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April 2015: HELLO GENEVA

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…

November 2014 Update – My art is Autobiographical

October 3, 2014

Since returning from Europe, I have been busy with preparing for multiple shows, such as the Bordello Gallery show, the Central Library, and the Mi Patio Restaurant. There has not been as much time to paint as I would prefer, but I am working on…

Virtual Gallery Tour – June 2014

June 12, 2014

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March 2014 Update

March 10, 2014

I have been occupied with writing and have also been doing a fair bit of songwriting. Of course, I am also painting and it's rare for me to be able to do all three at the same time. Usually one discipline takes priority over the…

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…