Queer Vancouver Visual Artist
Terry David Silvercloud AKA "Butch"
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INFORMATION ABOUT TERRY DAVID SILVERCLOUD AKA "BUTCH". THIS IS MY ARTIST'S SITE. IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, I'M LIKELY STILL ABOVE GROUND. PROUDLY QUEER NAKED VANCOUVER VISUAL ARTIST A NON-BINARY TAKE ON LIFE AND REALITY IN ART. NOT INDIAN... JUST SOUNDS THAT WAY. I AM KNOWN FOR MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY. My photography is being archived and sorted and not available for sale. Thousands of images yet to be sorted by the Gay Archives in Toronto. Nov., 2021, I'm working on scaling this site for laptops, centering for tablets, and smartphones. You will find links to, and photos of, my art (my paintings). While I am quite socially reclusive I do like people who have a sense of adventure and who aren't, easily, offended. I'm a photographer, by trade, and am known for my male nude photography. I've done all kinds of commercial photography from food to cars to fashion and industrial. I've wanted and tried to be a painter for many years. It's harder than it seems. So, in my old age I'm teaching myself to paint. It never ends... always something new to learn. I've been trying to find my own approach to the landscape. In my photography and video works I'm a huge fan of extreme wide-angle lenses so I use that point of view in my painting work. Seeing the world in wide angle view. I like to play with colour and paint and do abstractions. I paint the occaisional male nude. I'm very, very open about all things sexual and have no fear of being naked. I did a three year long naked selfie project where I tried to do photos, every day, for 3 years of myself naked. I'm one of those artists who lets it all hang out. No shame at all. I was quite shy when young. I've changed. Life is very short. You've got bigger things than nudity to worry yourself about. My art and photography sometimes include the naked male body. My partner, Mark Brickell, died in Feb. 1994. I'm a queer man who lives alone. Presently, I'm 76 years old. I get along best with the 15-25 year age group. Apparently, there's a name for that attraction... Ephebophilia. Who knew? I've always been the different one. You may ask me, or talk about, ANYTHING. I have no superstitions of any kind. None. Yup... ZERO. I believe in science. I'm quite the motor-mouth but am interested in others, particularly creative types. My artist site. I'm working on improving it. Yup... you may buy my art. I encourage it. Cheap, too. Get in touch with me. I'm old (76)... it totally sucks. Don't recommend it, at all. I try to stay fit. I don't text and am reclusive, but easy to find. I'm an artist of the poor variety so, to save money, I don't have an internet connection, nor smart phone. I check my mail, quite often, at the local library. I'm quite friendly, overly talkative and quite reclusive. Most people simply don't know enough about anything to be of much interest to me. Guess I'm a bit of a nerd type. Apparently, I'm very blunt about things and might offend the sensitive types. I am the show. I'm an artist 24/7. My bark may be loud but I don't bite. So... if you wish to get in touch with me my mail address is right below. You'll have to write it down... to prevent phishing of the text. I have severe Arthritis but am still above ground and getting about. |
| Terry David (Butch) Silvercloud
Theoretical Physicist, Photographer, Videographer, Painter in Oils, Alkyds, Resins, and Acrylics. Quite friendly, not the least bit shy but very reclusive... doesn't much trust the humans,at all. I'm told I can be a bit like a cross between "Kramer" from Seinfeld, and "Sheldon" from Big Bang Theory. Yup... I get it. Also, I'm told, I move my hands and arms around a lot when I talk. Don't worry, I won't hit you. I am quite the motor-mouth and it's OK to tell me to zip it when you've had enough. I get all excited about things like anti-matter and Dark Matter Theory. Very interesting stuff, like that. Butch likes to compare himself to Socrates who's fellow citizens hated him so much they ORDERED him to KILL HIMSELF. Didn't believe in the gods and asked too many questions. Yup... democracy killed Socrates. Go figure. |
MY ART BLOG... CLICK HERE
(https://seriousthunder.tumblr.com/)
MY PERSONAL TYPE BLOG... CLICK HERE
(https://davidsilvercloud.tumblr.com/)
MY RECENT PAINTINGS
AND STUFF FOR SALE... CLICK HERE
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/seriousthunder/)
VIDEO WORK... BUTCHNEWS.COM
You may find some information, about me
in the City of Vancouver Archives.
This is the art page of Terry David 'Butch' Silvercloud.
