....................... Michael Howkins......................

Upcoming Show

2011-11-04T23:19:00.001-07:00

My first update since March... I've either been tremendously busy or incredibly lazy...you decide!

I'm happy to announce that I'll be participating in a group show this coming December at Studio 561 in Toronto. I will post the date\time and other info as the show approches =)

The piece i'll be showing is titled " The Last Bodhisattva".

It's basically about the jounery from a secular based, material life to one of a deeper, more spiritual nature and yet ultimately, dwindling apathetically halfway.

It's the biggest canvas i've done yet. Roughly 6ft in length.

Here's a progress shot

- M

New painting - progress shot

2011-03-24T23:38:00.000-07:00

Here's an update shot of a new painting in progress. I will update the blog with details and jibber-jabber when the painting is finished.

Peace, Love.

- M

New stuff

2010-11-19T16:54:00.000-08:00

I was going to write a little blurb about my day, tell you of my recent encounters, my feelings and what has been going on in my life.. An all around update of my life and art. But I'm not. One of these day's when I feel I have something of signifigance to convey through words or maybe even a satire, I will write it down and share it with you. But until then it's all flakey, half-attempts at funny-intros and images of thing's i'm working on. I hope that will suffice. But since I'm on the topic of words.. I have begun writing short stories again, so hopefully soon I will be able to post something.. wordy.

Here are three new one's that I recently finished for The Group Portriat show. I still have some hair rendering to do on "Entangled Nostalgia" but other than that and some bad lighting, here they are.

All are Acrylic on canvas and wood panel and all are up for sale. Just message me for details and pricing.

Stay tuned!

M

Flyer

2010-11-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a flyer for the show that is now less then one week away.. I'm not even close to finished what i'm working on for it. But they say the turtle wins the race, or something to that effect, so I should be alright?

The image on the flyer is a painting i'm working on that's half complete and will be fully complete and up for purchase at the show. The show is a one night only event so do stop in a say hi if you're in the area.. =)

Upcoming Show, new work..

2010-10-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

Greetings..

It's come to my attention that I only update this thing about four times a year. That's one for every season.. If this blog were a shelf, it'd be pretty effin dusty. Or a garden and it'd be saturated with weeds. Man eating, honey-I-shrunk-the-kids, weeds. But it's not either. It's just a half-assed blog. So In an attempt to make it less half-assed, dusty, unkempt, etc; here's an update!

This November I'll be participating in a portraiture themed, group show in the Annex (toronto). There will be a wide variety of artists working in all types of media. There will also be a few bands performing and certainly most importantly, food. So come.

Right now I'm working on a new series of portraits, some of which will be up for purchase at the show come November.

A couple of update shots from the first piece i'm currently working on:

I'll keep posting updates of my progress from now until the show and I'll release the show details when I get them, so stay tuned. Be happy

Mike

Sheeeeeeple

2010-05-18T18:39:00.000-07:00

Today I got my hair cut. I also took a couple of pic's of work's-in-progress, which is the thing that makes more sense to talk about.. And I recently did an interview with Marcus from A La Mode which can be seen here: http://www.fusionofeffects.com/2010/05/undiscovers-mike-howkins.html

The first pic is of a painting that I've been working off and on for a while now. I'd say it's about 70% complete but in all honesty I have no idea. The second is a quick drawing called"Sheeple", an idea that i've been playing around with for a while which I'll be elaborating on in the near future.

"Sheeple"

Peace, love, etc..

May(?)

2010-05-05T16:28:00.000-07:00

If this past April were a plane and I was on it, it would of crashed and burned miserably; and not in a cool way either like on Lost, it would have really just sucked. And It did. But aside from ant infestations, car-meltdowns and ambulance rides it was pretty swell. Sarcasm. That was April.

This is May and May is perfection. So to start it off right here are a few drawings including a newer one:

Springtime, I love you. (update)

2010-03-22T18:03:00.000-07:00

Like ususal I'm gonna keep this short and sweet. My first show at Sleeping Giant Gallery was a couple of weeks ago and it was gooood. As a result of the show I've been asked to participate in a feature for a la mode http://www.fusionofeffects.com/ which will appear in may (which is also the month of my birth, springtime and the singing of birds. It's a tremendous month!). In this feature I'll be exposing some new works, so make sure to giv'er a gander.

In the meantime, here are a few pics of some of the peices that I showed at Sleeping Giant:

That's all I got.

Be happy.

SHO-TIME

2010-02-25T19:15:00.000-08:00

I'm happy to announce that i'll be participating in my first group show at Sleeping Giant Gallery in Toronto on the 4th of march, aka one weeks time. It's a mixed media, anything goes type show with a variety of artists participating. Aside from the presence of great art, there will also be booze and live music, giving you three intensely logical reasons to go, and the fourth: not watching the olympics.

There's a tray of the warmest, choc-o-late- e- ist cookies waiting to be destroyed so I have to make haste. Sleeping Gaint Gallery, Doors 8pm, dundas & bathurst,

Here's an awful, awful scan of one of the drawings i'll be submitting for the show:

"Don't underestimate your attachment to yourself"

Some updatage

2009-09-11T18:24:00.000-07:00

I have been tremendously lazy the past few weeks, especially when it comes to painting or anything creative. So I figured by posting the little progress I have made online it'll somehow re-ignite the le passion in my artistic endeavours.

These two "self portraits" that I am currently working on are focused representations of the mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies that I have found myself occupying recently. From dispair and confusion to bliss and every fleeting sensation in between. I feel like I am forever dancing in between the subtle worlds of my own making. The key is to find balance.

Both paintings are still in progress and there is much work to be done. Both acrylic on canvas. No titles as of yet.

Detail

An update shot of the fashionista:

New work in progress

2009-07-21T12:50:00.000-07:00

I've been getting more and more inspired lately by the 60's and 70's era; particularly the fashion and glamour aspect of it all. Huge time. Here's what i'm working on. No title as of yet. "30 x"40 Acrylic on canvas.

New piece!! "Love Factory"

2009-04-17T14:22:00.000-07:00

Productivity! Delicious. I Just finished the latest acrylic painting i've been working on over the past couple weeks. I worked mainly on nights with this one as it's a time when everyone is dreaming and I try to harness theses dreams and then throw them back up on canvas. I doubt it works but thats the idea.

This particular piece is about my view of us human beings and this beautiful universe that we're all floating around in. To put it simply, love is all there is.

Click on image for larger view

"Love Factory" acrylic on canavas 3ft x 3ft

a couple of older pieces

2009-03-02T14:20:00.000-08:00

Here are a few older paintings of mine that act as a kind of map for me, showing where i've come from, and maybe vaguely pointing to where i'm heading. who knows. All are acrylic on canvas.

my very first blog!

2009-03-01T19:42:00.000-08:00

I've (finally) created this blog to post my paintings, drawings and other various concoctions that are the products of my many sleepless, caffine fueled nights.

These are the last two paintings that i've done , both acrylic on canvas..

Title: Her kisses always seem to find me

Title: Self portrait with machine guns