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

Procrastination is a dish best served some other time.

Three paintings of Paris I did recently, at O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque "Girl At The Opera Garnier" Oil on panel 12 x 21 inches (30 x 32.5cm) 2025 "Maintenance Workers, Eiffel Tower" Oil on canvas 3 x 5 feet (90 x 150 cm) 2025 "Near The Bateau-Lavoir" Oil on panel 16x24 inches (40.5 x 61cm) 2025

Studio Shot

This one turned out to be a complex little interior. 'In Roman And Williams' Oil On Canvas 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm) 2026

Schoolkids drawing from Seurat, at the National Gallery, London.

Paree mon amoor! Montmartre visible through the clock at the Musee D'Orsay's cafe.

London Calling

Come on then, and remove him.

Drawing out a restaurant-shop interior. Blue-ly.

Artemis! youtu.be/2kBPYgWTF6I?...

A worthy thing to sign.

Just blocked AI 'Attie' on here.

Watching the dawn of oil scarcity feels a lot like those ominously ordinary days just before COVID hit. The far east already rationing, a global rollout on the way. Most oil shipments will stop: East Africa - March 20-Aoril 1 Far East - April 1 Europe - April 10 US - April 15 Australia - April 20

Congratulations to Avi Lewis on winning the leadership of the NDP party in Canada. Here's hoping the party can rebuild, further its democratic-socialist virtues, and become at least the principled opposition Canada sorely currently needs.

Easel Awaitin'!

The finished oil sketch. A commission. 'King Street West, Kitchener' Oil On Canvas 12 x 18 inches 2026

Doing an oil sketch of King Street West, Kitchener...

This too is beautiful.

Snow during a thaw, Hamilton, ON.

A view of 1920's and Victorian houses across the street from the Art Gallery Of Ontario, viewed from the museum's upper sculpture hall. Four paintings by Lawren Harris of Toronto houses, circa WWI. I love how the views in and out of the museum historically and visually reference each other.

I did an oil painting of Gene Wilder as 'The Baron Beaufort Von Frankenstein', from 'Young Frankenstein', for an old friend of mine. We loved that movie so much growing up and watched it so many times, that we practically had it memorized. He just framed it. I think it worked out nicely! ❤️

Three pieces by J.W. Morrice at the AGO. Morrice specialized in small postcard-sized paintings. They're remarkable for their freshness and their remarkable sensitivity to light and atmosphere. See them in person if you can.

Frank Gehry's 'Forma', going up in Toronto. It's got a substantive iridescent skin that's also surprisingly subtle and sensitive to light.

Spring Thaw