NATIVE AMERICANS

primary colours..

you can't beat m..

red, yellow and blue..

how can you not be inspired..

native american art does it for me

monet goes native..

mondrian added black and white only..

I like to draw with oil paint..

on arches hand made paper..

lonely are the braves

A WALK ON THE MILD SIDE

here in palookaville..

we all grew up in..


THE MILD WEST


full employment..

temperate climate..

welfare state..

plenty to eat..

no coronavirus bolloocks..


KINGS OF THE MILD FRONTIER


we had cowboy outfits..

a davy crocket hat..

a cap gun..

with toy cap bullets..

we used to play cowboys and indians..

we watched..

the lone ranger, range rider, laramie, gunsmoke, rawhide,,

we had coca-cola, wimpey burgers, wagon wheels,


REMEMBER THE ALAMO


we made dens, firework guns, camp fires..

everything was western..

everything was mild..

1982

1973

ICARUS RISING

yo!.. poetic... innit!

SPLASH !!!

Gone from this place

Silence only

Earthly delight

Soundless oblivion

Silent night



Mr Icarus Rising..

Glowering, stammering..
Headache hammering..
 
Tears fall shimmering..
Hope comes a glimmering


Rising from ground zero..
Remade..
Remodelled..
Undeconstructed

Our hero..

Returns..
 

Found peeled..
 
Appalled..
 
Apart for apart sake..

Lost..
Lonely..
Destroyed


Icarus rising..

reach for the light..
 
Icarus risen..
 
All wrong but alright !

Born again bruised, broken and beaten..
 
He stands and delivers..
Howls of frustration


Lust for life lost
Fallen from favour

Lie about failure..
Promise the future..

Perfection in flight


Flight of fancy
 
From salt water solution..
To new resolution

Waxing and waning..
 
Spend time in training..
 
Sleep while the sun shines..

Fly while it's raining

THE GIRL ON THE BUS

yo!.. on the road again... innit!


in palookaville..

it's the wonder years..

I wonder where the time went..

I wonder lonely as a cloud..


A FISH CALLED WONDER


it's


1970


again..

and we are in glastonbury..

me an neil..

have hitch hiked down through england..

to sleep out on glastonbury tour..

gandalf's garden..

had an article about this place..

some albion magic bollocks..

but I was 17 still..

and at that age bollocks is the new truth..

we have a pint in a pub and go up onto the tour..


AND DID THOSE FEET IN ANCIENT TIMES


it's only about 21. 00 hours..

but we try to get to sleep..

about 1000 hours later it's about 21.45..

you get the drift..

and it's easter time too..

brass monkeys ain't in it..

I have an icelandic type down sentry style sleeping bag..

neil has a somewhat skimpier one..

we have no ground matts..

it's a very long cold night..

the stars are out..

the breeze is across our faces..

not many z's are heard..


WHY AM I HERE


cherche la femme

my girlfriend was in jamaica..

so I had a long four weeks to fill..

her parents lived there..

her dad was a bank manager I believe..

there was no way I would be out on a hill..

sleeping rough..

in somerset..

if I had my girl..

I am was a girls wet dream..

not just beautiful..

but easy for a girl to be with..

poetry, art, conversation, shopping, clothes, salad..

it was why I would find myself..

in bangor park that summer..

with the heads..

just passing the time until my girl was back..


BRAND NEW DAY


the next morning at about 07.30

on the road into town..

a car honked at us..

a guy and a girl..

they stopped and bought us breakfast..

they knocked on the cafe door..

and asked them to get out bed and..

make us all tea and bacon sandwiches..

two rounds!

which they insisted on paying for..

and all because we were..

on the road..

dharma bums.

NOT AS RED AS YOUR ARSE BERNARD

yo!.. this one's a trip... innit!


in palookaville..

it's..


1970


the artist in residence is eighteen..

summer job time..

me and neil..

are working in the warehouse..

at the island street depot..

on london road..


THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING


we are loading lorries..

for distribution of products to retail outlets..

it's hot in those containers..

so what we are waiting for..

is tea break..


in the small room..

is a table..

people sitting..

drinking tea..

in the heat..

we are in an educational environment..

social intercourse 101..

bernard - I think I'll mow my lawn tonight..

with my new motor mower..

alpha twat - fuckin motor mower my arse..

remember that fuckin tannin lamp?

burnt his fuckin arse.. red as a fuckin berry..

bernard - I think I'll watch my new colour tv..

alpha twat - fuckin colour tv my arse..

you ain't got no colour tv..

yes I have an we gonna be eatin our own grown fresh tomatoes..

alpha twat - fuckin no way you cain't fuckin grow fuckin tomatoes..

oh yes I can real juicy an with perfectly beautiful red skins..

but not as red as your arse bernard.. ha ha ha ..


ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE


that was the year we went to ireland..

to be hippies..

on the dole..

on a farm..

turning on, tuning in, dropping out..

we started off at my grannies..

in carrick-on-suir..

and then we hitched up to belfast..

got a tour of the troubles..

the falls and shankhill roads..

stayed with richard in his parents house..

in bangor county down..

the people we were with were older than us..

and had spent some years..

in mexico, canada and the states..

there was a lot of dope to smoke..

and acid too..

we were just two little boys from the burbs..





we stayed on a farm..

in county antrim..

it was like crosby, stills, nash and young..

guitars harmonies and trips..

LATE AGAIN MAX FLY ?

yo!.. not me... innit!



in palookaville..

evvabody like ta fly..

nobody like ta crash..


LET'S NOT FLY AWAY


are they really expecting us to get in this thing?

how will they persuade us to get on board?



BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD

Mish Talk

Boeing is the Tip of the Layoff Iceberg -
Boeing announced more layoffs after recording zero orders but 108 cancellations.

Boeing expects 737 Max deliveries will start

in the third quarter

but it does not expect FAA approval until August.

Sechel

Boeing is more than the tip of the iceberg.

Plane orders by the virtue of the dollars involved immediately show up in export and gdp numbers.

i know nobody is talking much about it..

but i still expect the 737-max to be cancelled.

SHUT THE FUCK UP

yo.. dolby an son... innit


AND WEAR A MASK

There’s mounting evidence that airborne transmission indoors is a key
— perhaps the main —
pathway to SARS-COV-2 transmission.


..by reducing superspreader events in enclosed spaces like churches
(airborne transmission via singing),

restaurants (loud talking, especially if room is noisy), bars (ditto),
 
nursing homes (shouting[1]), gyms (grunting),

meat-packing plants (shouting),
 
call centers (talking),
 
offices generally (air conditioning),
 
and other hot spots,


A crowded indoor place, then, with poor ventilation..
 
filled with people talking, shouting, or singing..
 
for hours on end will be the riskiest scenario.

 
A sparsely populated indoor space with open windows is less risky
(but not completely safe).
 
Running quickly past another jogger outside
is on the other end of the spectrum;
minimal risk.


It sounds too good to be true.
But a compelling new study and computer model
provide fresh evidence for a simple solution to help us
emerge from this nightmarish lock down.

The formula?
Always social distance in public and, most importantly,
wear a mask.


AN ILL WIND


in palookaville..

some good thing..

could be about to come from the virus lockdown..


LESS NOISE


people stop shouting..

especially in to their cell phones..

especially in restaurants..

bars..

pubs..

anywhere in doors..

no more speaker phone..

now that would be a plus..


MAKE SENSE NOT NOISE


less noise means..

we don't have to shout to be heard..

lose the stupid musak in shops..

malls..

in bars..

in hotels..

in restaurants..


SOTTO VOCE


support your team by waving..

and/or dancing..

not by shouting..

not by singing..



WHISPER THIS


a brave new world..

of peace and quiet..

now that would be something..

IN ART SCHOOL NOBODY TEACHES YOU TO PAINT

yo!.. own sweet way... innit!


o k lets start with a picture..




stuart lees said to me..

it's not a training it's an education..

nobody teaches you to paint..

or teachers you how to paint..

the foundation course is not a bacon tree..

it's an ambush..

old joke..!

so in for a shock of the new..

painting is dead..

get used to it..


GET A GRIP


table football and poole..

but mostly table football..

were the amusements in the students union bar..

a player said to me on hearing of my confusion with the course..

it will all become clear..

once you find out..

whether you are a striker or a goalie..


BECOME YOURSELF


graham sutherland..

I don't think anyone is free - one creates one's own prison.

In painting, you have to destroy in order to gain...
you have got to sacrifice something
you are quite pleased with in order to get something better.
Of course, it's a risk...

-----

meanwhile back at the poly..

the thing that got me started was a shape..





see also 'more on flaps'


anyway..

the next thing I knew..

