A Plug for Two Pals: Charles Pachter in Whistler, & 'Big John' in Hong Kong

The Olympics will soon be upon us.  For those of you who are making the trek, please do stop in on my pal Charles Pachter's 'Olympian' exhibition at the www. mountaingalleries.com in Whistler, opening February 12th.  Charles is CLEARLY Canada's Primary PoP Art iconoclast.  His range, his talent, is eclectic, diverse and always wittyly thought-provoking . Ain't nothing like him nowhere ... Go see, wave that flag! For a taste of his iconographic 'moose' works, link 'here'....

For more to see & do in Whistler during the festivities, click here. Don't miss the inaugural Whistler-Blackcomb Peak to Peak Gondola ride, sure to be a ski/snowboard and Olympic crowd pleaser.

If the Olympics aren't on your roster and you find you are spending a Thursday night in Hong Kong, please do drop in on another pal -  'Big John'.  He's holding the floor from six to midnight at the 'Tantra Bar & Lounge'. An investment banker by day, he lets it rip with finger-tripping dexterity and raspy vocals at night. Not to be missed.  

Tell him 'Lindsay' sent ya ...

Heritage Photos of Burlington @ The Burlington Art Centre

 

'Vintage Window: A Pinhole Photograph by mlh'

My entry.  

I was/am a bit dismayed - and annoyed -  to discover that the Heritage people (who were/are running this exhibit now showing at the Burlington Art Centre) printed my supplied digital file from the 'entry form', then mounted and presented this work 'as is'.  Technically, this action represents the complete opposite to the 'aesthetic' and 'reality' of what I do when I am pinholing. The CORRECT thing to do would have been to exhibit my ORIGINAL positive pinhole print, not a secondary digital print-out, (as shown above  - as a digital image ...). 

If any of you want to see the digital print-out - (I have no idea what size they've made it, how they printed it, or who they printed it with, meaning, I'd NEVER 'authorize' this 'digital print' in ANY way...) - check it out at the Burlington Art Centre until the end of February.

If, on the other hand, you want to see the ORIGINAL pinhole photograph pulled from the ORIGINAL paper neg contact me to see 'The Original' at my lakeside studio.

The framed ORIGINAL 8x10 pinhole photograph is available for purchase. I only pulled ONE print, so there is only ONE ORIGINAL pinhole photograph -  signed, dated, and processed by me.

All additional derivative DIGITAL print-offs, done by people & equipment & processes that I wasn't aware of and certainly did NOT authorize, are just that  -  DERIVATIVES. Whatever you do, don't even think of buying one of these. They are 'knock-offs' in the truest sense of the word ...

Live & LEARN.

 

Lens Perspective @ The Sunrise Gallery

 

'Lens Perspective' 

GROUP SHOW

Reception: Saturday,

January 30th, 2-5pm  

765 Beach Blvd, Hamilton Beach, Lake Ontario
Jan.30th, to Feb. 28th, 2010

Hours: Thurs. to Sun. 1-5pm

I've got two LARGE pinholes in this show, 

so, come take a look!

www.sunrisegallery.ca /ph: 905-549-5888

Wine Tasting & SILENT AUCTION, Jan 29th, at The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

'Cootes Paradise, Hamilton',  oil painting by mlholton

( To see more oil paintings by this artist, link 'here'  and 'here')

JOIN US for our THIRD Annual 

Wine Tasting & Silent Auction

in support of the restoration and protection of the Hamilton Harbour.   Enjoy a buffet of hot & cold appetizers against the backdrop of 
our picturesque harbour and live music.

Friday, January 29th, 2010 
 @ The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

555 Bay Street North at the foot of MacNab Street North, Hamilton Harbour, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Map 'here' .

7pm Doors OPEN

 - Silent Auction BEGINS

8:30 pm Auction CLOSES
 - WInners Announced

Tickets: $35 - CALL: 905-527-7111

or contact: ltessier@hamiltonharbour.ca

 ALL Proceeds support the Bay Area Restoration Council

and its work to restore and protect Hamilton Harbour

Note: Tickets CAN be purchased at the door of the event.

Limit 150 persons. Only 50 tickets left. Order NOW.

Together, We're Bringing Back the Bay!

(Kindly note, for this event, Lindsay has donated 

one of her hand-made pinhole photographs of Lake Ontario, 

list price: $600 ...  come & get it !!! )

Post script: GREAT evening! Over 200 attendees, lots of great 'stuff', good company and yummy horsey do-overs, hot & cold. Thank you all for supporting the BARC.
Have to mention that the Mayor of Hamilton was there, and the talent were very energized ... managing everything from Stompin' Tom to celtic reveries ... Well done!

For more on this see Jeff Mahoney's review in The Hamilton Spectator, here. 

A Fractal Gem for the New Year

... thought I'd get things started for the year with another fractal odyssey. The following slide-show is the result of 'tinkering' with ONE little ol' fractal. The possibilities are, by fractal definition, endless ...    ENJOY!

From canadadaPHOTOGRAPHY

p.s. For more information & additonal visuals about 'fractals' on this blog, type 'fractals' in the SEARCH box on the right ...

Here's an alternate 'viewing tablet'. I'm still TRYING to figure out which is the BEST of these video formats. No sooner do I figure one out with all the bells & whistles when they re-design it!!

