Silver, the series

Lady With an Axe (four)

Untitled (the Haircut)

SOLD

Canadian Girl (DESTROYED)

each piece is acrylic on canvas, twenty x twenty inches

four hundred dollars.each

I suppose it could be said that after "One Thousand Fiances" I've decided to move from the beach into the field, that the "why" of that ground as a time device has been explored, the field is a place where things are about the happen, the beach a locale where people wait.

I am extremely comfortable with the shift to the Twenty x Twenty Inch format for this series and have been making daily trips to snatch up as many as I can for this series.

A. Shay Hahn

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Proper Villains, Two Hundred Posts

Proper Villains Triptych

four hundred dollars

Killer Robot, World Domination, Death Ray

acrylic on canvas, twelve x twelve inches

SOLD.

Two hundred posts, writing to come, watching "Eastern Promises"

This came out of nowhere, I think Ijust wanted to have some fun, over on Facebook this began long comments and discussions about World Domination, as I tagged each figure in the piece as friends, which is becoming a popular thing to do as folk over on facebook send requests to be tagged. This series just makes me happy, and others too.

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Song Currently Stuck in My Head "Catch" by the Cure, which doesn't bother me at all.

For My Father

For My Father

acrylic on canvas, twelve x twelve inches

one hundred and sixty dollars

(detail)

This came very quickly, it has received a huge response from readers for it's simple power. It's very touching and in need of little explanation.

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Will write later.

Lady With an Axe

Lady with an Axe Tryptych

each piece is twelve x twelve inches

acrylic on canvas

SOLD.
As soon as this work was posted I received a very strong positive response, as opposed to a morbid, Lizzie Borden view of the work, people were more inclined to comment of the empowering aspects of the women, that whatever was coming towards them, they were ready to face it, which did come as a surprise. I am quite happy with these and the expansion of my "vocabulary". I always take a Hemingway approach to a painting, he said, "I write to see what's at the end of my pen.". I believe I do the same with my paintings, I may not quite understand why I'm doing them, but I'll be sure of it later, it's why I'm most comfortable working in series, I"m sure.

A.S Hahn

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A Bad Bad Man

Here's Igor Kenk's boarded up "Bicycle Clinic" on Queen West. My first studio at 198 Walnut Ave was around the corner from Igor's and I would have to walk past him and his "Crack Team" of cycle "Clinicians" (read thieves) standing around smoking . I would haveto walk past them to get to Tern Art Supplies and made sure to give them all the stink eye as I walked past. These guys just gave off a stench. If you click on the photo you can read what Toronto has to say to this "person".

A Field Story, the series

" A Field Story", complete

The End,

twelve x twelve inches

acrylic on canvas

SOLD

{See text below}

A Field Story, the series

The Meeting, The Witness, The Men, The Ingenue, The Walkout

from the series "A Field Story"

each image twelve x twelves inches

acrylic on canvas

SOLD

I am very proud of this "Story", I am even happier that it was sold completely as a set. This work found it's beginnings in my love of period gangster films such as "Road to Perdition" and "Miller's Crossing" also the film, "Northfork" has served as a great inspiration, actually I feel that looking at my work, that I could've directed "Northfork", it fits so closely.

This has greatly inspired me to work on other "Stories" or multiple narrative pieces that flow together and I have started the sketches for "Lady With An Axe - A Garden Story" that I will be starting next week.

There was also alot of mention of crop circles and other phenomena, maybe that was because the X Files film was released this week, if that's what people saw in the work, well so be it.

A.S Hahn

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Cloak and Dagger Sundays.

This is completely self explanatory, I hope, if not, I will never design another poster. But if you need me to contact me here via email.

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Signs about town

The first sign is on College in front of a Church, I can't recall it's name even though it's only two blocks from the Shoppe. I love that they have left it looking like this.

The second "Free" were piled at the outdoor rink in Trinity Bellwoods park by the Ice rink, apparently to assuage any feelings of guilt for folks who wanted to steal the wood, the city spent all kinds of cash to have people stencil the word "Free" onto them. Well it worked, they're all gone.

Here come the Drums...again.

Drums
eighteen x thirty six inches
acrylic on canvas
six hundred dollars

Four years ago still lives of drums figured rather prominently in my work. After painting at least ten of them I'd felt that I'd exhausted my interest and took a break, recently a friend asked about them and if I was still doing them, I told him I wasnt. After some deliberation and thinking I'd been spending too much time with the figure I created this piece.

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The Done Right Inn

I have no excuse to have not posted this sooner, here's the mural at the Done Right Inn, which I did in March of this year, featuring everyone's favourite Mad Magazine folk Spy Vs. Spy, there isnt alot of detail here, it's a huge hit though.

Also for the month of August work from the "Fables" series will be showing at the Done Right Inn, so drop by and revisit the magic.

A project in the works

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.
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Ta daa.

Super cool work we do here, the font is from another designer, the rest is all Shoppe.

Thanks to Mr.Micks for coming up with the slogan.

College Street Six AM, the morning commute...

I forgot to check if he made it across the street when I got home from work.

Get Lucky Tatty

Here's a tattoo design for the number one Mr. norman who had his CD release party at the Cloak last night, he is a talent, for sure. Stay tuned for the work I am drawing for his sister, no joke.

Has anyone heard that song on the radio that goes, "E yay E yay E yo" in the chorus, it is so lame, no tattoo designs for them.

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Hardboiled meets the Mad Craft Shoppe

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.

Here's "She Wolf" get ready for "Amazon".

A very happy Father's Day to me dear ol' Pa, love ya.

A.S Hahn

A Huge Pile of....

Look closely, can you guess what this is ? You will shriek when you figure it out.

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Mirvish Pedestrian Sundays

Top: S is for Squid a new design we will offer, this was a request image, it turned out great.

Second: This is Karen's Dad stripping roots to turn into walking sticks, he attracted quite a crowd.

The Alphabet Shoppe will be at Karen Found It right across from the Victory Cafe this Sunday, June Eigth. If you've come here because you picked up a card from me, here is a link to our sister site The Alphabet Shoppe.

http://thealphabetshoppe.blogspot.com/

all the best, see you there...or welcome to the Shoppe{s}

A.S Hahn

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Sweet Chariot, "the Car Show" at the Cameron House

Sweet Chariot

sixteen x twenty inches, acrylic on canvas

two hundred dollars

This is the piece I am showing at "The Car Show" a group show at The Cameron House, the opening is Friday June Thirteenth from six to nine.

all hail Semi Pro,

A.S Hahn

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Wolf Girls in the Trees

Wolf Girl {yellow dress}, Wolf Girl {red dress}

each piece is twelve x twelve inches,acrylic on canvas

SOLD

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.

A.S Hahn

Hilarious Posters Inc.

Well Shoppers, the Gospel Sundays crew has gone on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time, in their stead will be the following, Soul Revival show. The boys at the Cloak needed a replacement poster tout suite and I am not one to disappoint.

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One thousand fiances,cont'd.

Picasso, Women Running on the Beach

One Thousand Fiances

Untitled Five DESTROYED, Untitled Four

acrylic on canvas, eighteen x thirty six inches

five hundred dollars each.

{Process notes to come}

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One Thousand Fiances, the series

One Thousand fiances

Untitled, one SOLD, two and three

eighteen x thirty six inches

acrylic on canvas

five hundred dollars each.

{Just wanted to get these posted, process notes to come.}
A.S Hahn

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