I was in coventry..

on a BA(hons) course..

in graphic design..

don't ask..

so a painter studying typography..

instead of naked life models..

the course had developed out of..

a hot metal type education for printers apprentices..

had I made a major error?

it may still be too early to say..


EAST 100TH ST AGAIN


so I did my own thing..

and created an artist's book..

called ..


SYMPHONY : A RIFF NUMBER


for which I had to screen print..

hundreds of pages..

and cut them out..

with the shape..

and bruce davidson's photgraph

the book is in the movie..

 I sucked at the graphics course tasks..

the fine art approach was not appreciated..

but I soldiered on..


as time went by..

I settled in and they got used to me..



I became red hot at typography..

natch..




one visiting lecturer..

asked me why I couldn't apply the same quality..

to my graphics work..

as I did to my own work..

he promised that if I could raise my graphics game..

he would help me get into..

the royal college of art..


I RAISED MY GAME


I created a portfolio..

of great stuff plus some of my east 100th st. stuff..

I got an interview at the royal..

but that was all..

I did have a great portfolio though..

by the time the course was over..

I thought I would be a graphic designer..

but this was..


1975


This was the picture of the investment conditions seen by economists and politicians in 1975.
It was not a comforting picture.
It was, in fact, a classic picture of a catastrophic collapse in progress.


In the UK inflation continues to spiral out of control reaching 24.2%
the price of Petrol increased by nearly 70% in one year,
but the US sees a start back down with US inflation going down to 9.2%,
both governments use interest rates as a way of trying to control inflation
with the US Federal Reserve at 7.25%
and The Bank of England at 11.25%.


ALL BETS WERE OFF


I got a job at boots warehouse loading lorries..

rented a studio in town..

started painting again..

BANK HOLIDAY BLUES

yo!.. fildes on parade... innit!


christopher fildes..


"BANKS DON'T NEED HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE DO"


"My law of banking

says that disasters happen when the last man..

who can remember what happened last time has retired.
 
Yes, the earth shook — but that was a dozen years ago,

memories fade, the fault-lines are quiescent…
 
This time, so we are always tempted to think, it’s different."


..A City Spectator

is a selection of the very best:

Giving capital to a bank is like giving a gallon of beer to a drunk:
you know what will come of it,
but you can't know which wall he will choose.
I never thought that, this time, the banks would choose a hedge.

Some boardrooms have potted plants in them and some have non-executive directors.
The question in either case is: are they there for use or for ornament?
My city host at Corney & Barrow insisted on ordering the Julienas.
'Look how the wine list describes it, he said, 'just like me: rich, powerful and aromatic.
For more than a quarter of a century,
Christopher Fildes
has delighted his readers with a unique combination of fine writing and pithy comments.

In his case, wit and wisdom go together.
Throughout it all,
Christopher has remained a sharp and perceptive observer
of both institutions and people-a true City Spectator.
-Mervyn King,
Governor of the Bank of England.

---------

in palookaville..

we need all the help we can get..

when I was selling insurance..

not many artist's do this..

he was one of the people I would read or watch..

sitting here on a very dull bank holiday weekend..

I have found a couple of interesting articles..

which I will share with you below..

after a little more about mr. f..

------------

My Mentor: Martin Vander Weyer on Christopher Fildes

"I first became aware of Christopher back in 1976.

At that time,

I was a graduate trainee at a merchant bank and he was a reporter with the Daily Mail.

We first met properly when he came into my bank to give a lecture.

Even back then, in the Seventies,

he was considered one of the most intelligent, trustworthy and convivial of City journalists.

In those days, unusually for a journalist,

he wore a bowler hat and a button-hole carnation...."

THE CITY THAT DARE NOT SLEEP

"In the days when Mr Woodford was launching his fund,

Mr Carney was newly arrived at the Bank.

key rate of interest—Bank rate—was at its lowest for three centuries.

He has left it like that ever since.

By now, the rate of return on some British government stocks is..

barely half today’s rate of inflation: loss of value guaranteed to investors.

In Germany, this sort of investment would be even dearer,

for Europe’s central bank is not far out of step with our own,

and so is the Federal Reserve in Washington.

It is only natural that investors in search of returns should look further and further afield.

So, as Mr Carney notes, they have poured money into the world’s “emerging markets”

—although every so often these markets submerge and their backers cannot emerge from them.

