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BAA On-line Salon

Welcome to our Online Salon experiment! Here, BAA members can share their work and their thoughts about it .. what they're trying to convey, what's working, what may still feel unsettled ... whatever is on one's mind. It doesn't matter if the work is still in progress, finished, old or new. You can even solicit feedback by including your email address! Works will display for a duration of two months. One submission per member at a time please!

To submit your work, just send a quality image of your piece along with your name, title of the piece and your description/thoughts on the work (up to 200 words) to either Peter Keitel or Susan Trottier. You're welcome to include a price and just let us know if you'd like us to include your email so that viewers can contact you.

Click on any of the images below to scroll through all of the submissions.

Kevin Kuhne, Watercolor

I have been working on this piece on and off since last year, based on photographs that I took many years ago at the New Britain Museum of Art in Connecticut. Thomas Hart Benton has made a great impression on me over the years…his amazing compositions, flowing movement, and mastery of Renaissance painting techniques are inspiring…so this was an excuse to “copy” some of his work and use it in my own composition.
In addition, I had a large rolled up sheet of rough watercolor paper that a friend had given me which I was dying to use productively. This painting is one of many I have been producing since 2018 based on photographs of people looking at art in galleries and museums. I find the lighting and postures of the figures to be as interesting as the artwork. Plus, part of the fun is rendering the artwork in the medium of watercolor.
However, although I am using the same color palette of the “copied” paintings in my figures, I still have not resolved whether in future paintings to paint the viewers closer in the style of the artist they are viewing or to continue in my own figure-painting style.

Ellie Prakken, Mixed Media

This is a work in progress and I’m not sure what I should do next if anything. I would welcome any suggestions.

Peter Keitel, Acrylic

This is my current project. It is for a Windham Arts Alliance show about landmarks in the Catskills.
I thought it would be fun to do a painting og Thomas Cole's Privy. Always looking for something different to do. I've had a tough time matching the colors but I visited the Cole Site and got info about the historic colors that were used in the restoration.
Let me know what you think.

Susan G Trottier, Oil

I haven't been painting as I much as I'd like these past several months, so painted worked up "Plates and Apples" to raise my "painting vibration". Still life painting is like comfort food to me. Size is 11x14

As the painting is still in progress, I'd be interested in receiving feedback on what viewers find works and/or what might be distracting. There is a bit of glare, as the paint was still wet when I snapped the photo.

Happy viewing!

Eden Scoville Hart, Oil

This is an oil painting on primed panel painted at the Catskill Point a few weeks ago. I like to paint directly from life to study nature and practice painting skills. Sometimes I work on them at home and they become something else or a jumping off point for another idea. I primarily like plein air landscape painting but I also draw and doodle lots of things. All comments and suggestions welcome.

You can follow my Plein-Air blog
https://substack.com/@catskillpainter?utm_source=profile-page

My website is edenscovillehart.com

Denise Crisafulli, Watercolor

I submitted this for the upcoming “Built” to benefit Historical Albany.

“Doorways on the Park” - watercolor which I don’t usually do - and framed with a window from the Architectural Parts Warehouse. It was a challenge for me and welcome any comments….

Kristine Kelly, Mixed Media

The Memory of Trees is an abstracted landscape done in mixed media on black canvas. The title of the painting comes from the name of the fourth studio album by the Irish singer, Enya. According to the album notes, the songs in the album reference themes of Irish and Druid mythology. Trees in ancient Irish mythology were believed to be portals to the spirit world. In my painting I tried my best to portray the complexity and mystery of the three trees in the upper right corner and their connection to the earth by showing their roots in various colors and shapes. In this way I wanted to suggest the many pathways, and twists and turns that our lives can take.

This painting is part of a series on abstracted landscapes. It is 16 x 20.

I welcome any comments or questions.

Pat Viglucci, Acrylic

Maroon Bells, Colorado (work in progress)
10" x 20" acrylic on gallery wrap canvas

Every September, after we visit our son Paul in Colorado, I get inspired to paint mountains. This year he took us to Aspen to see Maroon Bells, a well know section of the Rockies. The Aspen trees were just starting to turn yellow. As I was writing this, I noticed the shore line was not level.
I will fix that tomorrow. I don't want the lake water running off the canvas. ;)

John Tobison, Photograph

The image is entitled “Blaine Driftwood” and was taken as sunset in Blaine, Washington. I was struck by the juxtaposition of the sunset, the lone watcher, and the massive driftwood in the foreground. I was shooting for a sense of “vast space” stretching out to the horizon with the wide aspect ratio. I’d love to get critique comments from the BAA members at my email address.
Members can see my other works here, if interested: NordicLightGallery.com.

Spring Art Exhibit

The Bethlehem Art Association was formed in 1966 to serve as a focal point for all kinds of visual art activities; and to provide contacts among artists, and between artists and the public.

Spring Art Exhibit

The Bethlehem Art Association was formed in 1966 to serve as a focal point for all kinds of visual art activities; and to provide contacts among artists, and between artists and the public.

Promoting art since 1966

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BAA On-line Salon