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

Favorite Old Napkin

I have had this old blue napkin with the green circles for many years..I still love it. It has been in many of my paintings for years.

Favorite Napkin 12x12

SATURDAY WORKSHOP

We had laboratory conditions to paint in Hingham Square.

Tunnel Cap 8x8

End of the Season

Fall schedule is here. Getting into the new groove. Saturday monthly workshops begin tomorrow.

Last of the Sunflowers
20x20

HEART WORK

Painting figures isn't my strength and I admire artists who do it with ease. This was a real struggle. The beauty of acrylics is that you can just keep plugging until something OK appears. This is a section of a larger painting

HEART WORK
40x30

LOTS GOING ON

Maine was beautiful. I had never been up as far north as Acadia National Park.



 Abby loved the road trip










Great hiking up above Asticou Gardens











Big skies from the top of Cadillac Mountain












MONHEGAN ISLAND 7x7 Acrylic on panel
This is still my favorite place in Maine






CLASSES begin tomorrow and the first monthly WORKSHOP is this Saturday

NORTH RIVER ARTS had a fab party last Saturday night. I was the lucky recipient to "win ' this great piece of art by http://sallydean365flowers

Heading up the coast of Maine for a few days. Rain and fog  coming up minus the summer crowds. Looking forward to the beauty and some  good Gallery viewing

Monhegan Lighthouse 12x12 on canvas

2 CHALLENGES

check out the the SEPTEMBER http://girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com 

Saturday night September 11 www.northriverarts.org is having the long awaited OTB reception. Painters were asked to paint 'outside the box' and all the unsigned work has been silently auctioned off. The artists and winning bidders will be revealed on Saturday night.













CHECK OUT the September "Girls Just Wanna Paint' Challenge

THE SUN
http://girlsjustwannapaint.blogspot.com

Last day of Summer

I am going to miss my jaunts to the Cape. Wellfleet, MA  is true heaven

This painting is 30x24 acrylic on canvas