“The spirit is like the wind you can’t fully grasp it.” -Pancho Nobert
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The artist path is one of patience, perseverence, and constant practice. Throughout the journey there will be experienes, countless experiments, endless information and encounters that adjust your perception of the world. This will inevitably end up in your work, which depending in the person comes with a certain lag time between effect and response. This of course may be slightly altered from one to person to the next, there are many factors such as environment, social economic and political climate, passion, endurance, resolve and so on. For this artist the journey and the destination are one and same, they are always changing and impermanent, this can be both a blessing and a challenge, knowing this there is nothing to hold onto, no ‘mistakes’…the trick is to remember this when things go sideways.
The Pearl Divers Dream…is a hybrid artowrk combining painting and digital art. I made beacuse I love the ocean in all its magic, mystery and saltiness. I would add I also love the folklore, the mermaids, and the possibility of an encounter with an underwater Goddess.
On my travels I seek places where I can sit in Peace, the Sacred Garden of Maliko on Maui is one of those places. This particular wooden statue is a study for 2 paintings to date, EarthBuddha (currently on display in Calgary at Mcc Yoga http://www.yogamcc.com) and Buddha of Compassion (for Luke)
White Tara No.1 for Agnus, there are some paintings when my Spirit opens right up, this was one of them. Made for Agnus who moved on from this life, it was a canvas gifted to me by her bereaved partner. The image of the White Tara came to me in a meditation and so that is what I painted. It was a learning experience which involved researching Tibetan Art and meeting friend and mentor, Romio Shrestha, who is a 17th reincarnated Tibetan artist and all around amazing human, full of love and passion. Once completed I contacted the fellow who left me the canvas and invited him over for a viewing, turns out the last picture Agnus drew was of the White Tara. You can Romio’s work at http://www.romioshrestha.com
White Tara No.3 for Whistle, made as a commission piece for a friend who had travelled exstensively through Tibet, it is a Spirited painting, each mark a gesture for peace.
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.
