Dundas Valley School of Art, Spring Auction & Reno Celebration - April 30th, 2011

Dundas Valley School of Art

presents its
41st Annual Art Auction 

Saturday April 30, 2011 - 7pm

 @ Renovated Dundas Valley School of Art

Bid on over 1200 original works of art by

established & new artists & estate items. 

Oils, Pastels, Watercolours, Sculpture, Pottery, Jewellery.

as well as this small photo-collage by  me.

'Sleeping Apple'

All items will be beautifully showcased,

in a fitting tribute to
the late great Trevor Garwood Jones'  

newly renovated school .
(Link: Hamilton Spectator Overview.)

 
FREE PREVIEWS
 Thursday April 28 & Friday April 29, 9am - 9pm.
 Saturday, April 30th, 9am - 4pm
 Silent Auction bids accepted during these hours
Auction Admission - $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

 
Dundas Valley School of Art 

21 Ogilvie Street, Dundas, Ontario

DVSA event wepage here  

New City Park 'Verdict', April 7th, 2011

'Earth Assault' 
 
For those who have been following this 'story', 

on April 7th, 2011, we finally received the

'verdict' from the Ministry of Natural Resources,

(apropos the fervently fought 

Environmental Hearing on October 5th, 2010.)

In brief, we lost.

 City & the Pan Am org won.

The Golden Horseshoe has just lost

what COULD have been the 

most magnificent NATURAL

Park of the entire Niagara Escarpment.

Short-term 'photo-op' expediency

and greed for 'free' PanAm money won.

Now, TONS of lifeless PLASTIC GRASS will carpet

this precious living landscape for GOOD.

Sad, sad day. 

If you care to read more, 

link 

HERE

'Victor'

Election Fever? ... This Too Shall Pass ...

Original on Youtube -  here.

... nearly 26 million views ... 

hee

That was one heck of a GREAT weekend ...

Cold yes, with snow underfoot, but BRIGHT, with lots of spring warmth in that sun ...

Perigee 'Supermoon' over Burlington Bay, March 20th, 2011 & Vernal Equinox CELEBRATION -TOMORROW at SUNRISE

I have just learned that SUNRISE GALLERY will be
co-hosting an aboriginal Spring DRUM Celebration
at the beach. All drummers are welcome.

Be there before sunrise,
(around 6:30am), Monday, March 21st
(With this moon, it's going to be spectacular!)

For directions, locations, actual beach site -
get to the gallery first, walk around to the back,
walk the boardwalk down to the beach -


All welcome.

Drum UP in the Sun ... :)

...." The 8th Annual 8000 Sacred Drum Event,

which is  the spring equinox sunrise ceremony,

will be performed by

the local native Indian community,

tomorrow morning

starting before sunrise at 6:30 am,

here at Sunrise Gallery on the beach

for about an hour or so ..."

Early Spring: Lake Ice & Westfield Pioneer Village 2011

 

Two 'Must Attend' Events in the Hammer, February 2011

 From mlh's 'Bruce Trail' photo collage series

 

Friday night, Feb25th, 7pm

The Bay Area Restoration Council 

4th Annual 'Wine Tasting & Silent Auction'. 

 @ The Royal Hamilton Yacht Club

Enjoy an appetizing array of nibbles
and bid on their extensive auction items. 

Tickets $40.  

ALL Proceeds support Bay Area Restoration Council

and its work to restore & protect Hamilton Harbour 

(Note: Tickets CAN be purchased at the door )

More info here - www.hamiltonharbour.ca

And, Opening on
Sunday, February 27th, 2-5pm
 The Women's Art Association
of Hamilton - (WAAH)
115th Annual Juried Show 

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Fischer Gallery

123 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario.
FREE ADMISSION
(Runs until May 15th, 2011)

Established in 1894 and formerly a branch of the Women's Art Association of Canada, the WAAH is one of the oldest cultural groups in the city of Hamilton, Ontario. The WAAH provides a venue for women artists and art-supporters to share their appreciation of visual arts and to further support the arts within Hamilton. This includes fundraising for scholarships, prizes, hosting lectures, and exhibits. More info here - www.womensartassociationofhamilton.com

