Colored Pencil Magazine & Current Exhibit

I was really excited to be asked to be a contributor in the December issue of Colored Pencil Magazine. The article features my colored pencil boxes and how I created them from Ampersand Claybord boxes and colored pencil drawings. To purchase a copy of the December issue, go to this link.




Here are pictures from my recent exhibit at Angelina's Coffee in Bristol, RI. Above is some of my

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Exciting News, Colored Pencil Recognition!

As I mentioned previously, the Rhode Island Blood Center asked me to be their artist of the year for the Seasons Pass Program 2011/2012. The Seasons Pass Program is in its 10th year and each year a different artist is selected and asked to create a unique piece of art for the Blood Center. This piece of artwork is made into prints and prints are given to 4-time per year blood donors. I was

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Upcoming Exhibits

My pastel "Tuscan Vista" has been accepted into Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 115th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City. The exhibit dates are October 4-28, 2011.I have also been accepted into the Mystic Arts Center 55th Regional Juried Exhibit in Mystic, CT. The piece I entered is below, the paint tubes in colored pencil titled "Well Worn". The exhibit runs from

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Retrospective Exhibition at Spring Bull Gallery

Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, the cooperative gallery I belong to, is have a retrospective exhibition opening this Saturday evening, August 6th from 5 to 7 p.m. We have invited all previous gallery members from the past 20 years to exhibit with us so it will be a creative and diverse exhibit for the gallery. I have chosen to exhibit my tulip colored pencil piece titled "Reaching Out" and this

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Chapter Project for CPSA & Boston Globe

Pictured here is the 3x3" drawing that I did for our district chapter 112 project for the hospitality suite at the CPSA national exhibition and convention. We were asked to choose something to represent one of our New England states and living so close to Newport in Rhode Island I chose a sailboat. The project coordinators are going to put all of the drawings together in a type of "crazy quilt"

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My Frame Choices and Wellesley Exhibit

Debbi Friedman and I spent a rainy afternoon yesterday hanging our work in the Wellesley, MA library. We've been planning this exhibit for over a year and suddenly its here. Pictured here is the main lobby gallery where Debbi hung her rock series and I've hung my candy apple pieces which are at the far end of the photo. The exhibit really looks great (if I may say so myself) and while we were

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CPSA Explore This! 7

Explore This! 7 went on line today. The exhibition and award winners can be viewed here. I'm fortunate to have my piece included in the exhibit. I alway find it fun and interesting to see what mediums, surfaces and techniques other artists are using with colored pencils.

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