Category Archives: Art Collection

Here’s to Life! A celebration of the 70th anniversary of Merlin’s birth.

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

On this the eve of the July 21, 2017, 70th anniversary of Merlin’s birth, I am still over the moon and greatly inspired for having travelled to London, England, Paris and Versailles France and Amsterdam, the Netherlands in June. I wanted … Continue reading →

Happy Reading…

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Recently, I made a quick visit to Montréal to catch the March Chagall exhibition at Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal. The exhibition closes on June 11, 2017 when I will be away. For that reason, I simply had to … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th Century Russian Art, 20th Century Russian Artists, Art, Art Collection, Art Exhibition, Artists, Books, Literature, Lucid dreams, Magical Realism, Memoirs, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Modern Art, Modern Artists, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Painters, Painting, Reincarnation, Spirituality, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts, Writers | Tagged 1912, 1914, 1922, A Six Volume Michael Overleaves Appendix, AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario, Arvin, Beaubien, Calvary, Côte-des-Neiges, Côte-Saint-Luc, Gay Village, Hampstead, Highway 401, Human Civilisation's First Dream Memoirs, Jewish Montréal, Jews, Marc Chagall, Merlin, Merlin and Arvin: A Shamanic Dream Odyssey, Montréal, Montréal375, Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Old Montréal, Outremont, Québec, Rainbow, Rue Sherbrooke, Saint Denis, Shoah, Spa Ovarium, The Rabbi of Vitebsk, TMR, Toronto, Town of Mount Royal, Uber, Venezia, Venice, Vitebsk, Westmount | Leave a comment

Put Your Complaints ‘Ere

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Arvin da Brgha

Put Your Complaints ‘ere Lithograph 41 x 29 inc Edition: 13/67 ©2002 Robert Davidson Provenance: Collection Arvin da Braga. My but this makes me purr… Lovely way to start Black History Month. ______________________________ ©2013-2017 Arvin da Braga. All Rights … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian artists, 21st Century Art, 21st Century Artists, 21st century Canadian art, 21st Century Canadian Artists, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Artists, Award-winning artist, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Canadian art, Contemporary Canadian Artists, Creative Genius, First Nations Art, First Nations Artists, Haida Art, Haitian Artists, Lithography, Mature soul Artisans, Mature souls, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Painters, Print, Printmakers, Printmaking, Prints, Private Art Collection, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts | Tagged 2002, Art is Everything, Art is Life, Art is Love, Life is good, Robert Davidson | Leave a comment

In Memoriam: George F. Hawken

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

(George F. Hawken – February 5, 1999, Montréal, Québec) ______________________________ This past Friday, December 23, 2016, I went to my doctor’s to get my test results for HIV. The doctor whom I had not seen in long ages was unusually … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, 21st Century Art, 21st Century Artists, 21st century Canadian art, 21st Century Canadian Artists, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Art Exhibition, Artists, Astral plane habitué, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Contemporary Canadian art, Contemporary Canadian Artists, Creative Genius, Engraving, Gay Artists, Intaglio, Lithography, Longreads, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Old souls, Painters, Photography, Portraiture, Print, Printmakers, Printmaking, Prints, Private Art Collection, Visionaries, Visual Artists, Visual Arts | Tagged 1946, 1999, 2016, 2016 deaths, Bike Lane, Brock Avenue, Colin Campbell, Entity mates, George Hawken, I Remember, In Memoriam, Joseph Haydn, Lecturer, London Symphonies, Lovers, McCaul Street, Montréal, Muse, Old soul artisans, Paris Symphonies, Parliament Street, Pod Mates, Professor, Queen Street West, Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home, Sherbourne Street, Shuter Street, SoHo, St. James Cemetery & Crematorium, Synchronicity, The Grange, Toronto, University of Toronto, Wellesley Street East, Woman | 2 Comments

Marta.

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

Marta Intaglio on Paper ©1974 George Hawken Provenance: Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada. _______________________________ A Hawken with which I am not familiar… it’s fast become a favourite. _______________________________ ©2013-2017 Arvin da Braga. All Rights Reserved.

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, Art, Art Collection, Artists, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Canadian art, Contemporary Canadian Artists, Creative Genius, Engraving, Etching, Intaglio, Lithography, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Print, Printmakers, Printmaking, Visionaries | Tagged 1974, Carleton University, Carleton University Art Gallery, Corporate Art, Corporate Art Collection, George Hawken, Marta, Ottawa, Private collection, University of Toronto | Leave a comment

The Teacher.

