#barry kent mackay

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In May 2022, I came into contact with Barry Kent MacKay when I reached out to ask for permission to use his art in a project. I never could have anticipated that within just a few months, I would have exchanged over a hundred emails.

We talk about birds. We talk about life. We talk about his late mother, his favorite artists that inspired him, our struggles, our joys.

He has been painting since the 1960s, and his work is breathtakingly gorgeous, often life size, including oils, watercolors, and acrylics. He's also sent ink and pen sketches, not available online, and I cherish each one like a special gift.

I am running this blog with his permission, because I want to try to give something back to him, to bring attention to his art, to share his knowledge and his passion, and maybe alleviate some of the burden that capitalism puts on people whose passion isn't always profitable.

Prints and originals of Barry's work can be purchased from Fine Art America. I own one of his originals myself, and can speak firsthand about the beauty of his art in person. If you do buy a print, please take a pic and tag this account!

I have also put together a Ko-Fi for him, and to be completely transparent: it is connected to his PayPal, not mine. Any and all Ko-Fi donations go straight to Barry.

Please follow, reblog, and feel completely free to engage. Barry has full access to everything. And if you like, ask Barry a question — about his art, birds, cormorants, his mother who pioneered wildlife rehabilitation, his work as an animal activist... I know he'd love to answer any questions you might have!

— Kristen

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A new variant has been added!

Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis) © Barry Kent MacKay

It hatches from brown, different, high, much, obvious, overall, prominent, short, small, and whitish eggs.

squawkoverflow - the ultimate bird collecting game          🥚 hatch    ❤️ collect     🤝 connect

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fancasting the justice league because dc is mess :)

David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman

Henry Golding as Bruce Wayne/Batman

Phoebe Tonkin as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman

John David Washington as John Stewart/Green Lantern

George Mackay as Barry Allen/Flash

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as J’onn J’onzz/Martian Manhunter

Zazie Beetz as Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl

Yes, I’m thinking about the justice league from the 2001 animated series.

[ceekbee]

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina cyanea) This is an approximately life-size painting, done in acrylics, of a bird species native to much of western North America, from Southern Canada deep into Mexico.

By Barry Kent Mackay

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Canada cities

Yukon

Dawson City, Haines Junction, Whitehorse

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Northwest Territories

Inuvik, Yellowknife

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Nunavut

Alert Station, Grise Fiord, Resolute Bay, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet

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British Columbia

Victoria, Saanich, Saanichton, North Saanich, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Courtenay, Alert Bay, Prince Rupert, Prince George, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Richmond, Delta, White Rock, New Westminster, Burnaby, Surrey, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Mission, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Langley, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz, South Sumas, Osoyoos, Oliver, Penticton, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Cranbrook, Whistler

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Alberta

Fort McMurray, Fort Mackay, Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Red Deer, Calgary, Okotoks, Cochrane, Airdrie, Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Drumheller, Lloydminster

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Saskatchewan

Lloydminster, Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Weyburn, Estevan, Yorkton, Moosomin

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Manitoba

Portage la Prairie, Brandon, Winnipeg, Norway House, Thompson, Churchill

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Ontario

Thunder Bay, Sault Sainte. Marie, Timmins, North Bay, Greater Sudbury, OTTAWA, Nepean, Kanata, Kingston, Cornwall, Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Orillia, Barrie, Innisfil, Keswick-Elmhurst Beach, Midland, Orangeville, Newmarket, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Cobourg, Courtice, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Toronto, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Brampton, Mississauga, Guelph, Kitchener, Brantford, Milton, Cambridge, Waterloo, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, Saint Catharines, Welland, Pelham, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, London, Saint Thomas, Chatham-Kent, Chatham, Kent, Sarnia, Windsor

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Quebec

Val d'Or, Gatineau, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Chateauguay, Mont-Tremblant, Sainte-Therese, Sainte-Catherine, Saint-Jerome, Boisbriand, Brossard, Repentigny, Charlemagne, Terrebonne, Laval, Longueuil, Montreal, Montreal-Est, Dorval, Boucherville, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Granby, Victoriaville, Beloeil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Drummondville, Saint-Georges, Sherbrooke, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Magog, Sorel-Tracy, Joliette, Shawinigan, Trois-Rivieres, Ville du Quebec (Quebec City), Levis, Saguenay, Rimouski

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Labrador City, Saint John's, Saint Lawrence, Mount Pearl

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Nova Scotia

Sydney, Halifax, Yarmouth

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New Brunswick

Moncton, Fredericton, Saint John, Bathurst

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Prince Edward Island

Charlottetown, Summerside

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[gazelleculturelle]

Rejoignez des personnalités montréalaises pour protéger les espaces verts : Levée de fonds du Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement, 15 sept. Hurley’s Pub

De nos jours, même les oiseaux et les abeilles ont besoin d’avocats. C’est ce que leur offre le Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement – une aide juridique qui a permis à des groupes environnementaux de protéger des espaces sauvages magnifiques et irremplaçables ainsi que les espèces qu’ils abritent; qu’il s’agisse de petites forêts municipales ou de terres qui font maintenant partie du Grand parc de l’Ouest. La collecte de fonds de cette année – un spectacle de musique, une vente aux enchères et un dîner – aura lieu le 15 septembre au Hurley’s Irish Pub et comptera de nombreux invités spéciaux bien connus.

Pour soutenir le travail du Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement, la Coalition verte, la Fondation Sierra Club, les Canadiens de Montréal et les Alouettes de Montréal coparrainent l’événement de cette année. La soirée comprend un succulent dîner de trois plats et une jam-session avec John McGale d’Offenbach, Brian Greenway d’April Wine, le violoniste par excellence Jonathan Moorman et le chanteur/guitariste Charlie MacLeod. Le maître de cérémonie est l’animateur matinal de CJAD 800, Andrew Carter.

