Sunday, August 25, 2013

First Prize

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I enjoy the challenge of painting water. Once in a while a plein air show is juried. Our NFPAP annual show is an art exhibition, but thi...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Youngstown Yacht club 'Art on the River'

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Last week, the Youngstown Yacht club hosted 'Art on the River'. I often paint there, so I joined the event with some samples and ha...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

2014 art calendar

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The annual assembly line was hard at work last week, the newest calendar pages were printed and picked up, and we had three days befor...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

Allentown Association Art Exhibition

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The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site  preserves the elegant Ansley Wilcox house  on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo. There i...

2 Paintings in North Dakota

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Bismarck Art & Galleries Association sponsored a Square Foot Show in their gallery for the second year. These two paintings were sen...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Carnegie Art Center Paintout on the canal

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Saturday's intense gusts almost took out this setup several times, a collection of bungee cords attached everything in winds up to 50 m...
Saturday, July 6, 2013

Publisher's Invitational Plein Air 2013 paintings

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This is it. All of my finished paintings, from nearly a week in the mountains, sort of taking it easy, so I also have a collection of draw...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

3 Variations of Marsh Grasses in Western New York

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If they have not been crushed by heavy snow, marshes keep their tall fronds of dry golden grasses through the new year, until new grasses ...

Lilac Gardens in Niagara Falls, Ontario

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c. K Schifano I am so fortunate to be able to get outdoors and spend a day in nature. Finding the right weather helps! A planned outing ...
Monday, June 3, 2013

North Tonawanda boathouse park

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 Notice the tiger!  The NFPAP painters returned to the Niagara River and one of our favorite spots, near the Erie Canal. This day, the ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Whirlpool State Park Painting

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This first painting is only 3x5, the size of an index card. I painted this when I arrived in the morning, the light was coming from the lef...

Painting For Preservation

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As a plein air painter, I have some unique opportunities to meet people, make artistic statements and work in new places. On May 4, the Pa...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Painting a House Portrait

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For a long day, morning to night, I worked on this house portrait, indoors but with dreams of plein air. I had sketched it the night be...

WInter in the Schifano Studio

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Kath Schifano, Winter Divot  Is it climate change? Am I just lazy? Is it age? I have a harder time each winter choosing 'good days...
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Texas architecture paintings

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Add caption My March 19 post contained a plein air painting I did in Houston. That outdoor excursion resulted in two new commissions...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Schifano-Simons paint adventure

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 I am not the only artist here. As I captured the majestic towering palm in a neighbor's yard on my little canvas panel, Amelia joined...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Painting Houston in the Spring

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Azaleas are bright and beautiful in Houston in March, this lovely home caught my eye as we drove by. Fortunately there is a shade tree ac...
Monday, March 4, 2013

Painting Grand Island

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Too cold and gloomy to paint out,  I have just finished painting a studio commission. This is another one of those 'surprise' paint...
Friday, February 1, 2013

A Lesson in Painting

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The first of several deliveries here last week was a paper wrapped bunch of...mini orchids...just what I needed! My sister, Bobbie Peters ...
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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...