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December 2013 Update

December 18, 2013

This month I had an opportunity to visit Oaxaca and paint a number of really great pieces there. I hung shows at Archangeles (Salida Queretaro, between Correo and Garrita), La Dolche Vita (Gelato Cafe, centro San Miguel) and will be hanging another show on Sollano…

November 2013 Update – Marion Perlet, Upcoming Exhibitions

November 23, 2013

A great Canadian painter, Marion Perlet passed away recently, which is sad news. I got to know Marion a little bit over the last two years, and she will certainly be missed. The last time I visited her studio, I saw her latest work and…

Update October 2013

October 15, 2013

First of all please accept my apologies for not posting updates and not updating the website in so long. I have been working as always and documenting my work, but have been posting it more on facebook than on this website. So if you have facebook, please…

Update May 2013

May 22, 2013

A few quick pieces of news. Somebody took one of my pieces to get appraised and it turns out that I'm selling at about 50% of the appraisal value right now. The piece was 24 x 36 and was appraised at at least $1500... I…

April 2013 Update

April 11, 2013

I have been travelling more than usual and this has made it difficult for me to update the website with my latest work and thoughts. Having said that, I am in the process of photographing new work, which I hope to upload soon. I've been mostly…

OSTA T-Shirts !

March 20, 2013

I have designed some new shirts (and ipod cases). Take a look at them here: http://andrewosta.spreadshirt.com/

Andrew Osta on the Radio

March 15, 2013

I was invited to do a radio show in Texas, speaking about my book, Shamans and Healers. I should have the show to put online sometime soon. Other than that, I am painting as always, and about to start a project to design and illustrate…

Creative Autobiography

February 14, 2013

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…

Busy!

February 14, 2013

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…

New Website

January 26, 2013

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.…