Known for his jovial-if-a-tad-apocalyptic blues-influenced music (guitar, keyboards, harmonica, drums, voice, you name it), his paintings (vivid, high-chroma self-portraits, satirical political paintings, and landscapes) and his writings—a non-stop flow of curmudgeonly rantings du jour that go out to everyone in Canada who provokes either his admiration or derision—he is a unique blend of folk artist and political activist, equal parts Grandma Moses and Michael Moore.