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| My piece for Rye POL's Silent Auction: Gold Mountain Air, oil on canvasboard, 11X14. |
Some of my Best Painting Buds (BPBs) are people I met at Rye Painters on Location: Bruce Bundock and Marilyn Fairman, for example. Another
of my other BPBs—Brad Marshall—is
someone I recommended to the organizers (as did Lee Haber). There are also painters I like
so much but never see except at POL—Kathy Buist,
Patti Mollica, Linda Richichi, Tarryl Gabyl, and others. It’s always been my
favorite event, so the last few years when they tinkered with it, I was kind of
bummed.
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| Brad Marshall's piece for the Silent Auction: Watermelon and Cherries, oil on canvasboard, 11X14. |
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| Linda Richichi's piece for the Silent Auction:Wetland Pink, pastel, 9X12. |
But it’s back in its old format: silent auction of prepared
pieces, live auction of wet canvases. And it’s coming up soon: September 28. I
will be in Maine that prior week, and plan to race down to Rye to meet Brad
Marshall for some fun times “flailing around.” After that, we’ll wash our
faces, have a few glasses of wine with our friends, and sit back to watch the
auction.
Having done this for a lot of years, I feel like I’ve
painted an awful lot of the Long Island Sound scenery. I suggested that Brad
should choose our painting location and I’ll just come along to fall into the
ocean and generally make a mess. He was amenable, and last week he drove up to
drop off his silent auction piece and scout locations. I now know where we’ll be
painting; you’ll just have to wait and see, won’t you?
If you haven’t
registered for my workshops but want to, know that October 2013—last session
with openings in 2013—is selling out fast. Or, let me know if you’re interested
in painting with me in 2014. Click here for
more information on my Maine workshops!
