemporary International Artists II”

“Contemporary International Art II”

at the Museum of the Americas

(Exhibition Salon - Past Showing)

The Museum of the Americas
cordially invites you and your guests
to the opening of the exhibition

“Contemporary International Artists II”
(organized in Argentina by curator Oscar Poliotto)

Featuring the following artists:

Benito Aguzzoli (Italy); Luigi Alba (Italy); León Alva (Mexico);
Alicia M. B. Ballard (Canada); Chantal Cardon (France); Pierre Cherbit (France);
Patricia Claro(Chile); Carlos Concha Vial (Chile); Marcel Corao (U.S.A.);
Marisol D’Estrabeau (Mexico); Mariela de la Paz (Chile);
Christine Drummond (U.S.A.); Sandra Faelis (Argentina);
Sabine Faust (Germany); Alfonso García (Spain);
Ana González (Colombia); Patrice Goubeau (France);
Voahangy Ramariavelo Grenier (U.S.A.);
Ximena Gumucio Piedrabuena (Chile);
Stefan Havadi-Nagy (Romania); Claudio Leonelli (Italy);
André Kutscherauer (Germany); Monique Laville (France);
Jean Yves Le Meur (France); Ari Liimatainen (Finland);
Ana Maria Magalhaes (Portugal); Laure Martinetto (France);
Hugo Martínez (Uruguay); David Muñoz Velázquez (Spain);
Maria de Lourdes Naveillan Goycoolea (Chile); Claudia Passaglia (Italy);
Ana Pérez Moreno (Spain); Anna Perrone (Italy);
Melanie Prapopoulos (Greece);Tristan Rain (France);
Florence Ramier (France); Pieroero Rasero (Italy);
Manuel Riccardi (Italy); Enrique Rocha Blanco (Mexico);
Elizabeth Roman (France); Francesco Saverio Russo (Italy);
Jericó Santander (Spain); Anna Santilli (Italy); Rosangela Scheithauer (Brazil);
Robert Schwarz (France); Joseph Virgone (France); Daniel Weiss (France);
Mariannita Zanzucchi (Italy) and Erik Zwezerijnen (The Netherlands)

On Friday, July 10, 2009
from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
(cocktail party)

Exhibitions ends on July 24, 2009. 

Free admission and free parking.
Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11-5 

Saturdays by appointment only.

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS
2500 NW 79 AVE #104/108 - Doral, FL 33122
Tel. 305.599.8089

* Accepting the Invitation to participate has been thus far a wonderful experience - 

I am sure it will continuo...

Not all is glamour in the life of an artist: The Chicken Caper

It all began with the kidnapping of

the "ailing" rooster and subsequent 

mysterious  chicken disaperance

 from Mr. F's garden

aka our yard... our  (private) back yard

F's was telling me just yesterday how unfortunate 

it was that his critters were taken...

Frans has been missing the rooster for over a month,

 the chicken just this Friday

 With the looming deadlines I could not

get to work on this most desperate makeover 

Although, I have done the research ...

 (what do I know about poultry?)

in their natural habitat

I hope to hear soon about the surprising return 

to the private garden of the missing birds...

(I just might admit to it!)

lol

Bellow: a glimpse of the garden

(click on pics to enlarge)

Nurturing Life...

some of the beauties around the building

by the alley

The end of the poppies...

bellow:

 currently "under health watch"

Now, it is understandable that the chicken and rooster needed a makeover! No?

  lol

A little bit of mischief goes a loooooong way

Homage to Arthur Erickson's Creative Genius

http://www.arthurerickson.com

(I actually visited a friend living in this particular building,

- a signature design -

it is a really cool concept that has actually taken off rather well,

I enjoyed walking around - here in WR also - and see all the balcony 

and terrace/penthouse gardens, sometimes overflowing)

Police Reality - not a TV show!

It is increasingly obvious that the police we might like to rely on and feel save with, is disappointing us on a continuous basis.

Gee, when do the "good guys do the right thing" ? 

"When do they win"?

And when are the rotten apples tossed out?

We still have not heard an acknowledgement for the killing of Robert Dziekanski - it took an outsider's testimony, in authority to assess publicly what we all suspect...

Also, in the news again, Woodstock - not good today -  as it was confirmed that little Vicky was indeed murdered and a couple of arrests been made in connection with  kidnapping and murder, other charges pending - neighbours!

I ask myself and shout out from this soapbox, what on earth are these people doing and when and how is negligent and/or criminal behaviour going to be properly addressed? When and How?

Its been a long day, having reached a turn-around point with the painting and yet, I cannot let go of these issues.

We have become way too "tolerant" of what should be intolerable and what we must demand accountability for.

Why are the RCMP officers still on the force payroll and why have they not been charged (with a litany long list of charges) and, why has not the Woodstock Police not listen to the parents of Vicky and treat her disappearance as an abduction from the get-go...???

It saddens me profoundly.

Peace, love, joy,abundance and laughter...

Feverishly Working Away

I have primed the canvases with tinted gesso a couple of times, sketched in design and can just feel how it was acquiring a life of its own.

This is - I believe - the secret of abstract works... allowing it to grown on its own, accompanying the surging feeling as "we"move along.

As it usually is, although, I had a pencil sketch things went on a different direction from the get-go.

That, added to the fact that from the great photographs received, only a few fall within my "requested guidelines". NOT a bad thing. BUT, a thing to take very much into consideration,  as this in itself sort of derailed the original idea... derailment not a bad thing in this case either...

Go to go and put in a full day as deadline IS around the corner

NOW, obsessing... (May 03.09)

A little peek at the progress made thus far.

Ground colours were "allocated" their corresponding spots and now I must "fine tune" their existence...

One of my facebook friends,  Geoffrey Haselhurst has brought some further light to my interconnecting  energy wave/"squiggles"...

One always gets info when one is ready for it

Still, it does amaze, amuse, comfort and thrills me how interconnected it all is - when I actually "witness it" with my own eyes/experience.

Love, peace, joy, abundance and laughter!

APRIL 22 - EARTH DAY

The good man

 is the friend of all living things.

Gandhi