Sunday, July 6, 2025
Route 5 near Tifft
A Swim Painting
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Rogue Tulips
OLV is hard to see. And rain.
Sketching the Our Lady of Victory Basilica from my car as clouds threaten. It poured soon but I was able to park closer to see through the raindrops, it's an amazing building inside and out
Rain, Rain, Go Away. 10x10 oil
Friday, April 11, 2025
Winner of my NACC fundraising donation
Congratulations to Nicole Savage on winning the NACC Raffle for Kath Schifano's "Mounds of Mists!" We are deeply thankful to supporters like Nicole and Creative Residents like Kath who support the NACC in so many ways.
Artwork: Kath Schifano, "Mounds of Mists," matted and framed pastel drawing, 32 x 20 inches.
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Winter in the studio.
A big pastel, waiting for the title, is finally finished. Framed , labeled and ready for exhibition. The art is 22x30 but it's matted in trwhite and framed to 29x37. These green apples are other
Saturday, November 9, 2024
UPDATE! An award
The Worldwide International Paintout painting from early September was entered to the Buffalo Niagara Art Association Fall exhibit. I was away for the October reception and am very pleased that the judge chose this painting for a Merit award.
Thursday, November 7, 2024
An amazing view each morning.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Perhaps my favorite
I passed this fellow daily and he needed to be celebrated with paint. The lush and plentiful blue green bushes on the path are lavender, they line every walk, discouraging bugs and keeping the organic grounds gloriously scented.
Sometimes the paths are also lined with Rosemary which also discourages unwanted flying critters.
Additions to the Relais collections
Guests can choose to take a 'class' which was a nice distraction for me. I enjoy meeting people from all over the world and the classes were infrequent.
I left these two paintings in "payment" and thanks to my generous hosts.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
4 more pen drawings from Italy
The next three pictures are back inside Borgo. I am so fortunate to have had this experience, a month to paint with no other responsibilities. I never tired of drawing and painting a month in Italy, surrounded by the Tuscan hills and friendly people.
Views from the Borgo Santo Pietro artists studio
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Rainy day art
An outdoor cozy fireplace
The path to the Art House
Sunny Sunday bike ride exploring the ruins of San Galgano.
Although I am in Italy surrounded by lush gardens and ancient buildings it has rained nearly every day this month, sometimes all day.This is part of a collection of pen drawings that I've added watercolors to. It's a form of Urban Sketching that I love to do and many are from indoors or covered areas while it rained.
Friday, October 18, 2024
The Artist House
The Artist House is a perfect studio. Windows all around, surrounded by roses and shaded by a graceful willow it is in the middle of groomed gardens in all directions. The pond out front has geese and ducks and frogs as well as the Japanese bridge which seems to be from Monet's garden.
One of my first paintings is this pastel celebrating the Mediterranean light and my arrival back at The Artists House. It sold to a lovely resident of Azerbaijan who was a guest here and an artist also.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Two more fountains
It will be nice to compare it to the Niagara Falls People's Park fountain as I'm quite sure the design is the same, it's several years since Niagara Painters scheduled there.
Friday, October 11, 2024
Rainy day process
Thursday, October 10, 2024
A Borgo painting
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Back to Italy!
Last time I painted this bowl and am pleased to find that it is still here to paint again. This is a pastel. The lemons are huge, the apples are small but sweet.
The Old Stone Bowl 12x16 pastel.