la morte vivante

david mclean is not only a well renowned puppy trainer and a notorious cat owner, he is also a celebrated poet, so do yourself a favour and buy his latest and greatest collection "la morte vivante", and while you're at it buy a few copies to your loved ones, it's the perfect x-mas gift. and oh, i almost forgot, the cover layout is by yours truly. buy it here

en fåtölj

"familjerum, neonatalen, avdelning 71, sachsska barnsjukhuset 24/6, 2008",pen on paper 2008

londonviadukten

"londonviadukten", acrylic on paper, 2008

the rocky road blues

"the end of the rocky road begins here", acrylic on paper, 2008.

cross road blues, take 2

"cross road blues, take 2", acrylic on paper, 2008.

cindy's gone

"cindy's gone", acrylic on paper, 2008.

cross road blues

"cross road blues", acrylic on paper, 2008.

sådan är världen numera

"sådan är världen numera/f*ck you", "you say tomato, i say f*ck you", acrylic on paper, 2008.
den alltid så välformulerade herr bildt, beskriver, i sin blogg, med sedvanlig humor en incident som inträffade den 23e maj 2007 på heathrow.
hans kvinnliga livvakt blev vid en säkerhetskontroll på heathrow anmodad att lämna ifrån sig sin påse med vin och choklad. när hon förstod att det fanns risk att hon skulle komma hem tomhänt försökte hon påtala det orättvisa i detta för en av heathrows säkerhetsvakter. av någon anledning misstolkade heathrows säkerhetsvakt hennes försvarstal: "f*ck you", och hon fick istället stanna kvar på heathrow.
denna komplicerade händelse lyckas carl sammanfatta på följande vis: "Och halva sällskapet hann inte med anslutningen till Stockholm på Heathrow i London på grund av säkerhetskontrollerna där. Sådan är världen numera". man tycker att han borde veta bättre än att börjar en mening med ett "Och"....
expressens beskrivning
carls beskrivning

my outfit

my outfit/min outfit. pencil on paper. 2008
blå skyddsmössa samt pappersoverall från landstinget, egna (något smutsiga) converse.
all dressed up to become a father.

oops

i almost forgot. the show is tonight. , details here .works by david, miguel and skinny will also be on display. come on, join the celebration! poetry, music and sangria!

if you're going to san luis

don't be afraid! go to the steynberg gallery!, and enjoy my paintings. ’Cause and Effect’ mag. will release another glorious issue. i'm sure lots of wonderful stuff will happen. and kids, remember it's one night only.

sick of home blues

"sick of home blues", 21.7 * 29 cm, pen on paper and some digital voodoo, 2008.hello


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bob, subterranean homesick blues
bob and patti, dark eyes

in my chair

"in my chair", xx * xx cm, pastel on paper, 2008. my son thought this one was nice.

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the clash what's my name

same girl, another country

"nice", 29.7 * 21 cm, acrylic on paper, 2007 - 2008.

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another girl, another planet (april 1 2008)

go och gla

"go och gla"/"happy happy joy joy", xx * xx cm, oil on paper. 1993.

john and iris, in spite of ourselves

it's a gas gas gas

"it's a gas gas gas", 21.7 * 29 cm, acrylic on paper, 2008. today they took my old gas stove away, this is the new one. i'm old and i like old things.

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in the kitchen at parties

a happy family

"a happy family", 29 * 21.7 cm, acrylic on paper, 2008. something i did yesterday, i know that's no excuse.

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the ramones, we're a happy family

bus stop

"hållplats grönhögen"/"bus stop grönhögen", 21.7 cm * 29 cm, acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2008. in art school i was taught never to use black for shadows, so i guess this is my revolution.

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eve and the last waltz, left behind

fan

"fan", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1990. i almost forgot my fan period.

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kitty wells, it wasn't god who made honky tonk angels

miele

"miele", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1992. after my toaster period came my vacuum cleaner period.

"Most homes with carpeted floors in developed countries possess a vacuum cleaner for cleaning" says wikipedia.

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jilted john

toaster

"brödrost"/"toaster", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas 1991. i used to be obsessed with toasters, then i stopped for no apparent reason.

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cor baby that's really free, john otway & wild willy barrett

stadium

"stadium", 21.9 * 29 cm, acrylic on paper, 2007 - 2008. dear old stockholm. i don't like advertising, i do like some adverts, not this one though.