Parmi les invités de marque, on compte l’ancien ministre de l’Environnement Tom Mulcair, un invité surpris des Alouettes de Montréal et deux Canadiens de Montréal champions de la Coupe Stanley qui, à eux deux, ont remporté neuf coupes Stanley pour Montréal. « Avec toute cette renommée et ce talent dans la salle, ainsi que les formidables articles disponibles aux enchères, j’ai hâte de voir les généreux dons recueillis », a déclaré Jason Prince, vice-président du Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement.

Parmi les trésors artistiques mis aux enchères, citons le magnifique tableau Wildlife Sentinels du naturaliste canadien Barry Kent MacKay et une peinture réalisée en direct pendant l’événement par Lisa Kimberly Glickman, ainsi qu’une sculpture et des céramiques. Sont également mis aux enchères un maillot des Canadiens de Montréal 2022 signé par Joel Edmundson, des billets pour un match des Alouettes, des livres signés et des visites guidées de certains des magnifiques bois et marécages de Montréal en compagnie d’environnementalistes connus et bien informés, dont Dave Fletcher de la Coalition verte.

Que fait donc le Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement?

Le Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement aide les groupes de citoyens à effectuer des recherches juridiques et financières, à rédiger des rapports sur la biodiversité et à intenter des actions en justice. Les rapports sur la biodiversité financés par le Fonds ont contribué à la conservation de L’Anse-à-l’Orme, qui fait maintenant partie du Grand parc de l’Ouest de Montréal, et de Sandy Beach, à Hudson. « Nous nous préparons à passer à l’échelle supérieure pour répondre aux besoins croissants des groupes de citoyens qui luttent pour protéger leur petit coin de paradis », a déclaré M. Prince. « Il y a des dizaines d’efforts en cours en ce moment et ils ont tous besoin d’un soutien financier pour passer à l’étape suivante. Dans certains cas, cela signifie s’adresser aux tribunaux ».

Le soutien du Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement a aidé des groupes qui luttent pour protéger la Falaise Saint-Jacques à NDG, le Technoparc à Ville Saint-Laurent, la forêt Fairview à Pointe-Claire, le terrain de golf à Rosemère, le Mont Rigaud, le Mont-Saint-Hilaire, le Mont Gale à Bromont et le Camp Tamaracouta, le camp de Scouts Canada près de Mille-Isles qui est fermé depuis 2018 et qui est maintenant à vendre. Une sélection de dossiers soutenus par le Fonds d’héritage sont disponibles sur leur site internet.

Mangez, misez, dansez et sauvez l’environnement à l’occasion de la 

Collecte de fonds annuelle du Fonds d’héritage pour l’environnement

Jeudi 15 septembre, de 18 h à 21 h

Hurley’s Irish Pub 1225 rue Crescent

Billets : 250 $, tout inclus, cliquez pour acheter ici

Les billets partent vite, alors assurez-vous d’obtenir le vôtre avant le 7 septembre

Les personnes qui ne peuvent pas être présentes mais qui veulent aider la cause sont invitées à acheter un billet à un des nombreux dévoués bénévoles.

Un reçu fiscal sera délivré pour le montant maximum autorisé.

Les dons déductibles des impôts, quel que soit leur montant, peuvent être envoyés à l’adresse suivante : www.canadahelps.org/fr/organismesdebienfaisance/legacy-fund-for-the-environment-lfefonds-dheritage-pour-lenvironnement-fhe/

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez contacter Charlie MacLeod, président de la Coalition Verte, 514 574-9670, charliermacleod@gmail.com

[storiesforallfandoms]

Masterlist!

Here’s the masterlist of all my imagines and preferences! Imagines marked as * are smutty imagines! Imagines marked as ` are requests!

IMAGINES

CRIMINAL MINDS the runner ~ aaron hotchner` punishment ~ aaron hotchner`

LUCIFER make you a believer ~ ella lopez silence ~ lucifer morningstar

HEMLOCK GROVE get away ~ roman godfrey (part one) midnight drive ~ roman godfrey (part two)

AMERICAN HORROR STORY freak ~ xavier plympton (part one) protecting you ~ xavier plympton (part two)` a surprise by the lake ~ xavier Plympton` taken care of ~ michael langdon don’t worry ~ michael langdon` loopholes ~ michael langdon*` change in plans ~ michael langdon` revenge ~ montana duke

RIVERDALE grief ~ archie andrews the new queen ~ fp jones (part one) seducing the queen ~ fp jones (part two) the list ~ jason blossom something more than just points ~ jason blossom’ no one will hurt you` ~ sweet pea

THE BODYGUARD new assignment ~ david budd (part one) nightmares ~ david budd (part two) the photoshoot ~ david budd (part three) take away and beer ~ david budd (part four) art ~ david budd (part five) threats ~ david budd (part six) getting her things ~ david budd (part seven)

PEAKY BLINDERS not part of the deal ~ thomas shelby private ceremony ~ thomas shelby superstar ~ thomas shelby` too good ~ thomas shelby` can’t lose you ~ thomas shelby crossfire ~ john shelby an accidental addition ~ thomas shelby family ~ shelby family the enemy’s sister ~ thomas shelby (part one)` a dangerous love affair ~ alfie solomons a woman leader ~ john shelby disapprove ~ thomas shelby (part two) no one’s whore ~ thomas shelby* daddy’s girl ~ thomas shelby take a break ~ thomas shelby

THE WITCHER dance partner ~ geralt of rivia (part one) company ~ geralt of rivia (part two)* stay the night ~ geralt of rivia*` some sort of miracle ~ geralt of rivia same problem ~ yennefer of vengerberg my lady ~ geralt of rivia*` imperfections ~ geralt of rivia`

