Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Symphony Circle and painting Verdi

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This is a popular bust of the musician Verdi, he appears in cities all over, usually near a symphony's home  this is Buffalo at Kleinhan...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

The Gorge from the Canadian side

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I joined the Ontario Canada plein air painters on a glorious sunny Friday to capture the Niagara River gorge from the other side. That's...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Worldwide Paintout 2024

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Instead of our paint out at Niagara Falls I organized our painters to go to Wilson Harbor for the annual Worldwide Paint Out weekend, sponso...
Friday, September 6, 2024

Really Big Boulders

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Ice and storms knocked over these breakwall boulders last winter. Hopefully they'll be back piled up to protect the Lake Ontario coast s...
Thursday, August 15, 2024

The Meadow at Stella Niagara

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A bit of American History-the large meadow across from Stella Niagara Education Park is the only level landing spot on the lower Niagar...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

It was a gorgeous evening

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Invited to show at the Youngstown Yacht Club again, we had another lovely evening. It's my annual paint the evening on the river event. ...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

A Glorious House Plant model

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My out of control vine was unwrapped and 25' of woody stems uncurled from one thin stalk in the ground. The annual Stephanotis flowers a...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Riverworks summer fun

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The complex at Riverworks is constantly expanding up and out and becoming a great family site. We took our grandchildren for dinner and they...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Back on the streets! Youngstown

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What's the big deal? After two months of recuperation from a knee replacement I'm finally driving myself to a painting event and see...
Friday, June 7, 2024

Pansies!

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Gosh we love Spring. The colors, greens and flowers, birds and warm weather are delightful. A pot of cool-loving pansies graced the porch fo...
Thursday, June 6, 2024

Collecting local artists

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This is part of a wall in my living room. It is dedicated to WNY artists with a few others added over the years. We try to support younger a...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Workers on the street

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Across the street a crew worked on a new gasline to the neighborhood. How could I resist? Trucks, dirt, commotion, workers and traffic cones...

Painting in Amsterdam

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Our return trip to The Netherlands was primarily to paint in Amsterdam with a group of 12,  sponsored by Workshops in Yorkshire. (Rosemary B...

What is Urban Sketching?

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I don't always have time or materials to complete paintings when I am inspired by a location. Fortunately, I always carry a mini sketchb...

Lytle Preserve

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 It is a treat to find a new park or location to bring my paints. We were invited by the Art Trail to paint at an event in Lockport. Familie...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Buffalo Artist Studios Fundraiser 5x5

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The annual 5x5 art auction in TriMain is a major fundraiser for the huge BAS spaces on the 5th floor. I was invited to participate and donat...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

A New Peace Bridge view

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Painted today, noticed by many, gone tomorrow. It was an early cool Spring day when a few of us decided to paint near the Aquarium. I had a ...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

Pillbox Hats in the Studio

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Mom always wore a pillbox hat to go out, and a neighbor gave me a few more in their original boxes to use at school. For years, the boxes...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

Indoors in the Winter, Commission Painting

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 A new customer inquired about two paintings she had previously seen, one at the Junior League Buffalo Showhouse and the other on my website...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Snowy Masterviews

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It was a gray winter and I had few opportunities to paint outdoors. This year's weather inspired me to do only 3 paintings in snow. My r...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas!

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  An electric moving Santa figure in a golden coat and dress whirred back and forth with his lit candle on a table near my easel. How could ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Plucked Chicken

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A week after I painted the Blue Moon, the weather was lovely and the ride to Paint Youngstown again was sublime. With the coast Guard red ro...

The Blue Moon

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The end of September serves as the end of sailing season, taking the boats in and readying them for winter takes up a lot of fall days at th...

#worldwidepaintout2023

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The annual WWPO is a good time with usually great weather that the NFPAP artists enjoy. We have always had it at the Niagara Reservation Sta...