Dear Friends,

During our sojourns to Tofino, Lyne and I always stay in a cabin on Mackenzie Beach. This year, in January, I had intended to work further on a new series of paintings. But I got sidetracked.

We had the best of winter weather: tremendous storms all times of the day and night, calm early mornings with subtle tints and sunsets dramatic and blustery. Instead of following my plan, I was compelled to paint the waves, rocks, islands and mists – eventually making such huge progress within the continuation of the series Fear, Hope and Longing that I have rearranged my exhibition plans for the next three years.

I am aiming to have Fear, Hope and Longing III ready for a Fall 2016/Spring 2017 exhibition. I have yet to confirm the venue. But I’m excited by the first five finished works that I have just posted on my website: http://www.haughton-art.ca/exhibitions/upcoming/

Other news:

I have started work on a new series of paintings titled 40 views of Mount Baker, inspired by the Hokusai series of woodcut prints “36 Views of Mt. Fuji”. This summer Lyne and I circumnavigated the mountain, giving me a chance to see all sides – and the many moods – of the peak. I have started quite a number of paintings and will have more news soon.

I will be showing a series of figurative works in Seattle in October 2016 – a series of portraits of “Bad Guys”. More information to come!

Thank you for your interest in my work. Yours, David A. Haughton – Painter

Nocturnes III – New Paintings of the Georgia Strait and Vancouver Harbour
Dear Friends,

The three-day “flash” exhibition and reception at the Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, May 29-31, 2015 was a great success. To those who came and celebrated with me and who thus made the weekend so special, many thanks. Please see photos of the reception below!

Many people deserve credit: Yukiko Onley and her partners of the Visual Space Gallery created the lovely space in which to hold the exhibition. Graeme of Westart, 303 West 7th Ave, Vancouver, framed the paintings beautifully. Brandon Thiessen and his colleagues hung the show and garnered many compliments.

Mia Johnson of Kits Media designed my beautiful website and kept up with the frequent status changes for individual paintings. Chef Claire and Tammara Whelon of Chefclaires.com served wonderful food and wine. Kelsey Klassen of the Westender wrote an eloquent article about the show . I am grateful to them all!

If you couldn’t come – please take a look at the paintings at www.haughton-art.ca – or, better yet, come on out to New Westminster for a glass of wine or an iced coffee and a chance to see them on the wall. The remaining paintings from the Noctunes I, II & III have all been hung professionally by Thiessen Art Services and they look wonderful. We’ll be around this Sunday afternoon June 14th as well as several of the weekends in July.

With affection and respect,
David
haughton-art@shaw.ca
604-525-2412

I was pleased to have a review of my current show featured in the West Ender this week.

VANCOUVER ARTIST PAINTS PORTRAITS OF A THREATENED LANDSCAPE
“In light of the recent bunker-fuel spill, however, which dumped at least 2800 litres from a grain ship into English Bay, and talk of increased oil tanker traffic from Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby terminal, Haughton says his latest series, Nocturnes III, is a reminder of what could be lost.

“This series is a bit poignant, anyway, because of the colour at the end of the day,” says Haughton, “and it becomes more poignant as you think about the potential arguments about the environment, [and that] the landscape we love may also disappear if these changes happen.”

Read the full article in the West Ender newspaper
I look forward to seeing you this weekend at the exhibit – details below!

 
Nocturnes III – New Paintings of the Georgia Strait and Vancouver Harbour
Twenty-one new paintings will be on view starting today at a three-day “flash” exhibition, Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, May 29-31, 2015. In addition, eight works shown at Gallery 110 in Seattle will be shown.

Reception tomorrow: Saturday May 30, 2015 from 5 – 8 pm at the Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver (between 17 & 18th Avenue on the east side of Dunbar).

Dear Friends,

I am writing to invite you to the reception for my upcoming exhibition: Nocturnes III – New Paintings of the Georgia Strait and Vancouver Harbour on May 30, 2015.

Twenty-one new paintings will be on view at a three-day “flash” exhibition at the Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, May 29-31, 2015. In addition, eight works shown at Gallery 110 in Seattle will be shown.

You are invited to the reception on Saturday May 30, 2015 from 5 – 8 pm at the Visual Space Gallery, 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver (between 17 & 18th Avenue on the east side of Dunbar). Please RSVP and let me know if you are coming so I have enough wine and food!

Nocturnes III features acrylic paintings of the Burrard Inlet, including views of the working harbor, freighters in the bay, the mountains and dramatic evening and early morning skies.

I find these paintings are particularly poignant in the light of the recent oil leak in English Bay, and the possibility of additional oil tanker traffic. Vancouver’s enchanting and fragile way of life – our beaches overlooking the sea – unencumbered views of a few scattered and benign ships surrounded by myriad sailboats, paddleboards and windsurfers – may soon be dramatically altered. We are privileged to live in such a place of natural beauty and I certainly enjoy painting it!

If you cannot make it, I hope you will look at the new paintings for the current exhibit and let me know what you think. If you want to give one of them a home, let me know that as well!

With affection and respect, David
haughton-art@shaw.ca

You are invited to a special invitation-only reception on Saturday May 30, 5-8 pm for my upcoming exhibit of paintings at Visual Space, Vancouver. There will be wine, excellent food and good conversations!

