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Feast Your Eyes on This

For April and June, I will have a solo show of work surrounding the acquisition, preparation, consumption and disposal of food.

The work captures those brief moments that often slip past unnoticed in our fast food lives, illuminating the things we have seen a thousand times, while cleaning the kitchen, preparing dinner or taking out the trash.

Thirty drawings and prints will be on display in the Madison Gallery of Morristown Memorial Hospital - the main corridor leading to the cafeteria. I wonder if my pictures will change the choices people make once they get there!

April 1 – June 3, 2012

Madison Gallery : Morristown Memorial Hospital 100 Madison Ave Morristown, NJ

www.atlantichealth.org/morristown

Food for Thought

The artists in Food for Thought help us look at food in a variety of ways, from being a basic necessity to an obsession. So prepare yourself a wee snack and settle down for a tasty Art Break as you browse the menu

Jay Seldin: www.Jayseldinphotos.com Galina Dargery : www.zhibit.org/galinadargery EJ Davis: www.ejdavisphotography.com Gail Mardfin: www.seethegood.net Jo Bradney: www.bradney.com Stacie Flint: www.stacieflint.com Marjan Nirou: www.marjannirou.com Barbara Mathis: www.bmathisarts.com Judy Levy: www.exhibitorscoop.com/members/JudyLevy/JudyLevy.html

Please bring a donation of a non-perishable food item to the reception and join us for a healthy cooking demonstration and healthy snacks What is more, 10% of each piece of artwork sold will be donated to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey - so bring your check book too!

Know of a notice board in need of decoration? Print the Poster and help us spread the word!

Friday, March 30, 2012, 5–8pm, OPENING & RECEPTION Exhibit runs through September 2012

Summit Medical Center Lawrence Pavilion: Lower Lobby Gallery 1 Diamond Hill Rd Berkeley Heights, NJ

No registration required • Open to the public • 908-273-4300 For Directions: www.summitmedicalgroup.com

Metro 28 : Hacketstown, NJ

A Cheezy Moment - small still life oil painting

Metro 28 is on the move, so stop by Hacketstown Public Library before April 19th for a cheesy morsel

March 3 – April 19, 2012

Metro 28 Johnson Public Library 274 Main St Hackensack, NJ www.hackensack.bccls.org

Cheez Doodles with Great Auntie Win

My Great Auntie Win worked through two world wars and was a "wear your pearls to the beach" kinda gal - nothing should be saved for best. So I think she would approve of her delicate china being filled with only the best cheesey puffs for the ultimate movie time snack - such elegance!

Part still life, part family portrait, this one is not for sale. This one is just for me

Join me for a Springtime symphony of color

With the winter cold definitely on the way out, you are warmly invited to join me to enjoy a springtime symphony of color, line and shape at Visual Voices in Maplewood, New Jersey. I hope you will be able to make the Artist Reception on Sunday March 11th, but if not the show runs March 3 - April 8

or see the online slideshow - no need to dress up posh

I owe so much to each voice in the

Exhibitors' Co-op

for every comment or suggestion; for the praise and encouragement; and for those who prefer to keep quiet, teaching by whispered example;

thank you all

March 3 - April 8th Open weekends 2-5pm Artist Reception : March 11th 2-5pm

1978 Arts Center 1978 Springfield Avenue Maplewood, NJ www.1978artscenter.org/

Last Chance for Cheez

A Small Fortune - small still life oil painting

It is the last week to see these two tasty morsels at City Without Walls in Newark, NJ. After Friday they will be off tickling tastebuds around the state.

Check back to see if they are coming to a space near you (PS - new cheezy puff paintings coming soon!)

November 17 - February 17, 2012

Metro 28

City Without Walls 6 Crawford Street Newark, NJ 07102

www.cwow.org

Primary Primer with Pears

It seems to have taken an age for this grumpy old badger to shake herself awake from an extended Christmas hibernation. And of course after all that snoozing the painting muscles needed to be warmed up, eased back into shape and given just a little gentle stretching. I went back to the basics by "paring" down my palette to concentrate on color mixing The slightly aging yellow pear left in the fruit bowl after the festivities, has been immortalized in these 4 quick oil studies painted using just 3 colors - Permanent Alizarin, Ultramarine Blue, Cad Yellow - & White. ** If you need a primer on your primaries, check out the cool video at the end brought to you by Sesame Street, and by the colors Red, Blue and Yellow

These paintings are on gessoed watercolor paper which I like to use for studies and experimental pieces. I snap up the watercolor paper pads on sale and then add 3 coats of gesso to protect the paper from the oil in the paint.

You can see larger images of the paintings on Etsy - click the pic to see a close up of all that juicy brushwork Or if you are interested in owning one...or perhaps A Pair?

Yellow Pear III - small oil painting - 9x9"

Yellow Pear IV - small oil painting 9x8"

Not your Granny's Lace Curtains

By far my favorite window this year - three lacy layers of cut paper creates a magical winter wonderland at Sephora 5th Ave NYC created by artist Andrea Mastrovito - see more images at Foley Gallery including one of the whole gorgeous facade

597 5th Avenue New York, NY 10017 Cross-Streets: On 5th Avenue, between East 48th & 49th Streets

http://www.sephora.com/

Last Weekend to go BANG

Due to the freaky snow storm and general lack of electricity, we only had 3 intrepid Trick or Treaters this Halloween - leaving us with a small dilemma.

What is a girl to do with a large cauldron full of chocolate?

Stop by for some mulled cider and see this little gem at the last weekend of BANG!

Saturday 10 & Sunday 11, 11-5pmBANG!VI (Buy Art Now Guys!)1978 Arts Center 1978 Springfield Ave Maplewood, NJ

www.1978artscenter.org

Art Ache Cured in Maplewood, NJ

The temperature was rising at BANG! VI this weekend, as art fever raged and you swarmed to Buy Art Now Guys! More goodies will be delivered this weekend to alleviate your Art Ache, so stop by and add your own little red spot to the contagion

Saturday 10 & Sunday 11, 11-5pm 1978 Arts Center 1978 Springfield Ave Maplewood, NJ

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