Monday, July 30, 2018

Bonds Lake and Kayakers

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Familiar with kayakers frequently entering the water at Buckhorn, a pair of visitors from Canandaigua entered the water at Bonds Lake when...

Same old angle, new view

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Rainbow Mist, looking towards Canada I can walk along the Niagara River and see views of the mist rising from the bottom of the gorge fo...

Buffalo Garden Walk in the Community Gardens

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The annual Buffalo Garden Walk is one of the 'must do' things in WNY. Instead of working in a private garden with tinkling waterf...

Gallery windows in Buffalo

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Two adjoining galleries wrap around North Street in Buffalo to Linwood Street. Art Dialogue Gallery has a window facing the street that i...

Frank Lloyd Wright Boathouse

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  The start of a painting is a drawing - this is on a black toned canvas and it is in the shade of a building   Note how the light an...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Buckhorn! Again! Summer!

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 Look very carefully, the right side of the photo at top shows the tree hanging over the creek. Taking the photo together with a painting ...

Burchfield Nature Park

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Buffalo Creek and Burchfield, 9x12 pastel c.2018 Sharon Fundalinski and Peggy Walker introduced me to this park at least te...

Fort Niagara Lighthouse

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This is my view of the lighthouse, about 5 minutes into my preliminary drawing, when the buses arrived.  Not interested in using yellow I ...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Another Buckhorn Painting, Spring with a bit of snow.

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From the canoe launch on the south side of the park, there is a small inlet that connects to the creek. I painted there on a sunny spring...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Burchfield Penney Saturday still life

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Two fun Saturday afternoons at Burchfield PenneyArt Center in their first floor classroom involved an art project with unusual still lif...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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Sitting here to paint these rocks=Perfect Day!  This is just one little piece of the fabulous Niagara Reservation State Park . Three s...

Always nice to win!

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Nice coverage of the NACC prize in the Niagara Gazette!
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Wilson, NY with NFPAP

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Lighthouse Tower, c.K. Schifano A group appointment to paint together on the shore of Lake Ontario means I can buy fresh vegetables on t...
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

A NACC Art Award for Plein Air

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The Light in the Tunnel, 20x16, oil on canvas Award for Excellence in Plein Air Painting Pete's Tavern 18x12 pastel on Wallis  ...

A favorite painting finds a new home

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3 Sisters in Sunlight 12x24 oil on canvas c. K.Schifano This is perhaps the most powerful painting I will ever do. In fact, it is. I ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Mother's Day Rose collection In progress

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A stunning double order of varicolored long stem roses came from Monica's daughters with both our names on the card. There were so many...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

On the street 186 Linwood

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Buffalo, a mecca for great architecture and architects is full of variety and details. Every street has unique buildings no matter the eco...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Italy in 2019, Exhibit in 2020

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Based on my posted art work and not a proper application, I have been invited to be the resident artist at Borgo Santo Pietro in Italy for a...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Cherry Blossom Festival in the Japanese Garden

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Each May the Buffalo History Museum presents a week long festival when the Cherry Blossoms in the Japanese Gardens open and celebrations o...
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Billy Wilson Park

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Although there is a lot of grass in the photo, this early Spring painting has such a little bit of green in the scene that I viewed, in...

Buffalo skyline At Paint The Town (edited)

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I had an unusual opportunity to paint from the top floor of the iconic Electric Building in Buffalo before the adaptive reuse was compl...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Covered wastebasket for Plein air.

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 It is frequent painting outdoor season and there is sometimes time to stop for a tasty latte on the way to meet up with friends to paint. ...

Merit Award won at Kenan Center Gallery

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Both of my entries were accepted to the Buffalo Niagara Art Association Spring Exhibit. I am very pleased that Juror Donald Zinteck sel...

Spring Equinox at Buckhorn State Park

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Initial marks lay out the image shapes after drawing in a sketchbook to choose a composition. Spring started March 20th. I try to paint...