They put hopeful prices on the supposed wonders of new technology,

without waiting for them to generate earnings.

This is their response to the central bankers who,

a decade ago,

made money cheap in response to a crisis and have kept it that way ever since.

A distorted market produces unwanted results.

Mr Woodford’s followers have found this out the hard way."

THE MAN WHO SOLD OUR GOLD

"All the same, these arrangements worked well for two centuries,

and it was left for Gordon Brown in his reforming mode to do away with them.

He saw no need for a Government Broker,

and he took the agency back from the Bank."

-------

TWO STORIES BEFORE BED TIME


https://www.goldmoney.com/research/goldmoney-insights/the-path-to-monetary-collapse

..The next problem is a crisis in the banks, wholly unexpected by investors and depositors.
At a time when lending risk is soaring off the charts,
their financial condition is more fragile than before the Lehman crisis.

Failures in European G-SIBs in the next month or two are almost impossible to avoid,
leading to a full-blown monetary and credit crisis..
which promises to undermine asset values,
government financing and fiat currencies themselves..

Christopher Fildes was the first editor of Euromoney from 1969 to 1972. For many years he has written on finance and public policy, past and present - notably in the Daily Mail, the Spectator, the Daily Telegraph and, of course, Euromoney. He has twice won the Wincott Award, regarded as the preeminent award for financial journalism.

Full article: https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1cjr33lj5p890/the-editors-christopher-fildes-1969-to-1972?copyrightInfo=true
Visit http://www.euromoney.com/reprints for additional distribution rights. For more articles like this, follow us @euromoney on Twitter.

Christopher Fildes was the first editor of Euromoney from 1969 to 1972. For many years he has written on finance and public policy, past and present - notably in the Daily Mail, the Spectator, the Daily Telegraph and, of course, Euromoney. He has twice won the Wincott Award, regarded as the preeminent award for financial journalism.

Full article: https://www.euromoney.com/article/b1cjr33lj5p890/the-editors-christopher-fildes-1969-to-1972?copyrightInfo=true
Visit http://www.euromoney.com/reprints for additional distribution rights. For more articles like this, follow us @euromoney on Twitter.

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4349756-bear-market-just-big-correction

We don’t like the risk/reward of the market currently, and suspect we will have a better opportunity to increase equity risk later this summer. But, if things change, we will also.

What is essential is remembering one investing truth. Investing isn’t a competition of who gets to say “I bought the bottom.” Investing is about putting capital to work when reward outweighs the risk.

That is not today.

Bear markets have a way of “suckering” investors back into the market to inflict the most pain possible.

Such is why “bear markets” never end with optimism but in despair.

NONE OF THE ABOVE IS ADVICE

what's said in palookaville..

stays in palookaville..

always read around..

and follow only your own advice..

please read the disclaimer sidebar..







 

WOODEN SHIPS

yo.. slick... innit!


always crazy about something..

when I was young..

and in the tub..

it was boats..

there was one I had..

several of although one at a time..

because the motor got rusty so soon..


I had several crazes on boats..

that tub was like a marina..


anyway..


1995




was the first year we went to portugal..

lagos algarve..

to be precise..

we stayed on a great campsite..

campismo imulagos..


DISAPPEARING WOODEN FISHING BOATS





since then we have returned every year..

and I have recorded the passing of these..

great old boats..

now it is all fibreglass and plastic..

and we will all be poorer..

if only colourwise..

see more boat art

and on saatchi art

video

HIGHWAY 61 REGURGITATED

yo!.. don't call us... innit!


in palookaville..

nobody evva stops talkin..

do they say anything interesting or important..

rarely at best..

ya can't go anywhere..

without some jerk onna cell..

or a laptop..

they watchin crappy videos..

an listening ta crappy, tinny musac..

worse they on speaka phone..

that shitty sound travels miles..

ya cain't get no peace..

don't get me started on those wall mounted tellys..

mindless news an shit all day everywhere..


NOBODY CALLS TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING


it's just another fuckin ambush..

https://slopeofhope.com/2020/05/my-dumb-fellow-citizens.html


you may be wondering if I have a cell..

duh!

one thing at a time..

done well..

no multi-tasking..


..And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things

Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored

He was tryin' to create a next world war

He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor

He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before

But yes I think it can be very easily done

We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun

And have it on Highway 61

ON THE ROAD WITH EUGENE BOUDIN

yo!.. 2, 4, 6, 8 motorway... innit!


so on with the story..

the artist is in residence..

and on the road..


