Buckhorn State Park and the Woods Creek Canoe Launch area

It was a spectacular spring day at Buckhorn State Park, although the group was small today, nature cooperated with warm light and a pretty scene. Diane Goupil shows Jean McDonald a heron in flight.

 Jean used water soluble colored pencils and plans to add water to her colors at her weekly Grand Island art group.

 Joan Turrell has the neatest supply cart, it turns over to make a table for her pastels, there are even beverage slots, perfect for art supplies that would blow away.

 Diane's water color painting was developing nicely, it seemed we all chose similar scenes today, the water reflections and meadow in the background was hard to pass up.

Kath Schifano used BFK oil paper for her oil painting [in progress]

Guerrilla Painters

We were fortunate to have Carl Judson in town for a few days, he made a visit to Hyatt Art Supplies, a presentation at Partners in Art, painted at the Falls, had a sit down evening with 10 members of NFPAP at Kathy Schifano's house, and painted the next day with our group in Wilson at Tuscarora State Park. He is the inventor of the original Guerrilla Painter boxes, of which there are several variations available.

Unfortunately, we had such a great time that there are no group photos. Many of our members took advantage of the supplies in his spiffy traveling van and updated their field boxes, now we are a traveling bunch of advertisements for the French Resistance, 9x12 laptop and cigar box setups as well as all the accessories a bunch of painters could want.

In the park, Carl cozied up with his 25 year old guerilla box to capture the trillium explosion on the path, adding to his collection of wildflower paintings. Painters were scattered along the hill, the water and down the paths, rejoining for a big lunch bunch. It was a bit windy, bringing cold in off Lake Ontario, but brilliant sunshine and dressing in layers kept all of us on task. Thanks to Sherrill Primo for setting up this annual Spring paintout and thanks to Carl for joining us before heading to Rochester. Happy trails as you move around the USA with your message of art.

Kathy Schifano invited Carl Judson to WNY to meet our group

More about the painters at Stella Niagara

Through an invitation from Western NewYork Land Conservancy, six artists from Niagara Frontier Plein Air Painters gathered at Stella Niagara on a breezy April morning to immerse themselves in its tranquility and beauty. By then rich tones of deep red-violet and green-gold had begun to replace weary winter whites and neutrals. Catching a view of the Canadian Niagara Escarpment in the far distance was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

Donna Hale

Joan Shaw

Kathy Schifano

Linda Ludwig

Sandy Heath and Joan Turrell