The Royal Families, work still available

Top Photo (from Top left) The Hunting Party, Woman with Pitchfork (white)

Sailboats, Untitled (suspenders)

Bottom photo (from Top left) Houdini Escape, Shovel and Pail,

A Brave Choice, Black Hammer

each piece is 10x12inches,acrylic on canvas, framed

$140.00 each

Here are the remaining paintings from the series "the Royal Families" (see label), they are available this month for $140.00 each to fund the writing of the Any How Town Book Series (see links). There are also pieces from this series on my dedicated wall at the Press Club, you can scroll down on the blog to see what is there, but the piece "The Duel (two drummers)" has been sold and the piece "the Archer" is being donated for auction - I'll post more info on that later on today at this post.
UPDATE: Here is a link where you can read about "Remember Love 2 A Benefit for the Barbara Schlifer Commemorative Clinic" at the Garrison on Saturday
http://allevents.in/Toronto/Remember-Love-2:-A-Fundraiser-for-the-Barbra-Schlifer-Commemorative-Clinic/303507929706794 

Any How Town Book One is really coming along and you can read about it at the Any How Town Blog.

RIP Gary Carter, you were one of the greats.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

UPDATE: The Hunting Party and Woman with Pitchfork (white) have been moved to the Press Club.

The Cameron House 30th Anniversary Celebrations

This week is the 30th Anniversary of the Cameron House, my second home, make sure to stop by to see some music this week. Here's a facebook link to Cameron House records to read about events and etc. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1634977327174.2082579.1618943436&type=1#!/cameronhouserecords

Here's a link to read an article on "the Grid" about the genesis of the label and the TShirt designs  done by yours truly and available at the bar (see pic above)  http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/cameron-house-records/

and here's the facebook link to the 30th Anniversary event week https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1634977327174.2082579.1618943436&type=1#!/event.php?eid=153491618077596

the paintings posted are from my last show at the Cameron House, "The Royal Families" selections from it are hanging at the Wilson 96 (615 College Str.) until the end of the month.

head to the Cameron, have a pint, hear some tunes and be a part of the best bar in Toronto.
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families and others, at the Press Club, July 2011

Press Club, July 2011 East wall
Artemis, Propellor $160.00 each
Robot $240.00
Orange II $240.00
Pilots $240.00 each (I think, could be $220.00

 Press Club July 2011, West wall

The Night Tree $260.00, The Fire Watcher $260.00 (i think), Piano (new big oceans) $240.00



Press Club, July 2011- West wall
A Brave Choice, Life Jacket, Fireflies, Violin, Sledghammer I, Sledgehammer II, Pitchfork I, Sail Boats, The Duel, Pitchfork II
from the Royal Families $160.00 each

Press Club, July 2011 East Wall

Mariachi, Red Devils, Deep Sea Diver, etc $80.00 each
Pram, Pitcfork III, The Hunting Party, Drum $160.00 each

Press Club, July 2011 Back wall
Deep Sea Diver $200.00
Lady with Two Axes $140.00
Fox/Crow $40.00 each
Rescue Dog $140.00
A Cup of Crows, Trumpet $160.00 each

 

Press Club, July 2011- East wall

Pilot, Pickaxe, Axe $160.00 each Grapefruit, Deep Sea Diver w/Gretsch $240.00 each
Press Club, July 2011 back wall
The White Glove Test $180.00
Man with Hammer $200.00
Woman with Two Axes $180.00
Rescue Dog $140.00
The Falconer $200.00 (i think, could be $180.00)
Rescue Dog $140.00

 






Okay, here's the show at the Press Club for the month of July, the Press Club is located at 850 Dundas West, between Euclid and Manning on the North Side of the street across from the great Cafe Brassiliano. They are usually open by 6pm, 7 days a week and have a kick ass back patio. As you can  see some of the work has been lowered in price, this is not because I think the work is weak, I would've gladly kept it at the original  price. I just don't want to move it to the East End, the new studio is pretty full as it is and more work would just upset the fine balance that I've established. So I pass these savings onto you. Of course at the end of July I have to move it back to the East End and prices will return to normal. SO take advantage of this one time offer now!
 And have a HAPPY PRIDE!
A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

and if this post looks crazy, blame Blogger, I have no patience for their crappy formatting.

The New Studio is almost set up, The Royal Families is moving

I'm almost finished setting up the new studio, but thought I'd take a break to write to you and play some Half Life 2 on the old (old) xbox, there are only a few bibs and bobs left to do and I'm pretty excited about the layout and getting back to work after a month of taking it easy. As you can see in the corner I've set up a dedicated aread for building and shooting Any How Town.
Today is the last day to see "the Royal Families" at the Cameron House, but hey Corin Raymond is playing from 6-8pm so why not take this time to head down there.
 I'm taking the show down tomorrow and moving selected pieces from The Royal Families and a bunch of older work to the Press Club (850 Dundas West) for the month of July. I am discounting a few of the paintings, because there just isn't as much room here to store them all and I refuse to move them to the East End, I'll be posting photos of what is at the Press Club and which works are slightly reduced in price.
enjoy the sun,
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, coveted, "This Guy" Status Expanded.

