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Toller Cranston Speech Transcript

April 25, 2016

I was recently again asked to speak about my friend Toller Cranston, at the Michael Hoppe concert (I will upload the video soon). I actually wrote a speech for this occasion. In case anyone is interested in who Toller was, here are some excerpts from…

Some thoughts on commercial contemporary art

February 26, 2016

My mindset has been somewhat philosophical lately. I have been thinking about art, about the meaning of it all, and about the commercial contemporary art market. I came across the work of figurative painter Alan J. Lawson, who studied philosophy, like myself, and appears to be…

First Michael Hoppe Concert in San Miguel de Allende

February 26, 2016

First of all I apologize for not keeping my blog as updated as I should. The last few weeks I have been very busy - painting another Toller Cranston for the Michael Hoppe concert dedicated to him... And I had to make an introductory speech,…

December 2015 update

December 28, 2015

OK I know I am very behind on blog posts. Please accept my apologies. It's just that I wanted to post an in-depth update of my European trip, before moving on to other things. However, I'll have to do that Europe post later, because there…

April 2015 Update

April 17, 2015

Exactly 141 years to the day after the first impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1874, I have left France by train to Geneva to start my 1 month residency in a tiny village called Trelex. Before that, a few days in Paris seeing the works of…

Remembering Toller Cranston

March 20, 2015

Andrew Osta with Toller Cranston Christmas 2014 The late Canadian skating icon, Toller Cranston, was the best friend I had in Mexico. We met at the end of 2011, when I visited his gallery in San Miguel de Allende for the first time. Just then, Toller…

Cat Paintings

January 3, 2015

I have completed 4 Cat Dinner / Party paintings and am working on the fifth. This is not something I do often - I usually create one-off images which are either major works or studies for major works. If I do readdress a painting or…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

December 27, 2014

Overall, this has been a good year for me. I am enjoying painting and meeting with painter friends - Toller Cranston, E.C. Bell, Bruce Stuart, and others. Everyone is traveling lots. Nobody sticks around for very long. Some new friends came, others left, but everything…

My Tips for Artists (tip #1 regarding tiredness)

October 13, 2014

As a self taught artist, I am continuously learning through my own experimentation and self observance, and I make mental notes, and sometimes write these notes in a notebook for inclusion in a future book which I plan to eventually publish to help other artists,…

A Day in the Life of a Contemporary Painter

October 6, 2014

A few days ago I had a closing party which coincided with a huge parade. Of course, everyone got stuck at the parade and only a handful of people made it out to see me. EC Bell, one of my artist friends, walked for an…