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the only ones, another girl, another planet

bert-åke

"bert-åke", xx * xx cm, watercolour on paper, 1990. a good man is hard to find.

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johnny cash, i walk the line

a house is not a home

"a house is not a home", xx * xx cm, watercolor/gouache on paper, 1990. yet another house i never lived in.


the stranglers, walk on by
the stranglers, all quiet on the eastern front

empty rooms

"empty rooms", xx * xx cm, oil on canvas, 1989. one of my first paintings. from my art school days ( konst och miljöskolan, sundsvall).

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chuck berry, you can't catch me

people are strange

"folkmålning"/"people are strange", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1991. people are still strange.
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p smith, people have the power

people are strange

"folkmålning II", "people are strange", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1991. nobody loves the doors.

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quo, again and aqain

rocky road remix

"rocky road remix", xx * xx cm, acrylic on board, 1995 - 2002.

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ufo, doctor doctor

stones

"stones", xx * xx cm, acrylic on board, 1998 ( sort of).

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jimmie rodgers, waiting for a train

the wicked witch of easter

"påskkärring"/"the wicked witch of easter", 40 * 30 cm, ink on paper, 2007. me dressed in women's clothing on my way to ask strangers for candy.

mississippi john hurt, candy man

a house is not a home ( greece)

"a house is not a home( greece). xx * xx cm, water colour/ gouache on paper, 1991. sometimes a house is just a house, sometimes not.

sometimes youtube:
hank and anita (and june)

a bridge

"a bridge", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1992. old stuff. i did not like it, i destroyed, i was wrong.

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mother maybelle

doomed sculpture

"doomed sculpture", xx * xx cm, oil on canvas, 1992 (or thereabouts). a painting of one of my very few sculptures.

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the rezillos, (my baby) does good sculptures

playground twist, 1993

"lekplats"/"playground twist 1993", 100 * 120 cm, oil on canvas, this one was exhibited at the liljevalchs vårsalong in 1993.

more sid than jaco

"curt, more sid than jaco", 29.7 * 21 cm, acrylic on paper. when the band started out, it soon became evident that we were 3 guitarists and no bass player. and as is the law: the least able guitarist shall buy himself a bass if he wants to stay in the band, so i did.


and youtube
jaco/weather report, birdland
sid, something else

lead guitar extraordinaire

"pelle, lead guitar extraordinaire", 29.7 cm * 21 cm, acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2008. the lead guitar player of teddy quiff etc. me, him and his kid brother tried to continue after the band broke up (musical differencies, or whatever...) , and we played nothing but quo and lizzy songs. come to think of it, i might have tried to write a song of my own, we might have tried to play it.

don't believe a word

odd, sometime saxophone

"odd, sometime saxophone", 29.7 cm * 21 cm, acrylic on papper, 2006 - 2008. for a short time a norwegian guy named odd played the saxophone with teddy quiff and the comb users. he quit because he'd rather play poker. at least that's what he said. anyway he probably made the right choice.

youtube clip of the day:
annie

vocals and rhythm guitar

"patrik, vocals and rhythm guitar", acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2008. every band needs a self appointed leader, someone who really wants to be top of the pops. in teddy quiff and the combusers that person was patrik.
every band needs someone who can't play (as well as the others). in teddy quiff and the combusers that person was me.
it is not uncommon for the self appointed leader to believe that the one and only thing standing between him ( rock is a mans world) and world domination is the band member who can't play as well as the others. this can lead to awkward situations. patrik was last seen strumming his guitar at a holiday resort i greece.

what the h*ll is a quiff?
youtube knows!
Teddy boy rockabilly quiff

drums

"rene, the finish drummer boy", 29.7 * 21 cm, acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2010. the story of "teddy quiff and the comb users" has not yet been told ( as far as i know). they were the very first band foolish enough to employ my servicesl. we tried to please everyone, playing anything from "tell laura i love her" to "blitzkrieg bop". we ended up pleasing no-one.

and youtube:johnny burnette, lonesome train

shadow play

"skuggor"/"shadow play", 80 * 100 cm, 1993. acrylic on canvas. more from liljevalchs vårsalong ( a juried "spring show").

and youtube:
elizabet cotten

a house is not a home (hökåsen)

