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Art is Freedom
Paint day under a bright spring sky, soaking in vitamin D. Gratitude to every contributor — including the government MLA who helped re‑commence this April 15, 2019 community painting, begun on the day of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris. The piece, The Legislature Has No Dome, Unity, carries a name shaped in part by an Alberta Sheriff. Flip the canvas and you meet its counterpart: The Grande Stage Democracy. Along the baseline and beside the cross, new flowers bloom — painted by dozens of hands, kids and adults alike. They mark renewal, just like the rose bushes rising today from the top of the Legislature, reclaiming the space where the dome once stood. Back in 2022, HBO’s The Last of Us turned the people’s house — the Alberta Legislature — into a film set and blew the dome apart for season one. I sketched the scene, passed a few drawings to the crew, and later spoke with CBC about the work.
Life’s too short for small labels. XL Life - Home of my personal 'LISTEN Label Fashion Wear, worn inside the gallery, T-shirts and Sports Jersey Cover-Ups. Outside Summer Caps and Winter Toques of Alberta.
🍁US, 🎨 Pop Pop Dazzled by Every Day and Abstracts of Light and Shadows presents a découpé visual narrative cut-up on YouTube(s). A look into the past to glimpse the future unknown. I’ve interlaced recent and archived citizen-free news stories with layered sounds and visuals. This process births a new art form, crafting fresh narratives through the cut-up technique.