DOCTOR WHO always loved you ~ thirteen

GAME OF THRONES betrothed ~ robb stark (part one) riding alone ~ robb stark (part two)

Z NATION facing it alone ~ 10k’ let me go ~ 10k what are we gonna do? ~ 10k

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY love and drugs ~ klaus hargreeves the horror~ ben hargreeves’ no one helps but you ~ klaus hargreeves` and they were roommates ~ klaus hargreeves` lock the door ~ ben hargreeves*`

VICTORIOUS a little too good at acting ~ beck oliver faint ~ beck oliver`

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES living dead ~ damon salvatore eternity ~ damon salvatore*`

HANNIBAL are you going to hurt me? ~ hannibal lecter his type ~ hannibal lecter

BARRY what they do in the movies ~ barry berkman

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY i have no one ~ freddie mercury

K-12 don’t send me home ~ leo` jealousy ~ angelita`

BREAKING BAD/EL CAMINO hideaway ~ jesse pinkman* project partner ~ jesse pinkman

DCEU the new intern ~ clark kent rescue mission ~ harley quinn man’s world ~ harley quinn

SCREAM scary movies ~ billy loomis talk me down ~ stu macher`

HARRY POTTER tutor ~ draco malfoy stood up ~ draco malfoy

MCU see you again ~ loki my hero ~ mysterio delivery boy ~ peter parker locked up ~ clint barton`

KINGSMAN not a damn damsel ~ eggsy

A QUIET PLACE keep quiet ~ emmett no time for love ~ emmett’

MIDSOMMAR get out of here ~ mark` may queen ~ mark` little sister ~ mark*` secret thrills ~ mark*` don’t go ~ mark’ sacred ~ mark’ seven minutes in heaven ~ mark*` friendship necklace ~ mark` it meant nothing ~ mark` awful ~ dani ardor` something’s wrong ~ mark` whoops ~ mark` enemies to lovers ~ mark`

1917 not the same ~ will schofield

DIVERGENT recruit ~ eric coulter’ rookie ~ eric coulter (part two) don’t belong ~ eric coulter`

8 MILE embarrassed ~ jimmy smith jr.

TWILIGHT soulmates ~ paul lahote`

THE DIRT glorified groupie ~ tommy lee maybe i should ~ tommy lee` be like daddy ~ nikki sixx` normal family christmas ~ nikki sixx`

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID done pretending ~ rodrick heffley the girl next door ~ rodrick heffley`

IT: CHAPTER TWO picking up the kids ~ richie tozier

LES MIS for the revolution ~ enjolras

CHRIS EVANS set ups

BEN HARDY doing him proud

MACHINE GUN KELLY not so bad (part one) remember me` secret meeting (part two) surprise` awkward family dinner (part three) staying the night (part four) out on the town (part five) a very special meeting (part six) feeling used` christmas in cleveland (part seven) lady killer*` we’ll be okay (part eight) the one` getting caught* sweet revenge` get off my girl` can’t do it anymore seeing it all` hear your voice*` do you love me?` one and only (part nine) photographs` why are you here?` happiest i've been` trying` i believe` welcome home*` killshot (part ten) i think i’m okay` it’s not over (part eleven) mistake` drunk fun (w/yungblud)*` reunited (part two of photograph)` bad girl*` fixed` meeting the family (part twelve) good enough` the question (part thirteen) kissing lessons` the wedding (part fourteen) too rough*` teach me` sneaking you out` red carpet` on beat` what if i can’t` role reversal*` massage*` secrets` celebrating*` almost caught` back off*` first time*` trying something new*` missing` not yours` hurting mommy` sweet disaster` loved you first` running lines’

DANIEL WEBBER nothing happened` misunderstanding` advice` loving father` beach day`

TARON EGERTON take me to the pilot*

RICHARD MADDEN lost`

YUNGBLUD not a rebound (part one) a great team` no hope (au)` cuffed, literally (part two)` sick baby` coming home` kisses` drunk fun*` (w/machine gun kelly) lessons` struggling` father to be` coachella` the song’ front row` love you as you are’ cliche`

HARRY STYLES saved (au part one) always a winner` exploring eroda (au part two) picnic (au part three) awkward

KENDALL SCHMIT just us`

CODY FERN distance`

ANDREW SIWICKI secret first date a regular guy` beautiful to me wear my hoodie`

DAVID DOBRIK only yours science experiment bon appetit`

DYLAN GARDNER surprise date`

JEFF WITTEK busy my oh my! passing the time* in trouble a fun game six feet apart you won’t be able to`

EMINEM surprise performance age gap’ private` chains`

ROOK pretty picture` love on tour` protective` toxic love` why are you like this?’ keep it down*` taking care` sick` you’re cute when you’re jealous`*

CILLIAN MURPHY proud`

GEORGE MACKAY medic (au)’

ARIANA GRANDE done with boys

SCOTTY SIRE stuck together

SEBASTIAN STAN the boss’ girl (au)

G-EAZY unimaginable pain` bad reputation` hate*` i do`

CORPSE proposition (part one) caught feelings (part two) actually excited

ZAC EFRON fatherhood`

HENRY CAVILL you deserve better`

AARON TVEIT i thought it’d be happy` a baby next christmas

PREFERENCES

tiktok trends that they participate in with you ~ the vlog squad who walks in on the two of you ~ the umbrella academy

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'Knives Out' and 'Bombshell' Teams Talk Next Projects at Lionsgate Night-Before Fete

PARTY: Lionsgate

PLACE: Chateau Marmont

PLAYERS: Chris Evans, Charlize Theron, Rian Johnson, Jay Roach, Don Johnson, Taika Waititi, Jon Hamm, Alexander Skarsgaard, Toni Colette, Ram Bergman, Jon Lovett, Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Stellan Skarsgaard, Jack Huston, Paul Walter Hauser, Avi Lerner, Jon Feltheimer, Joe Drake, Michael Burns, John Fithian

SERVED: Beer-battered cauliflower with honey, mozzarella-filled arancini, fried chicken bites

INSIDE DISH: On the night before the Golden Globes, the teams from Lionsgate’s Bombshell and Knives Out gathered on the airy Chateau patio to toast their films.

