Here are some preliminary sketches for a series of four paintings for a wonderful friend. It is a chance for me to explore, the story of Icarus. Very excited to get started, stay tuned as the work develops, it's going to amaze ya.
Super cool work we do here, the font is from another designer, the rest is all Shoppe.
I forgot to check if he made it across the street when I got home from work.
Here are a couple of new T Shirt designs that I'm going to sumit to the "Hardboiled TShirt Collective" to see if the good folk at Hardboiled in the market will print and sell them as part of their line. I will refine the drawings that are chosen, may add a couple more to the site in this next day or so.
all the best, see you there...or welcome to the Shoppe{s}
A.S Hahn
Sweet Chariotall hail Semi Pro,
A.S Hahn
Wolf Girl {yellow dress}, Wolf Girl {red dress}A couple of weeks ago my Mother and I went to view several shows from the Contact Photography festival that was happening all over this great city. I had been experiencing quite a lack of inspiration, we stumbled across a show of wolf masks, paper mache constructions made by young kids, I had to snap a few photos and then promptly made these two pieces. As a child I was fascinated by wolves, also my first tattoo was of a wolf {it's terrible}.
I also enjoyed returning to the image of the tangled tree which I have used in several paintings over the years. Ah, yes why are they in trees ? To get closer to the full moon of course.
Sunday, June Eighth we will be at "Karen Found It" in Mirvish Village showing our famous Alphabet letters, come by and say Hello.
Picasso, Women Running on the Beach{Process notes to come}
One Thousand fiances
Utitled {Maple Leaf} Utitled {Eye Patches}
Canadian Girl w/Blue jay, Canadian Girl w/ Crow {SOLD}, Canadian Girl w/Cardinal
This is a concept TShirt design for one of my favourite bars in the city, yes I know I do have alot of favourite bars, that's just the way I am. I love this, it is very successful as a T Design, I also hope to do a large painting ala those old liquor posters you see in framing shops around your city, it would be fantastic in that format. Not sure if these are going to get printed, but it is so boss, very happy with the design.Best Live Show of the Year so far :Disfear at Sneaky Dee's check them out online if you like hardcore, it was an amazing show, thanks to Murder Mike and Grizzle for the invite to go, they kick ass.
Yes our shirts are here, the men's large is more of an XL, though no fault of the great guys at wounded paw, it's just what they're supplier sends them. The women's medium is perfect, as J.C demonstrates in the photos. So come with cash to the Cloak and Dagger today to get yours today, they will sell out in minutes, seconds even. 
Yes we have been extended at Kahawa until the end of the month, so don't forget to drop in to have a coffee and pick up some letters. We are still showing at Karen Found It in Mirvish Village and since the weather is so gorgeous there's no reason to not go to both places. As always to check out all the beautiful different styles of letters online just click the link below.
Untitled {Red Birds}As many of my friends know, I love DVDs, I love watching them, listening to them while I work, playing commentaries and featuresttes, I don't listen to music as much anymore as listen to commentary on DVD, music can be incredibly distracting, changing songs, playlists etc, things may not fit the mood of what I'm working on, it just gets in the way, I spend more time walking to the stereo/laptop instead of putting in solid "easel time". What I love is the "Voice in the room" aspect of DVD commentaryI find it relaxing since I spend so much time working alone.
Similarly I think what I enjoy is the idea of process and access to the process of creation on a DVD commentary, I do like to show work in progress here at the Shoppe site from sketch to completion. Shoppe emails have also told me that you out there like to see it also. I started to make a list of certain film stills that I enjoy the composition, find inspiring etc. This is the first, the still, which I have absolutely zero permission to use on this site {apologies} is from "Fight Club" it's a small moment but compositionally it blows my mind, so I adapted it to suit my needs. About two years ago I'd started a painting of a flock of red birds on a white ground, it wasn't working, there was an element missing, once I saw this sequence from Fight Club, the lightbulb {or whatever it is in my head} popped. Over on Facebook of course people start immediately sending "Flock of Seagulls" jokes and rips about the Eaton Centre, but that's fine, if that's what comes out of you, I still want to hear it.
I'm still doing a couple of small touch ups on this piece, nothing too significant, some highlights and toning, nothing radical, I'm happy with everything that's here.
thank the lord the sun has come out,
A.S Hahn
Canadian Girl (Eighth in a series)
