TopCanadian Girl 2009, (SOLD) Lady with an Axe (4), (SOLD)
17 x17 inches, acrylic on canvas/reclaimed wood frame
Lil' Phoenix (SOLD)
11 x 11 inches, acrylic on canvas/ reclaimed wood frame
available at the Press Club, Sat. May 9th, 6-10pm
I'm going to be hanging the show on Sunday at the Press Club, this is a good day as everything should be ready to go, unfortunately I will be missing the wedding ceremony of two of my good friends who are getting married that day, nothing I can do about it, but it bothers me nonetheless.
For the rest of this week I'll be putting all the hooks and wires on these pieces, labelling things and spending time at the Press Club staring at the walls and trying to previsualize where I'm going to be hanging which pieces. I intend to use three walls, there are two available usually but Mikael is letting me cover the space. I like this idea not just for the possibility of selling more work than I could on two walls, but because when my friend Madame Hair hung her show there, she covered the space and it looked active and wakeful.
I've not stopped painting either, I'm adding new smaller works (see above/below) as the week goes on, having a really great time in the studio (even though last night I had a terribly strange dream that my Father moved me out of this space without my approval, no idea where that came from). I added the Canadian Girl as I hadn't painted one in 2009, even though it differs from the usual presentation of the C.G (See labels, Canadian Girl ) I wanted to make sure she was represented, the image "Lady with an Axe" falls into the same category, people always ask if there will be more of them, there is something about that image that really hits people in the chest,so I decided to oblige. The Lil' Phoenix was created as a mini counterpoint to the painting from the Film Stills series, "Red Birds" as I thought it would be cool to have a small one on the wall opposite the piece when I hang it.
Currently thoughts of Hamlet as bouncing around in my head, I was able to purchase a copy of Kenneth Branagh's full version this week (For an incredibly low price as it usually retails for $36.00, gulp) and the colour palette of the film astounds me and is moving my thoughts about my own palette in a new direction.
I'm finally taking down the work from the Done Right Inn, all of the pieces are from "Silver" (see tag) and there are three that I'd like to have at the Anniversary Show, or at least hang them after the sale once there's some space free on the walls. I also believe that Tony and I are taking down Pop Goes the Cowboy this weekend, but I have no idea if that's going to be Saturday, Sunday or Monday (note to self, call Cameron House today).
I'm excited about doing a "Salon" style show, I want people to just take a piece off the wall (pay for it, of course) and take it home with them, I want it to be exciting for people, that if you come with $60.00 you can have a couple of beers and leave with some art under your arm, that people will get into the intended spirit of the event.
A.Shay Hahn
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