Award Winning Painting

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All of the artists & sculptors who created the 53 works chosen by the juror to be in the Endless Mountains Council of the Arts 12th Annual Regional Art Exhibition are winners and some of us won awards.

My pastel painting "Ahead of the Storm" took second place and a nice cash prize. Thank you.

You can see the whole exhibit at two venues in Tunkhannock, PA through September 28: Wyoming County Courthouse Gallery during weekday business hours and EMCA, 302 W. Tioga St , Fri, Sat, Sun 1 to 5pm. 570-836-EMCA

"I been everywhere, man"

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Well, Pennsylvania to Wisconsin to Minnesota and back! Mission accomplished - as stated in the previous post; 3150 miles of beautiful landscape (forgetting for a moment the 3 1/2 hours spent in 3mph traffic trying to get through/around Chicago! ), 12 paintings painted during the Door County Plein Air Festival, 4 sold during the exhibition, many new and interesting people met and some friends visited along the way...one of them a bonsai enthusiast & expert. I was delighted with my ride, but I can't seem to get the overall average above 48mpg in my '07 Prius. I am definitely not complaining.

This is "Jeweler's Garden", the painting I made in Wisconsin during the Saturday morning two hour quick-paint and purchased at auction. It went to a good home in Chicago...and I didn't have to drive it there - whew!

I'm Off to Wisconsin & Minnesota

The Studio will be closed* until August 5 when I return from the Door County Plein Air Festival where I am an invited participant in a busy week of painting & exhibiting. Then over to Duluth to visit friends. Then solo drive back. I hope to make some good paintings, meet some new people, see some old friends, learn something about the art of bonsai, set a personal high mpg record in my Prius, listen to two audio books and see miles of landscape and sky!

In the meantime my paintings can be seen at The Butternut Gallery, Schulman Gallery at Luzerne County Community College and EMCA Auction show. Check my website for more info.

*closed to bears & birds, too....see previous entry.

Last Visitor Gets to Choose

The Summer Exhibit and sale here at the studio was a big success...34 paintings sold! and many prints and pots. Despite the diminished selection to choose from the last visitor came at 9 am Monday and took whatever he wanted!

Rosalita (fearless Australian Cattle Dog) and Leo (her backup black lab) tried to deter this big male black bear, but he pretty much treated them as pesky flies. I've never been happier that my dogs have excellent recalls. They came in the house and we barricaded the doors and windows.

I knew I was tempting fate leaving my bird feeders up this summer and I am just glad no one got hurt. The bear had a beautiful black coat and was quite handsome with awesome brute strength. (we tried to bend the metal pole back again).

All of the rest of our many visitors were much better behaved...thankfully....and when he arrived I was going around the garden telling my daughter about the "exciting" re-appearance of the Rudbeckia maxima in front of the greenhouse!!!

Summer Exhibit and Art Sale

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Zoë Poster and I will be hosting our annual summer art exhibit here in Montrose, PA at the studio. It begins this Friday evening with a reception from 6-8pm. All are invited.

The studio is open all days Saturday June 28th through Sunday July 6th from 10am until 6pm. We are showing our latest paintings and claywork.

This year is the First Ever Big Sale. We need to make room for new artwork and entice you to take home some of the unsold pieces from years past. All pieces made in 2008 are priced as usual. Anything from 2007 or earlier is reduced at least 20%...maybe much more if the frame has a little ding or we are just tired of looking at it. There will be several watercolors from the 90's that were never exhibited...things taken from my private collection. There will be a few art supplies and art books, too.

Daily door prizes will be given to the first person who answers the art trivia question correctly.

And, as if that is not enough, you can set up your easel and paint in the garden outside the studio...or just look over someone else's shoulder and watch them paint, sketch, draw!

Butternut Gallery Exhibit

Two of my friends are showing their recent work at The Butternut Gallery & Second Story Books in Montrose; Renee Emanuel & Meg Conner. They have beautiful work and the show looks fabulous. The opening reception is Saturday June 21 from 6-8pm. The exhibit continues through July 20; Wednesday through Sunday afternoons.Butternut Gallery phone 570-278-4011.

The gallery is showing some of my local spring plein air work along with the work of 11 other artists as well as the above-mentioned exhibit.
Clouds Roll In is a 16x20 plein air pastel painting.

First Place Painting Award

Autumn Mist wins first place for painting award...wow! real prize money! The show is called Art in the Barn; 45 paintings and sculptures were juried into the show which runs June 6 through 15 in the Museum Barn at The Lands at Hillside Farm in Shavertown, PA. It is a real working farm and agricultural estate which is undergoing restoration for the historical and cultural resource of the community. 570-696-4500

My pastel painting is of some barns and heifers on a farm near here in Susquehanna County. It was developed in the studio working from my memory and my photos. I am pleased with being able to capture the warm overcast atmosphere of a fall morning. I am glad it has been recognized with an award...especially in the light of the other high quality paintings in the exhibit.