I woke up late, to this orange light and atmosphere, from wildfire smoke in Kitchener, Ontario. Normally this would be bright, blue-skied and sunny. I felt like I'd woken up in a sci-fi novel. A frightening one.

Ashbridge's Bay, Toronto

Doggy Fountain by Claude Cormier. Berczy Park, Toronto.

Toronto A-Go-Go

A blue sky in Toronto.

I adored this movie when it came out, clunky plot and all. It was astonishingly new in subject and terminology. It was beyond futuristic. It looked like nothing else before it. We're so swamped in digital effluvia now, it's hard to convey what an exhilarating visual treat this was when it came out.

"If you're in outer space / don't feel out of place / 'cause there are thousands of others like you. Others like you / Others like you !" 'There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)' - The B-52's

Happy Canada Day, everybody!

IT'S TOMORROW, ALL! 😃🇨🇦😁

Remember! Reporting and blocking accounts that use GenAi is better than a duty: it's a pleasure. They can happily be reported as: -Scam -Spam -Ai slop -Image theft -Misinformation Because they are, by their nature, those things. Enjoy! Blockity-block-block! Destroy! ❤️

Happy 100th, Mr. Brooks.

Oh! Happy Pride, Everybody. ❤️

Nice to see the Prime Minister walking in Toronto's Pride Parade, today. 🏳️‍🌈

Happy CN Tower Day! This building meant the world to me growing up. Fresh from a small town when I first saw it, along with Toronto's gleaming new 70's skyline, it seemed as if an impossibly glamorous future was at hand. Aspirational! Happy 50th, CN Tower. ❤️

Studio Shot

Havin' a relax with Wally and Chester.

In Victoria Park. Kitchener, Ontario.

Remember to sign your opposition and call your MP's about Bill C-22, that Carney is forcing through while deliberately, drastically cutting short consultation on it. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I hope my ZeZe plant cuttings sprout some roots!

So the world has created a trillionaire. Even if it were possible to set his Nazism aside, it's clear to see that we have created a new kind of monster.

Rest In Peace, Duane Michaels.

Rest In Peace, David Hockney.

Wally and Chester, looking like they're going over the falls.

London is complicated.

1/ 'Portrait Of A Man Leaving A Hospital' Oil on distressed plywood panel w/ mixed media. approx 11 x 22" 2009 At the time I showed it, this painting got overlooked. Guys didn't think it was sexy enough. I was experimenting a bit with assemblages at the time, and some of that shows here.

'Morning Embarkation' Oil on Canvas 5 x 3' (60 x 36") 2007-2022 1/ This painting started as the left panel in a large triptych - three 3x5' panels. I finished it, initially in 2007, but was never happy with it. I put it in storage for awhile. I cut up the right panel into smaller paintings,

"Suprise!" Oil On Panel approx 9x12 inches 2005 After all the heavy lifting I'd been doing, I wanted to do some quick fun pieces with friends. This was one of 'em. :)

'Revenge Mechanism' triptych. Gesso, pencil on plywood frontispiece / Oil on wooden panel interior. 24 x 30" closed, 24 x 60" open. 2024 This piece came out of my fury at a group of Christian fundamentalists I knew who got together once a week to pray for God to kill sinners and 'backsliders'.

A self-portrait I did in 2004. Self Portrait (White Background) Oil on canvas 10 x 12"

A still life I did, after visiting Cuba in 2006. I swore I would never paint flowers, after a childhood where I was continually exhorted to "paint something pretty!". Ugh! Ack! But after visiting Cuba, flowers were the only way to go. 'Surveillance' Oil On Canvas 12 x 12" 2007

Sometimes a subject for a piece just sort of arises on its own. Sometimes they work out well from the start, other times, you have to leave it to others to decide. This one was the latter. It's still an ambiguous one, I think. 'The Miracle Of The Bread' Oil On Canvas approx 16 x 24" 2012

1/5 Two portraits of the same person, Mr. G. Kearney, painted ten years apart. -'Greg' Oil On Panel 12 x 24" 2025 -'Greg' Oil on panel 12 x 12" 2015

Another moody portrait from 2004. Sometimes paintings I've worked on have taken up to four years or more, waiting for the layers and meaning to arrive. This one poured out of my arm in just a few days. That hasn't happened before or since. 'Winter Solstice' Oil on gessoed panel approx 22 x 24" 2004

Oooh! A little BT Tower finding its way into a new piece. Wheee!

OMG. Colbert in Monroe, MI, talking with two women about "The Cancer Journey" on helium. This guy's amazing. I'm losing it. ♥️

This is fun!

Studio Shots

Three paintings I did for my 2009 show in Ottawa, oil on gessoed wood panels (some of them gouged and carved), each about 11 x 24". -The Precise Contents -The Disc-Jockey -Knock Yourself Out

A teeny tiny portrait I did in 2009. 'Wade' 2 x 3" Oil On Canvas 2009

Good night and good luck

Sometimes paintings, no matter how hard you work on them...mainly show only how hard you worked on them. Sometimes, the idea's good, but it doesn't quite translate. Sometimes, it just flows, and something wonderful happens. This was one of those. Thanks, David! 'David' Oil On Canvas 16x24" 2008

This painting took three tries. I wanted to do a bit about hubris, so I thought the Greek myth of Marsyas might be interesting. I painted it as 'classical' - it was a kitschy, flat flop. Two years later, I reworked it - it didn't work at all.

Don't follow me if you're one of those accounts that just endlessly reposts political shit. Have personal content that outweighs the pins and reposts, or it's an instant block. Yes, we know Trump is horrible. But don't attach yourself to my profile to parrot that noise. Show yourself or bug off.

The city paintings I'm doing now have a lot of hard edges and tight details in them. It's interesting, but exacting. So it's nice to have a reminder of a more fluid way of expressing things. This one's from a few years back. "This Is Helena" Oil On Canvas 7 x 4' (74 x 48 inches) 2013

Three paintings I did in 2003. When people asked me what I painted them, I usually just said, "Strange people, in strange places, doing strange things". :) I lived just around the corner from the gallery I showed in (O'Connor, Toronto) and the gay bars I worked in then. A wonderful situation.

Makin' Cities...!

Three portraits I painted, back in the day. -"Rigger (Mike)", Oil on canvas, 24x30", 2004 -"Nightshade", Oil on panel, 12" dia, 2003 -"Dan With Glove", Oil on canvas, 8x10", 2003

Three substantial paintings of NYC, from 2025. Each are oil on canvas, and 5 x 3 feet. (150 x 90cm) They're at the O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque. -Manhattan From The Brooklyn Bridge -At The Skyscraper Museum -Down Near Manhattan Bridge.

Four little paintings of Paris I did last year. They're at O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque. Each are 8 x 10 inches, oil paint on wooden panel. -Le Train Bleu -Place Clichy, Morning -Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, Morning -Le Chat Noir