Kath Schifano-Sharing the Soul of my Paintings

Discover how paintings with oils or pastel are created outdoors-both landscapes and botanical observations. These Plein Air paintings are completed in one setting in the tradition of 19th C Impressionists.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Miebohm Gallery accepts a window view

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  After a lovely long season of plein air painting outside I was attracted to making a larger painting indoors. My corner windows in th...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Rochester Pastel Workshop

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Each morning of this 3 day pastel workshop named "Color Confidence" began with a demonstration by presenter Marla Baggetta. It wa...

Buckhorn emerges from Winter

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Pastels are so satisfying. Making marks with richly pigmented sticks makes a subtle sound on the drawing surface. The colors envelop each o...

Artists Group Gallery BNAA

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The Buffalo Niagara Artist Association Spring show is at Artist Group Gallery this year. I've prepared two water paintings, the smaller...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Pastel Workshop 2

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 These are MINE! This is my studio set, but I also used my travel Guerilla box as there aren't enough colors he...

Pastel Workshop Setups

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Western New York Pastel Society sponsored a 'Color Confidence' workshop with Marla Baggetta. I had admired her work and saw an oppo...

Late Fall at Niagara

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Last November, I joined Jacq Baldini at the overlook bridge to paint the Falls. It was a true Fall day, chilly, breezy and a bit of rai...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Garret Club

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Invited to display paintings at the lovely Garret Club in Buffalo, I was given two walls to show work near the grand piano. I chose to use ...

The Plein Air Force Houston

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If you have heard me talk about the lack of unique character in suburban Houston, you have probably also heard me say that a painting c...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Carnegie Workshop

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The Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters created a workshop to educate the public about plein air and encourage more to share our acti...

Waiting for Warm, Late Winter Plein Air

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Perhaps life gets hectic when the weather warms. At least, I think it does, but winter has its own slower pace. Right now I am ready for th...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

The March Exhibit announcement

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The Dispatch posted this about the show. We just returned from Houston so I hadn't seen the paper on Friday, but on Saturday morni...

Naturally, Grand Island

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Living on an Island? Surrounded by water, and blessed with two state parks, overlooks and rural areas,  and some interesting views make it ...
Monday, February 6, 2017

New art show at the Memorial Library

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Last fall I was asked to consult on the purchases of a hanging system for the Grand Island Memorial Library. It would be freestanding and th...

Staying creative with jewelry

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A box of nostalgic family costume jewelry sat in the basement for entirely too long. Some of the 'better' pieces had been claimed b...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Hiatus

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After Fall exhibitions come down and collections of paintings are delivered to holiday gift shows, I like to take a break from creating pain...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Something I re-learned in 2016

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Pastel. My original favorite medium beckoned me to stop using oil paints for a while. Although framing a pastel painting is more difficult...

Start with excellent photos

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This series shows the progress of this recently delivered commission. I made several trips there in various weather and ligh...
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Kath Schifano
Everyone would like more time in their day to get things done. If I had more time in my day, I would paint more. See why at www.kschifano.com
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