‘Celtic Fertility’ by Paul McCartney. Oil on canvas, 1994. #art #paulmccartney #davesfaves #painting #oilpainting

‘Shark on Georgica’ by Paul McCartney. Oil on canvas. After the Beatles Paul spent a lot of time on Long Island, sailing his small red boat on a pond (it’s in this painting) and talking art with Willem de Kooning. #art #paulmccartney #painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting

There’s an exhibit of Paul McCartney’s early photos on in town, it inspired me to get a book of his paintings. His painting is as experimental as much late Beatles music was, I like it a lot. I’ll post some later. #art #painting #beatles #paulmccartney #abstract

Morning light in my studio, on a ‘Birds Eye view of a deer walking through long grass’. #art #painting #humanmade #nature

Several years after her death, Mum’s sister reappeared before her and her siblings, smiling in the blue dress she was buried in, floating before the Atis tree (sugar apple). Recently I was told this story, and decided to paint it. Acrylic on 12x9 canvas. #art #painting #spirit

This morning I painted a Birds Eye view of a moose walking in a wind blown marsh. It began as a calm marsh but there’s a gale blowing outside and it made it in through my rattling windows and into the painting. #painting #art #natureart #moose #nature

Walking the ravine yesterday I saw a Buddha head in a tree. It reminded me of one I took a pinhole photo of in Thailand. My pinhole camera was a wooden box loaded with a single sheet of #illford paper, the exposure took about a minute. #pinhole #photography #spirituality #art

Coopers Hawk on the peninsula yesterday. It’s up on one foot which usually means with hawks (in my experience) that it’s already fed, and relaxed. #bird #nature #canada #wildlifephotography #photography

‘Starbear’, 7” x 5”, acrylic on waste plastic and tin foil. #recycled #rawart #art #canadianart #creativity #painting

Golden hour, 10.30pm, West Fjords, Iceland. Another quick acrylic sketch in the style of Louisa Matthiasdottir, from memories of my visit last year. #art #travelart #painting #iceland #landscapepainting

Prepping for my next Iceland trip by reading everything I can get by Halldor Laxness, and copying work by Louisa Matthiasdottir. Her paintings capture the raw beauty and natural power I felt there, I’d like to learn her style. #painting #art #travelart #landscapepainting #books #iceland

1/ He walked into our church soup kitchen from a -20C winters day & headed for the piano, bent low under his rucksack & dragging a yellow shopping bag beneath him. I thought he’d want food or coffee - he looked tired & cold - but no. #arte #art #dailyart #volunteer #toronto #creative #spiritual

‘Are you interested in beauty, or just its representation?’ ‘Russian Ark’; Essential viewing for curious artists, art lovers, and those wishing to learn beyond the everyday Western propaganda. #beauty #art #film #russianfilm #arte #davesfaves

‘Mum escaping Palawan in 1942,’ acrylic on tin foil and waste plastic. Mum said the family took a Junk boat to escape the Japanese invasion, and had to brave the rough sea past an island where the vampire spirits lived. #art #arte #outsiderart #canadianart #dailyart #artsy #rawart

‘Apanyin’ by Patju Presley of the Pitjantjatjara people, Australia. Presley began painting on canvas when he was 59, his work is informed by the Western Desert, and stories of Country and Dreaming. #art #aboriginal #indigenousart #abstractart #davesfaves #australia

‘My Country’ by K B P Paul of the Kaiadilt peoples, Australia. The painting, influenced by Kaiadilt Ceremonial body designs, & living a traditional life away from Western culture, talks of coastal hunting and gathering on Bentinck Island. #art #davesfaves #indigenous #firstnations #australianart

‘Garak (The Universe)’ by Gulumbu Yunupinu of the Yolnu people, Australia. Painted using earth pigment on bark. Each cross represents a star, and all that’s visible in the known universe. The dots are everything that isn’t seen. All is connected. #indigenousart #art #stars #davesfaves

‘Girelal’ by Alick Tipoti, of the Maluyligal people of Zenadh-Kes, Australia. At the time of its making in 2011, this 130 x 830cm linocut was believed to be the largest print ever produced from a single linoleum block onto a single sheet. #art #davesfaves #indigenousart #linocut #australianart

King Eider are very rare here so I’ve been enjoying spending time around this one recently; it’s spent the past few months just offshore. #birds #ducks #nature #canada

‘Mapping the Cosmos from Kisai’, linocut printed from one 80cm x 128cm block, by Brian Robinson of the Torres Strait, Australia. #art #davesfaves #indigenousart #firstnations #linocut #australianart

‘Three Dreamings: Fire, Mulga Seed, and Emu,’ by Rosie Nangala Fleming of the Warlpiri people, NT, Australia. #art #davesfaves #firstnations #indigenousart

Morning light illuminates the poem taped to my desk. #poetry #palestine #thoughtful #equality

‘I stand with Iran. Unequivocally. Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping imperial power’ Arundhati Roy ✊ m.thewire.in/article/book...

First day that felt like spring, had a long walk and enjoyed final sightings of the large flocks of Goldeneye that’ve been here all winter. They’ll be off north very soon. #birds #nature #ducks

‘Narrangem (Lightening Spirit)’ by Wally Mandarrk of the Kune peoples, NT, Aus. Natural pigments on bark. Mandarrk was a renowned rock painter who lived a traditional life. This image is of the spirit who creates lightening at the onset of monsoon. #art #davesfaves #firstnations #indigenousart

(1/11) If you live in NY, you’ve probably started seeing a new warning: “THIS PRICE WAS SET BY AN ALGORITHM USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.” This mandatory disclosure went into effect late last year, and it’s the first attempt by a US state to grapple with a new generation of surveillance pricing.

