I have work in 2 shows that are opening this weekend: Saturday evening is the Ellarslie Open at the Trenton City Museum, Sunday afternoon is a rather unique group show of plein air work at Canal Frame in Washington Crossing, PA. I also have news about a new venue where you can regularly see my work. Details follow:

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Ellarslie Open XXIX

My painting of the D&R Canal towpath in winter was juried into this year's Ellarslie Open at the Trenton City Museum, aka the Ellarslie Mansion:


The show runs April 22 to June 12, 2011.
Opening reception: Saturday, April 30, 5-9 pm

The scene in my painting is looking north on the towpath near Washington Crossing Park at Titusville, NJ.

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In The Moment
ten painters, one farm

Over the past several months, 10 plein air painters were invited to paint at Glen Oaks Farm in Bucks County. I was one of those 10 and "In the Moment" is the exhibit of the work we created. The show runs May 1-28, 2011 at:


Opening Reception: Sunday, May 1, 2011 from 1-4 pm

Glen Oaks Farm is a beautiful place with a classic old Bucks County stone house, a pond, acres of trees and shrubs, an old lime kiln built into the hillside... but I was fascinated by the big old rambling barn and that's what I painted each time I visited the farm. These are the 4 paintings I have in the show - 4 different views of the same barn complex:

"Glen Oaks Roofs" 8x10" oil on board	"Glen Oaks Barn" 6x8" oil on board
"Roofs and Windows" 8x10" oil on canvas on board	"The Barn Door" 11x14" oil on board

The 10 plein air painters in this show are: Bob Beck, Gail Bracegirdle, John Ennis, David Hahn, Peter Hunt, John Kane, Joe Kazimierczyk, Simon Mauer, Jo-Ann Osnoe and George Thompson. To make things even more interesting, artist Peter Hunt will be doing a live painting demonstration during the reception.

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Verde Artists' Collective

My solo show at the Gallery at Verde in Kingston is over now, but I will continue to have paintings there. Not in the Gallery at Verde, but at another shop in the same building. The Gallery at Verde is one of four businesses which make up the Verde Artists' Collective, all housed in the Woodwinds Building. Two of the businesses there are changing ownership, and when the dust settles, I will be part of a newly formed gallery tentatively to be called the D&R Artists Group. I'll provide more details later, but if you are near Kingston, please do stop in and check out the Verde Artists' Collective, a few of my Kingston area paintings are on display there now.