Shoes Fly Don’t Bother Me & Down By The Lake

 

 

Hi All,

It has been a winter and a spring  and a summer heat wave since I last posted. Time flies when your computer is not happy.

Here are my Monday morning greetings to all – from Peninsula Lake; June 11, 2012.  Located just outside Huntsville, Ontario is the lake of friendlies and family.

Monday Morning On The Dock Of The Bay; Peninsula Lake, Huntsville, Ontario

 

Says it all eh . . .

 

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Happy Hunting Ground . . .

My latest artsee project has been to  paint some white running shoes 1960's psychedelic for Green Tambourine Band member Ricky Roy.  It seems that they went Strawberry Fields.

If you are a Facebooker, or even an UNfacebooker, you can view my photo album documenting the process.  The link will take you to the most up-to-date photos.  The photo album below has photos showing the shoes during their grande finale.

Timothy Leary Walking or Hey Tambourine Man Where Are My Shoes?

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Y'all can check out my book of my acrylic paintings, songs and poems at http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2647848 a full preview can be had with a click click clilck.

"The term psychedelic is derived from the Ancient Greek words psihi (ψυχή - psyche, "soul") and dilosi (δήλωση - "manifest"), translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters. Psychedelic states are an array of experiences including changes of perception such as hallucinations, synesthesia, altered states of awareness or focused consciousness, variation in thought patterns, trance or hypnotic states, mystical states, and other mind alterations. These processes can lead some people to experience changes in mental operation defining their self identity (whether in momentary acuity or chronic development) different enough from their previous normal state that it can excite feelings of newly formed understanding ranging from revelation & enlightenment to the opposing polarity of confusion & psychosis. Psychedelic states may be elicited by various techniques, such as meditation, sensory stimulation[1] or deprivation, and most commonly by the use of psychedelic substances. When these psychoactive substances are used for religious, shamanic, or spiritual purposes, they are termed entheogens." – Wikipedia

Ricky Roy and his band mates  in Green Tambourine perform 60’s top 40 hits. http://www.greentambourine.ca/index.htmlhttp://www.greentambourine.ca/posters.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy Leary Walking; Hey Mr. Tambourine Man Here Are Your Shoes

The above video shows the shoes completed.

 

Bye for now,

John Redmond

Ottawa, Canada

 

 

On And On We Go Rose Blossoms

 

Happy New Year Everybody!

I wish for only the bestest 4Yoo this 2012 and on and on . . .

One thing is certain.  2012 is the end of the world as we know it.  No doomsday calendar message here ha ha.  At every moment of every hour this world is done and born again.  On and on we bloom in awe.  On and on we bloom in all.  If you think your know who we are or when we are please guess again.

 

The image above was created via a mixture of ones, zeros and paint and pen.  The background is from one of my smaller paintings.  The text is a poem/song that I wrote. I poured it all into a Photoscape mixing bowl and stirred well.

 

No Limit?

I love it when things presumed to be constant, permanent and certain are discovered to be, well, inconstant, impermanent and uncertain.  One or two scientists may soon have to eat their boxer shorts on live national tv.  During 2011 the speed of light was revealed to be possibly not quite fast as things can go.

Albert Einstein was a pretty smart fellow and C was one of his letters.  E=MC2  But could Alberto have been wrong?  Could some speedy little neutrinos violate the speed limit of the universe?  Does God indeed play dice.  The law, Albert said, is that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8901001/Speed-of-light-broken-again-as-scientists-test-neutrino-result.html

“The scientists behind the experiments, who are part of the Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus, or Opera, collaboration, had conducted more than 15,000 measurements over three years before announcing their results.

They used 10 microsecond long pulses of neutrinos in the initial experiment, but other scientists pointed out that this could be a potential source of error as the pulses were relatively long compared to the difference in time being measured.

In the new test they used shorter pulses of neutrinos, at around three nanoseconds, so they could time the arrival of the neutrinos with greater accuracy.

When the Opera team ran the improved experiment 20 times, they found almost exactly the same result.”

We shall see  . . .

Here is a dude sporting beard and glasses telling the tale..

 

Never the same river.  Never the same man.

Google the above if you are uncertain about the meaning.

 

Flow Motion (the book) now available.  Click click for a full screen preview.  My book is available in soft cover, hard cover with dust jacket and hard cover image wrap.   Plus, via blurb or itunes it is availble as an e-book.

 

Flow Motion by John Russell Redmond | Make Your Own Book

This is a pretty darned cool way to share some creative energy with you.  If you enjoy this preview and want to share it with friends simply click on the t or f on the wee blurb tool bar above.  You can share via Twitter or Facebook.

(Please note:  should be reading this blog entry at a late date and the above link to the book is not working simply go to the Blurb website  http://www.blurb.com/  and do a search for my name.  You will find me.)

