Friday, January 24, 2020

Tropical Snow Scene

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Living in the Northeast means snow in winter and it is especially welcome at Christmas. This was another one of those crazy holidays where ...

Painting Selected for an Award

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"Are You Allowed Up There" oil on panel, 30x15 While Plein Air painting this Fall scene in Letchworth State Park, I was asked ...
Friday, November 29, 2019

BNAA Fall exhibition

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The transition of the Eastern Hills site to a town square continues to evolve.  The lovely and large, well lit site, Expo 68 Art and Desig...
Saturday, November 2, 2019

River Art Gallery Plein Air show

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The bottom picture, '186 Linwood' and flowers on right are mine River Art Gallery, the pink building in North Tonawanda by th...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

6 Aches, 7 Columns, 8 Clay planters

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A good start, day 1 One of my larger paintings in Italy is also the most ambitious. I drew it several times from the lawn before finall...

Crazy color geraniums

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Flowering plants and lovely trees are on every lane and in every garden, delighting the senses. Giant Lavender hedges line the paths and th...
Friday, October 11, 2019

The 13th century In Plein Air pastel

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Invited to paint for a month at this lovely estate, farm and restful location, my studio there provided a space to work and think. I was co...

Plein Air in Tuscany.

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Step by step, I completed this oil painting sitting in the shade of olive trees while guests arrived and departed through this main entranc...
Thursday, October 3, 2019

An Abundance of Vegetables

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Residing and painting for a month in the midst of a self sufficient organic farm there were many different flowers, plants and especi...

Morning on Lake Ontario

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August along the Great Lakes is close to heaven. An NFPAP paintout, hosted by Laurene, brought the painters right to the edge of Lake On...

A Still Life That Needed a Little More

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Fresh flowers are abundant on the Tuscany estate and peach and pink multiflora roses surround the Art House. Rose of Sharon in the back...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Exploring Meo Modo

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An exclusive estate has to have amazing foods, and this did. Everything was organic and delicious. The morning views were spectacular as Mi...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Looking through the cattails

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 From the left side and close up. Starting out. Final painting. Italy. Tuscany. I was offered a month residency at an ex...

2020 calendars

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2020 has been printed collated and packaged. You may order them on the website or find it at my usual vendors in Niagara Falls and Buffal...
Monday, August 26, 2019

Dreams do come true

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How is this for an artist studio? I have every intention of making it my own space and filling the walls with my art. What do you think? Ca...

CAM 20/20 Vision

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"20/20 Vision" is an upcoming exhibition of women's art at Castellani Art Museum, opening in January. This will be my additio...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Garden flowers in progress

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A warm day, not too bright, but the weeds were calling. Garden shoes, waterproof gloves and a sun hat were needed. As soon as I stepped o...

Urban Art, indoors with a view

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The lobby of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Buffalo filled with urban artists when the rain poured in sheets and buckets. Warm and dry, with...
Saturday, August 10, 2019

Art on Oliver

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Here it is, my painting enlarged and on display in the window of Jack's Trains, an Oliver Street favorite shop of young and old. It...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

An Award at Clarence Town Park

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The Clarence Art Society uses the spacious Clarence Town Park on Route 5 for an annual plein air competition. This year, I decided to enter...