A Bouquet of Thermals

30x30 inches, acrylic on canvas

$700.00

Everything is ready to be hung tomorrow at noon at the Cameron House, if you want

to come by for a first look the bar will be open after 3pm.

The Closing Reception is Saturday, November 29th from 4-7pm

it would be great to see you

have a Happy Hallowe'en

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Modern Lights

The Modern Lights

30x30 inches, acrylic on canvas

$700.00

at the Cameron House

Show goes up Sat. Nov 1rst, Closing Reception - Sat. November 29th, 4-7pm

This piece to a very long time to get to a place where I was happy with it, there are hundreds of buried brushstrokes in this one that you may not even see up close. It's among my favourites of the piece for the show. I hope that folks like statement paintings in their home this is a bold one.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Satellite Pacific, New Paintings at the Cameron House. Nov. 2014

In the Sky Above A Northern Town
30x30 inches, acrylic on canvas
$700.00

The paintings are finished, varnished and ready to be hung at the Cameron House. The show goes up on Saturday, Nov. 1rst if you are interested in purchasing a piece in advance come then. The Closing Reception is Saturday, November 29th from 4-7pm. I'm excited and nervous about this show, very curious to hear the response to the work.

more to come.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 



Everything I Have In The Studio (Part Two)

I've added more pictures to the album over on my fb page, just follow the

link to see what's there. Still working on my large abstracts for my annual Cameron House show

in November, photos of the finished pieces will be posted next week.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.728080240613772.1073741836.108410249247444&type=3d

enjoy your weekend

A.S Hahn



Everything that I have in the studio (part one)

Tantrum

16x20 inches, acrylic on canvas

$500.00

I'll start this post by throwing up one of the oldest paintings that I still have, this is from 1996 and I thought for a long time that I would never want to sell it. I would sometimes hang it in shows and price it at four times the value of the highest priced painting in the exhibition.

I have almost finished compiling an album of every painting that I currently have available for sale in the studio, if you are on facebook you can click the link below and go to the album, I will be finishing shooting the rest of the work over the next couple of days and will notify blogland when that happens.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.728080240613772.1073741836.108410249247444&type=1

cheers,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

New Shapes, Late night gesture

That is a picture of Double standing on a pile of bricks in our yard, uploaded by mistake but hey, he's the most photogenic dog I've ever met, so have a look.

Stayed up very late a couple of nights ago blocking in two more piece for the Cameron House, I would like to have a dozen to choose from - I'll have finished fourteen but I know they won't all make the cut to be hung. Right before bed I started slashing around some shapes to music and got to this point, I really like the foundation for this piece, we'll see what happens.

 

Details from Abstracts

Here are some detail shots of the abstract pieces, the show is called, "Satellite Pacific" and will be hung at the Cameron House on the first of November, the closing reception will be either the 22nd or 29th from 4-7pm with music by Colonel Tom Parker and the American Pour.

It has been a surprise from Day One working on these pieces and continues to be a surprise as I  approach the hang date, when I decided to create some abstract work I had no idea what colour palette I would use or what form the paintings would take, it has been a constant series of revelations, discoveries and setbacks, seven of the pieces have really come together and look great, five are unfinished but are now "telling me what to do" to finish them and two are still kind of confusing to me.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Abstract Paintings, Process, Preambles

 

(all the above shots are process pieces not finished paintings)

 

I've been back in the studio finishing the series of abstracts that I began seven months ago. It does feel a little strange coming back to work on the pieces after a break but on the other hand some of the exploratory work I'm doing with them (using different brushes, colours etc) got my really excited to start moving the mud around.

These are for my yearly show at the Cameron House, there will be a closing party instead of an opening (only due to scheduling) and the work will be hung on the First of November, there's already a huge interest in two or three of the pieces which is nice coming into, specifically because this is my first show of abstracts and also this will be my first show in a long while where the work is priced high. Usually I show a lot of smaller works, I have always been a fan of small works but this time I really wanted the pieces to dominate with small numbers and big sizes. Each piece is 30x30 inches which is very large for me, I have done work this size in the past and felt comfortable with the 30x30 size but have never done a whole show of work in this format.

I am enjoying exploring my relation to colour for this show, I've always loved blue but I had no idea how much, this will become more apparent as more photos are posted over the next couple of weeks, it's an interesting process and best expressed in the process shots. which I'll try to post every two days or so.

Back down to the studio, have an excellent Thanksgiving weekend

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com