Exhibit 15: Art in the Workplace - Hamilton

Thrilled to hear that I've been chosen again for the group show at McMaster Innovation Place.
Opens August and runs until November.

Delivered the works for hanging yesterday, July 10th, and was gratified to both hear and see the delight from those people receiving the items. These very small moments affirm what I do daily. It is gratifying to see that they were visibly moved by what they saw - it pleased them - made them happy for just that milli-second. And that pleased me.

Joy is an underestimated human emotion that radiates throughout our being.
It fills us with the sanctity, wonder and awe of Life.
What more could we possibly want? - - - Come See!

Grand Opening Gala - Thursday, AUGUST 7th, 2014 

7:00-9:00pm 

at the Atrium in McMaster Innovation Place 

175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton. MAP/Directions.

 

Exhibit: Artists

Artist Statement

".. Sometimes you just can't take yourself too seriously ... The following selection is from a recent series called, 'Regression' ... Playful patterns emerge from careful placement of dollar store decals and cheesy rhinestones. Serious Fun. Google Margaret Lindsay Holton to learn more about this award-winning, mid-career, Golden Horseshoe artist, or contact the artist directly, at 'mlhpro' at 'hotmail' dot 'com'. "

New Paintings, Spring 2014

The first was inspired by a painting I saw done by local artist, Claudette Losier, (she's a great painter!) Trying a new technique, of 'rollers', I did several 'grounds' then painted over ... Lotsa fun!

Frozen Lake by m.l.holton

 The second was a return to 'my way' with brushes and metallic gold/silver pens ... This photo repro doesn't quite do it justice, but it will give you all the sense of where I'm going with this ...  Entitled: 'Dreamtime'

'Dreamtime' by m.l.holton

If interested in purchase, contact me for size, price and availability. (Both of these are LARGE canvases.) The first one is framed in a silver wood frame, the second is going for framing and I haven't decided yet if it will be 'black' or 'silver' ....

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

I'm totally besotted. Went last weekend to the local Kite Festival and spent four hours enchanted by the mechanics of 'flight'. Aside from that, there is sheer pleasure in just holding a string and playing with the wind - and watching wonderfully colourful, often exotic, kites soar upward. Pure Deight.  Photo essay ensues ...

Initially, there was a lot of 'trial and error' ... 

Mothers & Fathers worked tirelessly 

to get their children's kites' air-borne ....

The satisfaction of staying aloft was an unbeatable feeling ...

Wonderful whimsical Full-On-Spring day. Blissful. 

Published too now on Raise the Hammer, with some helpful links.

DVSA - 44th Annual Auction, April 12th, 7pm

44th Annual Art Auction

Dundas Valley School of Art

Saturday, April 12, 2014 -  7 pm

Presenting over 1200 original works of art from established and new artists. 

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

Free Previews:

Thursday April 10 & Friday April 11, 9am – 9pm

Saturday, April 12, 9 am – 4 pm

Silent Auction bids accepted during these hours

Auction Admission - $25 in advance

$30 at the door

21 Ogilvie Street, Dundas, Ontario

MAP & DVSA Website LINK

** I'm in with a photo-collage this year:  'Silk & Satin' - - Find it! :)  **
Update: The Hamilton Spectator story

 

Regression: In Four Parts - (Mixed Media)

Regression: Part 1 - Time & Tide - Mixed Media

Regression: Part 2 - Whirlwind

Regression: Part 3 - Spiderboy

Regression: Part 4 - Circle of Pooh 

Fun one. Mixed media and YES, those are dollar store stickers & stick-on rhinestones

 mounted on painted canvas ... framed ... 

Sometimes you've just gotta PLAY & stop taking yourself so SERIOUSLY.  seriously. 

Alternate naming for this grouping could be 'Cabin Fever'
... it's been an exceptionally LONG winter. 

I haven't decide to sell the originals of these at present. 

But might make high-quality prints available when they come back from the framer.

Interested? Let me know. 

(Would be GREAT for a kids room ... or an 'innovative office' enviro ... )

Fine Art Society of Milton presents - 'From Heart to Hand'

The Holcim Gallery at the Milton Centre for the Arts 

will host this annual members show from the Fine Art Society of Milton,

'From Heart to Hand'

Opening Night Reception: 

Thursday, April 3rd, 6:30 to 8:30pm. 

Expect a diverse mixture of new art works crafted over this exceptionally long winter!

Admission and parking is FREE at the Milton Centre for the Arts.  

 Holcim Gallery in the Milton Centre for the Arts

ALL WELCOME! 

1010 Main St E, Milton, Ontario, Canada - 

(30 minutes from Toronto or Hamilton, off Hwy 401)

For additional info, phone:  1-905-875-5399

See you there!

Update: Great night. Lovely food, music, turn-out and ambiance. 
Plus, The Milton Champion did a story on the show. 

Puttin' on the Ritz @ Grimsby Public Art Gallery

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!

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.

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. :)

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. 

 

The Boxer (of Panama City) - oil on board, by m.l.holton

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.