New Works and a New Web Site Arriving Soon

Although things have been relatively quiet on my web site lately, rest assured that a lot is happening here behind the scenes.

For starters, I’ve been working hard in my studio as I gear up for another busy art show season. I’m pleased to add a new addition to my schedule this year. During the weekend of May 19, I’ll exhibit at the Westchester Festival of the Arts in Scarsdale, New York. And shortly after that, you will see me at the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the first weekend of June.

More immediately, I am exhibiting new works locally at the Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pennsylvania. This show resumes my interrupted exhibition from earlier this year when some unanticipated renovations ended things a little earlier than scheduled. This local exhibition will be up through the month of May.

Black Moshannon, No. 34 - Spring Light 8 x 12 plein air pastel.

Included here are a couple of new pieces fresh off the easel. The first is my debut plein air work for 2012, a new addition to my ongoing series of Black Moshannon State Park landscapes. This is Black Moshannon, No. 34 – “Spring Light.” 2012 marks my 8th year of working on location within this delightful state park. And it marks just the second time that I’ve dragged our new studio mascot, Maple, out with me. I say “dragged” because poor Maple is cursed with terrible car anxiety. Unlike the vast majority of dogs, it’s a struggle to get Maple into our car. Once she’s in the park, she enjoys herself. But getting there is an ordeal. I don’t know how we’re going to persevere through this upcoming summer because I’m planning many outings. Somehow, we will manage.

Anyways, this new landscape captures a subtle but gorgeous character of light across the bog as afternoon began to ease into evening. I painted this last week, during a fairly mild day. But since that time, we’ve had snow! Such are the topsy turvy days of spring.

The next piece fresh off my easel is “High Line Vista,” a view looking uptown from the recently-opened High Line Park in Lower Manhattan. What a treasure this location is! It’s a beautiful innovation and asset for the city. The first time I visited there back in early 2011, only a portion of the park was open. And it clouded over by the time I got off the subway. Blech-h-h. But I had the opportunity to visit there again this past December, and — as you can see — I caught a beautiful sky and light for my efforts. Hooray!

High Line Vista, 20 x 30 original pastel.

Finally, I want to highlight a coming attraction. In May, I will unveil a brand new web site. A fresh new look and design, combined with the enhanced functionality of true e-commerce. You will be able to purchase my originals online! Development work on this continues and none of it would have been possible without the patient and savvy help of my cousin, Aaron, who owns a web design firm in Austin, Texas and who is himself an accomplished artist. Watch for this new web site in a few weeks. We are putting the finishing touches on it as I type and I am really excited to unleash it.