$12 for a standing ticket at the National Ballet; a great deal! Yesterday was a double bill ~ Suite en Blanc (a French classical piece) and Flight Pattern (a recent creation depicting the plight of refugees, very powerful work). #ballet #art

‘Gunungu the Black Headed Python’ by George Milpurrurru of the Ganalbingu people, NT, Australia. 1987. The python is a master of the monsoon, bringing on rains by seeding clouds with spittle and creating electric storms with his tongue. #art #davesfaves #indigenousart #firstnations #nature

‘Untitled’, by Yukultji Napangati. Yukultji is of the Pintupi people, Western Desert, Australia. She lived a nomadic life until she was 14, and had no contact with the West at all. Like much indigenous art there’s a calm walking pace on show in her work. #art #indigenous #australia

Great show. Afterwards Eddie said ‘This may not be the best time for a trans woman to be doing a world tour, so I’d appreciate if you shouted about it on socials.’ So, coming to the US next, then Aus & NZ. Check their website for dates. #eddieizzard #hamlet #theatre

Reading this book - and implementing findings from it into daily practice - will see you become hated. Much like standing up for kids in Gaza gets you. I thoroughly recommend it. #caste #book

Dora Carrington painting Catharine Carrington, 1924, Kings, Cambridge. Dora, and others in ‘Bloomsbury’ such as Virginia Woolf, were despised at this time for their pacifism, and rejection of ‘norms’. The mainstream reaction to them nowadays would be similar. #art #davesfaves #bloomsbury

‘Kalipinypa’ by Charlotte Phillipus Napurrula, of the Warlpiri, NT, Australia. The title translates as ‘site/Country’ and this work focuses on sandhills shimmering with the power of the Ancestral beings who have walked Kalipinypa for 1,000’s of years. #indigenousart #art #davesfaves #humanmade

‘Iceland’; the 2nd 24”x36” canvas I’ve painted as part of my series titled ‘Before the Great Amnesia’, an imagining of art as it might be if we regain what we lost when we gathered into towns and forgot ourselves (in about 10-8,000BC). #natureart #art #iceland #canart

At a nearby creek today. #wildlife #nature

‘Welcoming The Refugees’, by Dhambit Mumungurr, a Yolnu artist from Arnhem Land, Australia. She was the 1st Yolnu artist ever to use the colour blue. #indigenousart #art #davesfaves

The Canadian Opera Company is near where I volunteer so I often pick up rush tickets for the evening’s show. Part of the Epstein Class’s strategy is to break us with horror stories, and part of my resistance is to indulge in great culture. Last night was The Barber of Seville, a superb show! #art

‘One who lives under the water’ by Blake Debassige, of the Ojibwa; an artist who’ve I’ve gained much inspiration from. #davesfaves #indigenousart #art #spiritualart

‘Eliza escapes across the Ohio River’. Acrylic on waste plastic and baking foil. Van Gogh was a great admirer of the anti slavery novel ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’. In a letter he described it as an “astonishingly beautiful book”. #canadianart #art #vangogh

Some thoughts on the role of the artist in the struggle against oppression open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...

This past month I’ve been learning about vegan style Caribbean and Afro-American food, with help from chefs such as Bryant Terry and Lloyd Rose. My Jamaican patties have come on well; I’ve got the fat content down without sacrificing taste, and even slipped some beets in! #vegan #homemade #health

A new painting, acrylic on 24”x36” canvas, that tells of a camping trip to Frontenac in 2025, when I met an owl, plenty of water-snake, and turtles. It’s influenced by the art of Pacita Abad, Norval Morrisseau, and general principles of Anishinaabe art. #natureart #art #canadianart

Seals under full moon and northern lights, Iceland. Acrylic on waste plastic and tin foil. Inspired by my visit to Iceland in 2025, and the art of Dora Carrington. #art #nature #natureart #rawart #canart #canadianartist #iceland

‘Latrabjarg’, acrylic on found plastic, with tin foil. #art #iceland

‘Spanish Scene’, oil, ink, and silver foil on glass. One of my favourite works by Dora Carrington. 16.5cm x 20.3cm. #davesfaves #art #bloomsbury #humanmade #carrington

Lovely light this morning. #art #torontoart #canadianart #natureart

Loaded dhal puri roti, from the Island Vegan cookbook by Jamaican-Canadian chef Lloyd Rose. I’ve never made a ‘stuffed crust’ roti before, I need to roll it thinner in future, but I loved the varied textures of this first try. Resistance takes many forms. #torontovegan #vegan

‘Leaves’, by Gloria Tamerr Petyarr, of the Anmatyerr people, Utopia, NT, Australia. Original work is 70”x157”, acrylic on canvas. #davesfaves #art #indigenousart #natureart

The Afro-Vegan cookbook by Bryant Terry is a great cultural resource and learning tool that I’ve been using since Christmas. Today I made his cornbread with pecan dukkah. #vegan #afrovegan #healthyfood #torontovegan

Loon on Norah Lake, and an aerial view of my route on the Western Uplands Trail last fall. Acrylic on 20x16” canvas. #natureart #canadianart #humanmade #torontoart #algonquin #birds