Featured Artist: Christine Koch
We loved meeting Christine Koch in Woody Point, Newfoundland, and loved her printmaking and gouache paintings. I thought you’d like to meet her too!
Art by Others
Photos of Tony Alain Demos
Here are step by step photos of him recreating some of his colorful, straightforward work.
PastelWorld Show at IAPS 2019
If you want to see the best in contemporary pastel in the world today, here it is.
Photos of Dawn Emerson’s Workshop (Monotype with Pastel)
Dawn a has terrific, scientific, “try it and see” approach to her creativity. Her vitality, inventiveness, and lyrical methods result in fresh paintings that are alive with spontaneity.
Year End Show for my High School Abstract Art Class
I love these kids, and am very glad for the opportunity to be a part of their lives. I’ll miss those graduating!
Tony Alain (Featured Artist)
I thought I’d introduce you to Tony Alain’s work, since I’ll be taking his workshop at the International Pastel Convention this June. He is one of several instructors I have signed up for there in Albuquerque
Featured Artist: Mavis Pusey
Not only do I love her geometric shapes, but so much of her abstraction is inspired by the construction scenes in New York City, which I also spent so many years among, that I resonate with her subject matter, and feel a special affinity for her work.
Featured Artist: Janet Schwartz
In this post you can see some of her work, as well as a few photos from the demo she did for us last Saturday.
I’m in this Connecticut Pastel Society Show
I helped hang this beautiful Connecticut Pastel Society Show last week, and unfortunately missed the opening on Saturday due to it being snowed out. Fortunately, however, I got these photos while we hung the show!
I’m in this Madison Art Society Show at the Clinton Library
My black and white painting, titled Isn’t it a Beautiful Day, shown above, is in the Madison Art Society show at the Clinton Library until the end of this month.
Progress on Our Younger Daughter’s Ceramics Capstone Project
Now as a senior in college, she is half way through her “ceramics capstone” which will culminate in a museum show next April. She has been focusing on developing two specific types of dishes. The first ones…
Student Work in my High School Abstract Art Class
I teach an Abstract Art class early Monday mornings for homeschooled high schoolers at the Pathways Cooperative in Newtown, Connecticut, and this week was the end of the semester with a little show (see above).
Featured Artist: Tara Will
I am a total fan of Tara Will’s abstract landscapes! There is lots of overlap in how we approach our plein air work, although she does more of it more formally
Pastel Society of America Show and Materials Fair
I had a great time last Saturday going into New York City with a friend to see the Enduring Brilliance Show of the Pastel Society of America, where we also went to their materials fair.
Friends’ Show At Maple and Main This Month
Check out Ann Merriam and Denise Casey’s show at Maple and Main in Cheshire Connecticut through June.
I’m in this Juried Show in Madison
I am in this juried show at the Madison Art Society. You can see the show at the Scranton Library in Madison through this month. My painting above is in the show.