Sunday, July 30, 2017

Beaver Island lagoon

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 Our painters met near the sledding hill of Beaver Island Park on a weekday morning. I chose to capture the lagoon instead of the mighty ...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

House Portrait with TOO MANY LEAVES!

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This post starts with a review. In the Spring, I was painting outdoors in Houston and was commissioned to paint a home a few blocks from whe...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

It's a long story

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This is "America Rocks in Sunrise". It's a view of the American Falls in oil, 24"x24 and had been purchased by Ilse Fran...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Frank Lloyd Wright in Buffalo

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The Darwin Martin House on Jewett in Buffalo is a world renowned example of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic prairie style. It rests there ...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Buffalo Psych center becomes the Henry Hotel

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I made it to HH Richardson towers yesterday to paint with NFPAP, in the driveway saw 5 painters buried in their work. I drove all the way ...

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 ...