Diane Goupil's paintings featured at Grand Island library!

  

The Grand Island Memorial Library invested in display walls last year. Each month features a new artist and Diane Goupil was selected as artist of the month. Her work shows the variety of skills she has and the paintings attracted a lot of attention. These photos don't do them justice.

Fall beauty at Bonds Lake

Into October, it still feels like summer, but bits of fall color is emerging.

Linda and Bev studied the lake

Jennifer Koury's large watercolor emphasized reflections

Anne Zohur went abstract with brilliant color

Sharon Fundalinski's strong colors captured brilliance

Joan Shaw's pochade holds a painting in progress

Perfect day at Niagara Reservation

Three Sisters Islands at Niagara Falls remains one of NFPAP artists' favorite locations. Three bridges, slow medium and raging rapids, native species of animals and flora, easy parking all combine to make it a 'repeat' location. This day had no breeze nor mist, the sun was a bit hot but all the Painters found some shade. Who could ask for more from September?

On the third island we had watercolor and acrylics. 

Our newest member challenged the rapids.

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Diane kept cool with water color. 

Rachelle captured the rocks with pastel.

Carol worked on the last bridge. 

Joan was on the second island.

Carol's lovely watercolor and her photo of our location 

Kathy used oils for a closer view of the same scene.

Artists brave bad weather at Stegelmeier Park

Rachelle, Peggy, Jennifer and Sharon experienced a bit of summer cold, rain and wind, too. Not much was accomplished in this park. A beautiful day quickly turned into a storm and these brave ladies went home earlier than planned.

Getting people out to paint!

For the second year, our painters joined the NACC kids camp to help them see painters at work and to get them going on their own plein air pictures. Success! The kids, parents and counselors all enjoyed observing artists with different materials, and understand the concepts of plein air. Be outside, enjoy your time and paint what you see. 

Sherrill captured a big audience.

Is this Donna? The benches in Memorial Park made it easy to sit up and demonstrate to the very interested camp kids. .

They worked in sun, in shade, under the tent or right next to the 'grown' artists.

Carol invited us to the Niagara River

Joan Turrell concentrated on Carol's garden

Carol's lovely home nestles on the East River of Grand Island and she scheduled a paint date for us on an stunning lovely summer day. Her gardens are lovely, the river was calm and the camaraderie was special, as usual.

Kath Schifano focused on hollyhocks

Up close with Sherrill 

Sherrill Primo and Ann Zohar found shade on the river

High water at Youngstown

With all the news of high water on Lake Ontario, we should not have been surprised to see water over the docks and onto the walkways. The Niagara river and Mother Nature do what they want! 

It was a treat to be on the level of the water. Carol always manages to choose sunshine for our yacht club paint dates and her studio is an ever changing panorama of her continually evolving paintings. 

Ann, Jean, Jeanette 

Joan's pastel in progress

Donna in progress. The ghost of a departed boat remains.

Jeanette wowed all of us with this Sky.  Even better in person.

Ann's view of the old stone building, in the shade of her car trunk.

Back to spectacular Billy Wilson Park

Carol Vacanti pints, Diane Groupil looks on

There are a few different names to this park and it is unknown to many, but we look forward to Spring peepers, goose nests, ferns unrolling and soft greens on our palettes.

Jennifer took advantage of the trail rails 

Kath Schifano found grasses across the pond. 

This is lovely! Who did it?

Presbyterian Church at Kleinhan's Circle

Kleinhans Circle in Buffalo is rich in history and architecture. The painters chose the Medina Limestone First Presbyterian church for their subject, focus on the flowering trees and gardens gave contrast to the dark walls. There is such joy and discovery in study of an architect's details and these paintings show the beauty of this massive building. Various groups use parts of the building for offices so it is able to financially support itself with some help from the community and a host of volunteers.

Rev. Elena Delgado welcomed the painters, offered the facilities to us and allowed us access to this beautiful building. Kath saw the unique preparations for a wedding planned that evening. 

Diane Goupil

Jennifer Koury

Peggy Walker

Kath Schifano

side view of 1st Presbyterian church. Buffalo

Reinstein Woods

 A quiet place to paint, just as long as the wind doesn't blow the painting or send a brush between the wood slats of the floor. It seems that Rachelle Duszynski let her lovely painting go into the creek, but that pastel experience is just one of the hazards of plein air. Each one of us has a nightmare story from our plein air experiences, biting dogs, frozen bones, bee swarms, wind, rain and sunburn.

Joan Shaw, Sharon Fundalinski and Peg Walker on the overlook deck