Small Towns Commission

 Here are two works in progress and a photo of my studio assistant being no help at all. He likes to sit right under my chair while I'm working. If you'd like to see a bunch of shots of the work as it progresses just go to my page on facebook Andrew Shay Hahn (The mad craft shoppe) there are all kinds of process shots to click through. Or follow the label (see right side of blog) and you can see Small Towns that I've done in the past - and yes they can be commissioned.

If you're in Toronto, stay cool folks, stuff your shirt with Freezees.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns by A.Shay Hahn

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Lost Man ,Found Dog

Small Town (pale green)

from the series "Small Towns"

24x24inches each, acrylic on canvas

$400.00

can be commissioned

It's nice to be doing the lifejackets and once they leave the studio this week we'll be working on a commission for TWO "Small Towns" . Check the "Labels" section at the right side to see more.

I sold the last of this series a month ago and it's nice to be asked to create a couple more.

Small Towns can be commissioned.

enjoy the weather,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Blue Moods of Small Towns

Small Town (blue)

24x24inches,acrylic on canvas

$400.00

It's been over two years, maybe three, since I've done a "Small Town" (see label) this is the last remaining of the first six or seven that I did and tonally I think it's outstanding, the heavy medium giving a feeling that the village is built on ice or is a series of fishing huts.

Really love this one, I would've painted over it long ago if I didn't

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns/ The Gulliver Project

Blue Roof I, 16 x 20 inches, Slate Roof I, 12 x 24 inches, Red Roof I, 18 x 18 inches

all paintings are acrylic on canvas

$300.00 each

I'd started these small towns almost a year ago, there were two of each colour, conceived as pairs. As the months went on they remained unfinished here in the studio.

While I was going over some old sketches I came across notes and drawings of figures sleeping amongst the houses, I'd completely forgotten the notes, maybe that's why I hadn't shown them. I do love the Small Towns on their own and had wanted to continue playing with them to see what direction they could go in - to add something new to the image. I suppose at the time I'd started working on the series, "the Woman Who Slept" a series of four paintings of a woman sleeping in a row boat, this was the next extension. I'm working on one more and we'll see what the response is, I'm still tweaking the light on some of the above pieces, but they won't look radically different from their current state.

A.S.Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns, the march to myopia

Small Town, Red Roof /Yellow Roof

2 @ 18 x 18 inches, acrylic on canvas

$400.00 each/ diptych $700.00

Small Towns, Cobblestones,

2 @ 12 x24 inches, acrylic on canvas

$700.00

from the series,"Small Towns"

Small Towns, Blue Roof

2 @ 12 x24 inches, acrylic on canvas

$700.00

from the series,"Small Towns"

To really see, with clarity, the colours involved in each piece, I encourage you to click on the image.

These are an incredible amount of work, no scenic artist tricks, every mark hand applied and every colour hand mixed, nothing from straight out the tube.

A.S.Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns

Small Town (after Seurat)

2 @ 16x20 inches, acrylic on canvas $800.00

from the series, "Small Towns"

To see the work and colours involved in the image, please click on the photo.

I will add some updates and thoughts here in a couple of days but I have three more Small Towns that I would like to get posted before midweek, they take a long time and you can go a little cross eyed while working on them.

A.S Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns, Ice and Blue

Small Town, blue roof

24 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas

$400.00

from the series, "Small Towns"

The icy texture of the ground really appeals to me, it informed the more "rough" looking treatment that I gave the piece as opposed to the more "clean" appeal of the others in the series. These remind me more of roughly built ice fishing huts. I also like the unfinished house that is just the rough-in.

A.S.Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Small Towns in the Fall

Small Towns in the Fall (diptych)

Two 20 x 2o inch canvases, acrylic on canvas

SOLD.

This was a ton of work and turned out beautifully.

A.S.Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Lost Man, Found Dog #4

Lost Man, Found Dog #4 ,

from the continuing series "Small Towns"

Twenty Four x Twenty Four inches

four hundred dollars

I haven't posted a Small Town in a quite a while, people ask if I still do them, the answer is yes, commission one from me today, but first buy this one, they look great in pairs.

madcraftshoppe@live.com

A.S Hahn

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Populate your Small Town

I'm a dog person myself but a nice orange cat can bring a touch of warmth to any small town.

New Feature Song Stuck In my Head "My Friends " by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, I can't stand this song, I think it was playing at lockbuster today when I purchased a copy of "Munich" a movie about the Hulk and James Bond killing Palestinians , which is an odd premise for a film.

How to build a Small Town

Still as popular as ever I thought I'd show you how I make a small town.

New Works

Lost Man Found Dog 2 , 24 x24 in. acrylic on canvas SOLD
Birdhouse Singer (Blue) ,16 x 16 in. acrylic on canvas $250.00
Lost Dog Town, 24 x 24 in. acrylic on canvas SOLD
Here are three new pieces that will be shown at Darren Kwik Studio (Massey and Queen) over the next month
contact Andrew Shay Hahn to purchase at madcraftshoppe@hotmail.com

Small Towns visits Starbucks

1) Found Dog, Lost Man SOLD 2) Blue Roof Town 3) Red Roof Town
each image 24x24in, acrylic on canvas $400.00 ea.

Here are three images from my new series "Small Towns" several of which will be shown at the Starbucks at Queen and Claremont, yes the former home of Sancturary (doesn't that feel like a long time ago - well it was!). More to come as they are finished. I neglected to do copyright protect (or "spoiling") on these photos, so please I'll just ask nicely that you don't nick them for the site.

enjoy, contact the artist madcraftshoppe@hotmail.com

no more shirtless photos, I promise.

Andrew Shay Hahn