Details from Abstracts

Here are some detail shots of the abstract pieces, the show is called, "Satellite Pacific" and will be hung at the Cameron House on the first of November, the closing reception will be either the 22nd or 29th from 4-7pm with music by Colonel Tom Parker and the American Pour.

It has been a surprise from Day One working on these pieces and continues to be a surprise as I  approach the hang date, when I decided to create some abstract work I had no idea what colour palette I would use or what form the paintings would take, it has been a constant series of revelations, discoveries and setbacks, seven of the pieces have really come together and look great, five are unfinished but are now "telling me what to do" to finish them and two are still kind of confusing to me.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Abstract Paintings, Process, Preambles

 

(all the above shots are process pieces not finished paintings)

 

I've been back in the studio finishing the series of abstracts that I began seven months ago. It does feel a little strange coming back to work on the pieces after a break but on the other hand some of the exploratory work I'm doing with them (using different brushes, colours etc) got my really excited to start moving the mud around.

These are for my yearly show at the Cameron House, there will be a closing party instead of an opening (only due to scheduling) and the work will be hung on the First of November, there's already a huge interest in two or three of the pieces which is nice coming into, specifically because this is my first show of abstracts and also this will be my first show in a long while where the work is priced high. Usually I show a lot of smaller works, I have always been a fan of small works but this time I really wanted the pieces to dominate with small numbers and big sizes. Each piece is 30x30 inches which is very large for me, I have done work this size in the past and felt comfortable with the 30x30 size but have never done a whole show of work in this format.

I am enjoying exploring my relation to colour for this show, I've always loved blue but I had no idea how much, this will become more apparent as more photos are posted over the next couple of weeks, it's an interesting process and best expressed in the process shots. which I'll try to post every two days or so.

Back down to the studio, have an excellent Thanksgiving weekend

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Oh man this sale is crazy

Twenty Character Actors, Twenty Novelty Items, Bicycle #2,

The Drums, Bicycle #4m, Bicycle #3

each piece 20x20inches, acrylic on canvas

$200.00 each

Oh man (like it says in the title) the Sale just keeps rolling out the treasures, printing comics is expensive and their is some work here that I do not want to part with at these prices but work is work and comics is comics

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Summer Sale continues

 

Water Tower I, II and III 20x24 inches, acrylic on canvas $200.00 each

Here are three more pieces added to the Summer Sale, shipping will be extra but we all knew that and we all hate shipping rates.

I'll be posting more later today, lots of drawing today on the Homeless G-Men comic, hope to have the last four pages plotted today and get started on the inking.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Summer Sale! (First post in a series)

Positive Propaganda Series

each piece is 16x20 inches, acrylic on canvas

$150.00 each

In order to pay for the printing of my first graphic novel I'm having a Summer Sale! Reduced prices on some of you favourite paintings. Buy art and help make art!

Shipping will be extra of course (man shipping is a pain!)

hope all is well,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Where have you been?

Hey there everyone, if you head over the Homeless G-Men blog you can check in on what I've been up to. Apologies for not blogging in over a month but once you get to the other blog I'm sure you'll understand. But while you're here why not take a trip and scroll down the site to check out some posts that you may have missed.

all the best,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Homeless G-Men Until the End of May

The show is up at the Press Club (850 Dundas West) until the end of May and work is selling steadily is your favourite drawing still there? Better head down and pick it up before its gone. All proceeds go to the printing of the Homeless G-Men graphic novel which will be finished one year from now and ready to be read. The writing/plotting/drawing and inking is coming along I have about twenty almost finished pages so far. It's a lot of work and a lot of fun.

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com



New Promos at the Cameron House

Just an update that I have new promo materials at the Cameron House (pictured above) some beautiful postcards that I dropped off yesterday. I meant to do this about a year ago when I finished the mural but somehow never got around to it. So here they are they also have my twitter handle on them so you can follow me there and find out as soon as new posts come up at my many blogs.

The promo features one of the figures from the mural at the Cameron one of my semi-famous Deep Sea Divers and a line of fun faces.

best,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com



Press Club Takeover

Hey there everyone the dedicated wall is back at the Press Club (see top photo) all work hanging there is $120.00 each and it's fine to pay the staff and take the work home with you. The Homeless G-Men drawings are still up as well and they are there until the end of the month, each original drawing is framed and $25.00 a piece. All proceeds go toward the printing of my first graphic novel The Homeless G-Men.

Hope all is well, drawing like a maniac here in the studio, your support is appreciated.

cheers,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com



Homeless G-Men at the Press Club

The show is up and looking fine, to truly get the Sardi's effect I probably would have to double the amount of drawings hanging in the Press Club. The show looks great, work is selling and you can see it for the whole month of April at 850 Dundas West.

Many thanks to Ron Leary for playing and to everyone who came out to hang and look at the work.

The Homeless G-Men comic will debut in May 2015, I'll keep you posted of the progress as the work is written, drawn and coloured.

cheers!

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Gull City Grid

Here are twenty four citizens of Gull City who will be hung "Sardi's style" at the Press Club (850 Dundas West) tomorrow. There will be a small, "Meet the Artist" (me) on Thursday, April 3rd from 7-9pm and the Ron Leary Sextet plays after that, he may have an opening act I'm not sure.

Today is a day of rest, I have cards printed, some advanced promo cards that I'm taking over to the Press Club tonight and some more promoting to do online but I've got to take it easy today.

