BURST! Spring Art Sale @ The Art Gallery of Hamilton, April 29 - May 2, 2010

 April 29 to May 2, 2010

Join us as the AGH’s Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Pavilion is transformed into a four-day showcase for art lovers and art collectors hosting the best from specially invited local and regional artists. Works that are perfect for your home, office or garden.

Thursday, April 29 ~ Noon to 9 pm
Friday, April 30 ~ Noon to 9 pm
Saturday, May 1 ~ Noon to 5 pm
Sunday, May 2 ~ Noon to 5 pm

The AGH Art Sale offers original artworks to suit every budget and décor; enhance your own collection or choose that special gift.

 Come see (and buy!) pinhole photographs by moi - !

 The Art Gallery of Hamilton (123 King Street West, Hamilton - Ph:  905-527-6610) is located in the downtown core of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on the western end of beautiful Lake Ontario.  

Come visit ...

OPENING NIGHT - 'Private Reception': April 28th 6-9pm: 

Just got back from a GREAT evening ... lots of new and old faces, great PINOT and many yummy 'horsey do-overs'; met a few members of the Board - Rick Court & Alan Baird - very personable fellas, plus Louise Dompierre, HAG's Principal Director/Curator - ever 'cheery' & welcoming ... Artists and patrons 'swirled' for several hours admiring, and buying art. This 4 day  'spring sale' continues until Sunday, so get your Selves over there: - check out what's new, up-and-coming and just flat-out GREAT. Lots of variety, lots of different mediums, lots of talent - if I say so my Self!  ( ... more shameless self-promotion ... :)

(This last (digital) shot was taken when I got home to the lake around 9:30p - a full moon glistening - a fitting 'nightcap' to a good night ... )

New Painting: Bovine Bliss No.2

A quick 'insert', just to let you all know that, yes, I is STILL painting regardless that photography is and will be 'front & centre' for most of this up-coming year ... Here's my latest: -

Last winter walk before SPRING, 2010

I'm hating this 'new' photo formatting provided by Google in Blogger... I can't 'edit', but rather, am forced to fit to a 'generic' size - "small, medium or large." NONETHELESS, the camera work CONTINUES. Enjoy.

...

Oh ... SPRING is COMING!

Wolf Eye

Digital Photo Collage

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!

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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 ....