Dear Friends, Greetings from Vancouver! What a lovely summer here in the Lower Mainland of BC. Cooler and moister than recent years, we were spared smoke, heat domes and the dread of disastrous fires. Small shards of hope: sea stars seem to be recovering in number and sea urchins less numerous. Can kelp forests soon recover?

THE INLET III
Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar, Vancouver
September 19 – October 2, 2024
Noon – 5PM daily. Extended hours until 8PM Tuesdays & Fridays

I’d like to invite you to my new exhibition, The Inlet III, which continues my work with ships. I admire how older ships maintain their dignity, their shapes distorting as they rotate with the tides. For over twenty years, they have been an integral part of my Ships with Windsurfers series, and particularly, my Nocturne series of the waters around Vancouver. At crepuscule, the red glow of the horizon beyond ships and Vancouver Island makes me ache with nostalgia. At night, ships’ mass blurs into mountain background. Lights glow from tiny cabins, making the ships floating monasteries with tangled cranes a rococo superstructure. Before dawn, in the green-gold gloaming, strengthening light gradually reveals shape and form.

We live in a changing world, with shifting weather, melting glaciers, burning forests and depleted seas. I hope that these simple paintings evoke both appreciation of the evanescence of human endeavour and respect for the fragile beauty of our present landscape.

Please, let us remain safe: I will open the doors on Thursday at noon. I hope to see many of you over the two-week exhibition. If you make a special trip from farther away, please, let me know so that I can spoil you.

If you can, please email me and let me know the day & time you will come – and if you are bringing friends (excellent!). I will be spacing out expected visitors to allow time to connect and to lower risk of Covid transmission.

I welcome unscheduled walk-in visitors; if you find yourself in the neighborhood, please visit the gallery. I will be assuming that you are vaccinated, that you are well, and that you will wear a N95 mask while inside the gallery. (I will have extras on hand).

I will have air purifiers on ‘turbo’ and will keep doors open to facilitate air flow. Weather permitting, we can visit outside the gallery without masks. I plan to welcome you with coffee, tea, wine, and other refreshments. It would be lovely to have a chance to see you and catch up.

If you are out of town in September and cannot make the show, consider a quiet private tour of my new Studio 1610. It is a large, well-ventilated space and we can visit together, enjoying coffee or a glass of Pinot Noir. Contact me and let’s plan.

Or, join the throngs of art aficionados visiting during the 2024 East Side Culture Crawl November 14 – 17, 2024. Hours Thu/Fri: 5pm-10pm, Sat/Sun: 11am-6pm.

PAINTINGS OF PHOTOS IN THEIR NEW HOMES
Photos of paintings in their new homes since last fall can be seen at https://www.haughton-art.ca/art-in-homes/ I would love an opportunity to showcase yours as well.

Set up a time to have me clean your “Haughtons”! They do get dusty – particularly those painted on hardboard. I am happy to stop by and do some basic cleaning and maintenance on your pieces. The work will only take about fifteen minutes, I would have the pleasure of seeing you, and, obviously, there would be no charge.

For now, with great affection and respect, David

Greeting friends! Wow! What a relief. The first three weeks of my exhibition Puppet Masters – Making Fools of Us All have been, thank goodness, unlike 2018, a troll-free experience. My colleagues at Gallery 110 — George Brandt, Curator & Shayley Timm, Director — thought deeply how to reinforce the intended message of my paintings. Strategically placed trigger-warnings, appropriate quotations on large wall postings, images and books illustrating the work of past artists who painted difficult and painful subjects all contributed to a coherent message: that we live in dangerous times when the unscrupulous spread lies fomenting hatred, disgust, anger and fear. Continue reading →

Greetings from Vancouver! Thanks to all those who came to my exhibition, The Inlet, the last two weeks in September. There was no reception, but I saw lots of visitors – old friends and colleagues – new friends who saw images, heard by word of mouth or were just walking past on Dunbar. Thank you all for your kind words about my paintings. For those who live far away or otherwise couldn’t make it to the show, I hope you will see photos of the installation. Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Greetings from still-too-dry Vancouver! I’m excited to announce my September exhibit The Inlet opens this week. I have just posted 36 new works for the show and look forward to seeing you.

THE INLET

September 14-27, 2023
Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar, Vancouver
Noon – 5PM daily. Extended hours until 8PM Tuesdays & Fridays

I will open the doors on Thursday at noon. If you make a special trip from farther away, let me know so that I can spoil you.

I welcome unscheduled walk-in visitors; if you find yourself in the neighborhood, please visit me. I will be assuming that you are vaccinated, that you are well, and that you will wear a N95 mask while inside the gallery (I’ll have extras).

