NewsMay 16, 2012 Sad news…Bill Simone, the photographer who did my portrait, passed away yesterday. He photographed a number of artists in York and Lancaster County for the Artist’s Trail Exhibition at York College. each portrait was a work of art in itself and captured so well each of the artists. He will be missed by his friends, colleagues and by his family most of all.
May 2, 2012 Wow…do I avoid blogging and updating? Indeed I do!! It is now Spring and the gardens are looking beautiful. The “pineapple” on my corner was pulled out and now I have a flower garden and a tree that I hope will grow into a beautiful multi-trunked shade tree. As the name of it is in latin I have no idea what I planted but I love the way it looks. All of this was done to spruce up the yard for the YORK GARDEN TOUR on June 9th. My garden and studio will be on the tour with fresh new original paintings up for sale as well as fresh off the press giclee prints. Tickets are available prior to June 9th at York City Hall for $10 or on the day of the tour for $12. Something special besides the gardens will be offered at each location! The studio has also had a coat of paint, a new display wall and spotlights installed by my wonderful dad. Clean out and clean up. Goal accomplished! And then it was back to painting. I’ll be playing catch up to get the new things on the website. The paintings BAD DOG and DAY OF REMEMBRANCE 9/11 were chosen to be part of the Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012 exhibit at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, June 17 – September 9, 2012. The jurors had their work cut out for them with 1,834 entries. Only 140 were chosen for the show! Can’t wait for the opening reception on June 16th.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Time to get back to painting after all the hustle and bustle of Christmas. Two small dog portraits were a big hit. I’ll have to get pictures of them as they were out and wrapped so quickly that I forgot to photograph them. One will become an oil portrait. The other a remembrance of a dearly departed and dearly loved pet. Just in case you missed our creative Christmas card, here it is.
Kara was the creative genius behind this one. I was in production. In case you missed the VISION 3 show at CityArt, you have one more chance to see many of my paintings at the gallery on the First Friday in January. Nothing like good lighting to make a painting sing! |
