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    Watkins Glen State Park Art Show

    April 25, 2022 /
    Watkins Glen State Park interactive art show blog cover

    Waterfall season is coming up soon!  (Ok, maybe not that soon – we have another month – but I’m ready for nice weather.)  I thought it would be a good time to share the interactive art show highlighting the Watkins Glen State Park painting collection.  Enjoy! Excited to share with…

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    Watkins Glen State Park Art Show

    February 1, 2021 /
    Watkins Glen State Park interactive art show blog cover

    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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    Waterfall Wednesday: Rainbow Falls

    June 19, 2019 /
    Rainbow Falls Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    “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: Minnehaha Falls

    May 15, 2019 /
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    Do you know what Minnesota and New York have in common?  They both have a waterfall named Minnehaha Falls.  But do you know which came first and what inspired the name? We’re back again in Watkins Glen State Park today to talk about Minnehaha Falls.  I must admit that this…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Pluto Falls

    April 24, 2019 /
    Pluto Falls Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    This week we’re back in Watkins Glen State Park to talk about Pluto Falls.  Did you know there are 19 waterfalls in this park?  For my 50 New York Waterfalls project I painted seven of the main ones.   Watkins Glen State Park is located along Route 14  on the southern tip…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Twin Falls Lower Falls

    April 10, 2019 /
    Twin Falls Lower Falls Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Today for Waterfall Wednesday we’re going back to Twin Falls near Watkins Glen, New York.  A couple of months ago I shared to about the Upper Falls portion of this area.  Today, I’ll talk more about Lower Falls. But first, here is a view that I found while reviewing photos…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Central Cascade

    February 27, 2019 /
    Central Cascade Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Did you know that Watkins Glen State Park used to have a resident artist?  That’s something that I found out from one of the displays in the beautiful new entrance when I visited the park this past summer of my 50 New York Waterfalls project.  I found it really intriguing…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Hector Falls

    February 13, 2019 /
    Hector Falls Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Hector Falls, photograph, 2018 Today’s waterfall is one that probably many of you know and have visited.  I’ve visited this one several times over the years and it’s always interesting to see how different it looks depending on how much water is flowing through it.   Hector Falls is located in…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Sentry Cascade

    January 2, 2019 /
    Sentry Cascade Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Today’s featured waterfall is Sentry Cascade in Watkins Glen State Park.  This waterfall also goes by the name of Entrance Cascade or Amphitheatre Cascade (due to the rock on three sides as you approach the beginning of the gorge).   Sentry Cascade, photograph, 2018 Watkins Glen State Park is located along…

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    Waterfall Wednesday: Twin Falls Upper Falls

    December 12, 2018 /
    Twin Falls Upper Waterfall Wednesday blog cover

    Twin Falls is the subject of today’s Waterfall Wednesday, specifically the upper falls of the two found in this location (Lower Falls will be talked about later on).  Twin Falls is located in Watkins Glen along Glen Creek in Sugar Hill State Forest just a few miles upstream from Watkins…

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Day 94/100: Outlines for a new mini drawing
NEW DESIGNS! I added four new design options to my RedBubble shop today. Here's a glance at some of the new ones I've added lately. RedBubble is a print on demand shop where you can buy my art on all sorts of items - t-shirts, stickers, prints, mugs, etc.
Day 93/100: Tiny lilacs
I did another mini last night after I finished the other one
"Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." -Roald Dahl
Day 92/100: I decided to do a mini sketch
Reference vs. artwork. This painting was from last year's orchid series.
Day 91/100: Prepping for some small drawings
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