 

'The Clearing' - oil on board, 2010 - by mlh

On display at AGH, until May 15th, 2011

'CANADADA: A Painter's Nature' . . . . . . . . . LAUNCH - Feb 17th, I pm - Fischer Gallery - Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

'CANADADA: A Painter's Nature' will be available for view & purchase after my Talk/Slide presentation at the Art Gallery of Hamilton on February 17th, 2011. There are ONLY 25 Numbered Copies in this COLLECTOR'S FIRST EDITION - 70 pages of 160 full colour illustrations of just my oil paintings. Hard cover, trim size: 9x11 inches.

Price: $130 

First Come - First Served.

(STax, S&H Extra)

"MLH is a wholly original 'canajun' artist who relentlessly toils for 
her beloved 'Canadada'. Painter of signature 'naive-surreal-folk-abstracts', her 
very personalized vision is often touchingly bitter-sweet. ... 
Maud Lewis Meets Doris McCarthy. These works make you think ...
A novel interpreter of long-standing Canadian themes & memes, 
this mid-career artist, born & raised in Southern Ontario, 
is a good one to add to any evolving global collection 
of contemporary fine art. Affordable now." 

A.J. Whyte, Art Critic & Collector

To RESERVE yours TODAY, please contact  'here'. 

Remember, there are ONLY 25 copies  

in this COLLECTOR'S FIRST EDITION.
Numbered & Signed by MLH: 1-25. That's it!

(NB: As of  June 2016, there are 7 copies left ... ) 
 ISBN/CISS: 978-0-9691362-7-9 


RECENT BOOK PRODUCTIONS - HERE

Art Gallery of Hamilton Talk & Slide Tour with mlh - February 17th, 2011

I have been invited to 'speak' about 'my life as an artist' after the Women's Art Association of Hamilton's meeting at the Art Gallery of Hamilton on Thursday, February 17th, 2011. 1 pm, for one hour. Free.

It is my intent to do a quick 'overview' of my 35 years of production with periodic digressions ...

Beginning with my typeface design, 'Lindsay', sold to Letraset England in 1980, I'll then move into the two decades of Canadian fine furniture design & construction, followed by an overview of my painterly evolution from the age of fourteen, and my later involvement with pinhole photography and most recently, photo-collage work and fractal design. Interspersed throughout will be side-bars to my published efforts, including the two books of poetry, 'Bush Chord' and 'On Top of Mount Nemo', and the novels, 'Economic Sex' and 'The Gilded Beaver by Anonymous'. (Possibly digression might include the experimental documentary, 'In the Eye of the Hunter'.) I also hope to 'launch' my latest book, 'CANADADA: A Painter's Nature' at that time.

It should be fun. As I am 'self-taught', I go at it all a bit differently then most. I will try to keep you entertained!

Location: Jean & Ross Fischer Gallery on the Main floor. Free. Hope to see you there!

Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

New Year - 2011

After an unfortunate 'start' to the New Year with a complete collapse of my phone/internet service, I'm now back, ready to go! I intend to start with some simple photos this year of a phenom that interests me: tracks. Footprints. In the snow. I like where this takes my mind in the consideration of OTHER species 'out there'. These marks are like minature signatures in and of Time. The imprint of activity that has long gone resonates with the 'background' notion that these critters are 'out there' still, and more importantly, that they are there at all times of the year. It is only during the hush of winter that many of our otherwise silent 'wild nieghbours' become visible ...

Whether it be rabbit, coyote, squirrel, field mice, deer, and/or predatory hawks (and many more unidentified prints, large & small) - all pass through this landscape on a regular basis. (I've even SEEN an elusive FOX near here...) Needless to say, it's lots of fun to track and explore in the bush ...

Time to go a wanderin' with camera. Will return with more WINTERSCAPES later ... :)