"a house is not a home (hokosen)", xx * xx cm, acrylic on board 1995 - 2008.
music i listened to (1964 - 1977):
status quo
suzy quatro
bachman turner overdrive
nazareth
slade
sweet
the runaways
kiss

denmark

"danmark"denmark", xx * xx cm, 1995 - 2008, acrylic on board.

youtube clip of the the day
bessie smith

she does it right

"she does it right", 29.7 cm * 21 cm , acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2008. a few years ago, outside our apartment.

youtube clip of the day;
dr. feelgood, she does it right

jimmy

"jimmy"/"jimmy", xx * xx cm, acrylic on canvas, 1993. a goth from the past. jimmy sang in "charly and the slaves", i played the guitar (87 - 89).listen (myspace)! , i actually think that their earlier (before i joined) stuff is the best. but then again i tend to say that about anyone who has ever recorded anything at at least two seperate occasions. mainly because it's true. the first album is (almost) always the best.

and now for something completely youtube:
merle travis, nine pound hammer

a house is not a home ( weston turville)

"engelskt hus"/"a house is not a home (weston turville)", 46 * 38 cm, acrylic on board.
i was 13 when we moved here in 1977. weston turville is according to wikepedia known for (among other things) " a small bird reserve". i listened to a lot of punk 45's.

youtube clip of the day:
bob wills, sittin on top of the world

cindy doesn't live here

"cindy bor inte här"/"cindy doesn't live here", 38*46cm, acrylic on board, 2007 - 2008. cindy crawford in lingerie ( h&m) and a house somewhere in northern sweden.

youtube clip of the day:
collins kids, high school confidential

playground twist

"lekplats vitabergsparken"/ "playground twist", 38 * 46 cm, acrylic on board. this is one of the 51 paintings i exhibited at galleri darling. i almost broke the record for "most paintings in a solo exhibition" but sadly did not, bummer... ( the current record holder also happens to be the owner of said gallery, and i was not allowed to hang all my pictures. i suspect foul play)
youtube clip of the day:
the one, baby don' talk

two more glasses of wine

"two more glasses of wine", 21 * 29.7 cm, acrylic on paper, 2006 - 2008. had me a real good time.
youtube clip of the day:
bo diddley, road runner

a house is not a home

"a house is not a home(kungshamra)", 21 * 29.7 cm, acrylic on papper, 2006 - 2008. this is where i lived during my student days ( 1995 - 2001) a frequent guest and loaner of my laser printer was the great poet david mclean. check him out! or even better buy a book.

an uncommonly cruel joke

"ett osedvanligt grymt och träffande skämt"/ "an uncommonly cruel joke", acrylic on paper, 29.7 cm * 40 cm , 2006 - 2007.
det finns många sätt att mobba på, de flesta är ganska fantasilösa och förutsägbara. här måste jag dock, efter alla år, buga mig inför mina mobbare och tillerkänna dem en viss känsla för både förfining och träffsäkerhet .att föreslå och rösta fram den tystlåtne, räddhågsne och blyge till att vara konferencier för talangshowen (pengarna gick oavkortat till en klassresa), det kräver ändå ett speciellt sinne. gissa om mina ben darrade. troligen märkte ingen något.

and in english:
me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me (not letting go)

103

"103"/"103", acrylic on canvas, 60 * 80 cm , 1992. nu är alla mina 4 målningar från y-salongen vara publicerade här.

and in english:
a house is not a home, but this is where i grew up (1964 - 1977 )

a forest

"en skog"/"a forest", 60 * 80 cm, acrylic on canvas, 1993. en gammal, förlorad, troligen övermålad målning.

and in english:
it worries me that whenever i translate the titles of my paintings they end up sounding like old cure songs (ok, other artists as well, but only the cure ones worry me)

small axe, big tree

"liten yxa, stort träd"/ "small axe, big tree", 33 *41 cm, acrylic on board, 2007 - 2008.
här är jag i full färd med att hugga ned ett stort träd med en liten yxa. samtidigt som jag försöker övertyga den överföriskade grannen ( ej med på bild) om att jag är djupt tacksam för hans olika förslag och kommenterar. en hel del av kommentarerna handlade om mitt bristande handlag med yxan. mest intresserad var jag, dock av att övertala honom att inte gå och hämta motorsågen utan att alltför explicit alludera på hans tillstånd.

and in english:
the drunk neighbour begging me to let him go get his chainsaw is not featured in this painting.

"So if you are the big tree We are the small axe Ready to cut you down (well sharp)To cut you down" bob marley