 

We are a rose…

The other one is me et ouis.  This one is them et me.

 

We were talking . . .

 

 

Thank you Sgt. Pepper. 

 

 

 

Cheers for 2012.

To the river . . .To the journey . . .

 

John Redmond

Ottawa, Canada

 

Flow Motion; The Book Now Available

 

Hello Folks,

I am loving zeros and ones.  Playing with  images of my acrylic paintings I have employed the online book publishing world of The Great Blurb to create first editions of Flow Motion; The Book.

I began with the “Large Landscape” edition which is 13” x 11” inches (33 x 28 cm four colour printing).

Clicking on the links below you can preview the entire book.  Accompanying the images of my acrylic paintings are poems and lyrics to songs I have written.

If you want to see the whole book at a glance then click on the six little squares in the center of the blurb tool bar below.  Thumbnail images of all pages in the book will appear two by two.

Blurb is great! 

You can purchase a copy in either hardcover with full colour dust jacket or a hardcover ImageWrap edition.  All this is done online via Blurb.

The link below takes you to a full preview of the 7’’ x 7’’ Flow Motion book.

 

Flow Motion by John Russell Redmond | Make Your Own Book

This is a pretty darned cool way to share some creative energy with you.  If you enjoy this preview and want to share it with friends simply click on the t or f on the wee blurb tool bar above.  You can share via Twitter or Facebook.

(Please note:  should be reading this blog entry at a late date and the above link to the book is not working simply go to the Blurb website  http://www.blurb.com/  and do a search for my name.  You will find me.)

 

Who Wants To Know?

Encore, encore!

Encore, encore! 

For your enjoyment-amusement again here via Youtube is the long  journey musical basement tapes recording of one song included in the book Flow Motion.  Who Wants To Know is a song I wrote.  Musician master Murray Kinsley recorded it with me.  The cartoon is mostly all Johnny. Murray made the funny Mujotles hayfield image used in the credits at the end.

Who Wants To Know? performed by the Mujotles

 

Hmmmm….Now I’m thinking I could record my reading the poems and all for you.  Or maybe; Flow Motion The Movie.

Watch for that one ha ha.

 

 

 

11 11 11

 

 

 

John Redmond

Ottawa, Canada

 

 

What’s The Buzz Now? What’s The Line?

Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

Hi,
What’s the buzz now?   What’s the line?
Tell your story. I’ll tell mine.
This painting is one of a series of four.  It has a black and white layered undercoating with colour applied in layers.


Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond


Detail 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond
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If you would like to view my paintings check out previous blog entries and/or scroll down to Froggy at the bottom of the page. Click on Froggy and hop to my online store with links to eBay.
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Who Wants To Know?

Who Wants To Know
song by John R. Redmond
Arranged by Murray Kinsley
Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Backup Vocals, Mixing and all that jazz; Murray Kinsley
Lead Vocals and Backseat Mixing; John Redmond
Drums; Mr. Vee Dee who was always on time for rehearsal but spent an awful long time in the can.
The Mujotles; Alias MK Solo and JR Madog Redmond
Who Wants To Know was recorded in the basement of Rancho del Greely using ones and zeros on a cantankerous ole PC.
Video was created with Windows (Clunky) Movie Maker
Shared for your amusement and bemusement
with apologies from Madog.
 
 

24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

















Above; Details 24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond

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24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R. Redmond   For a full experience click on ‘View Full Album’ then choose full screen viewing it as a slide show..

Who Wants To Know
When a flower becomes a seed
Seed becomes the flower’s need
Where you go is where you been
Rustling leaves become the wind
 
Who Wants to Know?
 
Walking ‘long a city lane
Steps becoming much the same
One in front and two behind
Footprints makin’ visible time
 
Who Wants to Know?
 
Laundry basket, ticking clock
Worn out shirts and holey socks
Sorting out the old and new
Bag ‘em, toss ‘em down the chute
 
Breaking news now breaking wind
Papa comes talkin’ I just sinned
My land your land God and war and
Bush league big league intrigue and
 
Who wants to know?
Who wants to know?
Sometime mother, I wonder when
Here and now, there and then
Who Wants to know?
 
What’s the buzz now what’s the line
Tell your story I’ll tell mine
Propaganda, whatya after
Claws in me like a gentle raptor
 
Pictures painting; seemly scenes
Manifesting; dire dreams
Phantoms surfing Emptiness
Hollow, hungry, with finesse
 
Who wants to know?
Who wants to know?
 