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

The Teacher. Oil on Canvas ©2004 Wim Heldens. Provenance: Private Collection New York City. http://www.wimheldens.com/ This was Wim’s first painting of Ariq Robinson his lover… truly glorious. _______________________________________ ©2013-2017 Arvin da Braga. All Rights Reserved.

Posted in 21st Century American Art, 21st Century American Artists, 21st Century Art, 21st Century Artists, 21st Century Dutch Art, 21st Century Dutch Artists, American Art, American Artists, American Realism, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Artists, Award-winning artist, Contemporary American Art, Contemporary American artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Dutch art, Contemporary Dutch Artists, Creative Genius, Dutch Art, Dutch Artists, Gay Artists, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Old souls, Painters, Painting, Private Art Collection, Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, Ariq Robinson, BP Portrait Award, London England, National Portrait Gallery, New York City, The Teacher, Wim Heldens | Leave a comment

Concrete Cabin.

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Arvin da Brgha

Oil on Canvas 198 x 275 cm 1994 Peter Doig One of my favourite Peter Doig paintings. I rather love it for being so quintessentially Canadian. I am more readily reminded of Vancouver, rather than Toronto, as the Sitka-like evergreens … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th Century British Art, 20th Century British artists, 20th Century Scottish Art, 20th Century Scottish Artists, Art, Art Collecting, Art Collection, Artists, British Art, British Artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary British Art, Contemporary British Artists, Contemporary Scottish Art, Contemporary Scottish Artists, Creative Genius, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Painters, Painting | Tagged 1994, 2016, Art Blog, Blogging, Canadian cities, Dream blog, Evergreens, Happy New Year, New Year Celebrations, Peter Doig, Sitkas, Stanley Park, Tdot, Toronto, Vancouver, YVR, YYZ | Leave a comment

Surface of the Sun.

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Arvin da Brgha

Acrylic on gouged Plywood 1993 Patterson Ewen Provenance: Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario. Beautiful; it’s always lovely seeing Canadian works on display. ___________________________________ © 2013-2017 Arvin da Braga. All Rights Reserved.

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, Abstract Art, Abstract Artists, Acrylic paintings, Art, Art Collection, Artists, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Canadian art, Contemporary Canadian Artists, Painters, Painting | Tagged 1993, Art Gallery of Ontario, Montréalais, Patterson Ewen, Permanent Collection, Surface of the Sun | Leave a comment

In Remembrance: Hugh Steers.

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Arvin da Brgha

Breathing Oil on Paper 11 x 15 in 1987 Hugh Steers Provenance: Estate of Hugh Steers Signature Oil on Canvas 66 x 56 in 1991 Hugh Steers Provenance: Estate of Hugh Steers Sick Room Oil on Canvas 38.12 x 40 … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century American art, 20th century American artists, 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, American Art, American Artists, Art, Art Collection, Artists, Contemporary American Art, Contemporary American artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Drawing, Gay Artists, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Painters, Painting, Portraiture, Private Art Collection, Self-portrait | Tagged 2015, AIDS-related deaths, Breathing, Hugh Steers, Oil on Paper, Signature, World AIDS Day 2015 | Leave a comment

Man Changing into Thunderbird VI of VI

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Arvin da Brgha

Oil on Canvas © 1977 Norval Morrisseau Provenance: The Leitz Collection, Art Gallery of Ontario. http://www.ago.net/ Love these works especially more so as they have been recently relocated within the gallery; they are better displayed now. A true shaman of … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Art, 20th Century Artists, 20th century Canadian art, 20th century Canadian artists, Art, Art Collection, Artists, Award-winning artist, Canadian art, Canadian artists, Contemporary art, Contemporary Artists, Contemporary Canadian art, Contemporary Canadian Artists, Creative Genius, Dream Shamanism, First Nations Art, First Nations Artists, Indigenous Art, Michael Overleaves, Michael Teachings, Oil on canvas, Oil paintings, Ojibwe, Ojibwe art, Ojibwe Artists, Painters, Painting, Reincarnation, Shamanism, Visionaries | Tagged 4th Level Old, Animism, Artists from greater cadre 7 of pod 414, Artists from pod 414, Metamorphosis, Michaelese, Norval Morrisseau, Old Soul Art, Old Soul Artisan Souls, Old soul artisans, Old soul artists, Old souls, Spiritual Evolution Depicted in Art, Spiritual Metamorphosis, Spiritualists, Spirituality, Thunderbird | Leave a comment