Reflecting on Knives Out’s impressive stamina at the box office as the movie continues to build audience in its seventh week in theaters, Don Johnson joked that the mystery thriller was, “aging in reverse, like me.” Knives Out writer-director Rian Johnson and his partner, podcaster and author Karina Longworth had recently returned to LA after spending the holidays in St. Bart’s, where they serendipitously ran into Johnson’s Star Wars boss, Lucasfilm president Kathy Kennedy.

Johnson and his producing partner Ram Bergman talked about their plans for a follow-up to Knives Out, a new mystery built around Daniel Craig’s Southern private detective, Benoit Blanc. Johnson noted that his awards season highlight so far had been meeting Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, with whom he’s now exchanging emails.

Filmmaker bonding is one of the perks of season — Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi bounced into the party and made a beeline for Bombshell director Jay Roach, who was getting a warm and effusive greeting from actress-producer Colleen Camp. “I just love your movie!” Camp said, grabbing Roach’s arm. Roach talked about his next project as well, a series on the 1970 Kent State shootings he’s making with Tina Fey’s production company, citing parallels to HBO’s Chernobyl in that both stories are about tragedies that emerged from failed systems, and noting its unfortunate contemporary relevance amid the Hong Kong protests.

Roach’s Bombshell star and producer Charlize Theron was there, fresh from the Palm Springs Film Festival gala. Asked about Bombshell subject Gretchen Carlson’s new talk show for Blumhouse TV, Theron said, “I’ll be very interested to see it.” Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Joe Drake was huddling with the filmmakers of his anticipated April movie, Antebellum, Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, having returned from a family ski trip to Park City, Utah.

As the party, which had started at 8 p.m., wound past 10:30 p.m., the scent of weed began wafting through the air, Jon Hamm arrived and Evans, who had been quietly parked in the corner, ducked out. — Rebecca Keegan

Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Evans Hold Court at Star-Studded W Magazine Party

PARTY: W Magazine's Best Performances issue party

 

PLACE: Chateau Marmont's penthouse

 

PLAYERS: Leonardo DiCaprio, Quentin Tarantino, Joaquin Phoenix, Adam Driver, Chris Evans, Laura Dern, Noah Baumbach, Antonio Banderas, Taika Waititi, Henry Winkler, Awkwafina, Ben Platt, Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Joey King, Armie Hammer, Lakeith Stanfield, Natasha Lyonne, Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Jared Harris, Jodie Turner-Smith, Joshua Jackson, Margaret Qualley, Ana de Armas, Ellen Page, Rooney Mara, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Keegan-Michael Key, Charlie Hunnam, Winston Duke, Josh O'Connor, Anna Paquin, Zoey Deutch, Sydney Sweeney, Molly Gordon, Craig Robinson.  

SERVED: Tray-passed sliders, crab cakes, grilled cheese bites, tuna tartare cones and for dessert, mini donuts, along with indoor and outdoor Absolut Elyx Vodka cocktails that kept the party going.

INSIDE DISH: The annual party, held in conjunction with the magazine's Best Performances 2020 issue — which this year featured nine different A-listers from award season films — kicked off Golden Globes weekend with a bang, welcoming cover stars Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Evans, Laura Dern and Adam Driver into the penthouse of LA's iconic Chateau Marmont for a night of pre-show celebration. The party, hosted by new editor-in-chief Sara Moonves along with W's Lynn Hirschberg and YouTube's Derek Blasberg, featured an intimate indoor space lined with starry photos from the magazine, while outside on the Sunset Boulevard balcony was where the party really got started. 

Phoenix and girlfriend Rooney Mara were among the very first to arrive, with Mara settling into the couches under heat lamps while Phoenix started a lively conversation with fellow early-arriver Quentin Tarantino. The Joker star mingled and stopped for photos before making an exit, while the Once Upon A Time in Hollywood director shared laughs with Antonio Banderas before making his own way out. 

Chris Evans hopped from Hollywood circle to circle, first with Knives Out co-star Ana de Armas and taking photos with 1917 star George MacKay; Captain America himself then reappeared later in the night leading Taika Waititi into the party, before heading outside to share smokes (and hugs) with Armie Hammer, Lakeith Stanfield, Natasha Lyonne and Succession star Jeremy Strong. 

The true star of the evening though, was Leonardo DiCaprio, who arrived in the last hour of the party and quickly was holding court in a corner of the deck, despite a low baseball cap that kept him somewhat hidden from the crowd. The A-lister kept close to girlfriend Camila Morrone, while also catching up with Waititi and Hammer and laughing on his phone with Blasberg. Queen and Slim's Jodie Turner-Smith also introduced herself to DiCaprio, accompanied by her new husband Joshua Jackson. 