If you can, please email me at haughton-art@shaw.ca and let me know the day & time you will come, and if you are bringing friends (excellent!). I will be spacing out expected visitors. I will have air purifiers on ‘turbo’ and will keep doors open to facilitate air flow. Weather permitting, we can visit outside the gallery without masks. I plan to welcome you with coffee, tea, wine, and other refreshments. Please, let us be safe!

Website additions
Late yesterday afternoon I added an additional 36 new works to the exhibition page The Inlet. Please take a look because not all of my 62 new paintings will fit on the walls.

Ways to get together this fall
If you are out of town in September and cannot make the show:
– A quiet private tour of my new Studio 1610. It is a large, well-ventilated space and we can visit together, enjoying coffee or a glass of Pinot Noir. Contact me and let’s plan.
– Join the throngs of people visiting the 2023 East Side Culture Crawl November 16-19, 2023. Thu/Fri: 5pm-10pm. Sat/Sun: 11am-6pm.
– Set up a time to have me clean your “Haughtons”. They do get dusty – particularly those painted on hardboard. I am happy to set up a time that would be convenient for you when I can stop by and do some basic cleaning and maintenance on your pieces. The work will only take about fifteen minutes, there’s no charge, and I can hear your news.

With great affection and respect, David

Dear friends, Greetings from too-sunny and too-dry Vancouver.

Radio silence
– For the last eight months I have been working like crazy in my home studio. By the end of July, I plan to be ready for three exhibitions: Vancouver (September 2023), as well as Edmonton & Seattle (Spring 2024).

The cost: I have neglected my friends. I paint for six hours, break to make dinner for Lyne, then, before my planned early bedtime, sneak back to the studio “just to look at today’s work”. Once there, I realize what’s wrong…. the surface of the water is too homogeneous …it needs a color-shift across the painting. Next thing I know, it is 3 AM, and my plans for the next day, such as ‘wake up early and write to friends’, are shredded.

Well, I am finally writing friends. I am also booking outdoor kaffeeklatsches, alfresco backyard visits and dinners by the sea during Summer and Fall. Come visit! I am hoping to connect with friends new and old during the warm and dry BC summer and fall.

Seattle Art Fair July 27-30, 2023
Ten Gallery 110 artists have joined forces in a booth again this year. I will be showing paintings from my upcoming Vancouver show The Inlet at the Seattle Art Fair. I have some entrance passes to give to friends. Please get back to me if you can use one. I was interviewed by a new Seattle Times ‘economics of art’ reporter. She wrote this interesting article about the Fair.

 
Revised Website
This summer, I simplified my website, making it more user-friendly. You can still see every work of the last ten years in Exhibitions, but I now offer a hand-selected sample of still-available works from my most collected series – a “tasting menu”, if you will. Please see Selected Available Work. Every work of the last twelve years remains archived in Exhibitions.
 
The Inlet (Ships Mountains & the Sea VI)
September 14-27, 2023, Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver
I moved to Vancouver in 1991 and instantly fell in love with the Burrard Inlet: the mountains, clouds, beach volleyball, sunsets and huge ships amidst a froth of sea planes, sailboats and windsurfers. Please come see my newest paintings, celebrating our wonderful, shared landscape. Look for your invitation in September. Drop by. Let’s catch up on all your adventures and doings!

 
New Studio
Contact me and we can arrange a quiet private tour of my new studio space, visit together and share a coffee or a glass of Pinot Noir. With great affection and respect, David

WELCOME TO MY NEW STUDIO

For years I felt profound envy for artists who had large studios – particularly lofts with great natural light & views of Paris or Manhattan, like the one above. Finally, this last May, I took the plunge.

Alas, no view of rooftops of Montmartre, the Marais or SoHo. However, it is a pleasant, open, high-ceilinged space on the east side of Vancouver where I can welcome an out-of-town visitor, or schedule a local friend to come share a coffee or bottle of wine. It also gives me a second location closer to downtown Vancouver where I can show my artwork at short notice.

· I can paint larger works on hardboard – works that are hard to manipulate in my attic studio at home in New Westminster.
· I can exhibit my largest works that had been impossible to view except during gallery exhibitions.
· I can store my remaining landscape paintings while still having them easily accessible for viewing.
· I can more fully feel part of the community of artists.

EAST SIDE CULTURE CRAWL
In mid-November, I’m participating in the Eastside Culture Crawl (ESCC) for the first time and hope to gain a larger audience for my work. Please come help me celebrate the new space. I am sending invites by email and snail-mail. Let me know if you haven’t received yours.

