Chess Pieces

The Patchogue Sketch Club has been meeting at the Patchogue Library on Wednesday evenings from 6-8. Our theme for the night was chess pieces. I don't have a chess set so I relied on borrowing pieces from one of the other members. Karen had a great set in wonderful dark wood tones. I only sketched two of the pieces, but repeated them in different directions on the page.

Show & Sale

 This past weekend was the PALS Plein Air Annual Show and Sale. It was held in Yaphank at the Swezy Avey House, a lovely historic home. We were very lucky to have a great turnout both days. I am thankful to my friend, Jeanne Salucci who has been organizing this group and the show for 17 years now!! There are a number of members that have been with her since the beginning.

Having a group of artist to paint with is a very special thing, especially when they are supportive like this group is. We get together on Tuesday mornings at a set location every week in season.

I appreciate all the friends, family, and visitors who stopped by to view the artwork and spend some time talking to us and encouraging us. Some were even nice enough to purchase some of our work. It is special when people see the work we've done and appreciate it.

Here are a few photos taken by my friend, Michele DePalo.

Me standing by a few of my paintings.

Jeanne Saluccie and me.

                                             Here are the paintings I had framed and on exhibit.

So Many Choices (SOLD)

The Shed

Autumn Welcome (SOLD)

The Barn

Decorated (SOLD)

Poppies By The Fence

In the Garden (SOLD)

Family who visited.

Linda Davison Mathues's painting won the popular vote.

A thank you to Jeanne.

Yaphank Lake

 My plein air group was getting ready for our annual exhibit and sale in Yaphank. We were dropping off our paintings at noon, but planned to sketch/paint by the lake before that. Between the autumn colors and the restaurant in that colorful red it was a good view to work on.

East Moriches Waterview

 I love the golden marshland that leads to the background in this water view in East Moriches.

Halloween in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

 

The NYC Urban Sketchers had a wonderful location for us to sketch on Halloween. This historic house on Albemarle Road in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is well known for their Halloween display with a huge collection of life-sized animatronics and skeletons that climb all over the Victorian architecture. There is a wrap-around porch with 6 different sections, each with their own related cast of characters. My first sketch was of the sinister, spooky clowns. One had a monkey in a box that would pop up at set times, another had a wheel connected to his head that would spin round and round. Complete with noises and music this porch section was very entertaining.

 

Later I went around the corner to sketch another porch section. The location is so popular that there are metal barricades closing the street to keep the side section free from vehicle traffic.These characters were even more scary than the first group. The front lawn by each section has tombstones and statues peeking out between the foliage.

It must be really something to see at night when it is lit up. The home owners love doing this for the community to enjoy and update it a bit each year for the neighbors to see something new added.

Halloween Mice

 I have a small collection of Annalee dolls. Most of them are Christmas related, but I do have two for Halloween. The Patchogue Sketch Club had "Monsters" for a Halloween theme last week. I don't have any monsters, so I brought along these two instead.

Stony Brook Harbor

 Stony Brook Harbor has some nice autumn colors right now. I enjoyed painting there.