Sunday, April 11, 2010

Meanwhile over at the Alphabet Shoppe....

If you go to the links section located over there at the right of this blog and down a bit you can go and visit the sweet little sister of the mad craft shoppe, "the alphabet shoppe" that's where the nice paintings are displayed, and you can read all about this really cool new style.
best,
A.Shay Hahn

The Two Lovers

The Two Lovers
16 x 16 inches, acrylic on canvas
$240.00 / $260.00 framed
One new aspect of this show that I have just begun to get into (does it seem late to use the word "new" with three weeks to go until you hang the show ? I think not) is the clothing/ time period for the "characters" involved in "Come On Pilgrim" I want to move them from the country and a little closer to the city for this show, something with more of a 50's feel is what appeals to me right now. I've been painting folks in suits and suspenders for awhile, but they've been more "Grapes Of Wrath" in appearance, a more dust bowl look to them, so with this piece I wanted to start looking a some cleaner lines, sleeker clothing for the figures.
That being said I'm sure the next painting I post will be of some hayseed looking Henry Fonda guy, but that's only because I am working on so many things at once, I don't even want to count how many pieces I'm doing right now, plus a funny fb contest that I'd like to get online today, "Cat disguised as Bird OR Bird disguised as Cat, which is the better painting ?" We'll see if I even can get to that.
all the best, talk to me here
A.Shay Hahn