Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Flowers by Orange Cat

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The 'Orange Cat' is a favorite coffee shop in Lewiston, with a line out the door and plentiful outdoor seating. With two days to sp...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Pete's Tavern in NYC

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I grabbed an opportunity to paint for a weekend with Nancie King Mertz. She is a pastel painter from Chicago who I met in Cuba and ...

That rock between islands

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One of my favorite places (I have several favorite spots) at Niagara Falls is the Three Sisters Islands. This area actually has 4 islan...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Sights in Italy

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A thousand travel photographs and each has its own story. Walking the ancient streets included ruins of Roman civilization as well as the g...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Hidden treasures

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Walking Rome and Florence's streets is a wonderful visual adventure. I took photos of new and ancient symbols and curiosities on every ...

San Pietro en Vincoli

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St. Peter in Chains is the English name of the church that contains a lighted and elegant box in an altar niche containing the chains that ...
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At Santa Maria Maggigore, a wedding

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Rome, Italy. An opportunity to visit noted paintings and sculptures I exhorted as a high school art history teacher for so many students fi...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

NFPAP's HOT reception

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This day had a 'temperature index' approaching 100 degrees, but most of the people here would say it was hotter. We had a great cro...
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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Painting a boat

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The marina in Buffalo remains a favorite paint spot. The sounds of seagulls and wind in sailboat rigging lends this area a creative feeling...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Notaro Chiropractic

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These two pastels were purchased several years ago for the Chiropractor office on Grand Island. The left was painted at Beaver Island n...

Perfect water

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Fresh and still wet on the easel, I painted this while protected under my 6 foot plein aire umbrella. The sun was in front of me, morni...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Tonawanda Riverwalk Prize

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Art on the Riverwalk is a wonderful Sunday afternoon show in Tonawanda along the Niagara River. This was the 14th year and I had particip...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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Elegantly dressed, this trumpet player serenaded from this doorstep, Cuban flag mounted on little clips attached to the fan fold green doo...

The Village Inn

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On its way out the door, I took a quick snapshot as I do not have a photo of this finished painting before the frame. The Village I...
Friday, June 3, 2016

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I paint water, landscapes and outdoors so often that people forget I love food, like fruits and vegetables. YEs, I love to eat but they are...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Spirit of Havana

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I am so thrilled to have mastered SATIN! This beautiful and proud lady modeled for the plein air painters in Cuba and I took her photo wh...
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A different art, Eco-dyes

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 A large collection of Christmas Cactus flowers and some branches with a small bunch of impatiens blooms were arranged on a pre-soaked well...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival

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Spring in WNY is a time of glorious color, flowers, warm weather, outdoor activities. Early May brings a riot of pink to the Japanese g...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Havana Taxi Stand

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"Did you see old cars?" is the first question regarding a trip to Cuba.  Yes. Most of the cars are old and most of them...
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...