My Upcoming Open Studio

After looking at everyone’s else’s artwork for 3 days at 6 New York City art fairs in early March, I was inspired to hunker down and focus on my own painting for the fast approaching Open Studio. I am pleased with what I have accomplished so far. Today I hope to finish up the raw double yolk painting (on the right).

I will be opening my Ardsley, NY home studio to the public as a participant in the 2015 RiverArts Studio Tour. This event will take place on Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th from 11am – 5pm. The location is 36 Sheldon Street, Ardsley. So save the date!

You are all invited to enter my annual Oreo Cookie Contest. Come and take a bite out of an Oreo to submit your entry! It’s that simple. I paint the winning Oreo and name the oil painting after the biter since it’s your “portrait”. Here’s what my kitchen table looked like last year.

There were so many entries that were good, it was difficult to select one winner. While I did some oil sketches, I need to pick the winning entry (and stop procrastinating!) and finish a detailed oil painting before the upcoming Open Studio.

Some of my newest works will be on display, including the largest Oreo I ever painted, call Cosmic Oreo. (Gotta keep the Oreo theme going strong….) This work was started for my Just Desserts demonstration and art marketing talk at the Scarsdale Art Association in October, 2014 (see The Sheer Joy of “Just Desserts”).

I named this painting Cosmic Oreo since the finished work reminded me of the cosmos with its planets, stars, and even space debris. How’s that for a new take on crumbs?

The entire collection of small works from the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge will be displayed for the first time.  In case you were wondering if I am totally addicted to painting Oreos and desserts, you can see that I explored a variety of subjects during the Challenge.

Of course, no Open Studio would be complete without desserts – real and painted! Besides Oreos, we’ll have some of our favorite cakes, pies, and tarts from Riviera Bakehouse in Ardsley on hand. Bonnie is already picking out the dessert menu. You can see for yourselves what we served last year. Maybe something you eat will turn into my next painting… One thing you can be sure of is that I”ll be taking lots of photos!

I always look forward to this weekend – and to seeing all of you