While there were numerous A-listers in attendance, Hollywood's fresh faces also came out to celebrate, with the casts of Booksmart (Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Molly Gordon) and The Politician (Ben Platt, Zoey Deutch) posing for a stream of photos and hitting up the cocktail bar. Awkwafina, Joey King and Once Upon A Time in Hollywood breakout Margaret Qualley also joined the tight-knit group, and at one point, Qualley approached the chatting trio of MacKay, Henry Winkler and Charlie Hunnam to ask the Barry star for a quick hug. Adam Driver did a quick lap around the penthouse before heading out, while fellow Marriage Story duo Dern and Noah Baumbach conversed with Cynthia Erivo and Strong. The party wound down just before midnight, as the last drinks were poured and late-night donuts were passed around. — Kirsten Chuba

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surnames:

a abbott abernathy adair adams adkins alexander allen allison andersen anderson andrews archer armstrong arsenault ashby ashworth atkinson austin ayers 

b bailey bain baker baldwin ball ballard banks barnes barnett barr barrett barry bartlett barton bateman bauer beck bell bennett benson bentley benton bird bishop black blackburn blackwell blair blake bolton bond bowen bowers bowman boyd boyle bradford bradley bradshaw brady brennan brewer briggs brooks broussard brown bruce bryant buchanan buckley bullock burgess burke burnham burns burton butcher butler byrne 

c cahill caldwell calhoun callahan cameron campbell cannon cantrell carey carlson carney carpenter carr carroll carson carter carver casey cassidy castillo castro chandler chaney chapman chase chavez christian christie church churchill clancy clarke clay clayton clifford cobb cochran coffey cole coleman collier collins combs compton conley connell connolly conrad conway cook cooke cooley cooney cooper copeland corbett costello coughlin cowan cox coyle coyne craig crawford crockett cross crowley cruz cunningham curran curtis 

d daley dalton daly daniel daniels daugherty davenport davidson davies davis dawson day dean delaney dempsey devine diaz dickey dickinson dillon dixon dobson dodd doherty dolan donahue donaldson donnelly donovan dougherty douglas dowd downey doyle drake drew driscoll duckworth dudley dugan duncan dunlap dunn dwyer 

e eaton edmonds edwards egan elliott ellis emery erickson evans 

f fallon fanning farley faulkner ferguson fernandez finch finn finnegan fischer fitzgerald fitzpatrick fitzsimmons flanagan fletcher flores flynn foley forbes ford foster fowler fox franklin fraser freeman frost fry fuller 

g gallagher galloway garcia gardner garner garrett garrison garza gauthier gentry george gibbons gibbs gibson gilbert gill gillespie glass gonzales goode goodwin gordon grace grady graham grant graves gray greene greer gregory griffin griffith gunn gustafson guthrie 

h hackett hagan hahn hale haley hall halsey hamilton hammond hampton hancock hanley hanna hansen harding hardy harper harrington harris harrison hart hartley harvey hastings hatch hawkins hayden hayes haynes healy heath henderson henry hensley hernandez hewitt hickey hickman hicks higgins hill hodges hoffman hogan holbrook holden holland hollis holloway holman holmes holt hood hooper hopkins hopper horton houghton houston howard howe howell hubbard huber hudson huffman hughes hull humphrey humphries hunt hunter hurley hurst hutchinson hutchison 

i ingram 

j jackson jacobs james jamison jarvis jensen johnson jones jordan joyce 

k kane kearney keating keegan keene kehoe keith kelleher keller kelly kemp kendall kennedy kent kerr kidd kilgore kincaid king kinney kirby kirk kirkland kirkpatrick klein knight koch koenig krause 

l lacroix lafferty lake lamont lancaster lane larkin larsen law lawrence lawson leblanc lee leslie levesque lewis lindsay little lloyd lockhart long lopez love lowe lucas lynch lyons 

m macdonald macgregor mackay mackenzie mackinnon maclean macleod macmillan macpherson madden maher mahoney maldonado malloy malone maloney manning marsh marshall martin martinez mason massey matthews maurer maxwell may maynard mcallister mcbride mccabe mccaffrey mccain mccall mccann mccarthy mccartney mcclellan mcconnell mccormack mccoy mccullough mccurdy mcdaniel mcdaniel mcdermott mcdonald mcdonough mcdowell mcgrath mcgraw mcgregor mcguire mchugh mcintosh mcintyre mckay mckee mckenna mckenzie mckinley mckinney mckinnon mcknight mclain mcleod mcmahon mcmillan mcnally mcnamara mcneill mcpherson mcqueen mead meadows medina meier melton merritt meyer middleton miles miller mitchell molloy monaghan monroe montgomery moody mooney moore morales moran moreno morgan morris morrison morrow moss mueller munn munro murdock murphy murray myers 

n nash neal nelson neville newton nichols nicholson nielsen noble nolan norris north norwood 

o o'brien o'connell o'connor o'donnell o'grady o'hara o'keefe o'leary o'neal o'neill o'reilly o'rourke o'sullivan ogden oliver olson orr ortega ortiz owens 

p page palmer parker parks parrish parsons patterson patton payne pearson penn pennington pereira peters peterson phillips pierce pike piper pittman pollard pollock poole porter potter powell power powers pratt preston price prince pritchard proctor pruitt purcell putnam 

q quinlan quinn 

r rafferty ralston ramirez ramos ramsey randall rankin ray reece reed reeves regan reid reilly reyes reynolds rhodes richards richardson riley ritchie rivera roberts robertson robinson roche rodgers rodriguez rollins romero rooney rose ross rossi roth rowe roy russell russo ryan 

s salisbury sampson sanders sandoval santiago saunders sawyer schaefer schmidt schneider schofield schroeder schultz schwartz scott sears serrano sharp shaw shea sheehan shelton shepherd sheridan sherwood shields short simmons simpson sims sinclair skinner slattery sloan smart smith snow snyder somerville soto sparks spears spence spencer stack stafford stanley stanton steele stephens stevens stevenson stewart stiles stokes stone strickland strong stuart suarez sullivan sutherland sutton sweeney 

t taylor temple tennant thomas thompson thomson thornton thorpe thurston tierney tilley timmons tobin todd torres townsend trevino tucker turner 

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y yates york young 

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off the rack #1304

Monday, March 9, 2020

 I want to thank my partner Chris for another successful Capital Comic Book Con at the Delta Hotel in downtown Ottawa yesterday. All of his hard work pricing and preparing our stock and setting up our booth paid off. I am glad that I get a day to recover as the old muscles are aching today. I saw many old friends and customers which made for a fun social event as well. There's a full moon out tonight so get out there and give a howl. Then come back inside and wash your hands.

