Upcoming Landscape Exhibit

It's that season again!  The Fall shows have started everywhere.  I will both be showing a variety of "Landscapes at the Landsakes" Annual Exhibition to benefit farmland conservation.  It promises to be a beautiful show .  The show is open to the public at the Maple Ridge Gallery, 172 State Route 372, Colia New York from October 8th through 10th.  You will see a lot of beautiful work from some great artists.  Join us if you can!

Connecticut Pastel Society

"Summer Moonrise," Pastel, 9 x 12

I am pleased to announce that my little moonrise pastel has been selected to appear in the Connecticut Pastel Society's "Renaissance in Pastel" show.  The show will be open to the public from October 7th to November 12th at the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT.  If you are in the area, please go! Summer has been very hectic this year and I have been traveling a lot, as always.  I have been working on some new cityscapes the last couple of months and should be able to post them soon.  Fall is going to be BUSY.  I will have 10 pieces in the Landscapes for Landsakes fundraising show in Saratoga Springs NY in October.  I will also be at the Saratoga Arts Festival with my portraits on September 17th.  So if you are in Saratoga on that date, please come by Congress Park and say hello!

Times Square Glow in New York City

Times Square Glow, 12 x 12, Pastel on Sanded Paper

I am pleased to announce that my pastel "Times Square Glow" has been accepted into the International Association of Pastel Society's annual juried exhibit.  This painting will be on view at the Salmagundi Club in New York City from June 6th through June 17th, 2016.  Stop by if you are in or around the city in June!

Time Square Nocturne

Well, it has been a long Summer and Fall!  I have just finally been able to get back into a regular painting schedule after several months of personal obligations and travel.  I did manage to get a workshop in with Donald Jurney last month in the Adirondacks in the midst of everything.  I will post some of those paintings in the coming days.  The painting above is finally finished!  it is the oil version of the pastel study posted back in July.  It is 20 x 20 and looks great in my new gray green frames from Randy Higbee in California.   I am happy to be back painting and back to blogging!  Hope some of you are still around ; ) !

Moonlight Nights

"Moonlight Nights", 18 x 24, Oil on Panel

This painting is still a work in progress but it is mostly done and I have put it away until I can look at it with fresh eyes.  There is a group of really fine artists who post their work on Instagram and occasionally there is a "challenge" of some sort.  This was done for "the poetry of place" challenge which was started by Donald Jurney and has continued on for the past few weeks.  A poem is posted every Friday and the participating artists design and execute and a painting based on that poem.  This weeks poem is from Bernard Howe:

The clear sky seems to glow,

with the moon so big and bright.

Lighting up our hill sides,

with an iridescence light.

The shadows hide amongst the trees,

whilst I listen to the gentle breeze.

A night time opera in front of me,

a magical moment under a grand marquee. - Bernard Howe from "Moonlight Nights"