Toronto Transmission

Yet another tight narrow laneway making it hard to get dead-on photos.








Kwest absolutely kills it every time
the video below is part of the journey downriver to the bunker from my last installment

The bunker of Sandy Gray

From March to mid November in 2006 myself, and a small crew of film carpenters built two bunker-like cottage loft studio treehouse things at the end of an undisclosed lake somewhere {i'm not at liberty to say where, or for whom}. I learned so much about framing and all aspects of building that year.So much fresh air, hard work and good food -I don't think I've ever been in such good shape before or since. All the materials had to come downriver on a sketchy barge towed by an even sketchier boat. Many challenges, and towards the end of the job the cold was one of the worst. Still -easily the best job I've ever had. Any job where you can be swimming with a beer in hand while the steaks are grilling on the firepit just ashore five minutes after you quit for the day is pretty allright with me.
The living room and kitchen. Running water pumped from the lake and ran through a purifier, Propane powered stove etc. and generator. Completely off the grid.

A very clean, modern look for a cottage yes?







Above you see the world's most grandiose outhouse to be-with loft and picture window and tons of storage space. 16 feet tall.
Above is the first structure we built on this property. smaller. Known as the bunkie
The walls in the photo above are retracted back to reveal the 3 faces of reflective glass. the walls are clad in aluminum siding and move on wheels locked into sliders in the ceiling portion of the soffit. The front facing panel folds down on a crank and pulley system =it tucks itself into the ceiling overhanging the deck when in windows revealed position. The whole compound locks up like a fortress. as you can see below. no cottage break-ins going down here.
I wish it was mine...

Queen st. laneway

99 Sudbury

These two futuristic landscape type things are in the Men’s change rooms at the 99 Sudbury st. gym. 99 Sudbury st. was not so long ago a seedy afterhours boozecan. Now, it’s a gym, fancy restaurant etc. very indicative of the direction the neighborhood is taking…
I painted this piece on the back of the 99 sudbury bldg. in I think '99 or 2000 , really not sure. surprised to see it still there.

these photos seem a bit sub-par..The light in there was not ideal

Carnies!!!

Ahh the CNE.. Truly an end of summer Toronto tradition, Tiny Tom’s donuts, screaming kids, chainsmoking toothless barkers hawking plush spongebobs, the sound of mini-air rifle pellets bouncing off aluminum and softballs hitting cheap dinnerplates. The Gravitron. don’t barf. Take my word for it…YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY ‘ED HARDY’ SHIRTS & GEAR IN ONE PLACE..