Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance Show 2015
Here are some photos I took at the opening of this fabulous pastel show put on by the Connecticut Pastel Society.
Art by Others
The New Whitney Museum
The current exhibit was a Frank Stella retrospective, and we also saw paintings from the permanent collection, including work by Edward Hopper, Georgia Okeefe, Amsel Adams, Stewart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Helen Franenthaler, etc.
Thumbnails, Notans, and Field Sketches
In the class I’ve been taking with Richard McKinley, he discussed in detail a process he uses to formulate a field sketch using thumbnail sketches.
Wee Faerie Village
Our Pastel class painted at the Florence Griswold Museum today and their current outdoors exhibit is the “Wee Faerie Village.”
Art by Others at Camp
These are all work by other artists at camp. The drawings at bottom with the washes of watercolor on them were done by…
Laura’s Artwork from the Epic Graduation Trip
Here are the paintings our our youngest daughter did on our recent trip. The one above is an oil painting of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, the first one below is…
Photos from Jasper
We loved our time here, and it was bittersweet because this awesome trip was starting to wind to a close.
Banff in the Rain
I had always vowed to go back. I swelled with emotion entering the Bow Valley, overcome with gratitude to my parents for planting this extraordinary place so deep in my heart.
Short Visit to Lake Tahoe
We enjoyed the Emerald Bay and had fun tooling through the galleries in South Lake Tahoe.
Liz’s Peach Crumble Recipe and Artwork
She made us the delicious peach crumble you see above, so I begged the recipe to share with you, which you can find in the first photo below.
Visiting Alain Picard’s Studio
I’ve enjoyed visiting Alain Picard’s studio recently. It is fun to watch him work, grow, and become successful as an artist.
Featured Artist: Claire Desjardins
I love Claire Desjardins’ use of abstract color. Check out her work on her website and in this post. At the bottom, too, are a couple shots of her studio.
Featured Artist: Jane Davies
As I’ve been studying up on both mono-printing and mono-printing collage, it didn’t take long for Jane Davies’ work to surface on the internet.
Pastel Still Life Demonstration
Today I went to a pastel demonstration done by Patricia Tribastone. In this post you can see photos from the event, and here are the bits from my notes that I want to remember…
Recent Beading by Our Youngest
I thought you might want to check out some of the recent beading projects by our youngest daughter. They are all original concepts and designs.
Free Print Christian Science Lectures
This is an unnecessarily bare-bones site graphically, but it has tons of print lectures on Christian Science available from as far back as 1900.
Pottery by Others in the Studio
The pottery studio I have time in one morning a week is a hub of activity, particularly this time of the year. Some of the others working there have much more experience than me, as you can see by the brilliant casseroles below.