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Christmas Upstate
The best thing about spending Christmas with my brother, Bill, and his wife, Gloria, upstate around Cooperstown (yes, the Baseball Hall of Fame; and no, none of us is a fan) is that there is nothing to do. The town basically shuts down in the winter. And none of us celebrate Christmas. So after the driving tour around the area when I could take pictures for future paintings, all there was to do was eat, and drink, and talk. Absolutely wonderful!
Oh, I did manage to squeeze in a few quick sketches while everyone else was sort of watching Elysium on the tv. So this is what the Cooperstown area looks like on Christmas day. This first sketch is my favorite, probably because I think I know how I’m going to change it when I do a bigger version.
December in Cooperstown
This next one is Bill’s favorite…
December in Cooperstown II
By now you’re getting the picture. Trees, and snow, and shadows. No people. Almost no cars. Nothing to mess up the snow, except the occasional rabbit or deer tracks.
And it’s cold! VERY cold! So, once you’ve taken your pictures, you make a beeline for a warm interior room, preferably with an open fire and a hot toddy (or equivalent) and good people to talk to. Welcome to my Christmas with my husband, my brother and his wife and their two dogs just outside of Cooperstown.
We had a great time.
Rock Wall in ASL Holiday Show 2013
Please come to see one of my favorite paintings, Rock Wall, in the 2nd floor gallery Holiday Show at the Art Students League.
Rock Wall, 11×15, $750
This is based on part of a rock wall I see every weekend on our way to go grocery shopping at Fairway. Rocks are a continuing theme of mine. All the moving I did when I was young left me with a craving for permanence; and what is more permanent than rocks that have probably been around hundreds if not thousands of years?
There are 500 original art works by talented ASL students priced from $100 to $800 for paintings and up to $1200 for sculpture. Perfect timing for holiday gift giving.
Gallery and sale hours: Mon-Fri 9am-8pm; Sat & Sun 9am – 4pm. The Art Students League is located at 215 West 57th Street, NYC 10019; tel: 212-247-4510.
Lobby Hanging
A friend of mine on the board (a fellow artist) asked me recently if I had any “winter” paintings to hang in the lobby of our building. Four days later (today to be precise), four of my paintings are on display in the lobby of 2500 Johnson Avenue.
Lobby Hanging
Here I am standing next to the center column with City Snow IV and City Snow V. Also on display in two side alcoves are Winter Shadows and Wave Hill Snow Spikes.
Winter Shadows
Wave Hill Snow Spikes
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All four paintings are based on snow scenes within 5 miles of where I live: along the West Side Highway and in Riverdale.
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