Vancouver Visual Artist Terry David Silvercloud 
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ABOUT ME
My name is Butch.
| I'm busy trying to save the planet
all by myself, just don't quite know how. I live in Vancouver, British Columbia. I'm 74, born in Oct., 1944. I'm very chatty... a real motor-mouth but not very social. I keep busy teaching myself to paint. I spend a lot of my old age painting. I'm self-taught but I think I'm getting the hang of it now. Painting is hard. I'm one of those annoying know-it-all types. Looking to learn, already know a lot. You had best know your stuff if you're trying to pull the wool over my eyes. And, apparently, I'm pretty smart. So "they"told me. Yup... been tested. Not crazy, just really smart. I'm a scientist, at heart, (Dark Matter, Dark Energy and primal physics)... the nature of basic reality. What is time? What causes the speed of light? That kind of thing. Most people's eyes glaze over when I talk physics... they are lost and haven't a clue what I'm going on about. I was a Naval Officer at age 19 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy in the British and Canadian submarine services... HMS Opportune, HMS Tiptoe and HMCS Ojibwa. Yup... I drove ships and submarines. While I had intended to become an engineering physicist, life got in the way. and I followed a number of career choices until I settled on high end studio photography and became a commercial photographer. I retired in 1996 from photography and moved to Vancouver to teach myself to paint and to work on personal projects... mainly my photography and painting. I am a queer man with little interest in most social activities. I've learned, a long time ago, that I'm, uhm... "different". I'm well educated in science and physics so you can't much fool me about anything. I know my science stuff... and have a very, very low tolerance for bullshit. I don't suffer fools well and can be very, very, very blunt. Or... why I avoid the humans. I don't much have any patience for idiots. I'm single and live alone. I get along with, and like guys in the late teen to 30 range. Apparently, there's a name for that... "Ephebophilia". It's a bit like "being gay" it's the way I am... in my genes. It affects 10% of the population. I didn't put all that together until I was in my 40's. Wondered why I wasn't attracted to the kinds of guys most guys seemed attracted to. Who knew? Younger people tend, for me, to be a lot more fun to be around. I don't smoke, except pot, and rarely drink, at all, except for an odd glass of red wine, now and then at a party or meal. I am NOT vegan but don't eat a lot of meat. I avoid fish because the oceans are so contaminated with heavy metals that eating large fish is dangerous to your health. Sushi is dangerous to your health if you eat it too often. I never, ever, ever eat farmed fish... EVER. I have no interest in gay bars, nor clubs. I live alone in South Vancouver where I spend my time painting. I consider Earth to be a living hell which I wish no part of. I don't like being alive and just make the best of it I can. I barely tolerate the humans because I have to. I don't tolerate pranks nor practical jokes... at all... ever. I'm quite serious about that one. Pranks are bullying. If you want me to disown you for all of eternity, that's a good way to start. No time for morons. Planet Earth is grossly overpopulated. As of Feb. 2019, we have about 7.7 BILLION PEOPLE. If you crunch the numbers... do the math, you will find that, at best, YOU have only about 300 feet by 300 feet of land to call your own. There are, upon the useable and habitable lands of Earth, already about 50-90 people per square kilometre. There are too many people for too few resources. Continuous growth is a ponzi scheme which MUST collapse. The future is gonna be a whole new ball game. Earth is a perfect hell. Besides photography and painting I also make videos for YouTube. Too many to post here, but check out my channels. Here is something to relax your brain... |
CLICK ON THE VIDEO, ABOVE, FOR SOME MOOD SETTING MUSIC
WHILE YOU READ THIS...
| I'm kinda like the teenager who forgot to grow up.
Some might say I have "Peter Pan syndrome". I'm a regular motor-mouth who never seems to shut up. It's OK to tell me to take a break... I know I'm a bit OCD. I find people my age (I'm 74) are quite hopeless most of the time... don't 'get me' at all. That's OK. Life is lonely but I get by. I get along best with young guys who have a sense of adventure and don't fear the world. Risk takers I call them. I'm a risk taker. "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Eliot. You'll be dead in no time at all. This life has no meaning except what you give it... then you're gone... as in FOREVER, Below... a day in my life. I spend my days, alone, working on my art exercising... I have severe arthritis but am in pretty good shape. I'm just keeping busy in my old age. I'm, quite simply, not quite like the average old fart, out there. I live in South Vancouver, Marpole, we call it. Cheapest rent in Vancouver, proper. I live near a train to downtown station... 15 minutes, by train, to downtown, from the station. Take a ride, with me, down to Granville Island and back to my home. Hit the PLAY button, below. Get ready to dance. |
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