FIDDLE AND FUTZ

I got a little pre occupied with travel and Christmas so to get back into the painting groove, I fiddled and futzed around with some unfinished pieces.







Here is a piece I began a while ago and just finished.














Untitled...any suggestions?
28x28

COOL LIGHT

In the Bleak mid winter
Frosty wind made moan
Earth stood hard as iron
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow
snow on snow,
In the bleak mid winter
Long ago

Christina Rosetti 1872

MERRY CHRISTMAS

THE WITCHES

The good witch painted one and the bad witch painted the other. The question is which witch is which ?

HOME SWEET HOME

On a cold, rainy day..this is the place to CHILL OUT.

EAST COAST WINE

A TASTE FOR WINE AND SPIRITS had their Grand Opening last evening. They are located at 380 Chief Justice Highway Rte 3A, Cohasset MA. Debbie Hardee has done a great job with wine, beer, food and ART selection. 781-383-0058

Wine and Roses 36 x 24

South Street Gallery in Hingham MA  www.southstreetgallery.com is also having a small work Holiday opening this Saturday

Monthly Saturday WORKSHOP at North Street Studio Dec 11. Come and join the fun

GOLDEN GATE

A quick sketch. This bridge is a magnificent structure. The weather is dramatic every time it is crossed..either bright, clear and cold or foggy and wet with sky and mountains and San Francisco Bay bobbing and weaving above and below. I plan on doing a larger painting from this sketch.

GOLDEN GATE 20 x 16

DRY CREEK

DRY CREEK in Sonoma CA. Lovely countryside and the wine tasting isn't bad either!

17x15 acrylic on canvas

















Bubba D enjoyed the Vineyards too

SPIRIT

The theme this month for the 'Girls Just Wanna Paint' Challenge group is SPIRIT. Check out the variety of "Spirit" paintings at www.girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com

Lots of fun and variety

From this painter:

May you be filled with Loving Kindness
May you be at Peace and Ease
May you be Safe from Inner and Outer Harm and Danger
May you be HAPPY

'Spirit Energy' 7x7 acrylic on board

WEST COAST STUFF

I actually painted this on my last trip to San Francisco. Will get set up out here today to paint here for the next 2 weeks. This is a scene looking out of our car window driving around in Sonoma.....which is where we are going tomorrow.

SONOMA 30 x 16



the other GRAND news happening on the West Coast. Walter Carlton and myself have just opened a new Gallery called STUDIO 277 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico!

The Gala OPENING is Dec 1.
It is very exciting and well received.

Rocks and Latin

I  can't get over how breathtakingly beautiful the cold, November, full moon ocean is.

36x30 acrylic on canvas

















Here is the start of another. The artist Abraham Bogdanove, is my inspiration. he was a Russian painter that moved to NYC and Monhegan Island in the late 30's. My grandmother collected his art






 Sunday Nov 21 is the Fine Arts Chorale concert. My head is filled with Mozart and Haydn's Latin masses. What a lovely thing to have in my head, Rocks and Latin

NOVEMBER WORKSHOP

Last Saturday's workshop was  magical. We painted in the most glorious place with laboratory weather conditions. The next Saturday WORKSHOP is on DEC 11. Come and join us!

The light for the critique was amazing.

The Glades is the most beautiful land in our South Shore area...raw and untouched nature with some simple summer dwellings

HOLIDAY SHOWS

This is the HOLIDAY season and there are 3 wonderful small work events not to be missed.

North River Arts this week-end www.northriverarts.org.

The South Shore Arts Center www.ssac.org featuring an ongoing small works exhibit with a National Juried Show BODY LANGUAGE and the Copley Society www.copleysociety.org in Boston with a reception on Thursday evening November 18 

If that isn't enough, Come and paint at the NORTH STREET STUDIO Saturday workshop, Nov13. Lisa Daria Kennedy will be teaching with me http://lisadaria.blogspot.com :]

Week-End Work

The South Shore Art Center  www.ssac.org opened a new satelite Gallery in Hingham at the Shipyard last week. Kimberlee Alemian [sorry for the fuzzy photo] www.kcalemian.com gave a challanging drawing workshop this past week-end.

We worked on huge pieces of good quality watercolor paper using black and white paint and charcoal.

We had to work quickly for timed intervals while the model posed. There was no heat in the building so we took advantage of the loud music to move our whole bodies while making large, lose gestures.

OLD FAVs

This month our Challenge group topic is FASHION.
OY! I have never felt very comfortable keeping up with that venue, however style and being comfortable with your look is another story. I have had these wonderful boots for 15 years...they still make me feel great when I put them on.

