Ice Storm

My home has been without power for several days now and since I have no generator, it's been painfully cold. It's no fun to sit around all day, all bundled up and shivering, with no TV or computer to help pass the time. My part of coastal New Hampshire has its power back but at least 200,000 of my neighbors do not. I pray they get it back soon. I had to clean out my freezer and refrigerator and we went to the supermarket this morning but their freezers were virtually empty. My two on going art shows will be a bust since they have been closed due to lack of power. Now that power is back in my area there is very little traffic. At least I have an excuse now for poor sales for these shows.

I hope all of you can stay warm and cozy for this Christmas season.

Two Shows

I have two art shows opening this weekend. One is in Newmarket, NH at the Ampersand Gallery. I have three paintings and three prints in that show.

The second show is in Exeter, NH in the Town Hall Gallery. I have two paintings there and over twenty different Giclee prints in that show.

The First Image is of a original Pastel painting, titled "Red Dingy" in the Exeter Show. The second image is a giclee print in the Exeter show.

The third image is of "Peggy's Cove" an acrylic painting of a cozy harbor in Nova Scotia and is in the Newmarket show.

Let's hope the art market picks up a bit for the Christmas season.

Gus a Two Years

My golden retriever "Gus" is a little over two years old and has assumed that the living room couch is his napping place. He will share the space but he does take up an awful lot of room. The puppy photo was his first day home from the breeder. Gus had a great Breeder, "Ray of Sunshine, Golden Retrievers" since Gus has shown none of the ailments that often show up when a dog is inbred. He is a perfectly healthy young adult. He is the sweetest, friendliest dog I've ever know. He seems to feel it's his duty to greet everyone he sees.

Veteran's Day

My thanks to all Veterans who have served and my thanks and prayers for all who are currently serving. My Grandson will be going to Iraq in February, please remember him in your prayers. My painting "Warthogs" was given to the Father of a Warthog pilot who was serving in Afghanistan. My second image, "Old Ironsides and Old Glory" is a woodblock print I created right after 9/11. I felt I had to do something with a patriotic theme.

Great Bay Art Show/my two paintings

As I stated yesterday, I didn't have time to photograph my paintings which I put into the Great Bay Art Show. One of the paintings sold so I went down to the gallery today and photographed my two paintings for my records. The first painting is an 11 by 14 acrylic of the Great Bay Salt Marsh. The "Salt Marsh" painting photographed considerably darker than actual painting. The second painting is titled "Lanteen on the Esturary" which is an 8 by 10 inch acrylic on stretched canvas (sold). We do have a large historic lanteen sail that will appear on the Great Bay on rare occassions. It is a recreated gundalow, which was a sail powered barge carrying cargo up and down the local rivers and bays in the 1700 and 1800s.

Great Bay Art Show

I think my muse is returning. I decided to participate in the Great Bay Art Show, at the Discovery Center, Stratham, NH. The center is located on the Great Bay and is the entry way for a wonderful boardwalk that meanders through a salt marsh adjacent to the Great Bay. It's a delightful walk through the salt marsh and a great place for the birdwatchers. There is an annual art show and sale and the artwork is to deal with the Great Bay and environs. My decision to participate was at the last minute and I finished two paintings and framed them just in time to deliver them to the show before the entries were closed. Alas, I didn't get photos of them. They probably won't sell and I'll get photos later and post them after the show. (yes I'm being pessimistic, art sales have been very low this year). The artists' reception is this Friday evening, 7 PM at the discovery center and the show will run just this weekend.
I wish some of you lived close enough to drop by and say hi.

By the way my October 21th entry includes a painting of the saltmarsh.

Bad Day at The Arts and Crafts Fair

I, as the loan impressionist artist at the Rockingham Arts and Crafts fair, had a disasterous show today. I had a goodly number of browsers stop by and heap lavish praise on my work but unfortunately not lavish numbers of dollar bills. As always there were a number of browsers who expressed enthusiasm and promised to stop back by before the show closed. If you've done these shows yourself, you know that promise is almost never kept. However today I only had three broken promises and not the usual half dozen or so.
I hope the problem is the economy and not my art work. In the past, this show has been my most successful one day event for the year. Oh well... there's always next year.