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 74 (San Miguel de Allende, centro). I have been mostly…
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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 it was very good. A little painting entitled “Ship of…
Continue Reading →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 sold it for $700. The other piece of news is…
Continue Reading →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 working on small and medium sized works, and mostly…
Continue Reading →I have designed some new shirts (and ipod cases). Take a look at them here: http://andrewosta.spreadshirt.com/
Continue Reading →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 a series of books. These books are a dream for…
Continue Reading →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…
Continue Reading →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 →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…
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