PS Hagaman Fall Art Show Award!

"Butterfly Dreams", my portrait of my sleepy, face painted granddaughter, was awarded Best of Show at the 2019 Hagaman Fall Art Show.  I feel VERY honored and proud to have been selected for this award by the juror!  Please take another look at the previous post to see this pastel piece.

Hagaman Annual Fall Art Show

I will have 5 pastel pieces in the 28th Annual Hagaman Art Show.  The show will be held on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 & 6 from 12 noon to 4 pm at Pawling Hall, 86 Pawling Street, Hagaman, NY.  There will be 60 talented area artists in a variety of mediums, lots of fall snacks and free admission.  Here is a one of my pastels - a drawing of my granddaughter, Katey, from long ago, sleepy and tired after an outing that included face-painting and a lot of walking.  It was FUN to do.

Frothingham Library Show

I have 15 drawings, oils and pastels and a shelf of mini oil paintings on display at the Frothingham Free Library in Fonda, NY for the entire month of September!  If you are in the area, stop in and see.  This small library is located at 28 West Main Street, across from Cumberland Farms, with hours of 11am -7pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9am-1pm on Saturday and closed Thursday. A peek inside at some of the artwork...

Mohawk Valley Arts Center!

My brand new drawing, "Hide and Seek" was accepted for the 2019 Mohawk Valley Arts Center juried show.  The show is on display at the 401 Gallery, 401 Canal Street, Little Falls, NY until August 31.  My drawing was a whimsical idea prompted by some garden figurines and a green cabbage teapot.  I lit the scene artificially with a gooseneck lamp to place the shadows in the pattern I had in mind.  See if you can find the hidden frog before his two playmates do.

Central Adirondack Art Show

This year I submitted a new piece, "Dad's Hands", to the annual Central Adirondack "View" Show in Old Forge, NY and was pleased have it selected for the Masters' Division level of the exhibition.  This was a special drawing because it was from a photo slyly taken of my Dad snoozing in his recliner.  He passed away soon after.

North Country Arts

"Silk Road Stroll" also traveled to the North Country Arts juried show, also in Glens Falls, NY.  "Teapot Rising was also juried in.  This piece was also staged with a flashlight.  I especially like this whimsy piece and was initially tickled by the image of exploding milk on the milk top package.  The soft, yellow teapot emerging from shadow seemed like a rising moon and gave the title idea to me.

Adirondack Artists Guild

"Silk Road Stroll" was juried into the Adirondack Artists' Guild Show.  This Asian-themed piece was very complex and challenging to draw and took a long time to finish.  The pieces are pulled from my karate-loving daughter's old bedroom dresser display.  I was thinking about her as I lovingly worked on the varied items.

Shirt Factory

My drawing, "Phantoms" was selected for the annual Shirt Factory Gallery Small Works show in Glens Falls, NY.  This piece was "staged" with the lights turned off and a flashlight creating the desire lighting with my green crockery on my piano top.

A Little Catch Up

This Fall I displayed 3 pieces at the Paul Nigra Center for the Arts in Gloversville, NY.  The Art Center holds several shows each year for local and not so local artists.  My pieces were "A Moment for Mucha" - tribute to Alphonse Mucha, the turn of the century advertising and decorative artist, "Baby Makes Three" - a challenge I set for myself for an all black and white composition and "The Beet Goes On" - created for a show with the theme "full circle".