Showing posts with label Grand Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Island. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Workers on the street

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Across the street a crew worked on a new gasline to the neighborhood. How could I resist? Trucks, dirt, commotion, workers and traffic cones...
Monday, June 19, 2023

Painting from a kayak

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 I brought watercolors, brushes and a sketchbook in a ziplock bag to try another Plein Air painting from a kayak. I just sketched here becau...
Thursday, September 29, 2022

Same place, one year apart, different media

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Sun and Clouds Picnic II, oil 9x12 2022 Autumn Sun Streaks, pastel, 9x12 2021
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Landmark home on Grand Island

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 Last Fall I met with friends in Ferry Village. It was a little breezy and rain threatened but I worked from a covered area across the stree...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

March 20 on the porch

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 This little painting is my Spring Equinox contribution. Hellebores flower buds lay under the snow, starting in December and visible wheneve...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Another Buckhorn Painting, Spring with a bit of snow.

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From the canoe launch on the south side of the park, there is a small inlet that connects to the creek. I painted there on a sunny spring...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Out The Window and Fresh Snow

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Winter plein air paintings are exciting. And FAST! However, I have become progressively lazier when it comes to painting outdoors in the wi...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Using Pastels on Autumn Days

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As the days grow short and evening comes earlier, the shadows seem darker and are definitely longer. It's the best season to paint, bec...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Beaver Island lagoon

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 Our painters met near the sledding hill of Beaver Island Park on a weekday morning. I chose to capture the lagoon instead of the mighty ...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Waiting for Warm, Late Winter Plein Air

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Perhaps life gets hectic when the weather warms. At least, I think it does, but winter has its own slower pace. Right now I am ready for th...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The Village Inn

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On its way out the door, I took a quick snapshot as I do not have a photo of this finished painting before the frame. The Village I...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Grand Island Memorial Library

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Soma Cura. So many meanings. I've been going to Soma Cura for lunchtime yoga classes for a few weeks and enjoy working with the new te...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

But the sign is in the way

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  Sitting in a marina Painters find boats, rigging, docks, gardens, buoys and bridges, ropes and restaurants to draw and paint.  This...
Monday, April 13, 2015

30 Paintings in 30 Days, #9

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Sunshine, breezes, bees and flowers, it seems like the big chill has left western New York. All the crocus came out at once and all the b...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

5/5 days of the Facebook artists challenge.

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The last day of 5 in this FB painters challenge. As much as I love water and am tempted to post waterfall paintings from the Adirondacks,...
Friday, June 20, 2014

2014 Summer Solstice

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 As each season changes, we remark on the day but I try to be a painter on the solstice and equinox as a way to acknowledge the change. As ...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

A tiny portable paintbox works fine in the car.

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 Years ago, I was given an old 'Beginners Paint Box' with some dried up paints. It had been purchased used at a garage sale for a d...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Snow Day from the Studio Window

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 We have planted a variety of evergreens since building this house, some blue, green, droopy, in sets of three, short, fluffy, flat and o...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Open Studio Event

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For the fifth year, I am opening my studio for a festive weekend in November. Arranging artwork in new ways each year is a fun challenge th...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Poetry & Art, and Interchangeable Impressions

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Stuck in an arm brace for several weeks, I could not hold or maneuver my favored pastels, which probably were the cause of my wrist and th...