Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Spectacular Chicago brownstone

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This 24x12 oil painting started with a snapshot on a gray day but my info was supplemented by an excellent image in street views on Google...
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Monday, January 7, 2013

There is no Planning for Customers' Tastes.

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During a Christmas season a few years ago I sold quite a few Niagara Falls area paintings, they are often sought after for gifts by local ...

Art Dialogue Gallery Members Show, 2013

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The first shows of the year are often group exhibitions at many galleries. In fact, group show season starts with December gift exhibits, ...
Friday, December 14, 2012

December traditions

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Home made cards are much more than a challenge now that the kids are grown and no longer illustrating sweet Christmas scenes for us to c...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Not Just Paint. not just cookies

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People often look at my artwork and say they wish they were artistic or creative, but art is more than paint, and these people all have the...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

2013 calendars

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New 2013 calendars are available from me through the mail or at these local sites: Niagara County Art Museum Giftshop at Niagara Universi...
Friday, November 9, 2012

2013 calendar

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Dealing the 13 pages of my calendar to assemble the sets creates new colors and patterns on my table as each month is added. It is assemb...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

October Art News

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The Lower Trail at Artpark, Lewiston NY

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Sometimes friends are the best reason to get up and try new things. With a report of warm sunny weather, Sherrill Primo convinced me to co...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Glorious painting day

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'Autumn on the Ridge' is a 12x18" oil painted yesterday on Lower Mountain Road, at a Shaw Barn paint out. I started with a 5x...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Part 2- Publisher's Invitational Paintout 2.0 2011

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WHATEVER did I do on this blog? THIS ADK post was posted in the summer of 2011, when they were painted, now I see it as my newest post in 2...

Lewiston Art Festival Ribbon 2012

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Although I participate at several individual events each year, they are usually indoors. My big 'sell it on the street' in a t...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Flying wet painting

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The Towpath Plein air weekend paintout was held in Tonawanda and North Tonawanda, in the area of the Erie Canal. My painting named 'Mor...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Youngstown Yacht Club mishap

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There is a good reason I did not post this picture when I painted it last Spring. Annually, there are opportunities to paint near the ya...

Roswell Park Paintout Weekend

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 Roswell Park's plein air weekend started with rain so I found an overhang with a view and donated this 14x11, titled 'Cheese Truck...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Storm Surf Oil Painting

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Waves arrive in sets of three and bunches of nine, and it is easiest to see this when they are big. One night we had some rain, but the re...

Jetties at Long Beach, Long Island

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Another glorious week spent at Long Beach, New York allowed me to continue studying the jetty at Ohio Street. It changes with the tides an...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Tuscarora State Park on Lake Ontario

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After two weeks of painting travels, schedule conflicts and distractions I am pleased to be home and back on schedule with the Niagara Fro...
Friday, August 3, 2012

My newest email newsletter!

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Kath Schifano, August 2012 news Getting ready for Lewiston Art Festival and an evening at the Youngstown Yacht Club with my art and a fe...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Ocean Painting, Long Island, NY

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c. kathy schifano At the end of Ohio Street in Long Beach, Long Island, a well worn jetty of massive rocks tangles with waves and ...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Asgaard Farm in the Adirondacks

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c. K Schifano Ausable Forks is the home of Asgaard Farm , which is the location of Rockwell Kent's artist studio. The studio was int...

Publisher's Invitational 2.0 2012

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c. K Schifano Another invitation to paint with artists near the Trinity Lakes in the huge Adirondack park got me packing and driving 6 h...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

What I do on my vacation.

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Staying just half a block from the ocean, I spent a week of mornings and evenings painting the tides and this jetty, thank goodness for th...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Niawanda Park's 9th Annual Art on the Riverwalk

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Kathy Schifano painting at Riverwalk, Tonawanda Spectacular weather along the Niagara river combined with a Sunday art show in Tonawan...
Friday, July 6, 2012

ADK Mountain School Painters and Me

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Recently returned from an invitational paint week with the publisher of 'Plein Air' and 'Fine Art Connoisseur' magazines, we...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

On the road, Adirondack painting

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Publisher's Paintout 2.0 2012 is now over and I am back home with 8 new paintings, so it's up to the studio to mat and frame and f...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Beaver Island State Park Casino

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Kath Schifano c. 2012 Beaver Island State Park, at the south end of Grand Island is an artist's playground with boardwalk and beach...

Wilson Tuscarora State Park Secret Spot

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c. Kath Schifano 2012 Wilson Tuscarora State Park has a main entrance, road to activities and parking lots, but it also has a 'secr...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Back to the Adirondacks

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High Falls, plein air pastel, K.Schifano c.2012 Last June, I was invited to Plein Air Magazine's Publisher's Paintout 2.0 and ...

Youngstown Yacht Club

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New Old Sailboat, Kath Schifano c.2012 Two consecutive Mondays were scheduled for the Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters at the Youngs...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Hazards of plein air

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I painted yesterday at the yacht club in the shade of a docked sailboat. A worker inside attached the boat battery and the auto-bilge kicked...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Niagara River Paintings

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I just posted 13 new paintings on Facebook, linked HERE , it has been a wonderful Spring for painting as my painting friends seemed to ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

My most recent art show!

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  Burchfield Penney Art Center  invited area member artists to display their creative art work, naming the show  'Artists Among Us...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Titan Arum Flower at Niagara Parks, Canada

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Kath Schifano painting the Titan Arum background On May 4, I drove to Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse  in Ontario, Canada, to sketch the ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Serendipity Success

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c. Kath Schifano 2012 Different in technique from other Botanical Gardens paintings, this orchid spray deserves an explanation. The orch...