Early Morning Fog

Up early this morning, turned on The Weather Channel and heard that it was foggy this morning. So I grabbed my camera and headed down to the Hudson River to see if there was anything interesting. As expected it was very quiet along the river, one lone boat out on the water, one man drinking his morning cup of coffee while reading the paper and the gulls hanging out on the docks waiting for the sun to burn through the fog and take the chill from the air. I could have stayed there all day. But reality set in and I had to come home and get to work.

Catskill Studio Tour

Tonight was the night. The first annual Catskill Studio Tour. I was displaying photos at The Muddy Cup along with work by Dara Young and Lex Grey. Dara spent the afternoon painting in the front window of the coffee shop, later, I came down and set up a street studio and shot a few photos of passersby. All in all, it was a quiet night on Main Street, perhaps by time I got there, folks were already tired out. But it was a beautiful night to be out and I thank those who stopped by to see the gallery and to say hello. Some photos from the night can be found at: http://www.eventproofs.com/ search on Catskill Studio Tour. There's no password.

The First Annual Village of Catskill Artist Studio and Gallery Tour

Lex Grey

Dara Young

On Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, the Catskill Gallery Association will be sponsoring a tour of studios and galleries in the Village of Catskill. http://catskillgalleryassociation.com/events.html

This is an all day event, please visit the CGA website for details.

Part of the all day event is an exhibit at The Muddy Cup. Below is release by Sarah Barker, artist and curator for this particular event.

"The Muddy Cup at 410 Main Street Catskill captures the sharing creative musings of a life in Catskill for the Open Studios. These four artist are active participants in the Village's flavor and lure. Jim DiPerna, documents life in Catskill as a native with an eye of extreme sensitivity to the beautiful subtleties of the lives and land that define place. Lex Grey opens minds and hearts with her lust for life in a "renaissance" embrace of media and voice.
Hillary Manning has shared her talents in the arts tirelessly for years; helping to revitalize the walls of town with art. Dara Young, gets out on the land to observe what it has to offer and offers a hand in town were ever she sees a need. Come take advantage of these artists openness to their work and process at the Muddy Cup Catskill Exhibition Space. The show will run from September 20th until October 19th 2008."

The photos you see here are some captures I've made to be used in conjunction with the artists work to give you a sense of who they are and how they work. Hope you enjoy the posting and we all wish you'd join us for this inaugural event.

Afternoon with Stettner

The entire summer has gone by and I almost didn't get a chance to spend any time with my friend and mentor, Louis Stettner, http://www.loustettner.com/ . Lucky for me, we were both free this past Saturday afternoon, so I spent some time with him at his home and studio. Louis had spent the previous week working on his photography, so we spent a few hours processing many rolls of black and white film. Since I've started shooting digitally, I haven't been in a conventional darkroom in years. It was fun to get back in there and get wet again. Louis has his own methods for processing film that were new to me and an honor to learn.

Louis is also an accomplished painter and sculptor. We spent some time in his painting studio discussing his recent work and some up coming shows. It is always a pleasurable learning experience when ever I share time with my friend. His work, thoughts and visions are enlightening and inspiring. Thank you Louis.

Louis will have three shows in the coming year. One in Bordeaux, France; one at the Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY and one at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC, NY Dec 11, 2008 to Feb 1, 2009 http://www.bonnibenrubi.com.