I set up a pop up hälts ART gallery yesterday for the Canada Day celebation. On the day my helper, and up coming artist Raya, helped to curate the display and I set up a mini studio to do some live art. One of the things I like to do when making live art is to enagage with the public, including the younger folk and offer them the chance to make a mark. The result is pure magic, and this day was no exception.
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Raya running the show, hälts pop up mini gallery (also known as a whirlwind place)
I am always amazed by impromptu collaborations,big MAHALO to everyone who contributed to the live art, Mahaloness all the way.
My bus art hapoened to be in the hood, a beacon of hope.
Even a mark on a pallette can be a thing of beauty, abstract art at its finest.
Bassbus mural by Shane Haltman aka hälts
Thank you to everyone for coming out and for participating, what a great way to celebrate Canada! Eh.
Special thanks to Rebecca, Raya, Robert Hilton, Andrej and all the volunteers, good show.
Mahaloness is an art blog documenting the inner spirit and artist journey of Shane Haltman, also referred to as 'hälts'. He lives, breathes and makes art in Canada. Hälts often travels to remote and exotic locations to produce community spirit murals and paintings using available materials. He is unconventional in his approach to art and chooses unique projects and sometimes they choose him. He is known for guerrilla lawn art shows, painting helmet art for a Canadian Olympic Athlete, and once painted a magic bus out of this world. Mostly he is human as anyone else, however very driven and disciplined with respect to his artistic practice. He has experience working with the bereaved and helping people who are experiencing, or who have experienced trauma in their lives. He also enjoys working with the youth and passing on his wisdom, usually in the form of art jams. Hälts is a full spectrum artist, living and breathing art, as a daily practice, in this mixed up beautiful world.
