Saturday, October 29, 2011

Letchworth State Park Plein AIr

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Kath Schifano When I am asked how I am, my answer has been 'wonderful'. Sincerely wonderful. There have been many opportunities...

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...
Friday, October 14, 2011

2012 calendars

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2012 is printed, packed and ready! The new calendar returns to the original format of monthly images with dates below. The past two years we...

"Painting for Preservation" Exhibit in Buffalo

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Kath Schifano I have lightly aligned with a group called "Painting for Preservation" in Buffalo. I say lightly because most of ...
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...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

9th Annual International Plein Air Paintout

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On the second day of my 9th annual International Plein Air Paintout adventure, I crossed into Canada to paint. Little did I expect that my f...

Niagara, again

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Still fascinated by the massive curve of the Horseshoe Falls, these two paintings were created 3 weeks apart from 2 entirely different locat...
Saturday, September 24, 2011

BNAA Fall art show at Artsphere

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The Erie County Fair is supposedly the largest fair in America. Two years ago, the fair's plein air contest did not conflict with the ...

Lewiston with Sherrill Primo

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Summer. Painting season, a chance to plan multiple dates with artist friends to paint outdoors and capture that day's joy, to liste...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Lewiston Art Festival tent photos

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 People ask me 'How was the art show?' and my response is usually 'Which one?' The term art show can refer to a gallery open...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Whitesville House

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 Mike White turned 50 this summer, Carl designed an invitation to the planned pig roast birthday party, and I had an opportunity to bake a...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Upper Rapids, the fury of water

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I am working on the perfect painting to capture the sound and fury of the upper rapids of the Horseshoe Falls . This is meant to be a really...
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Music is Art 9/17/2011

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Please join us as we celebrate the talent and culture of Western New York Saturday, September 17, 2011, 10 AM-10 PM @ Delaware Park behind T...
Monday, August 8, 2011

WIne On Third Art Exhibit still on the walls

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Wine On Third is a neat bar & restaurant downtown Niagara Falls, a little jewel of a spot that is like nothing else downtown. The sma...
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Thursday, August 4, 2011

July Saturday with Monica

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A great party in Wellsville for Mike White's 50th involved a bit of cooking and packing for a crowd-olive & feta salad, a crockpot o...

Youngstown & Used Sailboats

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I missed the first scheduled date, but a second Youngstown marina paintout brought out many artists, they spread out on the docks to captur...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Last Part, Adirondack Publisher's Invitational

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I drove for nearly 7 hours in the sun to register for my week in the Adirondacks; I checked in, moved in, and met many painters before, du...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Moon is A Balloon, 2011 & Wine On Third

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 Years ago I started this rose painting, it was one of my early large floral pastels. It was matted & framed under glass-until the glass...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Part 3- Publisher's Invitational Paintout 2.0, Ampersand Pastelbord

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Gabriel's Farm, 6x18 pastel, 2011 Ahhh, the mountains, an example of how they move and dance in the clouds. A nice breeze chased larg...

Part 2- Publisher's Invitational Paintout 2.0

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Continuing the Adirondack adventures. After painting a few pictures in oil, carrying them fresh and wet into another person's car and l...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Life Changing Adirondack Event?

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Painting for a week in the Adirondacks exposed me to a few art concepts. 1) I can climb up or down slippery slopes with an easel, 6...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Rivershore colors

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This Cayuga Island home portrait has been in progress on my easel for nearly 3 months and it is leaving me as a surprise gift to the homeown...

Erie Canal Locks in Lockport

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Two consecutive weeks were scheduled on the Erie Canal in Lockport, NY with Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters this month. We listened ac...

Delaware Park Rose Garden

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Slipping off to Buffalo to paint the beautiful Delaware Park Rose Garden doesn't bring the Albright Knox Art Gallery to mind. All of t...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Margaret Louise Park, Amherst, NY

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My second visit to this jewel of a park was a perfect Spring day. We had been through a spell of cold and rain which caused a few paint-outs...

Olmsted Parks paintings.

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It's unusual for me to paint from a photograph, but I was indoors, painting an Olmsted Park. I used a dull photo and my memory to captur...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Chasing the sun from the shadows

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My previous post showed a finished painting drying in the sun. Actually, painting on a canvas that has sunshine on it creates a very strange...

Working Weekend!

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I managed to paint and visit Long Island & NYC over a recent long weekend. I painted one early morning and one afternoon on different da...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

A Stir in the Mist

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A Stir in the Mist has been out for a few months now, it is the wonderful hard cover cookbook published by the Niagara Falls Boys & Gir...
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