Crazy Sets

Medicine Chest Set, Love My Chicken Set, Army Men Set,

Each piece Eight x Ten inches, acrylic on canvas

forty dollars each, set of three for one hundred,

set of six two hundred

This is a new approach for me, small sets of three for the home.

More news to come, have to finish T-Shirt designs today for the Mad Crafty Clothing line, the first design will get posted soon, shirts are twenty dollars each plus shipping.

A.S Hahn

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Ladies of the Flowers

March

twenty x twenty four inches, acrylic on canvas

four hundred dollars {sale price for this month}

news to come.

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Revenge Toronto "Style"

My new articulated hand a gift from D.C, thank you, thank you

And God Created...The Whale

twenty two x twenty eight inches, acrylic on canvas

four hundred dollars.

So it seems that a "passive aggressive/quiet rebellion" has manifested itself in the neighourhood. To show displeasure at people who have not shovelled their walks residents of my street are letting their dogs poop on these peoples sidewalks. I am certain they feel quite proud, in that secretive kind of proud way like when you write a witty response to grafitti in a public washroom. Unfortunately I cannot tip my hat to the dog owners as the rest of us now must negotiate not only narrow icy sidewalks but also nature's little ladmines. I am going to move to Fergus.

Of course there is no photo to accompany this, don't be silly.

In other news, I have stopped the "One Thousad Fiances" piece, it was driving me to drink and have instead begun sketching a series with that title for my next show, it's too good {loaded, referential} to give up. The piece itself would succeed if it was four feet x four feet but unless you're Julian Schabel or Chuck Close we all know where pieces of that size end up, they end up staying in your studio and taking up space - unless you commission the Shoppe to create it.

the loyal madcraftsman,
A.S Hahn

And God Created....the series

And God Created...The Cow

And God Created...The Horse

each image, twenty four x twenty four inches

acrylic on canvas, three hundred and fifty dollars each

six hundred for the pair

Here's a new series that I have started while I agonize through quitting smoking, I'm on the patch and realize that the twenty one milligram dosage is too strong, last night I had a headrush/panic attack. Today my system is so charged with nicotine that I don't even need to wear a patch, when my heartrate gets to normal again I will move to Step Two of the program.

As always the fundraising sale continues,

hope to hear from you soon,send comments and etc. 's to

A.S Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Portraits of Figurines, Shoppe SALE

Gentleman, portrait of a figurine,

Lady, portrait of a figurine,

eighteen x twenty four inches, acrylic on canvas

three hundred dollars each.

pair for five hundred.

Ever since my parents first took me to the ROM to see the dinosaurs, I've had an obsession with dioramas and maquettes. I don't know if you remember this, there were little windows cut into a wall and small scenes were on display, {Allosaurus eating a Diplodocus, a mammoth in a tar pit etc.} I would plead for my Mother to buy me a plastic dinosaur to take home and I would try to mimic the displays in a shoebox.

Fast forward a number of years and Iwas working as a scenic artist in the theatre, where it was my job to mimic what was presented by a designer in a maquette {a scale model of the set}. I also would build my own maquettes out of cast off pieces and make small figurines out of clay, those have been lost to the ages, I did however sketch some of them. Recently I've wanted to sculpt more figurines to use for compositions and will begin this effort sometime soon, in the meatime here are a couple of those sketches rendered as paintings.

The fundraising SALE continues, help us reach our goal of Seven Thousand dollars raised at the end of the Month, and don't forget to ask about commissions, favourite photos, portraits etc. rendered for your pleasure, prices on commissions are not negotiable, yet not that expensive either.

contact A.Shay Hahn here

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Also hop on over to the Alphabet Shoppe to see the first of our archived series of sketches for "The Mad Crafty Kids", we will publish pages soon for your reading pleasure.

A Long night of painting...One hundred and forty nine posts

I have nothing to say about this.

Pastoral , SALE

Pastoral

twenty four x twenty inches, acrylic on canvas

five hundred dollars

Hello Shoppers, two more posts coming today, this is SALE month, so make an offer on a piece that you've had your eye on and we'll see what we can do. Consider it a fundraising drive if you will to finance A.Shay Hahn's first self produced graphic novel, "The Mad Crafty Kids" we need to raise Seven Thousand Dollars this month so let's start, check the archives for past work, waterfalls, flower dresses, pit terriers, the works.

PLEASE notify all of your friends, this is too good too miss.

email address in prior posts

sorry, you know I have ever learned how to delete photos , so here it is again...the Urn Returns.

He asked me, he said, "Father where do they when they die?"

the dead brush urn,

they say that when it is full Van Gogh will rise from the dead and marvel at the placemats, calendars and coffee cups that we have printed his work on and he will rejoice, telling us we did just as he'd hoped.

Hello Shoppers, sorry to have not posted in quite awhile , I'm currently working on a very large commision and two new "pastorals" that I am enjoying and hope to have posted here at the end of this week along with a long entry on process {those pieces are't finished either, I know, I know soon come} and some other recent "life" notes which I haven't done in awhile, yes I've neglected you once again and here I am apologizing, what a cycle we're in.

To alleviate your ennui go to "The Skeptical Tourist" it is a hilarious blog by local actor Lisa norton, sure to give you plenty of larfs.

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your humble Shoppe Keeper,

A. Shay Hahn