1986


..was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.


Sweeping tax reform legislation USA,
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) commonly known as..
mad cow disease hits UK Cattle and causes major reform in farming practices.
Iran-Contra Affair becomes public,
US bombs Libya,
Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after take off watched by people live on TV around the world.
The Internet Mail Access Protocol defined which opens the way for E-Mail..
and the same year the Human Genome Project is launched to understand the Human Makeup..
this will open the way for great advances in the treatment of many illnesses.
The worst ever Nuclear Disaster occurs as the..
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Explodes..
causing the release of radioactive material across much of Europe.

Cost of Living 1986

Yearly Inflation Rate USA1.91%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1895
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.50%
Average Cost of new house $89,430
Median Price Of and Existing Home $80,300
Average Income per year $22,400.00
Average Monthly Rent $385.00
Average Price for new car $9,255.00
1 gallon of gas 89 cents
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 44,040
Gallon of Petrol 1.89
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 3.4%
Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 10.88%

A Few More Examples
Casio Portable Color Television $249.99
Tandy 600 Portable Computer $1599.00
Jar Of Skippy Peanut butter $1.49
Potatoes 5 Lbs $1.00
Broccoli Lb 39 Cents
Bacon per pound $1.75
Plymouth Colt $4,999
Ford Mustang $7,452

Elyria, Ohio
10 acres plus 3 bed home..
Fully modernised all appliances large kitchen $71,000



we were in business..

art for art's sake..

graphic design..

fine art..

postcards..

greetings cards..

limited edition original screen prints..

ginny would make the appointments..

I would drive..

ginny would make the sales..

sometimes one..

sometimes several..

some days none..

somedays many..

ginny sold her own work as well..

up and down the motorway..

we sold..

limited edition prints..

one large canvas..

ceramics..

postcards..

ginny's works on card..

greetings cards..

all over..


SO WHY DID WE STOP?


coming up..


how I raised myself from failure to success in selling..

how to make friends and influence people..

the molten man regrets..

GRAB THE GAMES BY THE TROPHY

yo!.. going for gold... innit!

in palookaville..

the virus games.. 

are going well..

some of the coaches..

are getting over exited..

Trump says US topping world virus cases is 'badge of honour'

 

The US has 1.5 million coronavirus cases and nearly 92,000 deaths, 

according to Johns Hopkins University.

In second place is Russia..

with nearly 300,000 confirmed cases.

 

COMING UP

what do we get if we win?

re-start the hyper bole..

the man in the white house mask..

AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

yo!.. a very american artist... innit!



ok it's back to the book..

you know..

the one about me..

about the artist in residence..

whoops there goes another rubber tree plant..


1985

Coca-Cola Company introduces New Coke,
Heysel Stadium Disaster,
Unabomber kills his first victim,
CD's Introduced,
Wreck of the RMS Titanic Located,
Mexico City Earthquake kills 9,000,
Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is sunk by French Agents,
As the spread of aids increases Governments round the world..
start screening Blood donations for AIDS.
 
On the technology front the first .com is registered..
and the first version of Windows is released Ver 1.0 .
Terrorists continue to perform acts of terrorism..
including the hijack of TWA Flight 847 and the Italian Cruise Liner "Achille Lauro ".
 
Famine in Ethiopia is shown more on TV News in July..
 Live Aid concerts around the world raise many millions to help the starving in Africa
and the pop industry in US joins together to sing
"We Are The World"

How Much things cost in 1985
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 3.55%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1546
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.75%
Average Cost of new house $89,330
Median Price Of and Existing Home $75,500
Average Income per year $22,100.00
Average Monthly Rent $375.00
Average Price for new car$9,005.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 40,169
Gallon of Petrol 1.88
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 9.50%
Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 11.38%


MONUMENT


There was this book I read..

The Unfinished War: Vietnam and the American Conscience 

by Walter H. Capps


at that time no monument to those who served had yet been created

so I came up with a series of paintings..

working title - monument..

originally I imagined two of these canvases..

side by side..

anyway..

as you will be aware..

there is now a superb monument..


The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 2-acre (8,093.71 m²) U.S. national memorial..
in Washington, D.C.
It honors service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War,
service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia,
and those service members..
who were unaccounted for during the war.


my little idea..

was not in vain..

as it morphed into..