I will be in studio
• Thursday & Friday November 17th & 18th from 5 – 10PM
• Saturday & Sunday November 19th & 20th from 11AM – 6PM

You can also contact me and we can arrange a quieter private tour.

---

ART IN THE HOME
I am always grateful when people send me photos of my paintings in their homes. I’d like to share some beautiful examples.

 

---

OTHER EXHIBITION NEWS
To all who visited my September exhibition Nocturnes and Other Paintings at the Visual Space Gallery on Dunbar (below), thank you, thank you. For those that couldn’t make it, please view the exhibition pieces and the installation views.

Nocturnes of Elliott Bay will be available November & December 2022 at both the Berkano Gallery and Gallery 110 in Seattle.

Views from (within) the Waves – storm season off Tofino and Ucluelet – are available through the Tofino Gallery of Contemporary Art.

With great affection and respect, David

It has been a hectic yet very satisfying year so far. Five years into my life as a full-time artist, I am feeling exhilarated and confident – both as to what I have accomplished and what I have planned for the next five years.

I organized two solo exhibitions of new landscape paintings, one in Seattle and one in Vancouver.

• Nocturnes IV – Return to Elliott Bay at Gallery 110, Seattle, May 2022.
• Nocturnes & Other Paintings at Visual Space Gallery, Vancouver, opening September 15, 2022.

Selected pieces of my work are now in two commercial galleries, the Tofino Gallery of Contemporary Art and the Berkano Gallery at the Labor Temple Building in Seattle.

My artist collective in Seattle, Gallery 110 has had a remarkably successful 2022, relaunching our Emerging Artist Program and manning a highly complimented booth at the Seattle Art Fair in July.

A NEW STUDIO SPACE IN EAST VANCOUVER
I have “rolled the bones”, renting a large studio space in East Vancouver which will allow me to paint and display large works as well as informally exhibit smaller paintings to visiting friends and art patrons by appointment. Cappuccino, anyone? Perhaps a glass of Syrah?

UPCOMING EXHIBIT: NOCTURNES & OTHER PAINTINGS
View Nocturnes & Other Paintings >>
Visual Space Gallery
3352 Dunbar Street (between 17th & 18th on the east side of Dunbar)
September 15 – 28, 2022
Noon – 5PM daily; extended hours to 8PM Tuesdays & Fridays

This show combines what might have been three small exhibitions:
•Nocturnes of Elliott Bay (Seattle)
•Views of storm-tossed waves off the beaches of Tofino & Ucluelet
•Still life paintings of fish markets in Spain & Southern France.

Please come, but please, let us be safe! I will be assuming that you are vaccinated, that you are well, and that you will wear a N95 mask while inside the gallery (I’ll have extras). I will have air purifiers on ‘turbo’, and will keep doors open to facilitate flow. Weather permitting, we can visit outside the gallery without masks.

It is still too soon to hold a reception – too many people in too small a space. But I will have coffee, tea, wine and other refreshments for your visit. Drop-ins will be welcome – maximum 10 people at a time in the Gallery. I will schedule visits to encourage a spacing out of visitors. Please email me (haughton-art@shaw.ca) and let me know the day & time you wish to come.

It has been a long time! I am looking forward to catching up on all of your news and planned future adventures.

— David

Spring Greetings! Welcome to old friends and new connections. I hope this short missive finds you all safe and warm, in good health and spirits.

I joined Gallery 110 in 2009 and began regular trips south to Seattle. I discovered a group of dedicated fellow-artists and friends as well as a favorite place to stay: Pensione Nichols with its spectacular view of Elliott Bay; a favorite place to eat: Le Pichet with its fantastic Lyon-style caramelized onion soup; several favorite viewpoints – each at a particular time of day. Continue reading →

Welcome to old friends and new connections – in particular, to all the people who came to my exhibition this Fall at the Visual Space Gallery. Thank you for coming!

Ships, Mountains & the Sea V: Thank you those who brought delicious fruit from their garden/desserts/quince jelly/wine/flowers. There was no reception, but there were several “come-see-Lyne” days, which were extremely popular, as was to be expected. Thank you, as well, to those farther away who could not come in person, but reviewed the show online. Continue reading →

At the beginning of August, I crossed the border and attended the first Seattle art walk in 18 months – the renewed tradition of “First Thursday”. It was a real celebration! Over 350 people came through Gallery 110 in Pioneer Square. Vaccinated, all wearing masks, people were, for that evening at least, without fear. They looked at the art with an intensity that I had never seen – ‘drinking’ it in like hikers after a desert journey consume water – thirstily, sloppily, letting the images splash over them, bringing relief and joy. Continue reading →