Moving forward... Lot for Sale

Moving Forward.

 

Sometimes walls present themselves. So you have to find ways to continue. 

 

The City of Ottawa forced me to close the gallery... In short... I had too many people coming to the gallery and failed to confine myself to the at home business rules and regulations. 

 

My 18 year relationship / marriage ended six months before the gallery was forced to shut.  So I was dealing with a lot.

 

With losing the gallery... I lost my business and source of income.  I had a 3700 square foot home... that was a big elephant.  Immediately I decided to convert my home in to a duplex.  That way I could afford to stay here and not bleed.  And it would turn this elephant into an investment property.  So later down the road I would increase my number of rental units.  Currently I have 4 rental incomes. 

 

I spent two plus months converting the building into a duplex.  I built a bathroom and a kitchen downstairs where the main gallery space was.. And in two and a half months I managed to rent the downstairs out. 

 

I took a year off to focus on life, love and art.  So I enjoyed painting. Spending time with a beautiful woman (now together for 9 months), did many paintings, and spent quality time with my daughter. I also built her a really nice play house in the back yard. 

 

Once I stabilized my home and heart.  It was time to push forward with my dreams.  Art Gallery... Art Space. 

 

Money... need money to make this dream.

 

The gallery property has a double lot.  If I remove a section of the house. And clear one of the two lots... I can sell the land. So it was time to demolish a large section of the property. 

 

See below images.

 



 

 

 

 

 this was not enjoyable

 

 

 All the electrical was in the old section of the building

 

So all the electrical panels had to be replaced and moved.   

one of the many electrical upgrades

 

I used a few basic tools to cut up and remove the house. 

This took two plus months.

But it save me about twenty thousand dollars to do this work myself rather than hire a company. 



 

If you see the large wood pile in the back of the photo

I put an add on the internet... Free Wood

14 large loads were collected by people.

They used the lumber to burn to heat their homes. 

And it saved me from taking it to the dump... and save me money.

It was a rush to get the project completed before the snow and cold settled in. 

But it all got done and done.

 

 

Once I sell the vacant lot... I will some funds to work with... and find a new location for the gallery.

 

http://ottawa.en.craigslist.ca/for/4230494584.html

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/332781476864986/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

 

 

If you know a developer, real estate agent, individual or family that wishes to build their dream home in Hintonburg...... As a PRIZE... I will give YOU (+ plus one guest)

FREE admission to the gallery for LIFE.

VIP membership to the gallery, all the parties, and all the events for free for life.

 

So please help Art. Please help me Dream. 

 

 

LIVE LOVE ART

 

Patrick

 

 

http://youtu.be/q0Sr_qC-LRM

 

one of the gallery openings.

Selling your Art.... Sold Painting

Heart Beat.  oil on canvas. 48 x 72 inches.  Sold

artist - Patrick John Mills 

 

 

Sold - Painting has New home
http://youtu.be/-HE_AMIgG98
video talks about the painting

 

The below are words from the owner of Heart Beat Painting

 

 part of an email from client .......
LOVE is a small word, but it is all I know that could approximate my connection to it...exactly the impact I was dreaming of.
Talking about dreams, parts of it are glowing in my living room in the dark...and this ain't a dream, I'd rather not sleep not to miss a Beat.
*Night

Annie

 

 

The poem was written by the owner of the painting... in her response to the painting

 

 

Titled: Heart Beats

 

My heart beats
eyes screaming
that's all I feel

a magic pill
skin breathing, still
mind whispering

words have no meaning
if I steal
your pain and suffering

is it real
lost souls wondering, but
what is real

time passes by
lower the bar
become substandard

and the sun rises
a hidden blue wall
revival.

poem written by Annie - 2013

www.PatrickJohnMills.com

 

 

 

 

Just In Time Art Show

Untitled by Patrick John Mills

Just in time for people in the market for some tasteful art.

Held today at the Orange Hall on Rosemount Ave. in Ottawa, there was a selection to suit everyone's taste and budget. In fact, budget was not even in the mix as of the hundred-odd pieces available, most were priced under $50 and the majority, $20 to $35.

The idea to do this art sale arose from art journalist, Mike Levin, and his family.








Money made was donated to the H'Art program for developmentally delayed people in an art program at the Bronson Centre.

The Silent Auction items had reserve bids on them but there was no frenzy so it you wanted the painting above by Patrick John Mills valued at $1,800, there was a reserve bid on it of $300 so you could have been very lucky.

My GUITARABESQUE acoustic guitar case below was valued at $700 with a reserve of $200.

Here is an overview of the Hall. Above, from the Silent Auction location on the stage and to the left, from the entrance.

Update on Art Donation

 I have added a picture of Marilyn Monroe from a 1982 cover of LIFE Magazine to the back of the decoupaged guitar case.

"Candy Tree" acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14"
by Florence Hannay

And Florence Hannay has substituted  "Candy Tree" for the canvas mentioned yesterday, "McNabb School.

Front of guitar case.

Donation of Art for Charity Sale

The deadline for donation to the Ottawa Hospice Charity Art Sale is Monday, September 30/13.
If you want to donate a piece, please see below for the criteria and email address.

I  live on a street in downtown Ottawa that runs from one of the main drags. There are at least five people living on this street who are artists and three of us have decided to donate art.

Here is what we are giving:

Guitarabesque "Audrey" 

by Shannon Lee Mannion

Decoupage on antique

guitar case.

McNabb School by Florence Hannay
11" x 14" acrylic on canvas

The Lynx by Stephen Lad Meszaros
18" x 24" framed acrylic on masonite

http://www.hospicecareottawa.ca

Call for Submissions: Hospice Care Ottawa

Hospice Care Ottawa is holding its annual fundraising Pop-up Shop at the Residence of the Irish Ambassador on November 15,16,17, 2013. The Organizing Committee is seeking affordable original works of visual art that would retail below $200.00. Artists will receive 50% of the revenue from sales, with 50% going to support Hospice Care. Interested artists are asked to apply by sending representative images of their work to cnymark@rogers.com by September 30, 2013. Selection will be juried in collaboration with Don Monette of Cube Gallery, Ottawa.