AMERICAN LANDSCAPE

so there became 10 canvases 69 x 96 inches

and many more images on card..

plus some smaller canvases..

work carried out over 30 years or so..

see the gallery here

and here

IT AIN'T THE MEAT IT'S THE MOTION

yo!.. southside... innit!


in palookaville..

evvabody stayin home..

Merrill: "Most of the slowdown occurred due to voluntary social distancing rather than lockdown policies"


oh yeah..

this title taken from southside jonny and the asbury dukes..


you might also like this..

SIMPLE TRUTH

yo!.. talent recognizes genius... innit!

in palookaville..

things are drifting..

we are bored with the virus..

and we are bored with this fix..

we look around for clues..

as to what is happening..

where we may be going..

and whose fucking fault it all is..

MISTER MONOPOLY

was one of my nicknames..

when I used to teach..

it's because of the moustache..

anyway..

I know of one or two sources of good info, entertainment and wisdom..

here is a super post from tim knight..

https://slopeofhope.com/2020/05/cheater.

CHEATERS DON'T WIN 

as dan hicks and his hot licks would say..

but they can get away with it for a very long time..

always hedge your bets..

or better still..

don't gamble..

and stay away from ramblin..

it'll do you no good.. 

It’s about time to take it down a notch or two,

and Dan has the perfect song for the moment, 

“Reelin’ Down.” 

A bluesy country number supported by subtle but highly complex spot harmonies from the ladies, 

this quiet number is 

probably the one that best demonstrates the band’s 

attention to the detail in their arrangements. 

People who only listen to this album superficially may not appreciate that beneath the humor, 

the funny clothes and the throwback musical echoes are a group..

of very talented and serious musicians..

who obviously took great care in putting the pieces together. 

It may sound relaxed and easygoing, 

but that effect was achieved through hard-won effort. 

“Reelin’ Down” goes down easy because these musicians knew..

what the fuck they were doing..

and took the time to get it right.

THE HIGH WINDOW

yo!.. long goodbye... innit!


1984


How Much things cost in 1984
Yearly Inflation Rate USA4.3 %
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1211
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.75%
Average Cost of new house $86,730
Median Price Of and Existing Home $72,400
Average Income per year $21,600.00
Average Monthly Rent $350.00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 37,182
Gallon of Petrol 1.83
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.0%
Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 9.50%
More Prices From 1984
Movie Ticket $2.50
1 gallon of gas $1.10
Dodge RAM 50 Truck $8,995.00
Dodge RAM 50 Truck $8,995.00
Chrysler New Yorker $13,045
Chevrolet Corvette $23,392
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THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE


I had this studio..

in the old general hospital..

it was a circular nightingale ward..

in a victorian rotunda..

I had 60 x 96 inch canvases made for me by the hospital carpenters..

I had lots of free oil paint..

I was a dog in a forest..

with a free lunch..


AIN'T NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH


anyway..

one of the images that emerged..

from this time was..

the quatrefoyle window..

a vision of a promised land..

heaven, nirvana, iowa..

see the gallery here


COMING UP


the artists studio..

american landscape..

native americans..

BRING BACK MY GLEN-BOTT TO ME

yo!.. old school tie... innit!

1965 

Lonnie was the kingpin
Back in nineteen sixty-five
I was singing this song
When Lonnie came alive

 

Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston Rag

 

 

 

I was 13 years old..

 

I was captain america..

 

collecting marvel comics..

 

discovered steve ditko and stan and jack..

 

caught 33 brown trout in the river in carrick-on-suir..

 

 

THE WAY WE WERE

 

 The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appears in London..

and will be the fashion statement of the Sixties 

One of most popular films "Sound of Music" released

The Beatles Release The Movie and Album Help!

The Beatles Play Live Concert Shea Stadium

The Grateful Dead with Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia..

play their first concert, in San Francisco 

 

        

Cost of Living 1965

Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.59%
Yearly Inflation Rate UK 5.0%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 969
Average Cost of new house $13,600.00
Average Income per year $6,450.00
Gas per Gallon 31 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,650.00
Loaf of bread 21 cents
Average Rent per month $118,00
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling
Average House Price 3,660
Gallon of Petrol 5 shillings or 26 new pence
E-type Jaguar 1867

BRUIN WAS SPIDEY : DOCILE WAS IRON MAN

always a sucker for a story..

