Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

House Portrait with TOO MANY LEAVES!

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This post starts with a review. In the Spring, I was painting outdoors in Houston and was commissioned to paint a home a few blocks from whe...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

4 paintings move to a new address

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The 4 smaller plein air paintings shown had been in Austin, Texas, displayed at an even height around a sitting room on two walls in a ra...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Coming Home in Cypress, Texas

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'Coming Home' c. K. Schifano 2014 18x24 The third house portrait painting in a series for a Houston area client, this is off th...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

World Church, Houston painting

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Kathy Schifano, Houston church Over the past few years Route 6 in Houston has taken me to some of my favorite places, a playground/animal...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Painting a House Portrait

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For a long day, morning to night, I worked on this house portrait, indoors but with dreams of plein air. I had sketched it the night be...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Texas architecture paintings

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Add caption My March 19 post contained a plein air painting I did in Houston. That outdoor excursion resulted in two new commissions...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Schifano-Simons paint adventure

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 I am not the only artist here. As I captured the majestic towering palm in a neighbor's yard on my little canvas panel, Amelia joined...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Painting Houston in the Spring

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Azaleas are bright and beautiful in Houston in March, this lovely home caught my eye as we drove by. Fortunately there is a shade tree ac...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Houston Painting Op

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Kath Schifano A warm sunny Fall week in Houston, while it turns chilly and rains at home. Could I ask for more? The big-happy-knee-grabbi...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Artist update!

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This Fall has been spectacular for me, returning from a week in Houston I woke the next morning, repacked and drove straight to Letchworth t...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Tourist in Houston

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Packed my paints, brushes & canvases for an extended visit to Houston TX & found that I couldn't paint plein air due to high hea...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Houston Texas, noon & dogs

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Finally-A finished and almost dry picture! Now I should plan a visit to varnish it in place. This is a commissioned house portrait for Steph...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Not quite Mutt & Jeff

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The dogs have landed. Now whose tongue hangs out on which side, & what kind of ears belong on the left?  My photo has a glare-from the w...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Spring Studio nights

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Late & quiet nights find me listening to music & working on this house portrait-some of the earlier parts are starting to dry, so ...
Sunday, April 5, 2009

New Texas portrait in progress

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Although I have my own daily progress records [such an ed. term!] for many studio paintings, I rarely post them. You can click on the subjec...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Return to Texas

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Fascinated by the Bottlebrush tree, I had to go back to Texas to see it in full bloom this year. Well, no, actually we went to visit Robin, ...
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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Impact Artist's Gallery Fall National

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A juried exhibition involves submitting artworks by slide or CD to a judge, who chooses the artwork for the walls, declining some & keep...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

Painting at Night

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Painting at night seemed like  a serious challenge, and the coolest gift of 2006 was a hat with headlights, so I could see the colors on the...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

8959 Green Castle Way

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T his house portrait started as an abstract design concept. Because I was working indoors, I decided to use acrylics instead of oil paint, a...
Monday, January 21, 2008

Grand Island Artist paints Houston

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I did not actually paint Houston; I might have, but the carefully prepared traveling box of art supplies remained in Grand Island as I flew ...
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