June Plein Air Competition

We had a beautiful weekend for plein air in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. On Saturday morning I settled in on a cliff overlooking the river and did this small (8x10) piece of the woods and the pretty lavender flowers. I think they are clover.

                                            "June Wildflowers"

Then I turned to my right and went for the bigger view of the river.

The day was hot and the paint was drying fast so I switched to a palette knife and worked fast. This painting is 9x12:

                                              " Riverview"

Bigger Boat

I hear that no matter what size boat you have, you have your eye on a larger one. So too with Artists... here I've moved up to an 8x10" piece from the earlier ACEO.  Once again the little ACEO has started a trend and inspired more paintings. This painting is on gallery wrapped canvas and will set sail next week at the Hudson Society of Artist's Clothesline Show.

Feeling Nautical

This ACEO appeared.... the clouds formed, the boat appeared and quickly sailed away. I think I'll do this in a much larger format.
And being in a beach-y mood I made a Google Chrome theme to share:

https://www.mychrometheme.com/t/6fzwxf4g13t7ypp93yss20x9e

Happy Sailing!

Sharing

One of the nicest things about being part of the art community is the opportunity to share artwork with other artists. Over the years I have participated in many artist swaps and trades and I thought I would share some of my friends art work with you. On this wall in my house I have a beautiful watercolor by Laurie Hess of the garden fence and right below it my new piece - a glicee print by Diane Talmage of achild playing at the beach.

The top watercolor is by Hudson artist Hilary Sheeter. The subject is a historic home in Hudson. The painting below it was done but Ann Kah. The collection of buildings is nearly abstract in design.

Miniature Show

It's  that time of year again - The Miniature Show at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head North Carolina is in full swing. And I'm thrilled to have three pieces in the exhibit. But the bad news is I cannot actually GO to Nags Head. If you're like me you can still see these wonderful miniatures online:
Seaside ART


The work is listed alphabetically - scroll down to the Hs to see mine.


Here is a peak at one of them - Cape Hatteras Light on a heavily textured surface:

Best of Show

I am thrilled to report that my painting "Gathering Storm" won Best of Show at the Woman's Art League of Akron. It's a wonderful show, juried by Barbara Gilette and presented at the John Siberling Gallery in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.Its a small, cozy  space and the show was limited to pieces 11 x 14 or smaller, framed. My entry was 5x7".

 The gallery is maintained by the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley.
We were so impressed we created this slide show of the gallery and the grounds:




WAL Show Siberling Gallery 2012

Supermoon

May 5, 2012

This is a shot of the "Supermoon" from my yard....10:00PM 

Hudson, Ohio