What a treat ! Mark sat with Canadian Artist Jason McLean who was visiting from Brooklyn last Sunday. Jason is a multitalented artist who is currently showing at the Michael Gibson Gallery in London Ontario.  I was a bit jittery meeting Jason via Skype and felt little mini tiny butterflies in my stomach at the start of recording but almost immediately those went away as I listened to Jason’s kind voice. We had such a good time recording that I had to split the recording in two parts!

Part one highlights: BGL Group, Beal Secondary School, Bubbles of your own realities, working tools, collaborations, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Snakes, Jason’s process, goalie pads, blocking things out, grocery store feeling, local content, Farhi, areas of despair in cities, historic walking tours influences, colour palette (electricity)/wanting life in colour/dressing story, (36:25 ) looking like my artwork/dressing like my father-in-law, barn smells, Art gallery of Algoma. 

Jason McLean Website :

https://jasonmclean.weebly.com

Current Exhibit “Boomerang Smile” :

https://gibsongallery.com\

BGL Group Current Exhibition at Museum London :

http://museumlondon.ca/exhibitions/bgl-spectacle-problems

Marc Bell, London Artist :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bell_(cartoonist)

Ray Jonson Brick Snake :

https://goo.gl/images/pTAoJw

Opening music : Most Def, Yo Yeah.