Somebody's watching me! Plein Aire Painting at the Tug Hill Paint Out

The Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust is an organization that helps protect over 5,000 acres here in upstate New York and among their fundraisers is the annual "Paint Out" in September. We set up our easels near the Salmon River Falls and spent a beautiful fall day painting and chatting with the hikers and one-another. At the end, the paintings were sold at auction with the proceeds going to help fund the organization.
There were a total of 16 professional Artists set up along the trail and at the fish hatchery that day. The quality and variety of the art was impressive. I had a wonderful time meeting these talented artists and "talking shop." Particularly fun was re-connecting with watercolor Artist Gail Marks. She and I went to art school together and even lived in the same dormitory suite. We had lost touch through the years and it was great to have the time to laugh about the old times and catch up on one another's lives. Gail took the above photo for me (I cropped it though, because after a full day in the woods, it was a really bad hair day!

Flower drawing

Graphite on cotton paper. This drawing was done quickly and was an awful lot of fun!



My artwork is for sale at MadArt Gallery in Hamilton, NY www.madartinc.org


Are you an artist too?
Do you go out on a date wearing your favorite cologne - eau de linseed oil?
When you say you have nothing to wear, do you mean "that doesn't have paint all over it"?
When you come back from your date, does he/she have paint on them too?
Do you judge a book by it's cover?
Have you bought CDs/albums solely because you liked the cover art?

Just some of my favorites paraphrased from about.com:painting

The Band Painting

"The Band" Acrylic mixed media painting on Board. 34" x 36"
Sometimes realism just doesn't show the atmosphere. This painting was done in a somewhat more expressive style as my interest here was to show the effect of the lighting on the members of the band I was watching one evening.

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December Bouquet Floral Painting

December Bouquet 16" x 20" Acrylic painting on paper. Inspired by a Chinese American woman who was looking for something a little more east-west in her collection. This was done mostly with a bamboo brush, but with Acrylics to give it a little more texture and color intensity. I enjoyed painting in this way, so continued on after her commission to paint a series of florals in this style. The above painting, "December" was third in the series (yes, I know that makes no sense) Inexpensive prints of this work are available at http://kathysgallery.redbubble.com/

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"May" a spring flower bouquet

16" x 20" Acrylic painting on paper. Inspired by a Chinese American woman who was looking for something a little more east-west in her collection. This was done mostly with a bamboo brush, but with Acrylics to give it a little more texture and color intensity.
I enjoyed painting in this way, so continued on after her commission to paint a series of florals in this style. The above painting, "May" is the second in the series and is for sale at auction on www.ArtByUs.com
Inexpensive prints of this work are available at http://www.redbubble.com/people/kathysgallery