7x7 acrylic on board

Check out the Challenge group's interpretation of
Fashion www.girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com

SIMPLE STILL LIFE

Felt good to do a nice big still life this week-end

SIMPLE STILL 40 x 28

The next Saturday workshop is on NOV 13.

For local Music lovers:
The Fine Arts Chorale
presents
Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore
and Haydn's "Nelson Mass"
Sunday
November 21 2:30 PM
Old South Union Church
Weymouth MA
800 230 7555

OCT 26

A most beautiful unseasonably warm Fall day.

 Class at World's End. Last Saturday's workshop was fun. The next workshop is Nov 13.

LOOSE INTERPRETATION

The ARTS WALK was a huge success. Imagine seeing 300 people smiling. That is what I saw. Perfect day. 50 great artists and wonderful musicians playing all around the Square. The Harbor Jazz quartet made North Street Studio a chilled out, cool place to be.

Back to routine. Turkey Hill is a great place to paint.

ORGANIC FARM 7x7 on board

THE WEALTH

 Betty www.localbetty.com has done it again.

This painting, by one of the South Shore's loved artists, Nancy Colella www.nancycolella.com captures this perfect Fall day in New England.

Betty also gives a description of  the delights for your eyes, ears, tastes  as you participate in the HINGHAM ARTS WALK this Sunday.

OPEN STUDIO

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North Street Studio

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT

Please check out our wonderful LOCAL BETTY www.localbetty.com/ online news. It is written by two irreverently humorous, crazy, smart women. One Betty is a red head, the other a blonde. They are helping us, the uptight New Englanders  'chill out' with a smile. Great coverage about the local Arts World today!


Check out the "slide show'
Learn who all the cool teachers are in the area

Light and Airy Space. Door created by the famous Michael Glancy

Hingham Arts Walk Oct 17

NO MORE TOMATOES

This is the 3rd Palette knife TOMATO painting. I hate to see the season end. I love everything about tomatoes.I love to grow them, eat them, cook with them and especially look at the bounty over flowing on a beautiful plate or or in a bowl.

NO MORE TOMATOES
20x20 on canvas

Come view the trip- tych at the Hingham Arts walk

BOAT

Here is my timid attempt at using Black. I have to re program my brain. I have never used black before. The saturation of the colors isn't very good on this blog.

36x30 on canvas

For all of the locals around, if you like choral music, mark your calendars for November 21. The Fine Arts Chorale directed by Richard Travers, is singing, Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass" and Mozart's "Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore"....... so Beautiful !

COOL ART

Last Sunday North River Arts Society www.northriverarts.org had a beautiful Studio Tour.

I was blown away meeting and seeing the work of Carole Bolsey. www.carolebolsey.com

Her book The Shape with No Name is excellent

Last Snapdragons 20x20 on canvas

I can't wait to get into some BLACK paint tomorrow!!

Mark your Calendars

Here is the poster for the grand event. This promises to be the best Arts Walk to date. We have amazing artists participating this year. What are the odds that the  'weatherman' would schedule another hurricane again this year?

BIG DOINGS

SAVE THE DATE

October 17 12-5

HINGHAM ARTS WALK

Experience ART throughout the Square. Take a walking tour and view over 50 artists. live music, art activities for all ages and fabulous shopping.

If that isn't enough.....BORDER ROAD will be playing from 4:30-6 with drinks and appetizers provided by The Snug.

Back Side

 28x24

Not to be missed...even if you live in Texas!

Central and South 

7x7

Back to Old Favorites

 

These two watercolors were painted 15-20 years ago! I guess not much has changed.
Notice the blue napkin with green circles?
Another recurring icon in my still lifes is this blue vase, which was hand made by the famous glass artist MICHAEL GLANCY. Don't bother looking for his blogsite or website, he is too big time. You can see a sample of his pieces on www, ARTNET


BLUE NAPKIN 36x24 watercolor

CUT FLOWERS    30x20 watercolor
Class tomorrow. Guess what we will paint ?

THE BIG APPLE

What a great experience in NYC . My first night staying with my friend, artist Lynn Cooper in the East Village. She is a portrait painter and can be contacted at enki2000@aol.com. We went to a way cool POETRY PROJECT at St Marks church commemorating Peter Orlavsky, Alan Ginsburg's partner. The beat generation lives.

The next piece of art I hung out with..a visitor from the west coast, Dr. Einstein






YELLOW PASSAGE
40x30