Notes From My Easel

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Archive for November, 2007

Midnight Mass

Posted: Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 @ 9:46 pm in Art | No Comments »

The celebration of Midnight Mass was probably started by the Christians of Jerusalem who held a midnight vigil at Bethlehem, followed by a torchlight procession to Jerusalem.  In the year 440 Pope Sixtus III honored the proclamation of Mary’s divine maternity by building the great basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.  Sixtus III also [...]

Holiday Studio Tour

Posted: Monday, November 12th, 2007 @ 11:20 pm in Art | No Comments »

The date for this year’s Holiday Studio Tour www.holidaystudiotour.com is Saturday, December 1st and Sunday, December 2nd 2007.  As always it is the first weekend in December.
My two new prints titled “The Cathedral” and “Midnight Mass” will be available in stores this coming weekend and are also available on the studio tour.
If you are planning [...]

Release date of prints

Posted: Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 @ 8:25 pm in Art | No Comments »

Hi, my new Christmas prints will be available in stores on Saturday, November 17, 2007.
The titles are:  “The Cathedral” & “Midnight Mass”.  Here are a couple of details from the latter…        Can you see Chaucer in the car?
Like I said, these are just a couple of ‘details’ out of the larger painting.  Can you guess the [...]

Holiday Studio Tour & Toy Drive

Posted: Friday, November 2nd, 2007 @ 8:34 pm in Art | No Comments »

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”  Well, not really if the weather is any indication, but the Holiday Studio Tour and Toy Drive website is again up for viewing.  www.holidaystudiotour.com   Take a look at the artists, including myself, and plan to take the tour.  Please don’t forget to bring a new, unwrapped toy [...]