Lost Houses by Andrew Shay Hahn proofs

Hello one and all, here are some advance looks at pieces for "Lost Houses" at the Cameron House from November 11th to Dec 9th. Opening Reception 4-6 pm and then The Cameron Family Singers play. Each of these paintings are 12in x 12in acrylic on canvas. The overall focus of the show being the end of my relationship with the woman who I (rather coldly, yes I agree) refer to as "the Business Partner" on this Blog, it really is an unfair name, but as the Blog was structured around " the Mad Craft Shoppe" being a physical place, well, I went with it as a name for her, and it was a bad idea, but too late to change now. The idea of having to move away represented rather simply in the first two pieces, the tiny airplane, which has been a symbol of mine for years, but if you're familiar with my work, usually the plane is red. The Home on the Crow being a newer attempt at linking my work to a more narrative form, using Children's book illustration, and the final image below incorporates the Red Cross, again another prevalent image in my work, as the two occupants from the row boats, meet to try to reconcile their differences, this piece was painted when there was maybe a chance of healing the rift.

Each of these images will be available at the Cameron House or by contacting madcraftshoppe@hotmail.com $160.00 each

1) crow house SOLD 2) wooden plane 3) rowboats SOLD

show proofs four

The Little Terrier (Scotty Dog ?) from Monopoly makes his first appearance with these paintings, perhaps he's waiting for whoever is inside to come out to play, or that he wants to gain entry to the home and that is impossible. Also here we see the Guardians coming to rescue the House, much the same as in the post below this one. The image of the four houses reminds me of several things, plans that the Business Partner and I had to go to Ireland sometime in the near future, a country I've always had an affinity for and where much of her family is located and also that one House stands alone, maybe not that it is shunned by the other homes, but that it is somehow different, was built differently, facing in other direction.
1) Scotty Night SOLD 2) A visit to Ireland 3) Doll House SOLD 4) Scotty Day

Show proofs three

The Rubber Ball has been around in my group of symbols for awhile, mostly being used when I paint the "Block Letters" (see my other blog "the Alphabet Shoppe" for details) but I decided to drag it into this show, at least for one painting, the Guardian Spirits make an appearance with this show, I think back to being a kid and how many soccer balls, baseballs, etc. end up lost on roofs, in trees and bushes or merely abandoned on a field when Recess is over and the Guardian "Dolls" come to rescue and perhaps return them to their owners. The Gnome is very new, only making an appearance after the end of my relationship with The Business Partner, she loved that Gnome and I decided after she had left that it was an appropriate symbol for her as the Gnome was located across from my paint area and I would sit alone in the Apartment after she had left and look at it while I worked. Sometimes in this show the House represents me, this isn't the most pleasant image, as I am known for often painting pleasant things, but I think this painting is an accurate look at the early moments of a relationship ending and just how that feels. The final image is better explained in the post below

Show proofs two

The birdhouses have evolved into actual houses for this show and I have chose to use them in several ways, here as representation of Toronto itself, there was a time about a year to this date that the Business Partner and I were in talks to purchase a small house, a very exciting and tiring time. We decided to not go through with the purchase. Real Estate is always on my mind, it has been said that property is the measure of a man, that you are nothing without property, houses have been on my mind constantly for the past couple of years (and are obviously the focus of this show of paintings) as friends of mine marry and purchase property. We are almost raised with that entitled feeling, that being the natural order of a life in Ontario, emerge from high school reasonably unscathed, go to University, get a job, partner up and then buy a home but one flip through the Real Estate section of the globe and most people these days would rather sit in the bathroom with the lights off.

Show proofs one

One of the problems with posting photos is that they seem to come up randomly, maybe there's something I'm missing when posting photos, but no matter.The paper dolls on the left were the first one's I did, this image is still being touched up. They have become a very new icon in my small group of symbols, representing Angels or Guardian Spirits even though their appearance appears more to be that of phantoms. The second image "House Lost at Sea" illustrates this point better, the House mourning the loss of the House - which could be loss of partner or self, depending on which day the artist is asked. The painting at left came first and the one on the right is more recently tied to the business partner (see other posts for details).
UPDATE OCT 2oth THE PIECE BELOW WILL NOT BE SHOWN thanks A.S Hahn
Campfire Dolls SOLD