Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Plein air rain out success

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Sometimes a painting chooses itself. A few fresh cut carnations sat in the studio for several weeks. After removing some spent stems & r...

Frontier House, Lewiston NY

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The yellow building is now known as The Chocolate House, while the larger one is the Frontier House, a classic 'Lincoln slept here' ...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

A Florida Room in South Park, Buffalo

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My final indoor Thursday painting at Buffalo Botanical Gardens was right before Easter. We stop painting there during holidays because the c...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Spring in Prospect Park-Niagara Falls

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Unfinished, I have to share this bit of Springtime. Tulips, forsythia, fruit trees in bloom, buds & blossoms everywhere. Started yesterd...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Niagara Falls Paintings

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Painting outdoors is definitely seasonal. Although I paint outdoors in the winter, the warm weather has a greater appeal. It's time to p...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The April Calendar picture

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Last Spring I purchased this Primula at the Botanical Gardens. It spent weeks-months, maybe, in the dining room before I brought it up to si...

Travels as it Dries

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This juicy rose is home again, and pleasing me at the end of the hall. It was delivered, still wet, to the NACC solo show February 1st. It d...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Buckhorn State Park

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As I pack up sweaters and gloves for the season, I find myself putting snow pictures away as well. Painted last year, this is the road throu...

Painting Night in Winter

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This gem was inspired by the best (and final) snowfall of the winter. It had snowed lightly, but steadily all weekend, trees were spectacula...
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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...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Not so black & white

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I thought it was Spring & awoke to fresh white-but not a lot. It was just enough to cover almost budded branches and create a winter won...
Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Turkey Vultures?

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The seasons are changing here & apparently there was some carrion was under the melted snow. These turkey vultures roosted just down th...

Final NACC pictures

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The end of the exhibition at the NACC was quite exciting. Since the show was held over for a month my family-Bobbie, Chris & Sandi Peter...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Art Dialogue WNYAG show

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Rejected from the Traditional Art installation, the same judge then accepted all three of my Modern Art submissions. The first opening was...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Wellsville evening light

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A s winter winds down and the [hopefully] last snowfall melts, I remember the first snow of the season-unexpectedly early. We were in the so...
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...

Leah's Tree

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It seemed like the last snowfall of the winter, just a few inches followed by brilliant sunshine. I set up my canvas & paints at the bac...
Monday, February 25, 2008

New NACC Show Date

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The Studio painting show, 'Rushing Summer, A Private Wintergarden', will be extended through the month of March. The NACC, located a...
Saturday, February 9, 2008

More Reception Pictures

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As the evening ended, John & Karen, with A.J., Krista & Mia Polechetti, helped us close the gallery for the evening. It was such a t...

Artist Reception NACC review

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Friday evening's reception at the Niagara & Cultural Center was spectacular; even the weather cooperated, it was mild & clear, o...
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Thursday, February 7, 2008

NACC opening preview

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The Garden Gallery at the NACC is ready for my "Rushing Summer: A Private Wintergarden" artist reception on Friday February 8, 200...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Press for NACC show

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The text from Sunday Buffalo News Niagara Week end article: Warm Images The Buffalo News Published on February 3. 2008 WHAT’S ON/Happe...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Niagara Arts & Cultural Center Show

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February features my newest show, ' Rushing Summer: A Private Wintergarden ' at the Garden Gallery of the NACC.  It is a collection ...
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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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Robin & Jeremy's back yard

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We spent a week in Texas after the holidays. The morning January shadows in Houston are not the familiar long blue lines of tree trunks and ...
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...