Tuesday, August 25, 2020

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This photograph is close to where I stood for the next picture, my 'downtown painting day'. With so much to see and interpret, I am ...

Two Trips to the outer Harbor of Buffalo

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Paulette Jurek suggested painting at RCR Boatyard this summer. I was overwhelmed on arrival by the expansive vista, boats, buildings, rusted...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Adirondack Plein Air Festival

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After months of Covid 19 lock down, I was crushed to have my acceptance and first appearance at this prestigious outdoor competition cancell...

Three good examples from a great summer gallery show

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The Artists Group Gallery show, "Twenty Minutes From Everywhere" features images of the Buffalo area by three artists working in P...

Three artists Paint one scene. Sort of.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Darwin Martin House Pergola

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Darwin Martin chose Buffalo for his business selling soap. He became the first paid employee of the Larkin Company, worked his way up, ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Miles of Pink Lilies

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Although I had been painting previously at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve, I had never walked the pond paths. They were bursting with pink...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Gratwick Park

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Along the Niagara the view is often the water, some weedy things and the flat land across the river. It isn’t inspiring without an effort t...

Feels like summer

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Diane caught me painting on my lap The evolution of a shack into Casey's Cabana in Ferry Village, Grand Island is an interes...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Bringing Spring indoors

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An unusually early Spring brought out glorious flowers that lasted weeks longer than usual because it didn't get hot. The Forsythia blo...
Friday, May 1, 2020

Covid 19 Time out.

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Two months indoors? What ever have I been doing? Along with the rest of the world I have caught up with a bazillion plans, sorted places I ...
Monday, April 6, 2020

A story of two paintings.

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Several years ago I was invited to participate in the Westfield NY Plein Air Event, a week of painting at various sites, meeting artists, s...
Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Figure drawing

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The Carnegie Art Center has begun scheduling figure drawing opportunities in the evening. As much as I love the practice and challenge of f...

Nice film about the Castellani show

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The WKBW link (which may have an ad) https://www.wkbw.com/news/the-now/latest-show-at-castellani-art-museum-features-185-local-woman-artist...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

The Castellani Museum Reception

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20/20 Vision:Women Artists in Western New Yor k at the Castellani Art Museum contains work by 186 artists from five WNY counties. I am s...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Castellani Art Museum 20/20 Vision

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I am so pleased to be included in this comprehensive exhibition of art representing women artists from counties in the western part of Ne...
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...