I’m not sure exactly when I became creative… I know that I began to keep a diary and thus write around 1999. In the following years, I composed hundreds of poems, none of which I have transcribed for digital viewing. They are hidden away in my notebooks at my parents home in Canada. My 2000…
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Andrew Osta
I have been very, very busy. Doing commissions and just trying to finish the work already started. Two possible exhibitions are coming up in March. While I feel I am creating some very beautiful work, looking at images of some of the sold paintings brings nostalgia.
Continue Reading →I finally took the time to create a new website to better represent my work. While web-design is not my favorite form of creativity, I found it difficult to stop. And yet I think it is good enough now to at least make it live. There is still a lot to add – many images…
Continue Reading →I had been working hard, approximately 6 hours of painting per day, and with all of the other things I have to do, I had no time to write updates. In terms of what I am doing now – I had a lot of fun with plein air landscapes, and after doing about 10 of…
Continue Reading →I hadn’t written anything on the website lately, but that doesn’t mean I hadn’t been busy. In November, I took a trip to the moutains and coast of oaxaca and produced 11 plein air paintings. Engaging in this work was both tremendously fun and tremendously rewarding. I cannot recommend the experience enough. It teaches you…
Continue Reading →Added about 25 small works.. More to come… As well as some more major works. I have been working like crazy and enjoying every moment of it. Also enjoying every moment of rest. Ah.. The life of the artist! I wouldn’t want any other. The new photos I will be adding are of the works…
Continue Reading →I have been very busy, painting every day and also writing about art. Finished several plein air landscapes, a still life, and a number of portraits. I have yet to take pictures. At the same time, I am returning to the highly psychedelic/visionary/dreamy style of painting. Exhibitions are lined up for december, february and march
Continue Reading →About a month ago I took a number of my paintings and prints to the Mariposa Gallery on #36 Recreo, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. It’s a beautiful space and the paintings there are mostly my animal paintings. The work at the Mariposa is well-priced and definitely worth seeing. The Mariposa gallery will represent my…
Continue Reading →Today I took a few of my paintings and prints to La Bella Epoca Galleria in the Palacio Chino, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Richard Tefertiller will represent my work there. You can come see the paintings at Mesones 57, Local 6, Centro. We have worked out a deal with Richard and the paintings are being…
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