These pieces were in a group show at
The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA, in the Fall of 2010.
Iced Tea in the Afternoon was born in the Louisiana summer sun. I was sitting in the shady green grotto beneath a big palm tree in my courtyard with a glass of iced tea, when I became fascinated by the pattern made by the melting ice. I knew I had to paint it.
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| Daybreak, 22 x 30 inches, SOLD |
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I am an inveterate collector of glass bottles, and they find homes anywhere and everywhere.
Daybreak is a look at the windowsill in the butler's pantry in my lovely city apartment here in Rochester. I was lucky to capture these beauties on a cool blue morning, kissed by the oblique rays of the rising sun.
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| Stained Glass with Bottles, 24 x 21 inches SOLD |
I stumbled upon the reference for
Stained Glass with Bottles at the Crossroads Country Mall in Lima, NY. This antique/flea market is located in an old church along western New York's
Routes 5 & 20, an east-west corridor between the Finger Lakes and the Niagara Region. (It's an off-the-beaten-path area well worth exploring.) We were shopping for still life objects on our way to a Finger Lakes wine tour. Mike spotted some bottles on a high shelf in front of this extraordinary stained-glass window, and I immediately started shifting things around so I could get a photo with my cell phone. It was way above my head, but I held the phone high and snapped away. When we looked at the images, I was afraid our shrieks of excitement would get us thrown out of the store. Those few hasty, off-balance shots gave me material for a series of paintings along with a whole new infusion of inspiration. We've been back a couple of times since. I wish I could bring home the windows, but at least I can buy the glassware! The bottles in
Daybreak, above, came from the same trip.
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