eighty five : lushness

took pictures for my friend’s wedding announcement his afternoon    it was lush and drippy under the dome

eighty four : great art from sketchy beginnings

the amazing inspirational bicycle buddha Carmen Mills created this poster     based on my  sketchy fever art Carmen is a fabulous designer and my heart is tingly for this chance to work with her The poster is for the 19th annual Vancouver International Storytelling Festival    under the artistic brilliance of Naomi Steinberg   another bright force for…

eighty three : video beginnings

non-sequenced dance cards    aka shotlist    for a new B:C:Clettes video (did you know we have a new website?)      cards created by combined effort of Alana and Red in Hamilton, Ontario and the results?     ta daaaaaaa yes beautiful     i agree     video will feature much stop-motion animation     with stills like these    will gladly post video when…

eighty two : hot pink

prepping for a costume     where my familiar red black and shiny gets mixed with HOT PINK EEK! close inspection reveals my lovely parents captured here as i show off my new    uh   shirt

eighty one : fever drawing

a funny quick drawing that may get transformed for a Storytelling Festival Poster. yes i had a fever when i made it    and kiki designed the bird.

eighty : my sister’s baby makes mom so happy

rose-coloured glasses gave this picture it’s shine   blue sky   magnolia tree   even a rose-coloured car! i’m a grammy and everyone is healthy! mom and dad celebrating     and what a time to be born   in blossoms! why so happy? my sister’s baby is born!    Heiko Cedar Ingram-Ross my sister elissa and her husband patrick  …

seventy nine : old art : vactor 2100

this is a Vactor 2100    drawn by myself in 2002   which is ten years ago clearly i was an artist then too   mostly judging by the words that appear on the back of this 4-part series.   I find the image itself easiest to see when i squint my eyes   and please note that i photographed…

seventy eight : card faces

cards painted white as creative inspiration tool with a singular frame remaining     does anyone know why the king of hearts is feeling so low? and in my process     of getting rid of things i’ve got     that i don’t want i removed these business cards from my dated rolodex     face down possibilities lost   …

seventy seven : massive edge landscapes

spectacular march bicycle trip on the oregon coast with allison.   characterized by unheardof snow    extremely high winds    hail    hardy days spent outdoors exploring in the company of elk, peregrines, eagles, hummingbirds, ferns.    The spotted owl and marbled murrelet remain illusive.

seventy six : 25 feet of sh#t plus discarded cedar

two bundles tied with fresh inner-bark of clear cut cedar    braided     materials gathered from logging road in fraser valley near deroche     picture taken a year ago    now i’ve got this broken measuring tape

seventy five : lunch as art

home made turnip pickle    home roasted warm sunflower seeds    salad    grated beets    red cabbage    sunshine     ✔

seventy three : strong beautiful cyclists in my life

b:c:clettes did a photo shoot on the weekend.     while getting ready i listened to a Hugo Chavez speech     and was inspired by his words:     mobilize the human spirit thanks for taking the picture mom    i mean linda    who is lori’s mom

seventy one : for mom

dad and i went walking at the park of queen elizabeth in vancouver     mom     we thought you would like these flowers   they were under a corkscrew hazlenut or somesuch

seventy : aspire

we’ve had a film maker named Farida over to the Beehive House a few times to shoot a 6 minute profile piece about us. She asked for a shot of me making some art     this is what came out.   I wonder what it will look like on TV?

sixty seven : circle cycle

this image just wanted to come out… intuitive art!  greg the cat helped by batting my hand with his head as i was working. haha thanks greg!