 Daredevil #19 - Chip Zdarsky (writer) Marco Checchetto (art) Mattia Iacono (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). A gang of super villains paid by the Stromwyns is destroying Hell's Kitchen. Can Daredevil save his home? There's a lot of destruction and the citizens try to defend themselves but it doesn't look good. I like the wild card showing up. I wonder if they will help or hurt?

 Lois Lane #9 - Greg Rucka (writer) Mike Perkins (art) Andy Troy (colours) Simon Bowland (letters). Lois and Renee need to find the assassin Kiss of Death and they get some help from a friend. Batman's appearance was a hoot. This story has been great so far. You should also be watching Greg's TV show Stumptown. Cobie Smulders is killing it as Dex.

 Doctor Strange #6 - Mark Waid (writer) Kev Walker (art) Java Tartaglia & Antonio Fabela (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). Someone has stolen Stephen's magical artefacts and could be mass producing them for evil purposes. He has to team up with Doctor Druid to stop that from happening. This new story is spellbinding.

 Superman: Villains #1 - Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction & Jody Houser (writers) Art, colours and letters done by a bullpen full of others. This $5.99 US one-shot is a muddled mess. It confused me right out of the gate when Superman visits his parents on the farm. Ma and Pa Kent are there. I thought Pa died. Then Superman tells Pa that some Batman tech is going to keep them safe like it does for the Batcave. That was four pages of WTF for me. So that segues into a scene with Lois, Clark, Perry and the new owner of the Daily Planet, Marisol Leone. We find out later that Ms. Leone is the head of some sort of Mafia. Then there's two pages of Lex Luthor and a laughing answering machine message that made me think it was the Joker calling to mock the bald baddie. I can go on and on, like why Bizarro? I hate Bizarro. Also, what is up with Supergirl? Is she still infected from Year of the Villain? All the different art styles didn't help either. This did not make me want to read more DC comics.

 Black Cat #10 - Jed MacKay (writer) Kris Anka (art) Brian Reber (colours) Ferran Delgado (letters). It's a fun-filled, action-packed team-up with Wolverine in Madripoor. How do you like them hyphens?

 Savage Avengers #11 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Butch Guice (art) Alex Guimaraes (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). Doctor Strange's astral form observes the origin of the evil wizard Kulan Gath. It's this story that reveals the way to finally kill the sorcerer. But first, he and Elektra must find Conan. This was my favourite issue of the run so far.

 Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #2 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Luke Ross (art) Nolan Woodard (colours) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). I love these outrageously improbable adventures. Conan chases the Black Cat to get a ring back. This issue takes place in Las Vegas so it's a good chance for the Scarlet Spider to make a guest appearance. Conan does retrieve the ring but how he does made me go "huh?". I really got a chuckle when I saw where Conan and Nyla are zapped to. I'm sure this will cross over with Savage Avengers at some point.

 Strange Academy #1 - Skottie Young (writer) Humberto Ramos (art) Edgar Delgado (colours) VC's Clayton Cowles (letters). I expected a fun debut from Skottie Young and he delivers. We meet a lot of kids and a lot of teachers in this new magical school of magic. This reminded me of Avengers Academy and I think I'll like this new crop of young magicians.

 Batman #90 - James Tynion IV (writer) Jorge Jimenez (art) Tomeu Morey (colours) Clayton Cowles (letters). Catwoman has a secret that will destroy Batman's love for her and this flashback story tells us what it is. It was disappointing that I guessed what it was before the big reveal on the last page. This new villain, the Designer is kind of interesting and I want to see if Mr. D succeeds in his goal.

 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #16 - Saladin Ahmed (writer) Cory Smith (pencils) Victor Olazaba (inks) David Curiel (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). There are two stories this issue. The first has Miles babysitting his little sister and you just know that things are going to get hairy. Then Uncle Aaron walks into a trap laid by his new boss Ultimatum. What happens next doesn't bode well for Miles. This is another book that I'm thinking of benching. My fondness for the character is waning but I do still like the art.

 Marauders #9 - Gerry Duggan (writer) Matteo Lolli (art) Edgar Delgado (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). This issue has Emma and Bishop dealing with the bad guys. It's really cool how Emma can mess with minds.

 Dryad #1 - Kurtis J. Wiebe (writer) Justin Osterling (art) Jim Campbell (letters). This new fantasy story is about Morgan and Yale and their two teenage offspring Griffon and Rana. There are big swords and monsters and a mysterious ancient race. The mixed race marriage reminded me of Saga. Morgan is an elf and Yale is human. The kids go exploring and open a door leading to a peck of trouble. The characters didn't grab me and this issue didn't spark enough interest in me to want to read the next issue. You might like this if you enjoy books like Rat Queens.

 Strange Adventures #1 - Tom King (writer) Mitch Gerads & Evan "Doc" Shaner (art) Clayton Cowles (letters). Adam Strange is back on the racks in this 12 issue maxi that has him being framed for murder. When Batman passes up the case he's got to go with another hero to clear his name. I really liked how Alanna was handled and that's why I will read the next issue.