I am a dustbin..

I take it all in..

 

margaret glen-bott..

 

was the name of our school..

 

 

   oil on canvas 60 x 96 inches 1980

rejected for john moores painting prize exhibition

as you can see..

it's all about coming of age..

this is not the only time I have used this ditko figure..

I SAW THE FIGURE FIVE IN GOLD

 

 

 

there is a gallery here 

COMING UP

watch with mother..

madonna de milo..

quatrefoyle's are us..

 

 

KING ELVIS HAS SURELY COME

yo!.. solo mio... innit!

 so..

on with the show..

it's 1979..

 

 

The median income of households in the United States was $16,530 in 1979..

an increase of 10 percent over the 1978 median of $15,060.

..the most famous people died who died in the year 1979..

This list includes people like John Wayne..

Josef Mengele, Dhyan Chand, Sid Vicious..

The Walkman virtually invented the concept of "personal electronics." 

The first Walkman..

 featured a cassette player and the world's first lightweight headphones..

A Walkman cost $200.00 in 1979.

 

Cost of a new home : $71,800.00

• The Quote: "This is the product that will satisfy those young people who want to listen to music all day." - Akio Morita, Sony Chairman, about the Sony Walkman.
• On January 9, Vietnamese troops took the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and toppled the brutal regime of Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge.
• The Top Song was My Sharona by The Knack
• The Big Movies included Kramer vs. Kramer, Superman and The Amityville Horror
• TRS-80 Computer, 4k, Model 1: $499.00
  Price of a gallon of gas in 1979: 88 cents
• The World Population was ~ 4,312,000,000
• The First Strawberry Shortcake doll went on sale.
• The Cray supercomputer was invented by Seymour Cray.
• And... The China Syndrome, a movie about a nuclear meltdown caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck-open pressure release valve, aired only 12 days before the 3 Mile Island Meltdown, caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck open pressure release valve. 

most people would have called it..

new paintings..

but not our boy..

it's a take on..

king harvest has surely come..

here in palookaville..

we like to relate to famous stuff..

like..

I saw the figure 5 in gold.. 

once upon a time in the west..

she came in through the bathroom window..

THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

that's the picture on your left foreground..

is inspired by the idea of..

culture shock or cultural imperialism..


JUST ANOTHER GUY NAMED JOE


the one with the roller blind..

made from old glory..

is another echo..

from east 100 st.

you know..

the child in the photo..


ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE


this is a trip..

drugs are not recommended..

but this is the artist at dawn in bangor park, belfast 1970..


PUTTING ON THE AGONY PUTTING ON DE STIJL


little english elvis..

how to draw automobiles..

and all our dreams go pop..


OH.. AND THAT'S CAP




the painting on your right hand side..

sitting in his condo..

with his off duty duds on..

enjoying a beer..

"with the hi fi high and the lights down low"

the painting show is described as a picture disc..

music is a backdrop..

you see it not hear it..

it's the background..

it's the rhythm..

it's the soul..


DID THEY GET IT?


it's too soon to say..

MORE ON FLAPS

yo!.. interactive... innit! 

so..

as promised..

here are a few more..

blasts from the past..

TAKE FIVE

I was showing my stuff around some..

london galleries in the 1980's

 

and francis kyle took two of these and sold them..

the photo from 'the seven year itch' set..

is printed in flourescent half tone..

 

cut in to with star shaped flaps..

which are folded back and underlaid by a 2nd print..

and then overlaid with a black halftone of the same image..

neat huh?

WOMEN WASHING

happy with his first punt..

francis asked me to submit a work..

inspired by 'women washing'

I was exited and set about creating..

a flap piece to fit the challenge..

I of course..

failed to ascertain his true idea..

which was more bonnard then warhol..

so anyway my work was not included in the exhibition..

 "In 1980 Stone was a contributor to the Gallery's theme exhibition, Women Washing and seven years later he participated in Now, Fair River..."

here is my version of women washing..

  

so - flaps r us... innit!

I guess i'm just a wheel re-inventor..

a wrong end of the stick kind of guy..

or perhaps I just think different..

MORE ON FLAPS

- ICONOCLASM -

I felt that this frame from psycho..

janet leigh in the shower tray..

could use a flap over..

so I created these..

 

visit gallery here 

COMING UP

king elvis has surely come..

the fruit machine stops..

more on east 100st..