So the work has started to shuffle it's way out of the Cameron House and I will be bringing down the Deep Sea Divers and skeletal Mariachi from the Press Club, to add to the walls over the next couple of days. I'm still pretty burnt out and am just working on some small commissions for now I simply don't have the energy for anything else. I'll be sure to post photos of what goes up at the Press Club and the new work at the Cameron. A reminder that the Closing is Saturday, June 25th, 5-8pm with Little Jimmy's Chicken Pickers supplying the music.

Awhile back on fb I jokedthat I had finally reached "This Guy" status as an artist in Toronto, as in "I love this guy's work!", "This guy's work is awesome.". Below is a post that gets us a little closer to name recognition.

"Decided against a 5 star, simply because my limited experience in the area would make that a very hasty call. That being said, I friggin love this place. The few times I've been so far were welcoming and relaxed experiences. Really nice layout and vibe, excellent artwork by A.Shay.. something. The bands have also always been very entertaining, great showmanship and good pace. From a newbies perspective, this place immediately feels like home."
-Alex H. reviewing the Cameron House on "Yelp.com"
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/cameron-house-toronto

enjoy the sun, contact me below
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, Welcome to the Cameron House (photo tour)

Here's a quick photo tour of "the Royal Families" at the Cameron House for the month of June, all work is 10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed $160.00 each.

The painting "Woman with Wings (coup sticks) has sold, all other work is currently available for purchase in advance from the bar staff, don't worry you can take it home on the date of purchase and there is an atm on site.

The Closing event is Saturday, June 25th from 5-8pm with music supplied by Little Jimmy's Chicken Pickers if you would like to meet me in person in advance of the Closing to discuss the work, please contact me at the email address below.

what a beautiful day,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

also here are some great bands playing the front room this week that are not to be missed,

tonight Kevin Quain 9pm, June 6th The Sure Things & the Magnificent 7's 6-8pm, David Gavan Baxter 10pm,June 7th Elana McMurtry 6-8pm, June 9, New Country Rehab 6-8 and Jack Marks at 10pm

The Royal Families, oh where oh where have you been ?

Hey folks, this is the longest I've gone without posting since going to Cuba, yes it's been three or maybe four days without a new painting being posted but I took the week off. I have been moving more stuff  from one studio to the new studio, got the show up, the Closing Reception is Saturday the 25th of June from 5-8pm at the Cameron House with Little Jimmy's Chicken Pickers, and just decided to take it easy for a week. I'm sure that if I pushed it I would've ended up with a cold and that wasn't going to cut it.

 I'll be slowing down on the posting for next week also, I have two or three small commissions to work on but I want to get into a more relaxed groove finishing them and doing the final builds for Any How Town (see links) and then after that I think I'm going to try to write and maybe finish most of the first story the following week. What I mean is write the big wide draft of the story and then start to fill it in.

Oh yeah, my phone is acting up so if you are trying to contact me via  phone, just send my an email instead, should have a new phone by Monday or so.

hope you'll head to the Cameron either on the 25th or before if there's something you like, have a great weekend.
A.S.Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

also tonight is the Press Club's 4rth Annivesary under the Hickey Brother's stewardship so head there to hear Alan Pigguns play at 10:30 or hit up the beautiful patio out back. Also this weekend you can see Casey McGlynn's (my favourite Toronto Painter) new show at Bau-Xi gallery or Kirsten Johnson's new show "Prom Storm" at KWT Contemporary, both will be great shows to see and all within walking distance of the Cameron House.

The Royal Families, The Room of Portraits

The Royal Families is now hung at the Cameron House, Closing Party with "Little Jimmy's Chicken Pickers" will be Saturday, the 25th of June, 5-8pm, more on that as we get closer to the date. There seems to be a problem with the photo uploader right now so let me say all the work that you see below that is tagged, "the Royal Families" is there. Each piece is 10 x12 inches, acrylic on canvas, framed $160.00 Work is already selling so if there is something you like you can go and get it. If you can't wait and want to see some photos of the work in the Cameron House head to my fb group, "Andrew Shay Hahn (the mad craft shoppe) and it's all there for your perusal. This week I'll be finishing some other pieces that I didn't have time to get to before I hung the show and replacing work as it sells. I can't stress enough that if there is something you want, you have to go get it, I don't do reserves because of past let downs for prospective clients.

all the best,
A.Shay Hahn
madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, Inspiration

 Artemis (II)

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

for the Royal Families, to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

$160.00

Blondes, bows and hoodies ? What is this ? An Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue ? Nope, far from it the inspiration for this entire painting comes from this piece of paper that I have scanned for  you from a poster at the Cameron House that I was so taken with the colours and shape I had to take a piece, sometimes I may make up stories to make the work seem more interesting, this isn't one of those times. If I was using the "good" camera you could see the matching tones, so instead go see the work in person Sunday afternoon. Date for the closing reception still TBA

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

now I do think that Abercrombie & Fitch should hire me to paint a catalogue for them, if someone could hook that up it would be much appreciated.