 2020 Rescue #1 - Dana Schwartz (writer) Jacen Burrows (art) Scott Hanna (inks pages 17, 19, 20) Peter Pantazis (colours) VC's Joe Caramagna (letters). I know from reading Avengers that Tony is alive and well trapped in the past but Pepper Potts thinks he's dead. This story has Pepper trying to find a way to clone Tony using his biological parents' DNA. I picked this off the rack because of Jacen Burrows's art but the writing wasn't even half as good as the old Ironheart used to be so I won't be reading any more.

 Spider-Man Noir #1 - Margaret Stohl (writer) Juan Ferreyra (art) VC's Travis Lanham (letters). This is Peter Parker as Sam Spade, the Shadow and Spider-Man all rolled into one circa 1939. The web-shooters and 45s are jarring to me. Anyways, the art is suitably dark and gorgeous and the murder mystery will have Peter globe trotting to find the killer. If you like hard boiled crime this is the 5-issue mini for you.

 Doctor Doom #6 - Christopher Cantwell (writer) Salvador Larroca (art) Guru-eFX (colours) VC's Cory Petit (letters). This is like a Bing Crosby and Bob Hope "Road to Terlingua, Texas" movie starring Doctor Doom and Kang. Doom is trying to find a way to keep a black hole from destroying the earth and Kang is just tagging along for giggles. Doom does get what he's after, rids himself of the annoying Kang and figures out how to save the earth. Now he's heading back home with the device and I want to see how he uses it.

 Marvel #1 - this $4.99 US 6-issue mini is for all those Marvel Maniacs pining for stories from the days of yore. Alex Ross curates this anthology of new stories that read like reprints from the sixties. The two stories this issue are:

 "Spider-Man: Make My Day" by Sajan Saini (writer) Frank Espinosa (art) & VC's Clayton Cowles (letters) features a fight with Rhino and an argument with Mary Jane.

 "The Boy…and the Brute" by Kurt Busiek (writer) Steve Rude (art) Steven Legge (colours) & Steve Rude (letters) features Rick Jones, the Hulk and the Avengers.

 These are nice little vignettes and are interesting for the creators involved. They're fun to read and that's what comic books are all about.

 The Flash #750 - It's been a while since I've read a Flash comic so I thought I'd catch up by snagging this $7.99 US anniversary issue off the racks. There are 6 stories inside featuring a bunch of Flashes but mostly concentrating on Barry Allen. Jay the Golden Age Flash and Wally West are here too. There is also a lot of hopping around in time, dimensions and universes that left my head reeling. It looks like future issues of the Flash are going to speed through many divergent plots and I don't want to work that hard to keep track of everything. This issue did not make me want to return to the Flash fold.

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Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibernian, Hampden

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FOOTBALL GOSSIP

Rangers pull the plug on a proposed deal to sign the Manchester City defender Kean Bryan after his medical. (Sun)[1]

Celtic are not interested in selling midfielder Olivier Ntcham as sources in France suggest the 22-year-old is a top target for West Ham. (Daily Record)[2]

Aberdeen are keen on striker Christian Doidge of Forest Green Rovers but face competition from Sunderland, Peterborough and Bradford City. (Sky Sports)[3]

Rangers are ready to improve their Kyle Lafferty offer after Hearts rejected a £200,000 bid. (Daily Mail)[4]

Rangers will need to more than treble their £200,000 bid for Kyle Lafferty if they want to bring the striker back to Ibrox. (Daily Express)[5]

“Rangers would be crazy not to go for him and he’d be crazy not to go”, says ex-Ibrox captain Barry Ferguson on his old club’s bid to sign Kyle Lafferty from Hearts.(Daily Record)[6]

Former Aberdeen youth coach Neil Cooper believes it will take an “outstanding offer” to prise Scott McKenna away from Pittodrie as Swansea City scout the 21-year-old. (Daily Express)[7]

Hibernian hope to tie up a loan deal for Manchester City winger Thomas Agyepong within the next few days. (Edinburgh Evening News)[8]

Peter Dallas, the managing director of Hampden Park Ltd, questioned Murrayfield’s ability to stage Scotland football internationals in future due to rugby’s autumn internationals clashing with Nations League games. (Herald)[9]

Celtic will consider an appeal against the Uefa ruling that increased defender Jozo Simunovic’s suspension to two games. (Herald)[10]

Striker Florian Kamberi insists he knew he would score Hibs’ winner Thursday’s thrilling Europa League comeback against Asteras Tripolis. (Daily Record)[11]

Aberdeen winger Gary Mackay-Steven insists Thursday’s first leg 1-1 draw with Burnley has done nothing to quell his optimism the Dons can conquer the English Premier League side to reach the Europa League third qualifying round. (Press & Journal)[12]

Hearts duo Ross Callachan and Malaury Martin will be allowed to leave Tynecastle, says manager Craig Levein. (Sun)[13]

Ayr United manager Ian McCall today returns to Firhill for the first time since leaving in 2011 as his side take on Partick Thistle in the League Cup and he insists that there will be no friendly carve-up in Group E to ensure both sides progress. (Scotsman)[14]

Finland midfielder Glen Kamara says he is delighted to still be at Dundee, with no clubs turning their interest in the 22-year-old into a transfer offer. (Daily Express, print edition)

“I still feel like I’ve got a couple more trophies in me,” says 35-year-old striker Steven MacLean, who wants to help Hearts win their first League Cup since 1962. (Scotsman)[15]

New Rangers loan signing Ryan Kent reveals he sought the advice of Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson and manager Jurgen Klopp before moving to Ibrox. (Sun)[16]

Manager Tommy Wright admits he will have to trim his St Johnstone squad before he can sign a central midfielder. (Sun)[17]

References

^ (Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Daily Record) (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

^ (Sky Sports) (www.skysports.com)

^ (Daily Mail) (www.dailymail.co.uk)

^ (Daily Express) (www.express.co.uk)

^ (Daily Record) (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

^ (Daily Express) (www.express.co.uk)

^ (Edinburgh Evening News) (www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com)

^ (Herald) (www.heraldscotland.com)

^ (Herald) (www.heraldscotland.com)

^ (Daily Record) (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)

^ (Press & Journal) (www.pressandjournal.co.uk)

^ (Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Scotsman) (www.scotsman.com)

^ (Scotsman) (www.scotsman.com)

^ (Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

^ (Sun) (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

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Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibernian, Hampden was originally published on 365 Football

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A large mixed media (mostly acrylic) painting of a Bateleur Eagle, with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.  It’s one of my favourites. 

