Thursday, March 31, 2016

Transportation in Cuba

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 Everyone asks about the old cars. They are colorful and everywhere and most of them are taxis for tourists. To get a driving license in Cub...

Ernest Hemingway

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The Old Man and the Sea . Who hasn't picked up the classic battle of man and fish and time? Cojimar, where Ernest Hemingway kept his yac...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

An Original Plantation in Cuba

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This old steeple aimed for the sky, no longer connected to the dissolved chapel it once announced.  The plein air painters in Cuba were ...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Painting the Niagara River below the Falls

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The sun started out bright so I headed to the Niagara Reservation to paint the last of the snow. With the messy Terrapin Point construct...
Monday, March 7, 2016

A Brush with Adventure in Havana

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Photo from Richard Sneary Planning for Cuba, we were made aware of shortages of ordinary items, we were to bring what we would need su...

Studio painting from a plein air reference.

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Using my own plein air painting as a reference for a large painting is pretty unusual. I have 'tried' it twice before and although...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Plaza VieJa, Cuba, making connections

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Plaza Vieja lunch Starting the painting I set my easel on a side street off Plaza Vieja in Havana to paint the brilliant yellow gov...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Paintings of Cuba

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The land, the light, city buildings, narrow streets and colors of Cuba were all new to me. The characters, the music and busy crowds grabbe...

Painting Buckhorn in Winter

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 The warmth of the afternoon sun faded to cool shadows of sunset (in the photo) on the January day I painted out at Buckhorn on Grand Islan...
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The flavor of Cuba

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A whirlwind decision to join the Publisher's Invitational from Plein Air Magazine landed me in Havana Cuba in early February (see Decem...
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 ...