The Royal Families, The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

for the Royal Families, to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

$160.00

wish I could spend all day here on the blog rambling about all the great ideas I had last night while I was sketching, but there simply isn't time, expect another piece to show up soon.

If you've come here from Tumblr or have found one of my invite cards, welcome, there's lots to see.

best,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, Fireflies

Fireflies

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

for the Royal Families, to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

$160.00

I'd been looking for something with a similar power to the Prometheus image, I thought I'd try this image of jarred fireflies, though it isn't as dramatic, I like the more relaxing or lyrical feel of the piece.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, the Family Tree

The Royal Families, at the Cameron House, June 2011

all work is 10x12 inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00 each

I love doing one of these grid shots when I have a series that is uniform in size, I wish I could've fit another row into the shot, but I stand on a chair in my basement studio to do this and the ceiling is only so high. I'll be framing the whole lot on Saturday (that will be a long and bloody day full of cursing) and then hang the show Sunday aft at the Cameron House, which I hope to do as efficiently as possible and then you can come in Sunday and buy the work directly and disrupt the whole aesthetic, that's fine by me.

back to the easel,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, just look at that sky

Black Hammer

10x12inches,acrylic on canvas, framed

at the Cameron House, June 2011

$160.00

I can't wait to shoot this whole show with my new camera, these photos never do my work justice, but it sure does cut down on image theft. I think this is my 600th post since beginning this blog about six years ago. I wish I was able to write more for you to read, but just keep coming back and watch the show grow. All work is available for purchase once it's hung, (probably Sunday) and cash can be paid to the bartender and you can leave with the piece when you purchase it.

cheers,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, studies in excellence

Untitled (study in grey)

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

Looks like I might hit 600 posts today, the work is coming along really well.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, sketch appeal

Untitled (Violin player)

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011
10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

 I spent a good deal of time yesterday sketching how I'd like the show to look and then as usual scrapped every idea and I'm just going to do a straight hang, no salon look, no groupings, I want the continuous line presented by the horizon to just run down the wall. The way I'll choose to hang the pieces will then be based on the sky tones and how they move from one to the other. I've never hung a show based on this before, I'm sure it will take awhile to get it right.

Of course this will change over time as work is bought and replaced, I think I'll be having a closing instead of an Opening and will maybe continue to paint until the end of June, still haven't decided that yet.

Expect a couple more of these posts today as I have three pieces that are almost finished and heck, it's only 7 AM I should be able to get them finished.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, Victoria

Victoria (white coat, rubber boots)

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

There's been no shortage of things going on here, I've been getting parts of the studio set up in the East End, finishing work here and getting prepped to build about thirty frames later in the week, and of course cutting the heads of plastic animals and swapping them with other heads.

I wasn't sure if I was going to do an axe piece for this show, the decision to do one was more based solely on how well these tones go together than the subject matter, people may think my work figures on what is going on in the frame, but I find the arguments that I have the most with myself when I'm painting aren't about the subject but about balancing colour in the work.

I've been finishing Season Two of "Damages" today as I'm painting and I have to say it's a hot mess compared to the first Season, so many people still alive, so many tiny threads to tie together an ugly beast of a story, big fail, they wanted to differentiate so much from the first Season that they boned themselves.

Hope everyone is having a great long weekend

best,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, wet n' wild

Yellow Raincoat (pitchfork III)

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

And once again I put out a big box o' books for folks to pick through and find a new treat and that same ahole comes along and takes the whole box. I'm sure they're going to a store and selling them now, but damn, at least bring the box back.

Send us your thoughts,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, The Pilot by Night

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed
SOLD.
Here we are back at it on a sunny Friday, have a great long weekend, if you're looking for something to do check out Meadowlark Five, Milk Run and The Big City Hicks at the Press Club this weekend. I'm sure they'll have the patio open. There is also a fine selection of mariachi, red devils and deep sea divers there for you. I think anxiety week began for this show yesterday, so it can be said that it's here a little early for my tastes. I have about ten more pieces I'd like to finish, some are currently an absolute mess and then I'll be in the shop building frames like a crazy man, yes a crazy man, next week.

Not sure when I'm hanging the show, but I'll let you know soon.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

A sad goodbye to Randy "Macho Man" Savage one of the greatest of all time.

The Royal Families, fashion. madness, stretchy clothes

Untitled (Houdini Escape III)

from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

I have some things to say about this image, but I'm a little choked up right now after watching, "Get Low", I can't reccomend it enough.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Royal Families, National Life Jacket Day

Shovel and Pail

                                                                from the series "Royal Families"

to be shown at the Cameron House, June 2011

10x12inches, acrylic on canvas, framed

$160.00

Today is National Life Jacket Day, keep is safe out on the water this long weekend folks. I must have been staring at my May calendar for days until I finally read that today was National LJ Day, I assume it has influenced this pieces all along.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com