Saturday, December 5, 2020

Finally Paintng at Knox Farm State Park

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Knox Farm is a fairly new state park, in East Aurora, New York. This was the Knox family home and farm. That's the family of the origin...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

SUNFLOWERS 2020

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Some really are taller than others, generally around 5-6 feet tall, there is an occasional plant 12 or 15 feet tall. I love how they demand ...

Unity Island

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Drive down bumpy Niagara Street towards downtown Buffalo, find the elusive Unity Island entrance, wait your turn for the one way railroad br...

International Plein Air Painters Worldwide Paintout 2020

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Morning Rapids 12x30 oil  The grounds crew cleared brush and low bushes beyond the paths on the Three Sisters Islands at Niagara Falls State...

"Twenty Minutes From Everywhere"

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 Thrilling! A goal achieved, a significant gallery exhibit of plein air paintings. Two years ago, Carol Case Siracuse invited me and Karen F...
Saturday, September 5, 2020

A true nocturnal painting

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As the seasons change on a particular day, a solstice or equinox, I try to paint outdoors. This nocturne painting has been photographed doze...
Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Artists in Masks-an entertainment

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This short little film is "Artists in Masks" compiled by Burchfield Penney Art Center. Besides changing  attitudes to our 2020 cre...
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...