Exhibitions in October, 2014

There's lots of great art out there, Pittsburgh!  Here are three exhibits I am pleased to be part of.

Bathroom Sink

Johns

Stove With a Smirk

Opening reception tonight!

7:00 to 10:00 pm

Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Artists IV

Irma Freeman Center for Imagination

5006 Penn Avenue (15224)

Until December 5!!

Interior

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh:

A Group Art Exhibition

FrameHouse Gallery

100 43rd Street, Lawrenceville

Hours: M,W,Th and F  11-7

T and Sa 11-4

Until October 18!!

Aftermath

Black Chair

Pittsburgh Society of Artists:

49th Annual

October 4 - 28

Opening Reception October 11, 6-8:30 pm

Panza Gallery

115 Sedgwick Street, Millvale

Hours: W,Th and F 10-5

Sat 10-3

Call me if you wish to have an outing to one of these exhibits.

Stuff Seen While Trudging, Part 1

Grapevine

The Last Angel

Red Berries

Thistle

This will be a continuing series of stuff I see when I trudge around the Marvelwood track.  Should have started it earlier in the season, but WTH, here we go!

Then and Now - Mellon Park

Mellon Park 1980's

Mellon Park was one of my first shoots back in the 1980's when I received my first SLR as a hand me down from my father.  Kodak Tri-X was always loaded and I used my meter and played with all of my dials.

Now we jump to last weekend in 2014.  A beautiful afternoon with a rejuvenated and beautiful Mellon Park!  My DSLR has no film and I haven't taken it off Auto since I bought it.  My teachers and photo friends are cringing, no doubt.  In this new summer season, I pledge to learn again the photography eye of my youthful enthusiasm.

Pittsburgh Pride makes Pittsburgher proud!!

My Thoughts Exactly

Umbrella with Tu-Tu

Shakin' It

Cop Masquerade

The Pittsburgh Pride parade was a real celebration!  It lasted for an hour with colorful displays of happiness and courage throughout.  My photographs were awful.  I was standing in the shade near the Macy's clock with the sunny side of the street as my background.  (That is why three of the above four have a glow filter on them.)  But, I was standing beside the most mesmerizing group, two mothers and their 5-week old baby who was the main attraction for many of the parade participants.   The mothers and baby were festooned in rainbow colors and received the hoops and hollers from one and all as they marched by.  The penguin was delighted to hold the infant as photographs were snapped.

Another group behind me had a cheerleader who called out to every group as they passed.  The spectators near by, including myself, joined in his shouts and clapping to the the parade participants delight!

Be brave, be happy and be proud!

River Walk June, 2014

Beach Iris

Duck Egg

Beach Gear

Fire Kindling

Yesterday I took my annual spring walk along the Allegheny River.  The requisite afternoon fishermen and lunching couples were there enjoying the beautiful weather with me.

"Duck Egg" was a total surprise to me.  I scared off a mallard couple and found this where they had been standing by the river's edge.  There was no nest nearby, yet there was a similar egg about 3 feet away.  Has anyone else experienced this with mallards?

"Fire Kindling" is time appropriate as last days abound and graduation parties are heard from afar.  It reminded me of the childhood ditty sung on the bus on the last day of the elementary school year, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks!"  (Please, no offense to my teacher friends.)  But, it also has traces of, "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it" and Fahrenheit 451.

More pictures here:
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/sets/72157645032294912/

Exhibitions in June, 2014

Bathroom Window

Three Rivers Arts Festival

June 6 - 15

Trust Arts Education Center

805/807 Liberty Avenue

Opening Reception June 6, 5 - 7 pm

Piano

Pittsburgh Society of Artists - small works

June 6 - 29

Most Wanted Fine Art

5015 Penn Avenue 

Saturdays in June, 12 - 4 pm

(I will be gallery sitting on Saturday, June 28th.  Please visit!)

Opening Reception June 6, 6 - 11 pm

Story Teller and

Old Faithful

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 103rd Annual Exhibition

June 6 - August 31

Westmoreland Museum of American Art @rt30

Greensburg, PA  15601

Tuesday thru Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm

Opening Reception June 14, 6 - 9 pm

Must say, very excited about these exhibits!  Please contact me if you want to join me for a look.  I would love to have walks and road trips!!

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.  Please view my latest photos on:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/

I am always adding photos from recent shoots and projects.

Working on a project using grave stones .....

Under the Old Maple Tree

Family Tree

Crosses in the Grass

Mother and Son

Close Company

This is the second post related to graves in the last week.  I am not thinking sadness, so much as honor and remembrance of loved ones.  There is a lot of reverence for beliefs and beauty in my thought process as I incorporate my photography into a  fabric piece for an upcoming exhibit. Others in this series can be found in the flickr album here:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/sets/72157644902806071/

Memorial Day Thoughts 2014

Revolutionary War Veteran

Family Plot

Last June, during a wonderful trip to Boston, I visited the town of Dedham, MA with my Aunt Anne Stone.  We toured an old graveyard decorated for the Memorial Day festivities near the town common.  Although I have photographed a lot of graveyards around Memorial Day, I had never seen Revolutionary War veterans' graves decorated.  What an historic area!

More photographs at:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/sets/72157644837648653/

Comments, suggestions and ideas for photo shoots always welcome.

White Chair Series August, 2013

Last August at the cabin, I finally did one of the series that I had been thinking about - the White Chair Series.  I love the old chairs at the cabin.  My Aunt Barbara Moran had the wise sense to spray paint them all the same color even though they differed in style.  I dragged one of the chairs around with me a few times and came up with an interesting series, I believe : )  We will begin our Potter County adventures soon and I look forward to dragging my wooden muse with me to other unsuspecting spots. 

To see the whole series, click on:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxchapelimagesllc/sets/72157644734290891/

Comments and suggestions always welcome!

Man! I Feel Like a Woman: Portraits of Pride Internationally Inspired, con't

 

Much of the art at the 2013 Carnegie International is about courage and risk.  These two elements inspired me to prepare and exhibit a series of five portraits taken at Pittsburgh Pride.  The price of the full series is $250.  After the exhibit, individual pieces will be $75.  Please contact me if you have interest in purchasing this series or the picture Old Friends also in this exhibition and shown in the last blog post.

The exhibition continues until March 29th.  On that evening, there will be a Closing Party from 6 - 8 pm with artists talking about their work and light refreshments.  However, I will be gallery sitting on Friday, March 28th from 11 am to 4 pm with artist, Holly Pultz.  Please come by and see the exhibit.

3rd Street Gallery, 220 3rd Street, Carnegie, PA 15106

  Hours: Thursday through Saturday, 11 am - 4 pm.