Sunday, March 30, 2014

Plein Air Camp Hill Art Festival

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These photos may look a bit busy or hectic, but I believe they are from the final day last May at the   Camp Hill Plein Air Art Festiva...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Monica's Mists and her frame

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Started last winter, this sat unfinished, clipped to a huge backing board and behind the door, for months while my wrist healed. I took it...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

A tiny portable paintbox works fine in the car.

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 Years ago, I was given an old 'Beginners Paint Box' with some dried up paints. It had been purchased used at a garage sale for a d...

Painted Anthuriums

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  Can't wait to go paint outdoors? Join me on Thursday mornings in South Buffalo.  Buffalo's Botanical Garden has the most amaz...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Waiting for a Better Answer

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Early June heralds the third annual Plein Air Competition in the Finger Lakes, hosted in Canandaigua. These three lovelies went into my appl...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Snow Day from the Studio Window

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 We have planted a variety of evergreens since building this house, some blue, green, droopy, in sets of three, short, fluffy, flat and o...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Gone, but not forgotten. An Artist's Rant

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January brings with it the promise of a new year, but also an opportunity to review the previous year, to make new promises based on what I ...

Coming Home in Cypress, Texas

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'Coming Home' c. K. Schifano 2014 18x24 The third house portrait painting in a series for a Houston area client, this is off th...
Thursday, January 2, 2014

World Church, Houston painting

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Kathy Schifano, Houston church Over the past few years Route 6 in Houston has taken me to some of my favorite places, a playground/animal...
Monday, December 23, 2013

More than just cookies

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Merry Christmas in paint December is a time of wonder, the first snow, decorations, great music and joy. I spent a quiet day, early in t...
Friday, December 20, 2013

464 Gallery Show

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Bond's Reflections, oil 5x7, c. 2013 Three Trees, 10x8 oil, c. 2012 464 Amherst Street is the home of 464 Gallery. Most exhibits...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

2014 Art Calendar

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Although I usually have a fistful of my new calendars in the car, I don't see everyone who wants one.  They are sold in several convenie...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Open Studio Event

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For the fifth year, I am opening my studio for a festive weekend in November. Arranging artwork in new ways each year is a fun challenge th...
Friday, November 1, 2013

On the French River

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French River, 15x30 oil, Kath Schifano Two Paintings? The top picture shows the painting nearly finished, before some areas were adjus...
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Poetry & Art, and Interchangeable Impressions

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Stuck in an arm brace for several weeks, I could not hold or maneuver my favored pastels, which probably were the cause of my wrist and th...

A Published Painting

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My painting, 'Coffee Time, Long Beach Morning' is featured this week in 'Why This Works' by Jeanne Mackenzie. Click  HERE  t...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Sunny afternoon in Texas

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  Outside Austin, Texas at Maxine Price's painting studio, a wonderful native rock wall encloses a lovely yard of Texas treasures, inc...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Painting for Preservation, Delaware Court

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Super Saturdays! About once a month, Sara Zak invites artists to join her to bring attention to an 'endangered' or at risk buil...
Friday, October 4, 2013

Adirondack painters, the first group photo

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This photo is from June 2011, and was left as a draft. Today it got noticed and I 'undrafted' it, and instead of landing in the...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

A unique art studio and a wonderful friend

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Frances Gaffney is a long distance buddy who I don't see nearly often enough. Check out her boat residence on the west side of Manhatta...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Long Beach, Long Island Paintings August 2013

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Coffee Time in LB, AM., oil on canvas board, 12x24 Maybe this seems a little dark, but morning on the ocean is hazy and peaceful. The tid...

Silo City, Buffalo

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Light in the Tunnel As much as I love natural landscapes, and often omit buildings, powerlines and other built elements in my landscape ...
Friday, September 13, 2013

Wine on Third

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What does one do on the most lovely of summer evenings in Niagara Falls? Why not sit around with a glass of wine on Third Street. How abou...
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Saturday, September 7, 2013

A series of oil waterfall paintings

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Wolf Creek Moment, 16x20  In response to a long distance prospective customer, I posted this series of paintings based on some of h...