Saturday, July 31, 2010

Picture Postcard!

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Summer is TOO busy-but so much fun. We go to many gallery openings that include our work or to see artworks by others, but this was a partic...

Back to Glen Park in Williamsville

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Last month, on a 'threatening to be rainy' day, I returned to Mill Falls in Williamsville, NY. I had planned to paint the waterfall ...

A Weekend in Artpark

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My painting group, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters , will be at Artpark in Lewiston this weekend for a very public paint out. We will st...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Winter projects need Summer varnish

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It takes about 6 months for oil paint to dry thoroughly, so I have been varnishing & framing artwork from Fall & Winter recently, bu...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sunny Day's Bonus Painting

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On May 13 I posted a painting "Spring Rapids from the Second Bridge" of an upriver view from idyllic Three Sisters Islands at Niag...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

September Art Show Preview

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Although I am saving the pastel sky paintings for the show 'Skies over Buffalo, Wait a Minute' at Quaker Bonnet in September, I ment...

WIlliamsville Waterfall

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I'm not a fan of the color blue in my home. However, blue paint is another story altogether. Since September 2009 I have been painting s...
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...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Spring Greens from a Three Sisters Bridge

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On May 5 I published my new portrait, with an in-progress painting on my easel. Here is that finished painting which accurately portrays my ...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Winter Projects

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Painting outdoors is so different than indoors. As a plein air painter who likes to stay warm, I meet with Sharon & Peggy at the Buff...
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Spring at Three Sister's Islands

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Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters met at Three Sisters Islands to paint yesterday & it was exhilarating! It's nice to be painting ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Tugs at Elevator Alley

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Last summer we [Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters] painted near 'elevator alley', a series of waterways leading to various grain e...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Map is Less Red?

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My normal 'cluster map', shown below the links on the right panel of this page details visits from various countries to this blog. J...

New look at my website

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Updated the website recently with Jeremy in Houston. This is the new Home page image, assembled by Carl. Comments are welcome & encourag...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Market Sreet Art Center BNAA show

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Market Street Art Center in Lockport is host for the Buffalo Niagara Art Association 2010 Spring show this month. Everyone was pleased with ...
Monday, March 1, 2010

Niagara Falls Boys & Girls Club Cookbook

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I have been working since last summer on illustrations for a hardcover cookbook to be published late this year by the Niagara Falls Boys ...

Raghava KK

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"I hope you will join me in this Magic Carpet Ride, and touch children, and be honest." Passing along a link to a Ted Talks video...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Sweet tooth

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I couldn't resist the close up - this is about 1 foot of the painting. Time to celebrate. Detail- 'My Mixer is Pink' (see next p...

Inspired by the Cupcake Queen

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Delivered today, this painting just jumped onto the giant naked wall it was made for. Sometime ago, Cupcake Queen Amanda DiCesare mentioned ...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Can't keep the small ones, so I'll work large

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This is another large painting that lived on & off my easel for months. I have drawn this scene & painted this curve every year plei...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Not just a pretty picture

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This is quite big for a bouquet & took 3 months on & off my easel. It started as a flat presentation & gradually developed depth...

Great Lakes Garden at NYS Parks

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In the Fall, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters [NFPAP] met at the Great Lakes Garden. It was planned for dramatic landscape color, so I pa...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Lights in the Garage-a Tonawanda portrait

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Commissioned as 'the house I grew up in', Colleen Sullivan's parents still live here. The house faces north, so it took a number...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Still waiting for these orchids to bloom

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Now that winter is official with the solstice, I am thinking about the Botanical Gardens in South Buffalo. Last winter I was able to go only...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

Open House at Earl Brydges Library in Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls Public Library held an open house on December 5th, cookies from Howes, punch & several local artsy people showed their wor...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Hyde Park Golf Course Niagara Falls

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Last year I was given a cart ride-with my plein air easel-out onto the golf course in Hyde Park, Niagara Falls. There were no golfers as it ...
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Outdoor paintings in Fall

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Fall started out cold & rainy, but most of the leaves stayed up to change color slow enough to paint them. These two paintings were ble...
Monday, November 16, 2009

IPAP paintings slide show

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http://www.i-p-a-p.com/ The link above is for the International Plein Air Painters website. It is a great place for me-I have made friends ...
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

November 21 invitation

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On Saturday, November 21 I will have an art open house from 11:00 am until 5:30 pm at my Grand Island studio. It has been exciting getting r...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Whirlpool State Park Rapids

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Standing up on the hill at Whirlpool State Park, looking up-river (which is south around here, the Niagara flows north) I painted this in a ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Buffalo's Old First Ward & Grain Elevators

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Last May, Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters came to this site-grain elevators in south Buffalo, the Old First Ward. It was windy, cold, ...
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Monday, October 5, 2009

Buckhorn State Park

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This 'bit of Buckhorn' was also judged into the Erie County Family Justice Center auction . I accidently arrived at Riverwood on a l...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Domestic Violence Awareness Month-October

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This moody little oil depicts Navy Island in the Niagara River with the Robert Moses Parkway shoreline of Niagara Falls in the distance. It ...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

16th Street in Niagara Falls painting - a portrait

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Painted from a grand old home on 16th in Niagara Falls, as well as old & new photo references, this house portrait includes details that...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

This post is for Jim Sheusi

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Art Alive is an Albright Knox activity in June, featuring individuals or groups acting out famous artworks. 'Girl With A Pearl Earring...

Music is Art, Albright Knox 9-12-09

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My first movie! Always interested in the 'view' of the moment, I have photographed, painted & drawn countless scenes. In the mid...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Plein Air in Buffalo

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I've been painting more than I have been posting here-this pastel shows the view between two older homes on Pearl Street in Buffalo, the...
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Niagara Falls Paintings Calendar

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I had released the 2010 calendar for the Lewiston Arts Festival, and it has begun to show up in a few local shops. This year features 12 new...
Friday, September 4, 2009

Next Saturday 9/12

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'The Music is Art Festival' is next Saturday on the grounds of the Albright Knox Art Gallery. I will be one of the 50 selected arti...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Albright Knox Art Gallery Issue 2 pub.

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Sorting through magazines, I discovered my own painting published in the Albright Knox Art Gallery's quarterly magazine AKNOW. This phot...