147SHOW PREVIEWforth,” she says. “I observe this each year
at a New Jersey beach club where window
boxes adorn the walls of a row of cabanas
that line a perennial flower garden. The
window boxes have plastic liners and in the
spring of each year they are delivered to a
local nursery where they are planted with
seeds inside a greenhouse. The liners are
then transported to the beach club in May
to the delight of the beachgoers.”
One of the figurative pieces in the show
is Feustel’s Playtime, which depicts a
young girl playing at a table. “A figurative
painting can tell a story through an expres-
sion that conveys a particular emotion or
a setting that evokes a memory,” the artist
explains. “As a portrait artist, I was drawn
to paint this young girl’s innocence and the
beautiful light cascading over her. I chose
to capture her in this quiet moment at play,keeping both the composition and color
scheme reserved to echo the simplicity of
pioneer life.”
On December 14, from noon to 3 p.m.
Anderson will host a ticketed still life
demonstration with limited seating avail-
able. The following day is the celebration
of Schmid’s newest publication My Still
Life Art from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Available
will be Schmid’s books, DVDs and a new
print. In discussing why he decided to
write a book on his still lifes, Schmid says,
it is “because I have been doing still life
ever since I began painting. My develop-
ment as a young artist was happening so
rapidly that I wanted to have a record of
my techniques as they occurred and then
blended it with newer ways of painting.”West Wind Fine Art
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Nancy Guzik, Cape Cod
Peonies, oil, 12 x 24"
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Josh Clare, New England
Red, oil, 11 x 14"
3
Daniel J. Keys, Cup,
Carnations, & Rosehips,
oil on linen panel, 10 x 8"4
Richard Schmid,
A Christmas Still Life,
oil, 14 x 30"
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Kathy Anderson, Green
Tea and Roses, oil, 8 x 10"45