"Beached"

The Manchester Arts Festival takes place this coming Saturday, July 24, 2010, 9am – 6pm.  The Festival features a variety of work in many different mediums, all by New England artists.  You’ll find – fine art, sculpture, textiles, pottery, jewelry, apparel & accessories, garden ornaments,  and photography.

Located on beautiful Cape Ann, Massachusetts, Manchester-by-the-Sea, is a  quintessential New England coast community.

I’ll be exhibiting 20 original watercolor paintings – including “Beached”, above – along with limited edition glicee’ prints.

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"White Boat, Red Boat"

Arts Fest Beverly takes place tomorrow, Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 10am – 4pm on Cabot Street in Beverly Massachusetts.  Over 100 artists and crafters, including myself, will be offering a range of unique items.

“White Boat, Red Boat” is one of the 18 original paintings I’ll be exhibiting, along with limited edition gliclee’ prints and unframed originals as well.

See you on Cabot Street in Beverly tomorrow!

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Memorial Day weekend, Saturday, May 29th & Sunday May 30th is also Vermont Crafts Council Open Studio Weekend.  More than 235 Vermont artists will have their studios open to the public from 10am – 5pm both days.

Thirty five of my original watercolor paintings will be on exhibit, thirty-one of which are featured in the exhibit catalog. Download a pdf copy of the catalog here.

This year marks my fifth year of participation in this terrific, state-wide, celebration of the art and craft of Vermont – and especially of those who create it.  The event provides a unique opportunity for the public to visit the places where individual artist often labor in solitude.

Artisans of Southern Vermont – Thirty four artists & artisans in southwestern Vermont will have their studios open for the weekend.  These thirty-four artist are also sponsoring our Open Studio Driving Tour and Studio Sleuth game.  The Open Studio Driving Tour makes it easy to visit the studios of all the fine artisans in this area of the state.  As an added bonus, the Studio Sleuth game will provide one lucky winner with a $150 gift certificate toward a purchase from one of the Artisans of Southern Vermont!  The Studio Sleuth game is easy – collect signatures from eight of the 34 members of the group, leave the completed signature form at one of the artists studios.  Drawing for the Gift Certificate will be held on June 15, 2010. Download the Open Studio Driving Tour map here and the Studio Sleuth game form here.

Open Studio Maps for the entire state as well as maps by county are available for download here.

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"Time Gone By"" Back to Basics"

The North Adams Artists Co-op gallery opens a new exhibit called “Back to Basics” next Thursday, May 27.  The Opening Reception is Thursday, May 27th, 2010 from 5 to 8pm and is open to the public. The exhibit runs May 27 – June 20, 2010.
The theme of the exhibit allows the artist to show work that may go in a few directions: simplification is obvious but the artist may also choose to go back to his/her beginnings, as an artist. We all have arrived at our current art/state through a series of progressive steps…so perhaps, the work for this exhibition re-examines where we came from, literally or figuratively.

Three of my works will be on view; “Time Gone By” shown above as well as “Common Old Man” and “Hoosick Falls”, below.

"Common Old Man"

"Hoosick Falls"

The NAACO Gallery is located at 33 Main Street, North Adams, Massachusetts, and is open Monday,  Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 11am – 6pm and Sunday from 12pm – 4pm.

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"Uphill Farm"

Most Vermont craftspeople work in studios located in or close to their residences. These are places of production and inspiration located in downtowns as well as at the ends of dirt roads. Wherever their locations, they are exciting places to visit because they reflect the dynamic yet organized process that is used to produce the finished work of art.

For the fifth year, I’ll be participating in the Vermont Craft Councils’ Open Studio Weekend.  My studio as well as 235 studios will be open from 10am – 5pm both Saturday and Sunday, May 29 & 30.  It’s an pleasure to welcome folks into the studio to talk about my work, material, process or any thing else that might come up.

Open Studio Weekend is a statewide celebration of the visual arts and the creative process. Bennington County, Vermont is home to many fine artists and artisans including the other members of The Artisans of Southern Vermont. The other twenty-nine members of the group will also have their studios open this weekend.  The fine work represented by this group includes other paintings, jewelery, pottery, furniture, sculpture, and more.

The studio itself is enormously informative because you can see at a glance how the artist works. You see the swatches that have not been chosen for the quilt or the work that is experimental or not serious enough for the gallery. Buying or ordering work during an Open Studio sale is a unique experience because you have the opportunity to speak to the artist directly.

