Stellar Sunrises over Lake Ontario

We may have had little ice and snow this year, 

but we have had some spectacular sunrises ...

Bay Area Restoration Council - SILENT AUCTION

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Bruce Trail - No.2  by mlholton

Donated to the BARC Silent Auction- SOLD

 The Bay Area Restoration Council  

is having a Fund-raiser  

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

7pm Doors Open - 'til 10ish

at the

Royal Hamilton Yacht Club.

Ticket's $40 each, includes appetizers & wine/beer tastings

with great live music by jazz & blues Juno-nominated, 

Harrison Kennedy. 

The above photo-collage is my donation to this worthy cause. 

Help CLEAN UP THE BAY

(aka Hamilton Harbour) 

Tickets, more info, map:   here

 Royal Hamilton Yacht Club circa 1900's

Mid February - Before & After

 Made this little icon at 8:30am. Glorious fun.

Within 4 short hours it was alllll gone ...

Winter really has been poopy thus far. 

BUSH CHORD: Poems & Pinhole Photography ...................... Now available as E-Book on Amazon.ca

FINALLY, 

the SECOND edition of my ever popular 

2006 poetry & pinhole photography book:

  BUSH CHORD 

 E-Book. 

Front cover pinhole image: 'Grand Blue Spruce'

One of the Greatest Speeches EVER Made

Winter Wonder - January 2012

 

 All in all, it's been a rather lame winter thus far in the Great White North .... still, periodically, there are moments of sheer bliss. The following shots were taken last Saturday. Six points for anyone who can name the location ...

Chris Hedges: 'Brace Yourself! The American Empire is Over'. VIDEO

It's not often that I promote 'other' artists/authors/activists, but effective of the beginning of this year, I have decided to do just that. First up is a very provocative 2 hour 'interview' with noted war-journalist and author, Christopher Hedges. This thoughtful fellow truly stands on the side of 'truth & justice'. Sit back, give it a listen: and then consider how YOU are helping to shape the future of this, our finite & beautiful planet. Happy New Year.  :)

'Tis the Season ...

ho ho

Very best to you ALL for the New Year. 

Lindsay

p.s. FINAL exhibit for this year:
@ McMaster Innovation Park
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Exhibit 7: Artists in the Workplace

OPENS Dec 8th, 7-9pm,  
runs until March 2012
Drop in anytime. Free admission to Atrium.
Parking available at side of building.

'The Clearing', oil painting, signed & dated on reverse, by yours truly

Two New Oil Paintings, Fall 2011

 'Ducks at Dawn', Lake Ontario

Signed & Dated on reverse, 24"W x 18"H (unframed)

'Laker on Lake Ontario' 

Signed & Dated on reverse, 24" xquare (unframed)

Both are available for purchase. 

Please contact the artist if interested.

Framing, S&H, and Tax are Extra.

Fall Walks, Fall Talks

Love this time of year, so much to see ...

Using a friends camera, we meandered back country, 

then I 'fritzed' with the images ... 

cropping, colour correction & a bit of mlh 'tweeking'.

Fall is upon us ...

New Oil - The Fox, October 2011

In the seven years that I've lived at the Lake House, I've seen the fox a grand total of THREE times. That's one wily creature considering that this is technically an 'urban' area! I know that it dens on the lakeside embankment twenty feet from the house - but other then that, not much to report. This oil painting is a homage to this beautiful critter. Elusive & magnificent. Signed & Dated on Reverse. Contact me, if interested in purchase. Framing, Shipping & Handling is extra.

Summer/Fall Newsletter - Sept, 2011

Wonderful summer, no?

Here's the skinny ...

http://mim.io/590961

Recent Oils by Margaret Lindsay Holton - Signed & Dated 2011

Water Lilies, Cootes Paradise

Northern Lake Light

Dusk at Cootes Paradise, Hamilton

Prince William in Alberta Canada: Blind to the Tarsands -  2011

All works are FOR SALE as 'original oils'.

All are titled, signed & dated on the back. 

 Avoid dealer/gallery 40-50% mark-up, 

buy DIRECT from the artist.
For size, price & availability, please contact: 

Margaret Lindsay Holton

Kindly note, lakeside studio is open

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

Video Tour of Saatchi Gallery, London.

Saatchi Gallery Newspeak II exhibition video tour
If anyone can identify the fabulous musical score to this promo piece, I'd appreciate it. Me thinks it's Glass, but need confirmation. Anyone?

And yes, I've been 'linked' to Saatchi-online for a number of years now ...

Portrait of a Frog

...

RIP: Jack Layton

Wonderful illustration by Patrick Corrigan

in the Toronto Star this morning - 

'Finding Farley' NFB Film (62 min)

Stumbled across this beautiful little film at the National Film Board. It's a charming tale of one small family's determination to meet up with legendary Canadian author, Farley Mowat. The footage is excellent and the tale very moving. You'll be swept away by their amazing canoe trip ACROSS CANADA from Alberta to Nova Scotia.

http://films.nfb.ca/finding-farley/

 Enjoy!

'Women's Art Association of HAMILTON' opens at the Women's Art Association of CANADA, Toronto, August 6th, 2011 -

 

 23 Prince Arthur Avenue

Toronto, ON M5R 1B2
contactus@womensartofcanada.ca
More info, directions: 416-922-2060
(Video tour of the WAAC house/gallery )

Wonderful opportunity to see select works of members of the Women's Art Association of Hamilton at The Women's Art Association of Canada in Toronto. Located in the heart of the City at Bloor & Avenue Road, this charming converted house-to-gallery is easy walking distance to trendy Yorkville, the Royal Ontario Museum, Gardiner Museum & the architecturally complex University of Toronto campus. Many fine eateries & pubs in the area. LOTS to see, do & consider. 'Celebrate Summer' & the WAAC 125th Birthday: make a day of it! Exhibit opens Saturday, August 6th, 1:30-4:30 and runs until August 30th. Admission FREE.

  Busy Cumberland Avenue in Yorkville, stone's throw from gallery.

I have one older oil painting n this show: 'The Passage'. This work interprets my many good years of exploring the northern lake district of Georgian Bay, in Ontario, Canada.

'The Passage'
For Sale. Contact moi for details.

Royal Botanical Gardens - June 2011

 'Peace Rose' - Exquisite!

An evening stroll to a classical music interlude became a heady ricochet lurch from one intoxicating plant to another. Within the Royal Botanical Gardens in Southern Ontario is Hendrie Park, a delight for all senses: sight, smell, touch, and even taste, with a tribute to medicinal and herbal plants ...

 More then anything, attentive looking amplifies the incredible diversity.

 June is a time of FULL ON bloom. Cascades of colour and WALLS of delicious smells.

Hendrie Park at the Royal Botanical Gardens

Classical Music on Tuesday evenings

Jazz & Blues on Wednesday evenings

ENJOY!!