ARTIST QUOTE : I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious. 
~Andrew Wyeth   




















Hello everyone and welcome to my revived Artist Newsletter "News from the Studio" It's been several years since my last newsletter mostly because I closed the website, I was sending them through some time ago. Over the last 18 months I had to deal with some personal, emotional issues the biggest one being my mothers passing. The issues that followed for lack of a better word were just plain villainous. In all that time my best escape was painting, painting, painting. It becomes a timeless world where there are no distractions or thoughts other than the task at hand and the only annoyance is why does that tiny bug keep landing on my painting? Difficult times such as these can change a person and perhaps for the better. I feel confident in taking on any commissioned requests of any subject but I decided to make marine life my primary subject to paint, it was my first true love in art as a subject. During this time my work and approach to painting have changed considerably from my past now focusing on more prominent contrasts of dark and light, a more engaged image in composition and a greater attention to fine details. In all that time I produced around two dozen showable paintings most of which many of you have seen on my Facebook page in addition to hosting a home-based art show last September 2018.  I'm happy to say that now all those "ugly" issues have been resolved in my favor and it's time to move forward. So now I have a basement studio full of paintings and what does that do for me? Exactly, not a thing! I have begun setting up exhibits in the remainder of this year and into 2020. The first on the list is the month of July 1st - 31st at the West Springfield Public Library. I have room for about 16 paintings of varying sizes with a price list so if you are local please stop in and take a look, I promise you will find them more appealing in person than in digital postings. There are other exhibits to follow pending final paperwork. I have also begun to seek out Art Galleries interested in taking my work on. It can be an arduous process searching and locating the right Gallery for my work. It's said "Vision without action is a daydream, Action without vision is a nightmare."  but that is a better topic for next month's Newsletter.  


 




 





Paying it forward:  Artist shout out, Gerald Robillard

I've known Gerry all my life though my father who attended many indoor and outdoor Art festivals together over many years. I am lucky to say on a few occasions I was able to exhibit at some shows with him as well. Please take a moment to visit his sites listed, you will not be disappointed.
   




Recipe of the month: Blueberry Buckle found on www.allrecipes.com
I'm pretty much a fiend for anything blueberry so this may be something you may want to  try?

Ingredients

10 servings 319 cals
Original recipe yields 10 servings (1 -8x8 inch cake)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease one 8x8 inch pan.
  2. Cream together 3/4 cup sugar, shortening, and egg.
  3. In a separate bowl mix together 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir into sugar mixture, alternating with milk. Stir in blueberries. Pour into greased 8x8 inch pan.
  4. To make topping: Combine 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, cinnamon, and butter. Sprinkle over cake batter.
  5. Bake at 375 degree F (190 degrees C) for 25-30 minute.





Father's Day:  
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there!  


June is my favorite month of the year for ideal New England weather, June 8th my birthday (shameless plug) and Fathers Day. The campaign to celebrate the nation’s fathers did not meet with the same enthusiasm–perhaps because, as one florist explained, “fathers haven’t the same sentimental appeal that mothers have.”  
On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly in honor of fathers, a Sunday sermon in memory of the 362 men who had died in the previous December’s explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, but it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday.  
The next year, a Spokane, Washington, woman named Sonora Smart Dodd, one of six children raised by a widower, tried to establish an official equivalent to Mother’s Day for male parents. She went to local churches, the YMCA, shopkeepers and government officials to drum up support for her idea, and she was successful: Washington State celebrated the nation’s first statewide Father’s Day on June 19, 1910.  
Slowly, the holiday spread. In 1916, President Wilson honored the day by using telegraph signals to unfurl a flag in Spokane when he pressed a button in Washington, D.C. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge urged state governments to observe Father’s Day.  
Today, the day honoring fathers is celebrated in the United States on the third Sunday of June: Father’s Day 2019 falls on June 16.





Conclusion:
I'm making a commitment to all of you who have helped and supported my art endeavors via your friendship and patronage. Because that is something I truly value please know I would never trade, sell, or share your personal email when you sign up here for my newsletter. I'm making a commitment to you to bring you more impactful and thought-provoking artwork in 2019 and years to come. My goal is to provide you all with the opportunity to view my artwork, comment on it and to please share with your friends and families. With birthdays, anniversaries and weddings around every corner not to mention Father's Day this month, please consider the unique, thoughtful gift of an original piece of art. It's a gift that can speak volumes over others. I will happily take on any personal commission works at this time 
I hope that you've enjoyed this month's newsletter and I wish you all a happy, safe summer. 

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