June 2009

Whoa.  So June finds me awash in exhibits up to my ears.  My show of NYC cityscapes will be up at the Starbucks on the Ithaca Commons until June 30th.  Then, it's 2 shows in July -- some older works in Binghamton at the Cube and some new works at the gimme! Espresso Shop in Trumansburg.  Finally, I'll be hanging a show of new larger paintings at Ithaca's Moosewood Restaurant in August.

Despite the shows, a few items have rocked my own little art world recently.

I am just jazzed to be painting a portrait of a mother and son over the Internet using Skype.  It helps that my 2 particular sitters are very captivating and interesting people, but the experience of working with portrait sitters in another part of the world is downright exciting.

I was also privileged to be included as a legal consultant to the New York Foundation for the Arts' MARK Artist weekend in early June.  Lucky to be part of the 2008 inaugural year as an artist, I had the benefit of seeing the work of some great and talented New York State artists from the 2009 class.  Follow this link to check them all out and then just google the heck out of them to find their work.

 I know this may seem trivial, but someone in the UK bought a necktie of mine from my zazzle page (and/or the "swag" link on the navigation bar at www.edmarion.com).  How cool is that?  Answer: tres.

 
And, oh yeah, I went a little self-portrait crazy in the last week in preparation for teaching a class on Portrait Drawing & Painting at the Community School of Music and Arts in Ithaca.  Seriously, it's not narcissism, it's just practice with a free model.  The 4 portraits done in June were each from life and took under an hour to complete.