‘Till we meet again.
John Redmond
Ottawa, Canada

I Me Me Mine; About JR

John R Redmond
Canadian born artist residing in Ottawa, Canada

John Redmond's work is fluid. He creates pure abstract and abstract land/waterscapes by an action pour, splatter and spray technique. Seldom does Redmond use a brush. Accidentally on purpose is his method. He employs the flow of waterborne acrylic paint to form layers of texture and blended colour.

Redmond's paintings are often delicate. Others are bold and surreal. Redmond expresses images of clouds, mist, storms over wilderness forests and lakes, waves, seas, under water worlds and gentle or wild wind blown rains.  Some paintings are filled with phantasmic imagery. Splashes of colour on canvas and the movement of water build his distinctive style. Whatever artistic vocabulary Redmond employs his expressive paintings are to be seen, felt and touched.

 


30” x 24” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Click on any image to view it enlarged. If you would like to view my paintings check out previous blog entries and/or scroll down to Froggy at the bottom of the page. Click on Froggy and hop to my online store with links to eBay. I'm also on Etsy. Search for seller johnredmond (no spaces) or use the painting images on the right side of this blog page to zoom there instantly. You can find me on Facebook, MySpace and, "tweeet twweet," Twitter (Redjar7)

 



Applying acrylic paint with an almost watercolour method over his textured base, Redmond reveals moods reflecting the rhythmic pulse of the fluid world in which we live. Viewers are drawn to Redmond’s abstract imagery because they recognize in his work the flow of something which they themselves are. His multi-dimensional paintings evoke an experience of inner and outer reality. The viewer is welcomed into a painting and urged to create along with the artist.

 


30” x 24” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Redmond paints for joy, sanity, self-development and the expression of beauty. His art reflects a life long interest in world religion, philosophy and psychology. A special interest in East Asian thought considerably influences his artist expression. Redmond’s experience and love of Canadian wilderness is also evident in his paintings.

 



Acrylic paintings by John R Redmond at Galerie 240, Ottawa
 http://www.galerie240.com/  Galerie 240, Ottawa

Media Review

Colourful Art With Colourful Roots;  ”Ottawa artist John Redmond's solo show at Sydenham's Mill Street cafe is as visually pleasing as it is historically interesting. His acrylic works, which can be classified as abstract expressionist, each contain a fluidity that demonstrate a painter who has been evolving and mastering his craft into his very own personal style……The Café & Gallery’s co-owner, Pat Dawson, is thrilled to have an artist who not only makes work of such a high calibre but who also has roots in the area.”  - The Frontenac News

 

Here is a link to the full article; Colourful Art With Colourful Roots http://www.frontenacnews.ca/2011/11-16_apr_21/redmond_john.html

The Frontenac News is a subscription based paper delivered to households in the region.  Here is a link to the home page of the Frontenac News online edition.  http://www.frontenacnews.ca/


More I Me Me Mine;

His paintings have been shown at Ottawa’s local galleries and art venues. Masks created by Redmond appeared at the National Art Centre in Opera Lyra’s production of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’. Life sized puppets designed and created by Redmond have been a part of professional performances in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and New York City.

Redmond was born and raised in the Montreal area. He moved to Ottawa to attend university and is a long time resident of Ottawa. He holds a B.A. in Religion from Carleton University, a B.Ed. from University of Ottawa, and is also a Montessori trained teacher. Currently Redmond teaches in public school at the elementary K-6 level in Ottawa.

 


40” x 30” 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond
 
Redmond studied Fine Arts while attending Carleton University, Ottawa. University courses included study of North American Native Art, and Asian traditions of Buddhist and Hindu Art.

This artist strives for a balance between action and quietude. Redmond began practicing yoga and meditation while enrolled in a Pure and Applied Science program at John Abbott College, St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. During this period he also began a life long interest in the martial arts. His athletic endeavours have included marathon and ultra-marathon distance running. He has completed 20 such races. He was a core team member of several Cross-Canada running relay teams. Redmond has assisted with the instruction of young martial artists and has taught yoga and meditation in the Ottawa area. In October 2004 Redmond completed the Toronto C.N. Tower Stair Climb (1776 stairs) in 18 minutes 30 seconds.

 


28” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond

 


24” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting on canvas by John R Redmond

 


Acrylic paintings by John R Redmond at Galerie 240, Ottawa

 







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






You will find Redmond on stage in the Ottawa area singing some Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, J.J. Cale or Lennon tunes. He also enjoys writing and performing his own songs, accompanying himself on guitar.  Redmond views his music, his dynamic physical activities and the quietude of yoga and meditation as complementary. This sense of action and silence is expressed through his paintings.

 


30” x30” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


16” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


16” x 20” x 1/2” acrylic painting by John R Redmond

 


Diptych 24” x 48” x 1/2”; two 24” x 24” x1/2” by John R Redmond


 



John Redmond
Ottawa, Canada