Amityville Artist Circle Gallery

I am pleased to announce that one of my paintings has been accepted into the Juried show "Dreams" opening this weekend at the Circle gallery in Amityville. The show opened Saturday evening , with a beautiful and interesting collection of works from Long Island Artists. My painting is an aluminum leaf painting with acrylic and plaster. The theme of my work is the longevity of the Earths ocean and my dream of keeping them clean and the marine life safe. Hours of the Gallery are daily from 12-6. The Circle gallery is located next to Vittorio's on Main Street in Amityville , Long Island. The show "Dreams" runs until June 26th

Avon Walk for Breastancer

I have officially started my training this week for the walk in October, this walk is a 39 mile walk around Manhattan. I did it last year and it was a truly wonderful experience. My fundraising efforts are a bit slow going this year, but I am confidant through word of mouth I will raise the much needed money to end this disease. My training will be periodically updated here and if you feel like giving me a small donation I would much appreciate it! Click on the link above to go to the fundraising page http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR?pg=personal&fr_id=1970&px=4423358&s_src=boundlessfundraising

Faux Glazing Techniques

I would like to talk about some very simple faux painting techniques that I have been using successfully for over 20 years. Many of these techniques require a paint - glaze ratio and or water. Fundamentally a glaze is a medium which makes paint tranlucent and workable. I have several favorite means of application , for fast results over a good solid pre- existing base coat a color wash looks terrific and is almost effortless. I like to use a round car wash brush for this and blend and stipple he glaze, for a cloud like faux finish. Some times on a ceiling i will use a woolie for this finish it covers for area and also gives a nice even finish. Ragging on a glaze will give you a more defined pattern of a finish depending on how much glaze you use. I prefer a faux finish that I devised for covering bad walls or minimizing the time for a base coat. This is a "roll and faux" technique. I roll 3-4 foot sections with a light basecoat then rag wet into wet for a very mottled and heavy movement type faux finish. This has cut out an entire day of base coat painting because you are essentially basecaoting while you faux. This works well with 2 people as one will roll the other will faux paint. These are just 2 of my favorites more to come......