Art Opening

•January 28, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Please join us for the opening night of “Sanctuary”, an new art exhibit by Simon Haiduk. This opening event is coinciding with the open mic night at the Raw Canvas, so there’s sure to be some interesting entertainment as well. The exhibit will run the month of February, so if you miss this please drop by this amazing place to paint, or relax and enjoy some art. If you haven’t heard of the Raw Canvas, please check out their website.
www.raw-canvas.com

Raw Canvas is located at 1046 Hamilton St. in downtown Vancouver.

Also, there will be a silent art auction on the opening night to raise funds for a local cause, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center. An place that provides basic needs, and positive change for women and children in the downtown eastside of Vancouver. www.dewc.ca

see you there!

New Banner Art – Android

•January 15, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Some new banner art for ya’ll. This time around is Andy Thomas aka: Android from Australia.

Android is an amazing artist working mostly in digital, though also oil and acrylic paints, while also freelancing graphic design on the side. Please check out his website for more mind blowing art. http://www.android.net.au Here are a few samples.

New Art!

•December 11, 2009 • Leave a Comment

yea, it’s about time.  so here’s a few newbies for ya’ll. Click any image for link to magnify.

Your Majesty

A painting of one of my favorite forests in Roberts Creek BC .. and yet another below but more abstract.

Almost shocking: a motivating perspective.

•November 16, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A must see TED talk.
Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics — like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html

Primary Winner!

•October 19, 2009 • Leave a Comment

My painting Caduceus, was primary winner for the Energy Art Salon Competition 2009 at  Energy Art Movement.org. The painting will later be featured at the Energy Art Salon Exhibition at the Murphy Hill Gallery, in Chicago, Illinois, from Jan. 15th to Feb. 25th, 2010

Click painting image for print purchase options.

medal_SimonHaiduk

Interesting Article : Interesting Book ?

•October 14, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A recent tag of some artwork of mine, on this article link. http://www.realitysandwich.com/sheldrake_ny_and_your_questions

Seems like it would be an interesting book. Maybe I’ll read it… maybe you will.

Art Exhibits in October

•October 8, 2009 • Leave a Comment

In honor of the dedication from Radha Yoga & Eatery, along with the Yasodhara Ashram, I am auctioning* my canvas prints at this exhibit to raise money for these inspiring non-profit organizations. Both of these organizations provide space, food, and education towards a peaceful and environmentally harmonious world. Whether I’m at Radha, or the Ashram, I always feel at home and am greeted with warmth by the workers and volunteers in these spaces. These organizations are a precious asset when challenging lifestyle choices are prevalent in many of our lives.
The auction will be on from now until the end of October.
(*minimum bids are in place to cover my costs, all extra proceeds go to Radha and Yasodhara)

Inspired by the work from Radha and Yasodhara do to support local agriculture,
I thought I would send out a little reminder to people about how important it is,
to buy FAIR TRADE & ORGANIC when buying chocolate for kids this Halloween. (or for anyone at anytime for that matter).
70% of the worlds chocolate comes from Africa, 40% from the Ivory Coast, where most of the farms still force child & slave labor.
Many of the big name brands like, Hershey’s, Nestle and Cadbury’s get their chocolate from these farms.
Here are some news clips to remind us of this fact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gktid0YO9s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK1Q0uF_Qyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hehSvt-R51U
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slave+chocolate+farm&search_type=&aq=f

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Other Silent Auctions:

Nature Trust of BC: October 21st,
Conservation Champion Dinner in honour of Mark Angelo
(contact rrivers@naturetrust.bc.ca for tickets)

MAPS:
October 24th, MAPS would like to invite you and your friends to a benefit dinner for MAPS’ newest research project. MAPS is  launching a study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Vancouver, B.C. http://www.maps.org/vancouverevent/

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On another note, I recently watched this great documentary on Water; called “Water – The Great Mystery”.
An inspiring look at water at how water shares and stores information at a molecular level. Here is a link to the video on-line:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5123182744103122879#
Bless the water! ; )

And for anyone interested in the spirit medicine Ayahuasca, here is a link to
part 1/8 of a great documentary on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUFLibqX7A

Photos of Shambhala gallery

•September 7, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Finally! got some photos of the gallery up. We missed out on this last year.. good thing Raul was there to save the day with his camera. Here is the post with photos on Pod.

http://podcollective.com/fora/viewtopic.php?p=11455#11455

collaboration station

collaboration station

New Banner Art – Autumn Skye Morrison

•August 30, 2009 • Leave a Comment

A synchronistic blessing recently brought this amazing artist and beautiful being into my path, to connect with and collaborate with at Shambhala this year. Please check out her recently updated website: www.autumnskyemorrison.com

And if you get the chance, try and see her paintings in real life, they are large and breathtaking, and often include mixed media elements attached to the canvas.

Wash by Autumn Skye Morrison

Wash by Autumn Skye Morrison

Shambhala 2009

•July 31, 2009 • Leave a Comment

I am curating the Visionary Art Gallery again at the Labyrinth Stage, at Shambhala Music Festival.

Here is the amazing line-up of  artists who will be on display:

Simon Haiduk   -   www.SymbioSonic.com
Tessa Rand   -  www.TessaRand.com
Raul Casillas  -  www.RaulCasillas.com
Autumn Skye Morrison – www.autumnskyemorrison.com
Dennis Konstantin   -   www.DennisKonstantin.com
Eric Nez   -   www.EricNez.com
Luke Brown   -   www.SpectralEyes.com
St. Even   -   www.DivineReflections.ca
David Heskin   -   www.NewskinStudio.com
Aloria Weaver   -   www.LightWeave.org
Andy Thomas   -   www.android.net.au
Cody Chancellor   -   www.Chancellor.net
Ali   -  www.omie1treee.lightscience.ca
Tyler Gentry   -   www.TylerGentryDesigns.com
Padma Samchuk  -  www.Padmapa.com
Mark Henson  -  www.sacredlight.to
Bonnie Dobbin -  www.bonniedobbin.com
Lunaya Shekinah  -  www.lunaya-shekinah.com
Amanda Sage  -  www.AmandaSage.com
George Atherton – www.viradical.com

The gallery is located on right by the Labyrinth Stage, just behind the dance floor in the trees. Hard to miss really ; )

Art by Andy Thomas of Australlia

Art by Andy Thomas of Australlia

Art by Eric Nez of USA

Art by Eric Nez of USA

Art by Raul Casillas

Art by Raul Casillas