 From when I was quite young, I had been given tidbits of time in the Adirondacks visiting family and friends. This time was enough to feel it's warmth and as a young adult living in California, wanted it's comforts. Art itself has been a life long pursuit, always drawn to nature for its rawest form of beauty, comfort , change, adventure and even danger. Representing this in the art of oil painting is a way of sharing what I value and support protecting. Although I like to travel and my work branches out beyond the Adirondack Mountains, this is where I have chosen to live, raise my son Larry and have been inspired for the past 27 years that I have lived here.  Each year I see beautiful and inspiring locations, each with original unique natural compositions, light, colour, etc.. Each year I am only able to paint one or two of these incredible sites, other than the welcome commitments to commissions . This year is different and it's exciting! Each painting I'm working on are images I've been impatiently waiting for the opportunity to let them out of my heart and mind to pour onto the many fine quality linen canvases I've had made for this years endeavours (I've stretched my own canvases in the past, but I'd rather spend my time painting and leave the fine art of stretching a perfect canvas to an expert!) For those of you who know my work, each painting is approached with time consuming patience and concentration to capture the deeper essence of the subjects' original conception. Therefore, the rewards in completing even four or five works of art will be significantly rewarding. I don't expect to ever accomplish painting of all the inspirations I gather along the way.
At this year's Museum Rustic Fair you will see a portrait of Jack Leadley at work in his workshop, surrounded by all the tools and materials used by him to make many incredible pack-baskets, Lee Fontaine chairs and many more magnificent creations that has made him a legacy in his own time. I've also completed and will exhibit, a radiant Blue Mountain Lake sunset, presented in a frame made by Wayne Ignatuk, as well as the rapturous Auger Falls with a soft splay of warm light interacting with a calming deep woods silence.
As for the plein air painting I started at last years Rustic Fair, of the Rustic Fair, the torrential rains got the best of it! But, ... I ended up working on a more detailed painting of the Fair this spring. The challenge of portraying musicians, woodworkers and their furniture, spectators and more was incredibly fun and I hope enjoyable to others. Limited edition giclee prints will be available in the Museum's stores.
Shows in 2007's:
- March 31 - April 1 ,2007, The Rustic Show, Danbury, CT
- September 7-9, 2007, Adirondack Museum Rustic Fair , Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Galleries: Originals and prints
- Adirondack Rustic Galleries, Rt 9 , Schroon Lake, NY 518-524-4957
- Lakeshore Gallery, Bolton Landing, NY 518-644-9480
- Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, NY 518-523-2700
Store Locations: Prints
- Adirondack Museum Store, Main Street, Lake Placid, NY 518-352-7311
- Adirondack Museum Store, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 518-523-9074
- Adirondack Country Store, 252 N Main Street, Northville, NY 518-863-6056
- The Open Window , 30 N Main Street, Gloversville, NY 518-725-6676
- Jean Sweet Interiors, 10 N Perry Street, Johnstown, NY 518-762-2220
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