Rebirth

Welcome to my re-designed site. You just landed on my “Blog” which is now my “Home Page”. Use the above buttons to navigate to the rest of the website.

Notice several new features on the side bar:

-You may subscribe to my “Blog” entries and receive them as an email as I post them.

-You can navigate my art portfolio by using the “Categories” feature.

-I added a series of “Video” clips.

-The “Links” will bring you to various gallery sites that show my artwork.

I hope you will enjoy this and visit often.

What an experience…. and finally done. You can sample the books on the following websites:

Trees: A Photo Essay go to
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/684022? aalt=TREES%2C+as+listed+under+Arts+%26+Photography

A Pear A Day, go to
< http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/684109>

This Winter, I have been away from home a lot, which means that I was not able to spend much time in my studio. A project involving icons evolved slowly and here are four paintings I feel like showing at this point. They are smaller than my usual paintings, acrylic on gessoed board (very portable + they fit into my suitcase!) and are going to be part of an upcoming exhibition at the Mark Gruber Gallery in New Paltz, NY (www.markgrubergallery.com).One of them is also going to be shown at the Hughes Gallery in Boca Grande, FL in April (www.hughesgallery.net)
Travelling with my computer inspired me to compile a book of images from this blog. From June 10 , 2005 to June 9, 2006 I published one painting or drawing a day of pears whose “personalities” or “poses” illustrated what had happened to me on that particular day. Blogs, unfortunately, are like slide shows, you can only view them thanks to technology. As an member of an older generation I prefer photo books, news papers and still print out a lot of things I should simply read on my computer screen. The editing of the book is almost completed and I cannot wait to see the resulting “hard copy” . More about this later….

It is back to work in my studio. The frigid weather does not make it easy as it is located in a barn and at times it feels frivolous to heat my whole space just for painting. But at this point it would be too difficult to move all my equipment into the house and I am just too messy a painter.

This week, I started 3 paintings: The first is about “Sweets”….ice cream cones,lollipops, chocolate and whipped cream. I guess the holidays left an imprint of these things in my brain!! The second is about pears and a jester; a more challenging undertaking but fun to develop. Then each day, before closing up, I use the paints left on my palette on a third painting: a row of pears. Here is this work in progress:

Row of Six Pears, oil on canvas 10″x20″ – in progress…

I am taking a break and catching up with family and friends. It is always interesting to do so after a show and sort of “re-group”. Trips to New York City, a vacation in the South and now the beautiful early snow Upstate New York; wonderful for the soul. I will resume my blog after the holidays.

Best wishes to all.

Here are a few photos taken at the opening reception on the 1st of November (plus one in my studio) of my friends and the Queens’ paintings. It was lots of fun to celebrate together.

The painter and the Queens

The Queens: Lisa Evans, Judy Marks, Dale Raisig and Jaquelin Lubin

The Queens: Judy Marks, Anne Ryon and Arlene Sampson