Sunday, January 3, 2016

December Solstice

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The change of seasons is always a good excuse to paint. This December was ridiculously warm and I brought my smallest paintbox to the Falls...

Grand Island Memorial Library

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Soma Cura. So many meanings. I've been going to Soma Cura for lunchtime yoga classes for a few weeks and enjoy working with the new te...
Sunday, December 27, 2015

Orchids at the winter display

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Unfinished 10 days ago, I added a bit of color to the wall and played with soft and hard edges when the pace of the Christmas holidays fina...
Friday, December 18, 2015

YYC, Summer's ending

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  How do you get 30 foot sailboats out of the water?  With real big straps,  a hoist and this hook. The Youngstown Yacht Club is on...

The Carnegie in North Tonawanda

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A long time center for art, home of many great exhibits, as well as kids and adult classes is reviving itself. After being vacant, and misse...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Back to the Botanical Gardens

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The orchids are stunning at the Buffalo Botanical Gardens . Plein air painters have moved indoors for the winter and the changes at the gard...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

And the winner is....

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Sheila, the winner of the painting with Kath   I do few public events that are not gallery exhibits each year. Three times I was at eve...
Saturday, December 5, 2015

Painting in Cuba!

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I'm going to paint in Cuba! I was young when the Cuba blockade started and wondered if families would go hungry and what would...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Painting what I want to paint

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Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters choose beautiful locations as a rule. I go to paint the water, the majestic trees or lovely homes and g...

'Cool Mists' at 24 th annual Regional Artists Exhibition

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The annual Regional Artists Exhibition is a juried show, judged from original work, and all of it is delivered in a two hour period on ...

4 paintings move to a new address

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The 4 smaller plein air paintings shown had been in Austin, Texas, displayed at an even height around a sitting room on two walls in a ra...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Channeling Magritte?

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Saturday isn't my favorite day to paint because it interferes with my morning yoga class. This Saturday paintout was in Niagara Falls...
Friday, October 9, 2015

American Falls from the base

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Going back to this site, if I could reproduce the day, I would make my 30 seconds of video quite different. Alas, this is what I did, and ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Buffalo's China Light

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I have been here before and I have painted the lighthouse several times. It is the China light lighthouse in the canalside area of Buff...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Mississippi Mudds on the river

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A favorite summer spot for a fun meal, Mississippi Mudds had a sign stating it would close at the end of the month. I had gone there t...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Looking For Colors in the fog

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Painting shows the fog lifting a little after I arrived photo taken when I started my painting The day after I returned from a...
Friday, September 18, 2015

New York art season.

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 A long weekend in NewYork City during the opening of the art season resulted in miles and miles on my step tracking app. The Gagosian Gall...
Monday, September 7, 2015

#30. The final painting

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When I posted 30 paintings in 30 days I was also touching up the large picture 'Glory's Bath Takes Too Long'. The final was pos...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Summer Plein Air

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Allentown garage in Arlington Park, Buffalo Center and 7th in Lewiston, NY Considering a Cruller, the Niagara Falls Hiker Su...
Friday, September 4, 2015

Third Street mashup

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  Annually, the NACC has a fund raising auction of paintings created on selected Sunday evenings at Wine on Third. This year I had planned ...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Falls at Water Level

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I discovered a new access to the water level of the lower Niagara. Close by parking and no climbing necessary, I expect to paint here...

My beach paintings go on exhibit, 9/1-9/20, 2015

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I currently have a display of 15 plein air beach paintings in Long Beach, 250 East Park Avenue. Galleries for practicing artists are rare ...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Youngstown Yacht Club, 'Art on the River'

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I think I return to this show just for the spectacular view of the lower Niagara and entry of Lake Ontario at sunset. The event is only a f...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Adirondack getaway

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A quick trip to the Adirondacks to visit Frances Gaffney involved several walks to Antler Lake, a bit up the road from her home. It is just ...

The Lewiston Art Festival

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As a rule, I only sell my work at one weekend outdoor major street exhibition, the Lewiston Festival of Art. The emphasis is on fine art and...

Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters Exhibition

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One more show. Summer has been a season of painting and exhibits, at one point in June I had work displayed in 7 different galleries...