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“MAD CoHo Bday Party” – live painted onto a 3×4′ canvas in 3.5 hrs.

After painting at the Prince George Hotel, I went to the Company House for the owner’s birthday party. The staff and her friends all pitched in to pay for me to be there and paint her birthday party. They also bought me drinks, and were all round friendly fun and inviting – I even got some champagne and shooters that made the rounds in toasts. And birthday cake! All the people who were on the cover of Wayves Magazine [along with myself] were there! Including the birthday girl! That’s DJ Motlette with the tamborine. She kept standing there with it up in the air, staring at me – like that was her big hint that this was how she wanted to be painted. I even called out to her, “you can stop now!” and was told by another not to bother telling her to do anything… because she wouldn’t listen.

There is such a close-knit a community to be found in this venue, and it’s only a bit over a year old! (If you don’t go there, you won’t understand what I’m talking about.) I am honoured at the patronage of my art by the staff and general community of the CoHo. I will continue to paint at this venue every month to promote it as the Halifax music, poetry and art hot spot that it is!

I have prints of live paintings I have done in the Company House on the walls there now! I will be giving these modest offerings away as prizes to people who compete in the poetry slam competitions next month, and paint the night as per usual. Thank you CoHo! And thank you to the fans and staff of the CoHo for bringing me to this MAD CoHo B-day bash to capture it on a 3×4′ canvas.