The exhibit features a new series of works entitled Nocturnes III, New Paintings of the Pacific Northwest. The first completed paintings in this series can be viewed at www.haughton-art.ca/current-exhibit

The exhibit is a three-day event, starting Friday May 29 and running through to Sunday May 31, from noon-5 all three days. The Visual Space Gallery is located at 3352 Dunbar Street. I look forward to seeing you there.

The Visual Space Gallery has re-located to 3352 Dunbar Street, Vancouver, near 17th and Dunbar. The very attractive new exhibition space is run by photographers Yukiko Onley, Peter Eastwood and Noriko Nasu-Tidball.

Please come by this weekend and celebrate the gallery’s inaugural exhibition. Contributing artists include Tony Onley, David Haughton, Lil Chrzan and Mariko Ando, Jurgen Vogt, John Wilson, Scarlet Black, Florian Nidecker, Yukiko Onley, Peter Eastwood and Noriko Nasu Tidball. The open house with refreshments and live music will be held on December 13 & 14, from 1 pm – 6 pm each afternoon.

The show will continue until January 31 (closed Sundays and Mondays). Hope to see you there!

Dear Friends,

Thank you for coming and please view the photos of the opening! I very much enjoyed putting on my second flash exhibition at Visual Space. Several groups of related works like Crepuscule I, II & III, Before Dawn I & II & multiple series of Nocturnes were shown over three days in the small but warmly elegant space. The paintings were quite varied in size and shape – a significant challenge to exhibit coherently, but the experts from Brandon Thiessen art services who hung the show were clever in their choice of groupings and arrangements and the paintings looked wonderful.

The reception Saturday evening was catered brilliantly by up-and-coming young Vancouver chef Hans Berg. If you’re planning an event, call me for his email! Over 100 good friends attended. If you came, thank you for making the evening special; if you missed it, we hope to see you next time! Please see the wonderful photos below, taken by Yukiko Onley.

(Tip: Scroll down and click the large photo to advance the images, or click one-by-one on the thumbnails.)

The Georgia Straight was gracious enough to print my ad (right) in a good location – one that clearly caught the eye of many people, including some art collectors and even tourists, who travelled to the Gallery by foot, skateboard, bicycle, bus and car – many of whom said very kind things. Now I’m having fun updating my website, marking the paintings that are sold and posting these photos with my website designer, Kits Media.

I will be having a second exhibition of similarly themed paintings entitled Noctunes II in Seattle during the month of November 2014 at Gallery 110. We will likely have an open house in New Westminster on October 18 and 19 to let people in the Vancouver area see the new works. I will let you all know well in advance.

Again, thank you, David

We’re making a list & checking it twice . . .

The paintings have been hung professionally by Brandon Thiessen Art Services.

Lyne went out and got some excellent big Australian Reds and un-oaked Whites, and she’s making sure the wine glasses pass inspection. Hans Berg is making amazing aromas in his kitchen in preparation for Saturday’s reception!

Come anytime noon to 5 today, Saturday or Sunday (May 30, 31 and June 1). I’ll be there.

I look forward to seeing you at the reception tomorrow – 5-8 pm on Saturday, May 31. Yours, David

Visual Space, 2075 Alberta Street (5th Ave & Alberta), Vancouver

Three days: Friday May 30, Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2014
Exhibition hours: Noon to 5 pm all three days
Reception by invitation: Saturday May 31, 5 – 8 pm

Dear Friends,
I’m excited my Spring 2014 exhibit will be held in two weeks. I’m hanging the show Thursday afternoon May 29 and it will run the next three days from noon to 5 p.m. Come down and visit – I’ll be there the whole time. Let your friends know!

Lyne and I will be celebrating at the reception Saturday night from 5 p.m. to 8 pm. I’ve sent printed invitations but if I missed you, please come Saturday evening and sign up for future vernissage invitations in my Gallery book. Also let me know if you’re coming if you haven’t done so. We have a chef preparing delicacies and I want to be sure we have lots of wine, beer and cold drinks for you!

View the Nocturnes at: http://www.haughton-art.ca/new-series/nocturne/

Yours, David

David A. Haughton – Painter
604-525-2412
haughton-art@shaw.ca

Dear Friends,

I thought you might enjoy a photo history of my artistic career, so I asked my webmaster Kits Media to create a new section with photos of me taken between the summer of 1975 (my first summer creating independent work) onwards. Take a trip down memory lane with me and link to Photos on Location!

As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I plan to repeat the ‘flash’ exhibit format of a three-day show again this spring on May 30, 31 and June 1, 2014. Please save the dates if you have not already done so, and please let your friends know. I look forward to seeing you again and catching up on your news.

Meanwhile I have added a few more of the newest paintings to my upcoming series of Nocturnes

I am embarrassed to concede a demonstration of my impending senility: I signed all of the newest set of paintings late at night last week and I was clearly very tired. I signed 12 paintings, one after the other and very carefully, with ‘HAUGHTON ’04‘ (wrong year – nay, wrong decade!) The dates will be corrected to 2014, but the photographic record will remain!

Nocturnes: Paintings of the Pacific Northwest
Visual Space – 2075 Alberta Street (5th Ave & Alberta), Vancouver
Three days: Friday May 30, Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2014
Exhibition hours: Noon – 5 p.m. all three days
Reception by invitation – Saturday May 31, 5 – 8 pm

I will post more paintings in late April. If you are not already on my email list, please sign up for future newsletters and exhibition reception invitations at www.haughton-art.ca

For now, regards, David