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just an not so normal human being who likes to sculpt for a living. Recent Shows Langham Gallery, Kaslo BC 2010 Oxygen Gallery, Nelson BC 2010 One of a Kind, Pier 94, NYC, 2009 hmmmm whoops at the moment can't remember what else I have done lately.....couple of donations to local charities......oh well

Friday, November 2, 2007

New to the blogging world


Hi World

Well first off I guess I best introduce myself, I am Marcel Willaert, aka Spankymarc. I live in the beautiful town of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, my life here revolves around creating sculptures out of wire, rock and found objects, part of the reason for creating this blog is to get feedback on my works of art and well just to chat with the rest of the world.

Hmmm, some more interesting things about moi, I have two dogs, Biggs and Idonie, Biggs being a nine year old American Staffie, and Idonie being 1.5 yrs old and hell on four legs, but I love her, she came to me last year, after a year and a half wait, my previous girl, Babette passed away at the great age of 18.5 years and well I was pretty heart broken and needed time to heal and celebrate her life before I could go searching for Idonie. In the bubble that is the Kootenay's, (the region where I live) some of us koots realize that our paths are sometimes predetermined and in this case it was destined that I would meet Idonie when I was ready.

There are also two cats, Nigel and Wabi Sabi, Nigel just wandered into my life, he is my familiar, all black and very worldly, Wabi Sabi well she was at the vet clinic, she had been fixed but her original parents never came back to pick her up, so hence we meet and I feel in love with her, she has had an interesting life, she nearly died two Christmas's ago when she was struck by a car, but her will to live was great and we struggled together to bring her back to the little wandering rascal she is today. Oh ya I forgot to mention Queenie, my painted turtle, she came into my life oh about six years ago, she was only supposed to stay a few months while her owners went off to Thailand, but alas they never came back for her, so now she resides with me in the winter and with my friends in the summer as they have a large man made pond that suits her just fine as her summer home.

I guess it would be wise to mention my art, I am a mixed media sculpture kinda guy.....lol, I have a web site but it is extremely outta date, but if you wish you can find it at http://www.spankymarc.com/ your best bet though if you wish to see the newest creations are to log on to http://www.facebook.com/ and search for me under the name Marcel Willaert, I do promise to have a grand and beautiful site up soon. (soon be relative to the way I live, which means when I get around to actually doing something productive).

Let's see what else should I mention, oh ya I am gay, not by choice but I rejoice in who I am and what I have become, I have a very hot and lovely guy in my life, pretty new to each other still but we are progressing along just great, thank-you. I have spine issues which I may get into at some point in all this chat, which makes somethings a little more painful than others. I am 43 years young and pretty crazy about life and loving.

I view the world today as a pretty screwed up place and well my job or joy is to make those around me smile and ponder thoughts of how we can change the mess we have made into the world into, how to end the corruption that is our collective governments and corporations.

Anyways I should end this for now and get on with my day, if you have any questions I would love to answer them.

peace

Marcel

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