Showing Photographs at Northern Westchester Hospital

My work will be on display at the Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisco, New York from September 24th 2009 through March 15th 2010.

In response to the call for, "calm, peaceful, joyful, uplifting, colorful, bright, abstract or realistic", I picked several images from my water series and one large rose.

The reception for friends and family is on October 3rd, 2009 from 3pm to 5pm.

Arts & Edibles in Memory of Jonathan D. Pfeffer - 2009

I am participating in the second annual Arts & Edibles Fund Raiser in Memory of Jonathan D. Pfeffer benefiting the Lexington Center for Recovery.

I will have three photographs on display at Spinelli's Italian Restaurant in Mount Kisco on September 13th, 2009 from 2pm to 6pm.


Tickets cost $35 prior to the event and $40 at the door. For sponsorship information, artist participation or to purchase tickets, call (914) 666-0191 or visit the Lexington Center for Recovery web site.

Two trolleys will wind around the trail, making stops at various local restaurants at which attendees may dine on tasty treats. While enjoying the local cuisine, trolley riders can browse and purchase artwork from Hudson Valley artists on display at each location.

Participating restaurants include:

• A Taste of Jamaica
• Basilico
• Big Apple Bagels
• Cafe of Love
• French American Bistro
• La Camilia
• Lefteris Gyro
• Lexington Square Cafe
• Mango Cafe
• Passage to India
• Pierros
• Spinelli's
• Starbucks
• Temptation Tea House
• The Fish Cellar
• Tuscan Oven
• Via Vanti
• Woody's on Main

Artist

Jeff Reese, AKA, "Solomon Kane" is a cool guy. He is a big guy, an imposing guy, a gentle guy, a sympathetic guy, a caring guy, a giving guy, a thoughtful guy, a trustworthy guy, a religious guy, a philosophical guy, a surprising guy, and a creative guy. Definitely a creative guy.

I met him many years ago when I lived in Houston and had a gallery. I was a little suspicious of Jeff the first time I met him. At the time, I was not used to people being so forthright and it threw me a little. But, thankfully for me, it did not take long to realize what Jeff is, Jeff is true.

He is a cop. He also makes trippy, colorful, crazy, and mind-bending paintings.

The point of my rambling is that I was very happy to see that he has been getting some press lately. Bravo Jeff and good luck.

Third Place

I was awarded third place in the photography catagory for Mega-Mum at this years Katonah art show.

Mega-Mum

Katonah Art Show

The Women's Civic Club of Katonah is holding the 2009 Annual Beaux Arts Exhibit at the Katonah Library. The show runs from May 18th through the 23rd. The reception will be on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 from 2pm until 4pm.

I have two photography works in the show:

Mega-Mum

Flower Kaleidoscope

Showing at 2009 KMAA exhibition "Seasonal Shift"

I had two photographs selected for the 2009 KMAA exhibition "Seasonal Shift". The show will be at Ridgefield Guild's Gallery Barn. Show details:

• March 15, 4-7 PM: Artists' Reception
• March 22: Gallery talk by the juror, Michael Blakeney
• March 29: Last day of exhibition . Artists pick up work 4-7 PM

Ridgefield Guild of Artists

Water / Light #4

Water / Light #3

A list of the participating artists

• Sally Aldrich : The Sky is Falling
  
• Frances B. Ashfoth : Spring Field
  
• Suzanne Ashley : Mill Street
  
• Lois M. Barker : The Awakening
  
• Deborah Beck : Morning Dew
  
• Richard Bennett : Yankee Nightgame & Baseball Grid
  
• Edward Burke : Early Spring
  
• Sarah Corbin : Oak Spring
  
• Ivy Dachman : Untitled43
  
• Hilda Green Demsky : South of the Wind
  
• Karen Williams Edelmann : The Earth. That is Sufficient
  
• Monique Ford : Tropic Improv
  
• Marcy B. Freedman : Ten Seconds (How Time Flies)
  
• Randy Frost : Metro North - Harlem Division
  
• James Fryer : Water-Light-3 & Water-Light-4
  
• Michele Gage : Untitled (Mianus River Gorge 4)
  
