Yes, I remembered the paint!
Four easels, three painting kits, one pastel kit, three chairs, three umbrellas, luggage for three people for eight days, a solo art show, three computers, and three passengers comfortably seated. Take that, you critics of my Prius!
Now, if I can just remember my paint
View from Owl’s Nest. Anyone who thinks the life of an artist is all glamour ought to try doing the framing, wrapping and pricing before a show. It’s done, and my painting tools are packed, and I’m ready to leave for Maine in the morning. Painting tools for three people, plus my teaching supplies (in …
Surf’s up!
A Happy Harbor, oil on canvasboard, by little ol’ me. In two days I’ll be on my way to Maine to teach the first of this summer’s workshops. Today’s task was to finalize selections for my season-long show at Lakewatch Manor. Although I would dearly love to bring my painting of the HalveMaen Passing Hudson …
Teaching at Schoen Place on a Wednesday Evening
(An experiment in mobile blogging…) It was a cool clear sparkling evening at Pittsford’s Schoen Place. Discussion commences. This is Stacey’s first time painting ever. Brad VanAuken and Lyn Parsons Lyn and Sophia, Bikers Lyn, Sophia and Brad hard at work. August and September are sold out for my workshop at Lakewatch Manor in Rockland, …
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Must the visual arts be a pale imitation of pop culture?
A still life by Amy Digi, from her website, here. While thinking of my many friends in the greater New York area who are accomplished painters—Brad Marshall, Amy Digi, Patti Mollica, Cindy Zaglin (to name just a very few)— I came across thisin the New York Times: “For example, although I’ve lived in New York …
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