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"White Wash"

My painting “White Wash” is one of six works included in the newest Community Art Program Exhibit at North Adams Regional Hospital. The Opening Reception is  Wednesday, May 12 from 5-7 p.m. The public is invited to attend the reception, which will be held in the Short Stay Waiting Room, just off the main lobby at the hospital.

Sharon Carson, North Adams artist and curator for the hospital’s Community Art Program, will lead tours of the exhibit during the opening reception.  “This exhibit has an abundance of work by area photographers, as well as oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, drawings, fabric art, and a variety of mixed media works.  Every piece displayed is an original work of art by a local artist.”

Since 1999 it has been the desire of North Adams Regional Hospital to complement the healing process with artwork through its Community Art Program.  This program brings works of art into the hallways and waiting areas of the hospital, enhancing the environment for patients and their families and friends, the staff and the local community.  During the eleven-year history of the Community Art Program, local artists have loaned their work for the twice-annual shows.  The exhibitions have grown significantly over the years, from early exhibits of 50 works to nearly 250 works of art by 28 artists in the current exhibit.

All of the artwork displayed in the hospital is for sale and each purchase benefits the Community Art Program.  The artists donate ten percent of the sale price to the art program.

This is the first year the Community Art Program has received funding from sponsors. The Community Art Program gratefully acknowledges support from Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, The Cricket Fund, and the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Everyone is always welcome to visit the hospital to see the art exhibit.  Visitors can pick up a copy of the “Self Guided Tour of the Art Exhibit” at the Information Desk in the main lobby.  This exhibit will continue through October 22.

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The Better Bennington Corp’s annual downtown art event will take place on Friday, March19th and Saturday, March 20th, in the 210 South Street Building <link to Google map> in downtown Bennington.  One hundred works of art by local and regional artists will be exhibited and offered for sale for  $100.00 each.

The first One Hundred for $100 event was a blockbuster success, with enthusiastic crowds and a number of artists work selling out.  A special feature this year will be an exclusive preview of the exhibit from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., with champagne, special hors d’oeuvres, and smooth jazz by  Blueprint. Tickets for the preview event are $15/person.  At 6:00 p.m., the doors will open to the public and the artwork will be available for sale.   The proceeds of the event benefit the non-profit Better Bennington Corporation as well as the artists,  who receive 80% the purchase price for their artwork.

Three of my small works -”Barn Snowscape”, pictured above, “Woods Edge – Afternoon” & “Snow Cover Landscape”, both pictured below – are included in the exhibit.

After 6pm Friday the 19th, admission is free.  For more information please call the Better Bennington Corporation at 802-442-5758 or visit www.betterbennington.com.

"Snow Cover Landscape"

"Woods Edge Afternoon"

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Park McCullough View

Myself, along with 31 other nationally known fine artists will be descending on Cranford, NJ to PAINT THE TOWN! The artists will transform Cranford into a town-sized outdoor painting studio for three days.  The event culminates in a grand finale show and sale of all artwork.  All participating artists are accomplished and jury-selected artists and will be creating  original oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor paintings at locations throughout our area.

The public is welcome to watch and visit the artists who will be painting in the town parks, along the river, in select private gardens, and at historic sites and in the downtown.

Plein air painting events are extremly popular and fast growing art experiences – you’re invited to join me and the other artists at this premier event.  The event begins Wednesday June 9th and continues through Sunday June 13th.

This Event is hosted by Jersey Central Art Studios, the Cranford Chamber of Commerce, and the Cranford Downtown Management Corporation.

"Bowls on Striped Tablecloth"

Exhibit on view from February 25 to  March 22, with an Opening Reception which is open to the public on  Thursday, February 25th, 5-7 pm

Just Desserts: the sweet and not-so-sweet juried art exhibition featuring fine art and fine craft created by its members and nonmember regional artists.

As the title of the exhibition suggests, a representational array of non-edible artistic delights and objects associated with serving dessert will adorn the gallery’s front hall exhibition space. Not all of the art has a literal interpretation of being something sweet, however, as “just desserts” can suggest something entirely different.

Please join us for the opening reception to be held on Thursday, February 25th, 5-7 pm that will surely be delicious!

The latest exhibition of North Adams Artists Co-op  continuing members’ latest masterpieces and the introduction of our newest members to the public. While “fresh paint” will fill the air with “just off the easel paintings”, “hot pots” will emerge from the kiln with surprises in store for both artist and viewer.

My watercolor painting “Calla Lilies In Bold”, along with four other works are included in this latest NAACO Exhibit.

The Opening Reception will be held tonight, Thursday, January 28 from 5pm to 7pm – the public is invited and encouraged to attend.  The exhibit will remain open through February 22, 2010.
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