Abstracting Minds

ALL ART under $100 DOLLARS!!!

2010-11-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

UNDER 100 Vancouver Art Exhibit begins Dec 2nd and will run for 40 days at SWFDS. All ART and photography will be sold for under $100.00. See poster below for address and further details.

"Drama Queen" (the painting below by Ashley Hunking) was sold! Checkout the Vancouver studio, as there is lots of art to be bought!

*Let me know if you like this style and would like to see more of it.

Princess Diana "Say, Cheese!"

2010-07-09T06:34:00.001-07:00

Diana fascinates me. In so many famous photos taken of her I see the sadness of her life crying out from the picture. A symbol of beauty, elegance and royalty, she was the perfect subject to be photographed. But her eyes always illustrated a different story, one of a prisoner.

This picture is a rendition of a infamous dress she was photographed in. It was littered in pearls. Of course I couldn't afford real pearls for my painting. (75cents each), so I glued Mardi Gras beads on the dress, including a broken childrens tiara for her crown.

The painting is titled Say, Cheese. 24 x 30 inches on canvas painted with acrylic.

Newest Painting- "Fish Bowl

2010-06-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

Here is my most recent painting. It's cluttered and chaotic. It shows a globe inside a fish bowl. I'm submitting it to Gachet Gallery's Eco Madness Exhibition. I've titled it FISH BOWL because I'm out of ideas. If anyone thinks of a better title than FISH BOWL, let me know and I will use it! This painting is on 6 small canvases and 3 larger. It is meant to be hung up on the wall in segments...(I think). In total it is 56 inches x 36 inches. I had a fun time painting it and my wood floor has unintentionally become a canvas...:)

SWFDS Art Show

2010-05-21T07:39:00.000-07:00

I sold the first painting I've ever made a profit from, excluding the times I ripped my younger brother off by selling "colouring books" encompassing a few sheets of paper fastened together with a staple, with my famous cartoon bunny with buck teeth. Thank-you everyone who supported us (you know I mean you!) and ESPECIALLY Ryan Mymko who appreciated a piece of my art and purchased it! What an honour!! And thanks to Sheila Wong who made it all happen in her Fashion Design Studio.

Ashley Hunking and Ryan Mymko pose for purchase of "Fat Girl," a rendition of one of Picasso's famous pieces sold for $185.00.

"Fat Girl"

Sheila Wong (SWFDS), Ashley Hunking, Aaron Connell, Andrew Biggs, Courtney Powell, Emily Smith.

"Within" - A painting and commentary of a beautiful woman, my Aunt Pat, who lost her life to breast cancer.

2010-04-29T14:47:00.000-07:00

(I have posted below my dad's thoughts about my painting that I dedicated to my aunt Pat, my dad's sister).

"Within" is a really good painting, Ashley. The painting conceptually fits Pat perfectly in several ways. When I first looked at it, there were two immediate visual impressions that related to Aunt Pat. One, of a stained glass window in a church. And two, The thin slivers felt like fiberous lesions in the body, a likeness to the anatomical pictures of exposed tissue one might see hanging on the wall of a doctors office. The church Pat attended and dearly loved (St. Stephens Anglican, Montreal) has beautiful stained glass windows (a sanctuary Pat loved to sit in). The taut fiberous feeling reflects the tension within Pat's body in fighting her disease. So both of those initial visual impressions reflect my sister Pat. As for the content of the painting, you already refered to the heart within (and Pat had the most clear and pure heart imaginable). But also, the hands struck me. They cover the heart protectively reflecting the large degree to which your Aunt Pat kept titanic spiritual struggles and her immeasurable standard of honesty private. But for me (and most vividly of all), the hands also are stretching towards each other, not quite touching, never quite clasping together in a union. This image reveals a major theme in Aunt Pat's life both outwardly and inwardly. She embraced an eclectic group of friends whose social circles were dichotomous. On the surface, her life was not integrated. But deep 'Within' it was unified by a powerful thread of love winding through her every act. She was francophone and anglophone though her french and english friends did not mix. She carefully maintained a simple and innocent faith in Christ despite her advanced education as a linguistic anthropologist (and accepted her discipline's methodology). Her christian faith and deep relationships with christians were balanced with intimate friendships with Jews, Muslims, and atheists. Pat was a strong christian yet struggled with basic tenets of the bible. She enjoyed going to the horse track and betting on races just as much as attending a bible study. She loved numbers and technical analysis (and made a living as an accountant) but many of her closest friends were out to lunch wacky artists (painters and musicians). She was neat and tidy in her personal environment but adorned her living space with abstract art (much of it neo-cubist). She was a connoisseur of fine wine whose palette was equally happy gorging on a mountain of fries in the greasy spoon on the corner of Sherbrooke and Avenue Draper. In her last years, Aunt Pat appeared delicate belying the indomitable will to persevere through her suffering. But most of all, in contrast to her enormous brain power and insatiable desire to understand, she modestly accepted the essential unknowableness of things with a unique grace. The composition and content of your painting "Within" reflects well your Aunt Pat's life. It is a beautiful and fitting gesture to dedicate it to her.

Business Cards Done

2010-04-27T18:41:00.000-07:00

My business cards are finished! Here it is. It's an old digital camera - forgive the blurry picture. I took like 30 pictures and this is the best I got. I highly recommend Ultra X Printing for artists. They have a great DEAL. I saved like $50. Check it out. www.printprint.ca.

Business Cards

2010-04-27T09:52:00.000-07:00

I'm in the process of making business cards (which a lovely special someone helped me design). I thought it would be a great idea to put one of my paintings that represented how I felt as an artist. This painting sums me up rather nicely. I'm a romantic and I'm passionate. Not all my ARTWORK is POP art, but I thought I would use this painting on my business card because I love how a "kiss with the tongue" is such a wonderful representation of PASSION.

"Drama Queen"

2010-04-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

This painting is for sale and on display at Sheila Wong Fashion Design Studio (SWFDS) 10 (basement)- 319 W Pender Street, phone 604.608.8939. As well as a design studio for designers who need a space to design, Sheila also offers sewing classes, www.swfds.com

Breast Cancer Fundraiser

2010-04-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

This painting is dedicated to my aunt Pat who died of breast cancer. I'm donating it to a breast cancer fundraiser (http://www.bustartsocial.com/event/) The painting is titled "Within." My aunt Pat was a wonderful person. My dad lived with her during the last couple years of her life in her Montreal apartment which over looked the city. I spent ten days with her. I remember watching him read the bible to her everyday. This painting was inspired by word "Immanuael" which means "God within us." Below the surface of the breast is the heart deep within the chest cavity....This painting is titled "Within."

Work in Progress

2010-02-09T09:50:00.000-08:00

I'm still working on this picture. It has changed substantially from it's first conception.

The Gardeners

2009-11-22T14:01:00.000-08:00

I was inspired by a drawing I kept on my bedroom wall for years of Eygptian gardeners tending their garden. I love exploring with colour and the original drawings gave me a plethora of subject to explore. I gave this painting to my dad for Christmas some years ago.

The Outsider

2009-11-20T07:24:00.000-08:00

In the Meadow

2009-11-13T07:10:00.000-08:00

"God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things." - Picasso

Worry

2009-11-02T14:45:00.001-08:00

Worry manifests itself inside the mind like dozens of worrying bystanders, silently catastrophizing, whispering and doubting. Humans fair better to observe their worrisome thoughts rather than observe 'from' their worrisome thoughts.

"An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought." - Picasso

2009-10-30T09:43:00.000-07:00