Sunday, December 30, 2007

Winter Bird Watching

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Our winter birds are primarily tree clingers, woodpeckers and finches. Their favorite food is the gooey suet seed block that leaves grease s...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

White still life

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Now that I rediscovered painting indoors, I prepared several larger canvases with gesso & sandpaper, and laid them around the studio to ...

National Grid Art Market

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Just before Christmas, National Grid in Niagara Falls had an art marketplace sale that I participated in with several other artists, jeweler...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas

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Just sitting up, waiting for Santa to arrive, so I am sending my Christmas card image here to everyone in the world (wide web). Merry Christ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Holding on to the sun

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It is early December, and there is a dusting of snow. There's not much, but it is white. I think this is a good time to share a beautifu...
Sunday, December 2, 2007

Quaker Bonnet Eatery

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My solo art show, 'Significant Growth: Before & After October Surprise' is now up at Quaker Bonnet. It is a series of 16 plein a...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

Fall & the Park

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It has been a fine Fall, except for the construction of East-West Park Road in Buckhorn. I have missed my regular drive through the park and...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Drying Time

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This is finally finished and drying, and I am moving it around my house as I imagine how the Altman's will like it. All that it needs is...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Not quite complete

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StepByStep-the Altman's

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Working on a home in Deveaux, I have a collection of step by step images to show how the painting develops. If I posted as I painted, it wou...
Monday, September 17, 2007

Believing what you read

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Windy Mists 11x14 oil - painted during Worldwide IPAP weekend I was psedo-quoted in a Canadian newspaper-something about shiny things at the...
Friday, September 14, 2007

Falling Water

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'Steps at Niagara', 16x20, oil Having painted the Falls en plein aire at different times, I challenged myself to choose a section ...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Worldwide paintout footage

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YouTube has a video of the Worldwide International Paintout site in Niagara Falls Ontario last weekend. It's nearly nine minutes long an...
Monday, September 10, 2007

IPAP Breaktime result

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I was painting in the Worldwide International Plein Air Paintout in Niagara Falls Ontario. Sherill Primo (on the walkie-talkie) asked for fe...

Support Local Arts

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This is 'support your local arts organization season.' At least it seems that way-my mail is full of social fundraiser invitations a...
Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Appropriately named

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The Art room has a name-'The Holes in the Wall Studio", appropriately labeled with a sticky tag sign on the molding. Check this art...
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

ay yai yi yi yi

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A step by step of a new rose-pink, on the green background. Several people have asked why I choose to paint on top of colors. Why not? Worki...
Monday, August 20, 2007

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Warm Lake Estates in Niagara County makes a lovely Pinot Grigio wine. As part of a weekend wine trail event, I was invited to paint at the w...
Sunday, August 19, 2007

Sunshine & Lake Air

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Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters met in Olcott to paint on Wednesday the 15th. It started out overcast & I foolishly chose to stand i...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Living on an island

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North North Bridge, pastel 11x14 100% of the bridges on Grand Island are rated below poor by the Thruway Authority. However, artistically, I...
Monday, August 13, 2007

Taking Inventory

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For the past two days I was at my first outdoor art festival. It was wonderful to see friends and meet people talking art talk! The outside ...