
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
The Carlu

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
What I'm doing tomorrow
Friday, March 19, 2010
Things I'm Doing and Not Doing


** * Current Pricing, this is new and important, early prices for the work $260.00 unframed, prices will go up at the Cameron House Show in May, so buy now, pay less, buy later, pay more***
I have settled on "Come On Pilgrim" as the title for the show at the Cameron House in May, yes it is another Pixie's song title, yes, Frank Black is excellent at naming things (see, "the Crazies" post below). Why did I choose the title ? This I can answer, it's a new way of looking at these people who have been walking away from you since last June (see Tag, "Silver") , they are carrying things to a new place, they are transporting, light, wings etc. to another land, they are taking the most simple and important things and bringing them with them. I had started to do a piece with a suitcase full of trees, but it is giving me a Heck of a time, have to come back to it.
I have begun, slowly, to raise my prices, I did mention this a few posts ago, so what I'm doing is for the rest of this month, prices will be as listed here, and then start to go up, first the new work will have higher prices, any work that I display at functions will be price adjusted, so don't go by prices here if you're seeing the work somewhere else and finally when I hang the show in May I assume that I'll be bringing in some work from the Press Club Show, "the Wideawake Man" it will be price adjusted (^) then too, so the old prices of $120.00 for an unframed 12 x 12, $140.00 for a framed piece will be no longer available after this month. If you want anything at this price you must buy before the end of March. I need to make a living at this and have no choice, I sell a lot of work, I'd say I sell more "original" art (not prints or reproductions) than any other artist in this city (and I'm not exagerating, ask anyone) but I don't need to always feel like I'm a hustler. So take advantage while you can.
Here is a link to my current inspiration, Theatre Rusticle's, "Birnam Wood" all you need to know is there, this is why I have trees stuck in my head.
$10 performance of Birnam tonight, PWYC tomorrow @ 2:30, regular Friday. $10 and PWYC??!! http://www.artsboxoffice.ca
http://theatrerusticle.org/Theatre_Rusticle/Upcoming.html
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Multi Taskers

Friday, March 12, 2010
Untitled (the Hammer Team)
I'll write some thoughts about this on Monday, but it's the weekend and I'm taking some time away from thinking. The Cameron House is confirmed for May 2010.
A.Shay Hahn
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Untitled (the Painter's Assistants)
Working hard on the second globe piece, so not much to say right now, may put this up at the Garrison tomorrow, will see what the reaction is.
happy birthday to me.
A.Shay Hahn
Friday, March 05, 2010
the alphabet shoppe, the other blog
Get your Brows here, both High and your Low

Thursday, March 04, 2010
The Thing About Working on a Large Scale

Prometheus commission
Here's a commissioned version of Prometheus that I am incredibly happy with, the client and I collaborated on the smaller details of the work, hair, location and she suggested the tiny plants that are around her feet called, "The Devil's Paintbrush" (a new favourite plant, how often does that happen?). There is a second piece that I worked on simultaneously to give another take on the woman carrying her buckets of fire, but it was not as successful, her pose made her look weak, this one is strong and regal. If I fix the other one I'll post it here - but I'm thrilled with this piece.
A.S.Hahn
Tern Art Supplies

A.S.Hahn
Small Towns/ The Gulliver Project

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
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Last Day of the Press Club, rest four hours and resume


Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Second 30 x30


Perspective really is everything, as an artist who enjoys representing things in different scales, giant birdhouses, giant chickens, tiny people etc. I'm amazed at how working on paintings of this scale makes everything else seem so small. As I begin these blockins for the work I'm also finishing a commission/request on a 20x20 inch scale, and it looks so tiny. I have paintings arranged in my studio by size and the 20 x 20's used to be the "big stack", well add 10 x10 inches and suddenly a 20 x 20 looks like a pretty small fish.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
the first 30 x 30, let's see who reads this



So it took a few days to do it, but I finally put the brush to canvas on the first two 30 x 30's, I thought I'd begin in comfortable territory and work on the above, "Waiting for the Lake to Freeze" but render the piece with cooler tones, than the previous paintingss in the series, work the clothes differently, give it a cool "black and white" tone palette. I'm going to enjoy just pushing the paint around, there's so much space to use.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Size Matters (cont'd)


Animals With Day Jobs or Always Be Painting
I paint, it's what I do, I watch TV while painting, listen to music while painting, I have tried to play xbox while painting but that just doesn't work.
A few days ago the Olympics began, my girlfriend and I have absorbed about 9 hours of it so far, she falls asleep and I paint. A couple of days before the Opening Ceremonies (I paint) two friends and I were joking around at the Press Club and came up with the concept for a web series called, "Justice Snake" about a snake who is also a lawyer/ street vigilante. Having no current ideas in my head while I'm researching/sketching/preparing to start working on some larger canvases (see next post) I decided to paint Justice Snake and see how he looked. Well, as you can see, he looks great, so since I can't control myself I just started painting other animals and giving them day jobs. Yes, one would assume that a husky already has a job pulling dog sleds but that is an insult to their potential and an unfair stereotype.
I occasionally ask people over on Face book to contribute ideas, here is a sample of what came my way within seconds, a fat cat, sitting behind a grand desk, smoking a cigar. Black Labrador Retriever Lifeguard. Pig chamber maid. Owl bartender. Owls who are painters - like wall painters, not artist painters.Construction worker bears. A parrot who is a chef. Mail Delivery Squirrel. Meter Maid rooster. Penguin pharmacist. UPS rabbit.Housewife Dog. Dinosaur Pilot. Cat florist.Librarian eagle. Mouse butcher and a maitre'd horse.Seahorse Lumberjack.octopus hairdresser,lizard priest.cat acupuncturist, there are more but I'll stop there.
In the past I have painted pictures of peoples pets for them as gifts, I can now say that I probably won't ever do that again unless they give their pet a profession - and then maybe I could be persuaded. If you have any suggestions or would like a picture of your pet hard at work at their day job you can talk to me here.
These pieces (the unsold) are hanging at the Press Club until February 27th, but I doubt they will be there for long.
A.Shay Hahn
Friday, February 12, 2010
Size Matters



Friday, February 05, 2010
All's Quiet in the Studio, why is that ?

Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Guinness Pigs and a Questionable "Winter" Olympics


A.Shay Hahn
Monday, February 01, 2010
February First, Press Club, current layout
Friday, January 29, 2010
Extended for the month of February at the Press Club
Monday, January 25, 2010
Queen of Birds III
I'll put this up at the Press Club soon, some other work has sold so now there's a space for this more pastoral look at one of the "Queens of Birds".
Happy Monday,
A.S.Hahn
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Works added to the Press Club, eight days left

Here are four more pieces that have been added to the ever changing walls at the Press Club. As of today you have eight more days to get to the see the show in the space, after such times you'll have to schedule a visit to the studio to see the work, and my selection of beers isn't even close to being what their's is.
I'm working to finish a couple of commissions that I hope to have up here by the end of the week, deadlines are helping to make this possible.
Not alot to say right now, taking some time to just live a bit and spend time away from the studio, lots of other things to get sorted to start the New Year in a positive way.
As always (since they haven't moved it) the Press Club is located at 850 Dundas West, between Euclid and Manning on the North Side of the street, they open at 7pm, bands usually start around 10:30. This week on Wednesday is the Pivot Reading Series, it starts around 8 pm.
A.S.Hahn


























