Friday, February 27, 2009

Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters

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For now, I am the moderator of another blog---for my plein  air group . Hopefully, there will be a lot of contributions! www.nfpap.blogspot....
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Florida Spring

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Planning on spending the day painting at Merritt Island, we were waylaid by strong winds off the ocean. Sharon Muldoon & I had previousl...

I did not stop to paint here

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I heard about the alligators in Florida & expected to see one-or two, but Sharon took me on a cruise through the Merritt Island National...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Study, rework & repaint

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I am quite adamant that I finish a painting before starting new. That doesn't mean that every canvas is 'good'. The surface can ...
Friday, January 30, 2009

Jerry & Larry Bell

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Larry Bell may have been the best friend I ever had, but I didn't know it at the time. He was just always there for a laugh or some empa...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Party at 555 Pine

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During John Polechetti's birthday party, the sun was setting even with the cupola on his home 'The Pink House' in Lockport, whil...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Barack & Carl

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[Edited with the correct images, this is a 'repost' rather than deja vu.] FYI- You can easily post a note by clicking on the 'co...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

Press Releases

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There is another K Schifano on the web, a teeny-bopper who films herself jumping on the couch & posts the 'film' on her own blog...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Requiem for a cat

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Harley is gone. A week has gone by & the lack of a companion in the morning, the absent plop of descent from a nap as well as adjusting ...
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Saturday, January 3, 2009

Think Green at Art Dialogue Gallery

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Imagine this in an 8 ply mat with wide margins, mounted in a carved old gold color wood frame. It's at Art Dialogue Gallery this month, ...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Holidaze

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After a December Open Studio, two extra events at which my work was featured & a house full of cookies, sweets & family, I find that...
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dave's Painting-Niagara Falls Carnegie

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This is the original Niagara Falls Carnegie library, commissioned by Dave Young as a gift for his sister, a 'Carnegie Library fan'. ...

Open Studio Show Report

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They were absolutely the coldest days of the season so far, every time the door opened the candles quivered in the wind, but it was warm aro...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Niagara Falls Teachers-Show & Sell event

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We had a 'show & sell' at the Como restaurant on Thursday, and the food was spectacular, the guests were friendly & the disp...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

New paintings in Niagara Falls

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Niagara Arts & Cultural Center's Winter Show opens next Friday Night with a big red door & red balloon celebration, a Hell...
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Saturday, November 8, 2008

Family Justice Center, Buffalo NY

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One's pastel, the other is oil, both were painted on location with the Fairweather Paletteers at Thursday paint outs. They were donated...
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...
Monday, October 13, 2008

First colors of Fall 2008

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Niagara Frontier Plein Air painters [NFPAP] met at Burchfield Nature & Resource Center in September & I was determined to find the e...

Grand Island yardwork

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It's called 'Indian Summer in Buffalo', but I prefer the term autumn. The lovely 70 degree days of the past week have me hurryin...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Saved in the camera

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Doesn't 'Pots at the Pool' look like a lovely plein air? It is a close up from the right side of 'Summer on the River', ...
Monday, October 6, 2008

Birthday Bash

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Karen planned a great surprise party for John-She booked the New Polechetti family band {formerly known as the Billy McEwen Band}, tents, lo...

Grand Island Painting

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Kath Schifano oil painting, 36x48 Grand Island NY Nearly finished, this is a 'grand' island painting, as I have been painting it...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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A painter in Italy with whom I share membership in International Plein Air Painters  posted an essay about why painting is a miracle & w...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Formerly Niagara Falls High School

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The NACC celebrated with the Italian Festival on Pine Avenue last month, I painted this corinthian capital while the music played on the ste...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Music is Art in Buffalo

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Yeah, it rained, but hardy umbrella toting families crawled the grounds of the Albright Knox Art Museum on Saturday, September 13. It was su...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Music is Art at Albright Knox Art Gallery

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This Saturday---I'll be there with my artwork. Bringing prints & cards & a few originals for the walls, but mostly I am looking ...
Thursday, September 4, 2008

More water

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Standing on the overlook between the American Falls & the Rainbow bridge to paint this, large groups of tourists would occasionally pass...
Monday, September 1, 2008

An apple a Day

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The title is only relative to the fact that it is the night before school starts, and all over teachers & students are flipping in their...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Summer Street Project

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1. Developing the perspective and selecting the light for this Summer Street painting turned out to be the easy part. 2. My photo referen...
Sunday, August 17, 2008

New painter in town

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It took until after 1 am to arrive in Buffalo, but Sandi & Bobbie were here for the weekend. They left the bad weather in NYC to enjoy b...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Torrit Grey Competition

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An annual painting contest limits artists to painting with white, black & the annual 'Torrit grey'. It is created by the Gamblin...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

402 Summer Street

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NFPAP artists visited the cottage district again this year for one of our summer paintouts, with GVPAP. I had walked the area on the weekend...
Monday, August 4, 2008

2009 Calendar Goes to Press

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The calendar went to the printer today. There were a few glitches along the way-my errors, because the screen images could not match the pro...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

7-7-77, 9-15-95

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A house is just a building, but when does it actually become a home? Capturing the shadows on the porch, rear dormer, power lines and the si...

Lewiston Art Festival

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Lewiston Council on the Arts sponsors an annual juried fine art show. Nothing is to be mass produced, commercial or less than best quality a...

Bursting Bud

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Lifted from the Perry, NY website-with permission, of course, this is the rose bursting out of it's borders at the Perry Chalk Festival ...
Saturday, July 19, 2008

Perry Chalk Festival

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July 6 Buffalo News stated that the July 12th Perry Chalk Festival was a 'best bet' in entertainment for the day. The Central NY Ti...