"Surf at Gull Cove" at The Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT

My painting Surf at Gull Cove (oil, 12" x 16") has been selected to be in the Impressions of New England show at the The Bennington Center for the Arts in Bennington, VT. The show runs from July 14th through September 23rd, 2012, with an opening reception on July 21st.

I'm honored to be in this show and so happy that this particular painting is in it. It's one of the paintings from my journey to Monhegan Island, Maine within the past year. Seeing this painting lets me experience all the senses I felt when I was on that rocky spot - the salt spray, the crash of the waves, the incredible blues and greens of the Atlantic and the excitement of being so close to some serious surf. I'm ready for another trip to Maine.

"Drawing for Beginners" class at Scottsdale Artists School, begins July 11, 2012

Registration is now available at Scottsdale Artists' School for my summer class "Drawing for Beginners", starting July 11th, 2012. The class meets for four Wednesdays, July 11 -Aug. 1 from 1:00 to 4:00. For more info, please contact the school.

I really enjoy teaching beginners and I hope you'll consider signing up. Don't worry, I won't make you draw goldfish, unless you want to, of course.

Abend Gallery "All Gallery Show" opens tonight, April 20, 2012

Abend Gallery's new "All Gallery Show" opens tonight (Friday, April 20, 2012  Opening Reception 5:00 - 9:00 ) with lots of food and artist demonstrations - if you're in the Denver area, you need to be there! I'll have a few of my paintings on exhibit at the show, including this one:


 Wait and See, Oil, 12" x 16"

Principle Gallery Blog: News about the show, "The Expedition and Beyond"

Our show in Alexandria is coming up fast - it opens less than a week away, Friday, April 13th, 6:30 to 9:00. Please come by for the opening if you can! Here's what Principle Gallery says on their recent blog entry (scroll down to see my circular painting of Mia Bergeron featured in the post).  http://principlearttalk.com/2012/04/06/women-painting-women-the-expedition-beyond/


Mia in a White Turban, Oil, 20" tondo

"Pink Ranunculus" Oil, 12" x 9"

Great fun with this one. I have to admit, I had as much fun with those slimy green, wormy stems as I did with the blossoms.

It looks like I'm painting lots of still lifes, doesn't it? I usually have a few paintings going at the same time. Right now I have a portrait commission on one easel. I work in layers so I'm waiting for it to dry somewhat before I can continue. I also have an ongoing landscape on a second easel, which spreads out into several days, since the lighting effect only lasts for around 40 minutes each day, and some days I have to skip all together. Right after I finished these ranunculus, my roses in my  garden started to bloom, quite annoyingly all at the same time. I'm travelling from easel to easel, not that I'm complaining, mind you.

Paintings for "The Expedition" show

All three of these paintings are about to be packed up and shipped out soon to "The Expedition and Beyond" show at  Principle Gallery which opens April 13th. On top, left to right, Mia in a White Turban, China Frog and Red Peonies and bottom, Gardenias in an Indigo Vase. (See my previous couple of posts about the show.)

That chair holding up the painting shows up in a lot of my portraits. Don't worry, the painting on the chair is just there for this photo and I took it down so it's safe now. The structure on the right is a coat tree with dowels; I use it for holding my palettes so I don't leave them lying around.

Catalog now available for our April show at Principle Gallery

The catalog for our April group show, "The Expedition and Beyond" at Principle Gallery in Alexandria, VA is now available for $19.00 - you can order it here . The catalog is 58 pages and has on its cover Diane Feissel's beautiful painting of the beautiful artist Rachel Constantine.


Click here to order:    http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/328522