Vimeo seems to have done just that since I last tried them out ....

Snow!!!

.... brrrr, it's gettin' COLD out there .... 

Prince Charles in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Since this location is a stone's throw from here, it's kinda fun to know that such world famous people were trotting around the neighbourhood. This broadcast brought to you from 'The Royal Channel' on 'YouTube'.

Fall Shows - November 2009

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The Georgian Bay Land Trust,
Fine Photography Auction

Event Title: 'Bayscapes Art Auction & Sale'

Event will feature work by leading Canadian photographers Geoffrey James, Vid Ingelvics, Ed Burtynsky & 'yours truly' (... ok, ok, shameless plug... ), plus new work by celeb photogs, Tom Clark & Sara Richardson... Join us for the fun!

Auction: Friday, November 6th, 2009, 7-11pm

@ The Faculty Club of the University of Toronto
Purchase tickets 'here'

For more info about the GBLTrust, link 'here'.

MLH '... in a Georgian Bay kinda mood ...', click here.


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OCAD

WHODUNIT?

AUCTION
TORONTO, CA.

SATURDAY eve, November 21st. 6ish.
Previews 18th, 19th & 20th. FREE!

For more info, click here.
All welcome. Always a BIG 'mashup' PARTY!!

(Post Script: For those who might have wondered, 

this was my item that sold in the WHODUNIT Auction:

  Lot No. 745 - Title: 'Field in Niagara County, No.27'
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Burlington Art Centre
SOLO EXHIBITION
'MEMORY'S SHADOW: Pinholes & Collages'
with Exhibition Catalogue
by Canadian Author, David MacFarlane
Summer 2010, info coming soon ...

Margaret Lindsay Holton
Golden Horseshoe Artist
Lake Ontario, Canada

Boo!

Fall Colours 2009

... colours are splendid at the moment ...
a mini slide show follows...

Fun with Polaroids-!

... the walk-about ... VIDEO

NB: Dateline: Oct 22th, 2009: If you are seeing 'no video' or are receiving a 'jerky, jittery' video, don't despair. VIMEO is experiencing 'technical difficulties' ... I've been assured this will be 'fixed' in the next few days ... I'm leaving this video up 'as is' until the end of the month so they can perform their techno-magic. Will see where it's all at then (...geesh. comPUTahhhs...)



The summer of 2009 was lousy here, weather-wise. Fall has been better, but, even so, kinda pukey. There WERE, however, a few stellar days during September that kinda made one want to go SILLY!

Sooooooo, guess what?
Yup, I went on a short & silly 'walk-about'.

As you can see, there's nothing very SERIOUS here, nothing EARTH SHATTERING, BIG or BREAKING!! I is just offering a quiet little five minutes two-step shuffle between me, my Self and I.

... sometimes those really are the BEST moments ...

Toronto Fall 2009

Just spent four daze ZOOMING around Toronto, catching up with friends & places after 10 years ...

This wee soundless-slideshow documents several choice encounters with Toronto-centric 'time & space'.

It's a bit rough, but I think it does the trick.

Toronto is a great YOUNG metropolis, a very KEEN place. It's backbone WAS Anglo, but it's future is TOTALLY multi-cultural.

Perhaps that is why so much of the 'new' architecture is so splendidly STARK, and seemingly 'simple'.

Toronto presents itself INTERNATIONALLY as 'ethnic neutral'.

At the moment.

@ The Art Gallery of Hamilton

The Women's Art Association of Hamilton

115th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday,
September 26th, 2009

Cocktail-style supper @7pm
& Silent Auction 'til Midnight

The Joey & Toby Tannenbaum Atrium
@ The Art Gallery of Hamilton

For more info about the WAAH, click here.
Art Gallery of Hamilton, click here.

PLUS, two musical performances & door prizes.
Senior Curator, Tobi Bruce &
AGH Director, Louise Dompierre officiating.
TICKETS: $50 per person
Contact: waah.events@gmail.com

For preview of Silent Auction catalogue, click here.

'Granny's Lounger', 4/4, 2005 -
Pinhole Photograph by MLH

Oil + Soft PASTELS by mlh

'Dream Bug'

I mentioned earlier in the year that I would 'post' some of my pastel work. Here you go. These, and others, have been done over the course of 20 years, give or take. What follows is fairly representative. Again, there is a 'sampling' of both OIL & SOFT pastel. If you're interested in purchasing the original, (or photo reproduction), let me know. Also, in advance, I apologize for the watermarks in the centre, but I've HAD to do this cuz of 'copiers'... Sorry.

'Cedar Hedge'

'Hole in the Woods'

'Pine Tree' - SOLD

'Wind Swept Road'

'Native Greek'

'St.Johns, Newfoundland' - SOLD

'Haida Gwaii, West Coast' - SOLD

'Killarney' - SOLD

'Buffalo Bill', Mount Nemo, Ontario

'Turtle Doves on the Pond'

'Emperor Penguins'

'Cave Drawing' - SOLD

'Trickster'

'Barn Door-One'

'Barn Door Two'

'The Lake at Dawn'

So, what do you think? Do you like these?
Do you have a favourite?

(Sizes are varied, mostly 20x24, or 9x10, and a few are already framed. The items that have sold are available as 'photo repros' ONLY. Let me know, if interested. Thanks.)