Greg Oakes 2 by James Culleton 

Rooster, by James Culleton, acrylic on tire cover, 2003 

good day eh' by dan saidman 

beer in the bottle By stan dangerman 

hockey game By Stan Dangerman 

in court by stan dangerman 

sneeking around by stan dangerman 

attack by stan dangerman 

I gotta pee by standangerman 

spiderweb #3

spiderweb #3, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

what will i catch

SpiderWeb #2

SpiderWeb #2, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

your wish is my command

Who's This? 

Spiderweb 1

Spiderweb 1, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Incredibly Wonderful Visit!

Wow. Just got back home to Montreal from a month long visit to my prairie birthplace. Manitoba is an incredible place, full of wonders and amazing people.

Need details? Of course you do! The Art City parade was a delight, the past, present and future was the theme, and the 15foot tall taradactyl with a golden wingspan of about 4 metres stole the show. Pancoe's got some digitals.

The Rockdoras @ the Label, the D-Rangers @ the Times, a little Nolan @ the Bella, a little Mingling, what more can a man ask for? A little too early to really say, but I asked for it and voila!

Checked out some art too! Bill Pura 'banal' ing it up at the site. If you haven't seen it go, Mr.Roberts that steak of his is delicous. I didn't realize he showed his photography, but I imagine that's where he gets his imagery for his paintings.

Went to the Scentbar @ Plug In, but the Scentgirls were on a break so I just looked around, got a little dizzy in the Chocolatebar, said hello to Kegan and 'poof' I was on my way. Comments? Hmmm, well designed, and I really liked the video images and the breathy woman's voice. If anyone can turn aromatherapy into art, they can. Wasn't their last plug In project a grocery store?

What else?
All the love of course! Nothing beats Winnipeg love, and Winnipegger's are experts in it. I miss it already. I miss everyone already. I started to list everybody, but shit, you know who you are.
And the mighty Brokenhead was magnificent. Congradulations to Joanna Miller, tournament champion, two years running!

Love James

PS Working on the new label storefront design, anyone have the get up and go to get a digital picture of Ms. Reader's design to me?

thailand prophesy

thailand, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Tiger! The manifestation of Night.
The unveiling of the company of heaven.
Every man and every woman is a star.
Every number is infinite; there is no difference. Help me, o warrior lord of Manisaskarta, in my unveiling before the Children of men! Be thou Tiger, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue!
Behold! it is revealed by the Stranger the minister of Amun-Ra. Worship, and behold my light shed over you!
Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known.
These are fools that men adore; both their Gods & their men are fools.
Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love!
I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.

Gumi

PICT0016, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Hello friends.
Well, this new little forked-tail feline has magically entered my theatre and now everything is the same only different. Her most terrible and savage adorable cuteness has robbed me of my hyper-degenerate macro-subversive warcry like some lost Odyseus under the spell of Circe the witch-godess.

So be it. I am silent, intoxicated, numb, and content.

Meanwhile our rock continues to revolve. I dont know what to make of the continuing violent strangeness in foggy London. Two sets of co-ordinated bombings two weeks apart. Disinformation on all fronts. Today eyewitnesses report that in the London underground police chased down a mysterious man in black, forcing him to the ground and pumping him with five bullets.

Amazing blazing visions of darkness and light from another land. Why don t we sing this song all together. Open our head and the pictures come.

I am on hiatus for two weeks. Good luck.

Congratulations.

Learning

PICT0011_1, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

My drawing skills are being challenged and developed through this job. Art is a universal language so its very usefull especially when the kids are this little. They are only about 5 years old. Its also a form of magic so it has the ability to grab their attention. Remember Mr Dressup. Also important is being able to draw really quickly or they get bored. This form is also interesting because when class is over I erase the board and start something new. very zen

Detail #1 of my "Self Portrait as a Tree Checker, Thunder Bay, ON, Spring 2004" project that i did for last year's planting show. Dan came up with the idea of projecting and tracing a map underneath the photos.----In this project, i took at least one photo of myself every day, using the mirror of whatever vehcihle i was driving. i didn't attempt to pose or dress it up at all--i just decided (as in this shot, mid orange eating) to snap a pic at any old random time.----Art is just so bloody fun, ain't it??? 

Another detail of my "Self Portrait"-- on the right side, i'm still wet from the rain earlier that morning, on the left side i'm hot and bug-bitten five hours later in the day. 

dragonfly

dragonfly, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

imagine a salamander that builds a cacoon and then emerges as a dragonfly