• Julia Goldberg : Lily Pond - Bronx Botanical Gardens
  
• Patricia A. Grabel : New England Winter
  
• H. Sitki Gulergun : Bullseye
  
• June Gumbel : The Orchard in the Spring
  
• Nils Hill:  WNY-1
  
• Bernie Kessler:  Constitution Marsh, Garrison & Rolling Meadows
  
• GG Kopilak : Tree Reflections
  
• Barbara Korman : Coming Alive
  
• Paul Krause : Crescent Pods
  
• Elaine Krause : Lotus Variation
  
• Martee Levi : Winter Thaw
  
• Annette Lieblein : Transitional II
  
• Belle Manes : The Woods are Lovely Dark and Deep…
  
• Ronald Meyerson : Illusion #12
  
• Bernie Mindich : Spring Forward
  
• Nancy Egol Nikkal : Winter Thaw 2
  
• Constance Old : Whiskmarks 0107212508
  
• Ethel Renek : Edge of the Woods
  
• Harriet Sadow:  Four Seasons & The Midnight Wind
  
• Renee Santhouse : March Wind on the Bay
  
• Barbara Browner Schiller : Joie de Vivre
  
• Wendy Shalen : Montalk Dawn
  
• Phyllis Sinrich : A New Day
  
• Arle Sklar-Weinstein : Message from Waccabuc
  
• Ron Topping : Four Seasons
  
• John Wagner : Mianus Summer
  
• Gabriella E. Wagner : Little Raincloud
  

New Impressions Art Show

I have eight photographs hanging in the New Impressions Art Show at the Mt. Pleasant Library. The gallery hours are:

Monday, Tuesday, Thurdays - 10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Wednesday - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday & Saturday - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The reception is on November 15th, 2008 - 2:00 - 4:00 pm.

Pleasantville Beaux Arts

Today I hung the Pleasantville Beaux Arts show and I will be judging it with John this Monday. The show will be open the rest of the week and the reception will be Saturday, Nov. 8th at the Pleasantville Library.

Picasso Thoughts

Distilled and reposted from Paintalicious. I liked the quotes without any explanation better. It's a nifty blog.

• "He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law."
• "I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
• "Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."
• "Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."
• "Action is the foundational key to all success."
• "Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not."
• "If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes."
• "Youth has no age."

Third Place

I won third place in the photography category for 'Water and Light' at the Fifth Annual Beaux Arts Finale! It is on display through June 7th, 2008 at the Katonah Library.

Water and Light

And I showed the following two images:

First Place

I won first place in the photography category for 'Water and Light' at the Women's Civic Club of Katonah Fifth Annual Beaux Arts Exhibit! It is on display through May 17th, 2008 at the Katonah Library. After that, I will enter it in the Beaux Arts Finale.

Water and Light

Katonah Art Show

The Women's Civic Club of Katonah is holding the Fifth Annual Beaux Arts Exhibit at the Katonah Library. The show runs from May 12th through the 17th. The reception will be on Saturday May 17th, 2008 from 2pm until 4pm.

I have three works in the show:

Umbrella in the Sun

Water and Light

Book of Good Part One

More crazy metal art

These guys are crazy cool. I am way too temped but thousands and thousands of dollars worth of their work: www.robot-models.com

Metal Art

Links to two artists working with reclaimed metal objects to make fantastic sculptures, eonjoy:

Edouard Martinet
http://www.edouardmartinet.com

Ptolemy Elrington
http://www.hubcapcreatures.com
http://www.canadiancontent.net/forums/about16914.html

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

While in Louisville, we visited the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. It is located not far from several hotels and is close to many other museums and places of interest.

Second floor gallery

During our visit we saw a furniture show and wood turning show. Both were enjoyable and worth seeing. The museum works to share the art and craft of Kentucky artist, but also reaches out to weave in national artists and craftspeople. It makes for a good mix. The museum is spread over three public floors and has a good amount of work on exhibit, definitely worth a trip.

Fin Spin by Bruce Mitchell

The Museums gift shop is also of note displaying the work of dozens, if not hundreds of Kentucky artists. It is a show in itself and quite densely packed, so walk through it twice, or even three times to not miss anything.

The museum also has a permanent collection, part of which is on display. I was somewhat less impressed with this section. There are several good examples of ceramics, wood turning, and an exceptional quilt, but it also had some questionable folk art, or outsider art as some like to refer to it. I appreciate genuine folk art, but it is a title used far too loosely and it did not seem to fit well with the museum's focus on craft.

stumbling around

As is common on the web, I just sort of fell into this guy's Flickr album and was moved by the photos.