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Artist Spotlight - Barry Kent MacKay

SQUAWK has been extremely fortunate to get in contact with Barry Kent MacKay, who has not only allowed us to use his artwork on the site, but has been donating sketches, studies, and illustrations not available elsewhere online. He has become a beloved figure in our community, and we are hoping to increase awareness of him, his conservation efforts, and his amazing paintings.

His biography from his website:

Renowned Canadian bird artist, writer, naturalist, and conservationist, Barry Kent MacKay has “always been an admirer of birds, anxious to see them, paint them, and care for them.” Barry’s biological and ecological accuracy has put him in demand for commissions, to illustrate books, scientific journals and various print and digital media. He has painted birds and other wildlife from around the world, often life size, working in oils, watercolours, and acrylics. He prefers to sell original art, and keeps prices low.

“Actual, original art should be affordable for middle class buyers,” he says. “I avoid having to depend on selling reproductions so that the market does not dictate what I paint, which can often be little-known species. I love to try different ideas.”

Barry celebrates the innate beauty of birds and nature: “I’m enchanted by the form of birds. I think artistically, the structures, the curves, the counter-curves of a bird are quite beautiful. I feel that about fish or mammals or plants too. Nature produces an infinity of abstract forms from the shape and look of a galaxy to a grain of sand. If you isolate something from its environment and think of it as a free-formed piece of art without knowing what its function is, it is still something that is beautiful. Function drives form in a way that seems to be aesthetically pleasing to us and it is that that is manifested more in birds, at least for me. Birds captured me first.”

His artistic mentors were Mr. T.M. Shortt and Roger Tory Peterson. “But in part,” he says, “I’m something of a throwback to what I think of as the golden age of bird illustration, influenced as a child by the published works of Fuertes, Brooks, Weber, Scott, Reid-Henry, Eckleberry, Sutton, Liljefors, Thorburn, Jaques and so many other great bird and wildlife artists and illustrators whose works I’ve never stopped admiring.”

He was named Artist of the Year by Bird Studies Canada and has won numerous other awards and honors for his work as an artist, conservationist and writer.

Please take a look at his work that is available for sale as prints or originals at his store through Fine Art America.

https://fineartamerica.com/art/barry+kent+mackay

Some examples of his work so you can understand part of why we at SQUAWK adore him so much (the other part is his generosity, his kindness, and the stories he shares with our community):

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The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is native to South America, mostly along the Caribbean coast, but south along the Atlantic coast, with, the last I heard, an isolated critically endangered population in south-eastern Brazil’s Baixada Santista district, nesting in coastal mangroves. It is also found on various islands of the southern West Indies, and strays still further north. While it may sometimes been seen as far north as the continental U.S., and was, indeed, painted by Audubon, who found them in Louisiana in 1821. He said they were rare, leading many birders and ornithologists to conclude that he encountered “vagrant” or “accidental” birds. My own view, for what it’s worth, is a little different. I think that birds such as the Scarlet Ibis were more heavily persecuted, in their case for their brilliant feathers in an era when there was a huge demand for colourful feathers for the millinery and fashion industries, and that they may very well have nested, the Gulf States and other regions where they are now absent.

The odd one is still seen, for sure, but they are, because of their beautiful plumage, so often kept in zoos and other collections that it’s really impossible to determine if birds observed where they don’t normally occur are truly wild birds from other climes, or escapees.

In few places, now, is it especially numerous, with most occurring in mangroves and mudflats and the flooded plains and thinly inhabited llanos of Venezuela and Colombia. Tourists visit the famous colonies of the Caroni Swamp, in Trinidad, where the birds flock each evening. It is a spectacular sight as the lowering sun, filtered through tropical air makes their brilliant red feathers seem to glow. The Scarlet Ibis, and an entirely different bird, the Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Otalis ruficauda), share the honour of being the national bird(s) of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Scarlet Ibis is extremely similar to the White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), in size, shape, habits and pattern, but not colour. Where the adult Scarlet Ibis is brilliant red, the adult White Ibis is snowy white. Both have black wing tips, and in immature plumage they are similar in appearance. They are known to hybridize, rarely in the wild but more commonly in captivity, and some scientists would prefer to consider them distinct subspecies of the same species, which would create the absurdly confusing result that the Scarlet Ibis lose its appropriate name and being called the “White Ibis”, unless, of course, the people in charge of such things came up with an appropriate alternative name applicable to both forms.

This painting is approximately life-size, and was done in acrylics on compressed hardboard. If I were to give the painting a name it might be “Scarlet on Red” since I have shown a trio of birds characteristically perched on the branches of a Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). This was a very difficult painting for a technical reason: It is hard to use red paint. The pigment tends to not be too stable during application and the paint is translucent, so requires a lot of underpainting, and then about three applications to approach that richly brilliant scarlet colour that seems so unusual for such a large bird, although several large wading bird species do have areas of red, pink and bright pink. The painting is 30 X 25 inches in size

By Barry Kent Mackay