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Watkins Glen State Park Art Show
Excited to share with you today’s collection in the virtual gallery! But before we enter the gallery, let’s take a quick fieldtrip to look at the scenes that inspired today’s paintings! Grab yourself a cup of tea/coffee/wine and a favorite snack to enjoy while we explore the gallery. This gallery…
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4 Favorite Waterfalls to Visit in Winter
If you’re in the northern part of the country, cold weather is likely here for a couple more months. I generally like to hibernate inside for most of the winter and dream of warmer days, however sometimes it’s nice to get out of the house and experience a change of…
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Palettes of Keuka: Part 2
This week I’m sharing more about my painting process. While I’m specifically speaking about painting the palette for the Palettes of Keuka in this blog post, I follow a similar process for other projects. I’ve compiled pictures of the process and video clips from the 100 Day Project that showed…
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Palettes of Keuka: Part 1
Guess what’s happening today!? I’m a little excited! (If you couldn’t tell.) Bidding for the Palettes of Keuka opens today!! When I was invited to participate in Palettes of Keuka this year I was so excited! In honor of the bidding starting for this event, I’m sharing what inspired my…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Genesee Lower Falls
We’ve reached the 49th Waterfall Wednesday blog post. Do you know what that means? Just one more waterfall next week and we’ve made it through the whole 50 New York Waterfalls project! I’m currently brainstorming ideas for upcoming blog posts. Anything topics you’d like to see more of? Today’s waterfall…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Unnamed Falls
This week we go to an unnamed waterfall in Buttermilk Falls State Park that almost wasn’t part of my 50 New York Waterfalls project. I was conflicted about including an unnamed waterfall in the project when all the other waterfalls were main features with their own names. Ultimately decided this…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Sweedler Preserve
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember me previously mentioning Sweedler Preserve and my little mishap with reading the map (reread here). I’ve been reading up on the waterfall and the trails in this preserve and there are many young, experienced hikers that have commented on…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Rainbow Falls
“In one place in the island of Hawaii, we saw a laced and ruffled cataract of limpid water leaping from a sheer precipice fifteen hundred feet high; but that sort of scenery finds its stanchest ally in the arithmetic rather than in spectacular effect. If one desires to be so…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Upper Triphammer Falls
I haven’t quite pinned down why this waterfall is one of my favorites. Maybe it’s because it falls at angular steps. Maybe it’s because it’s in such an urban setting. Maybe it’s because it satisfies some need to find out where things start. Maybe it’s the beautiful lake and waterlilies…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Stony Brook Lower Falls
This week we’re back in Stony Brook State Park for the second of the two waterfalls that I painted from this park – Lower Falls. Stony Brook State Park is located off NY 36 just off I-90 by Dansville, New York in Steuben County. The park has almost 600 acres with…
