Puttin' on the Ritz
Fundraising Auction ** & Gala Event
Saturday March 29 @ 7pm
Hey There Daddy-O!
Get yourself all dolled up and put a wiggle on for an evening of art, music and a swanky good time! Tickets $35 available now at the Gallery! * Silent & Live auctions * Live musical entertainment *Hors d’oeuvres & Cash Bar *Door prizes & much more!
Puttin’ on the Ritz is the
Grimsby Public Art Gallery's biggest fundraising event of the year;
proceeds from the auction will support our educational programs and care
of the art in the Permanent Collection. As always, there will be an exciting array of items up for auction -
art, collectables, gift certificates, floral arrangements and more!
Regional artists will be lending their talents to the cause, as will the
many generous individuals and businesses in our community.
Auction Preview Friday March 28 @ 7pm
Grimsby Public Art Gallery
18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby, ON
905-945-3246 v gpag@grimsby.ca
**I have two items in this FUN fundraising event - Rob Ford's iCloud (hee!) and POW-WOW: A Winter Sunrise - complete with lotsa 'hot air' - and glistenin' embedded rhinestones ;) - See you there!
Friday, March 14, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Cabin Fever: Photo Mashups
Note: None of these photo collages are 'for sale'.
It's very cold out there - with a blistering BRIGHT light.
It's Cold. And Very. Bright.
Monday, February 17, 2014
New Painting - The Orchid Series
Having some fun with these at the moment ... coming along nicely.
Should be done by the end of the week.
The Orchid Series, a set of three acrylic paintings, by m.l.holton |
Painting on three 1/4" G2S mahogany plywood panels. Each panel is 2 feet square. Acrylic with gold ink accents. Contact the artist directly, if interested in purchase. Asking $6000 for the set of three, unframed. Looking good. :)
Thursday, January 23, 2014
THE BOXER - 'Black History Month' in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
If you find yourself in Burlington, Ontario, Canada during the month of February, be sure to swing into the Burlington Art Centre on Lakeshore Blvd to catch another aspect of the festivities for 'Black History Month'. Hanging in the Community Hall will be a repro of an oil painting I did several years ago. It will be up for a month.
Alternatively, if you find yourself at the 35th Annual Art Auction at the same venue on February 7th, take a wonder through the Centre and find this work. It may not be IN the auction, but it IS 'for sale'. Asking $250 for the one-off photo print, signed and dated by moi. The original, in oil, 28" square, is $6500 (Canadian) framed in 2" black wood. If interested in either purchase, contact me directly.
As for the genesis of this painting, it's a good story. A very blonde Dutch friend and I were traveling around Central America when we landed in Panama City. We decided to walk around the waterfront and, quite literally, fell into a local 'boxing club'. Loud, smelly, very male, oozing testosterone and 100% black, we had a rather curious 'aha' moment about 'skin colour' and, tangentially, racism ...
In a perfect world, skin colour shouldn't 'matter' at all.
But it does. Black, White, Red, Yellow or a mix: we are who we are.
The Boxer (of Panama City) - oil on board, by m.l.holton
As for the genesis of this painting, it's a good story. A very blonde Dutch friend and I were traveling around Central America when we landed in Panama City. We decided to walk around the waterfront and, quite literally, fell into a local 'boxing club'. Loud, smelly, very male, oozing testosterone and 100% black, we had a rather curious 'aha' moment about 'skin colour' and, tangentially, racism ...
In a perfect world, skin colour shouldn't 'matter' at all.
But it does. Black, White, Red, Yellow or a mix: we are who we are.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
B Town Sound Presents .... Water, Water, Everywhere!
A group show / art sale of diverse mediums for ONE NIGHT ONLY
And yes, I'm 'in' with an oil called 'Northern Lights' ...
Come see!
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
7-10pm. CASH BAR.
It's gonna be a happenin' event of local artists, great music and lotsa fun. :)
B Town Sound, an award-winning rockin' recording studio,
is handily located just off the QEW, off Walker's Line.
Easy to get to if coming from Hamilton or Toronto ...
Address: 919 Fraser Drive, Burlington
Phone:(905) 616-7500 - Mark your calenders! :)
Thursday, January 9, 2014
The New Year, 2014
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