My Tulips and Daffodils

It's been one of the coldest winters on record here in Hamilton. Several records where broke in February and especially March. I've been documenting the progress of my tulips and daffodils since they first started to poke their heads up through the ground. They even managed to survive two freak early Spring snow falls. So here is a small display of my growing "Tulip and Daffodils" collection of digital photos. I plan to continue the collection right through to the end of the flowers life cycle and then continue with a series of "Roses" and "Lilac" collections through the Summer.

March 14


March 20


March 25


March 28


April 5


April 6


April 15


Well, Spring has certainly arrived in stride. With it days full of incredible sunshine and warm temperatures. Here is some more photos of my growing collection. It's starting to look as if the only way I'm going to enjoy my flowers is through the pictures, the neibourhood kids have already started to pinch them.

April 21


April 27


May 1


May 2


May 2


May 3


Lilacs


Later,
Kenaz

Pride Mural

The nice thing about old homes is the fact they have full attics and not just crawl spaces. I've created an open concept design with the bedroom in largest front room, a sitting room in the middle and then my shelve unit for my old movie collection at the back. The only part that was plain was the stair entrance, so I decided to create this wrap around mural. I call it "pride".






Close-ups of the photo mural.








Later,
Kenaz

Scrap Steel

I get to work on Friday's a little early for my 6:00am shift and the first one their so I have time to find candidates for my photos. I liked the industrial look of the scrap steel bins so I grabbed my small digital and snapped away. I immediately envisioned these in black and white and then with a little help from a photo editor, here they are.



I also took this photo this week of the steel mills on Sherman, heading towards Burlington. I also thought this picture would look good in black and white.


Later,
Kendall

A little bit of the flavour of Bartonville

...even if that flavour is a bit off. One of my favourite characters to adorn Barton Street East, here in Hamilton is a young guy who hangs out out front of the liquor store and bank area of the strip mall near Ivor Wynn. To his credit he isn't some bum with their hand out looking for money for booze. No, he's their with his guitar offering up his brand of street performing. Unfortunately he has absolutely no talent. He strums one string on his guitar and belts out some made up song(?) I mean, with songs with lyrics that include I'm gona' catch a train and I just smoked some crack, the play list needs some work. Oh well just another facet that makes the neighbourhood interesting.

Here's another comic strip featuring my "Blue Collar Gang" and their take on Bartonville's answer to William Hung.


Later,
Kenaz

More art works

These some more pieces of artwork that I have in my home. These are hanging in my weight room and provide visual stimulation while I work out.










These are pieces that I created.

"Pear Jars"
Inspired by movie posters I created this one using my "Cool Cats" characters.

My Rune Stone Display

I created this Rune Stone display as part of a centre piece for my dining room table. I used the classical (and oldest) rune alphabet , 'The futhark', which consisted of 24 letters including a blank rune. I replaced the blank in this display with a second "Kenaz" stone. I've included the names of each stone and a brief description of their meaning.







Here's what the full display looks like,


Later,
Kenaz

Digitals of Older Pieces

"The Duke",Giselle underpainting technique in grey,acrylic medium, 2004
"Phoenix",1990-91

sketch for "Circus Town", work never completed. I eventually used this sketch for the basis of "Horse and Cart"

Later,
Kenaz

Celtic Knots

Call of the Wild

I did this series of wild cats,dogs,wolves,bears and eagles back in 2003. They are drawn in pastals and chalk.

My editorial cartoons

http://www.salvationarmy.ca/

This weekend I've drawn a couple of new cartoons depicting my take on the scourge that taken over our society. Once again it features my lovable cat friends telling you that there's nothing wrong with being a hard working blue collar worker and contributor to society. Meanwhile the "Dead Rats" prove that there is everything wrong in believing in the gang life.



Dedicated to Eugene Kelly

In many urban centres plagues of vermon have taken once respectable nebourhoods and reduced them to bleak, dirty sespools of crime, gangs, drugs and violence. This cartoon depicts the future if we start now. A stand against these "dogs of war" and turning our communities from a dogs lunch back into the cats meow.
(2006)


I've decided to share this cartoon I drew depicting my feelings on public transit. A necessary evil for the blue colour guy who relies on Hamilton's black and gold express(?). It's entitled "Hell Ride". Strange odours, odd people and a drive that isn't always smooth. Riding the bus is a regular Bernardo Bertolucci film casting call (cue the hobo, clown and large obnoxious guy). Enjoy.
(2006)