 This show came together so quickly my head is spinning.

I had been working on these drawing for a couple months with the intention of eventually scanning them into the computer and use them to learn the inking program on Manga Studio 5. I was offered the month at the Press Club and realized that it would be a great venue to transform completely and give it an old Hollywood looking vibe so I began inking and drawing everyday. There are at least twelve completed sketches that didn't make the cut and almost twenty that only made it to the penciling stage and then were abandoned so I believe I have just over forty completed drawings, we'll see how many I get up on the walls.

All drawings are original (no prints), framed and are $25.00 each with all the proceeds going to the printing costs of my first comic, "The Homeless G-Men" so come on by and have a look on Tuesday if you can't make it on Thursday or drop by sometime this month.

all the best, the sun is out

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com



Hanging Sardi's Style at the Press Club on Tuesday

Alright I will be hanging the show on the first of April at around 6pm, it should go up pretty fast and I am really looking forward to the results. As much as love the drawings of the Homeless G-Men characters I am going to love the "Sardi's Style" look of the show and hope to get at least one cool photo of myself sitting in front of the work. 

 There will be a small reception from 7-9pm at the Press Club (850 Dundas West) followed by music by one of my favourite singer songwriters Ron Leary and his Sextet -that's right a Sextet!

All drawings are $25.00 each and the proceeds go towards printing the Homeless G-Men comic in May 0f 2015.

cheers all,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Announcements or Waiting to Announce Announcements

I'm trying to figure out how many hours of the day that I'm working on drawings, it seems to be getting up to twelve hours a day.

Why so long ?

 Well here's what may happen

 For the next five days I will be drawing for anywhere from 10-12 hours a day. If the plans I am hatching (or attempting to hatch) succeed this is what is going to happen at the end of these five days. I will have about sixty of these drawings (see above) that I like and want to show together, I will also have sixty wooden frames to put them in (not plastic, never plastic, this is a quality operation) I currently have fifteen frames.

 Once I get the go ahead from the boys at the Press Club to hang the show I will head over on the first of April and hang as many of them as I can in the space then price them for the ridiculously low sum of $25.00 each or two for $40.00 (any advance sales for individual pictures will be handled as bid starting at $30.00) and then on Thursday April 3rd have a small opening for them from 7-9 before Ron Leary plays and sell them all off.

The money from this enterprise will be squirrelled away for the printing costs of  the "Homeless G-Men" and "Squirleycorn" comics in May 2015.

I think Hannibal ( as played by George Peppard) would approve, what was his last name?

Gird your loins for further announcements

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Smudges and Lines, Squirley Corn and the Homeless G-Men

I've been over at the "Smudges and Lines" blog for the past week and a bit drawing and posting and talking about comic art, so come on over and hang out.

I changed the title of the blog to "Squirley Corn and the Homeless G-Men" which are the two comic projects that I'm working on, I have to see if I can change the address to it as well since there is another artist who has a blog called, "Lines and Smudges" and I don't want folks confusing the two of us, I'll see if I can get this sorted.

So if you like drawings like this dude at the top head on over to the other blog via the sidebar link (top right).

Let's keep this sun shinin' on

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

One Day Only Super Birthday Sale!

It's my Super Birthday today and to celebrate I'm throwing a One Day Only Super Sale all the work pictured above are available for $120.00 each for the next 24 hrs. only so let me know if there's something you'd like!

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 

Satellite Pacific, completed abstract

Satellite Pacific

30x30 inches, acrylic on canvas

$700.00

Here is the first completed abstract, "Satellite Pacific" I am very happy with this piece. I was surprised when I began working on them how the colours decided themselves, I rarely use any of these tones in my figurative work but when I began blocking in these pieces the multiple hues of blue and yellow just took over my palette, it was not a conscious choice. When I began to work on them I thought I would be creating more landscape based pieces but instead most of them feel like the deal with water and the movement of waves.

It's also interesting to me that each piece really defines itself over time that I don't have that much control over the piece itself until I'm nearly finished that's when I can look at the more objectively and improve certain areas, add other hints of colour etc.

I am always surprised when I work on these paintings and sometimes when I try to force it too  much I end up destroying what was there. I have already destroyed two of the ten pieces which is fine I knew there would be some casualties along the way that's just the way it is when  you are doing something new.

The 30x30 pieces are very reasonably priced at $700.00 a piece I didn't want to go too much higher for this first batch.

It's a glorious day out there, enjoy it

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

 



Five Completed Abstracts

All Abstracts are 30x30inches, acrylic on canvas

I'm going to come back and talk about the process of deciding that each of these five pieces are complete. I finished these five but also in the process overworked and kind of destroyed two other pieces but that's fine it was necessary to wreck a couple to show me what roads I shouldn't be going down.

 

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com



Large Abstracts, Everybody Loves Large Abstracts

Still enjoying myself way too much working on these pieces, that isn't 100% true there are two pieces down in the studio that are making me a little nuts. I think I'll take a break from them tomorrow and work on some other stuff, between comic plotting (see Smudges and Lines) Book writing and model building (see Any How Town) there is lots to do.

If any place in Toronto, bar or restaurant comes to mind where you think I should hang these pieces send me a line and let me know, I'm at a bit of a loss as to locations that could handle larger work or that are currently popular with the foodies

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com