Independence Day(s)
Roaming around YouTube the other evening I ran across the clip from The Newsroom where Jeff Daniels, in response to a question, rattles...
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Peace Gallery Blog
Contributions from our members and artist's tips, techniques, inspirations and favorites.
peacegallery112
Jun 19, 20232 min read
A Garden Project
There was a spot in my front yard where grass never grew. For a while I had raised beds there … then the deer found them and most of my...
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peacegallery112
May 20, 20232 min read
Welcome Aboard!
This weekend is the beginning of the second season for The Peace Gallery! Bernie has chosen the theme “Proudly She Served – A Salute to...
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peacegallery112
May 7, 20232 min read
Where To Go (but not how to get there)
If any of the previous articles on the Hudson River School (HRS) has wet your appetite for the real thing, you’re in luck. There are a...
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peacegallery112
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Inspiration (Part Two)
In my last year (4th year) of art school we were given the assignment of copying works by well known artists of the past. We were to copy...
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peacegallery112
Apr 1, 20232 min read
Inspired by van Gogh
Is there a particular art work that inspired you? My first thought is: No, there are hundreds, if not thousands. How can I choose one?...
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peacegallery112
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Inspiration from Early America II: The Luminist Movement
The Luminist style of painting is considered to have occurred from 1850 – 1875. Examples of the style may be found both earlier and...
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peacegallery112
Mar 5, 20233 min read
The Hudson River School: Frederick Edwin Church
Frederick Edwin Church was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father was a jeweler and banker who eventually became an official and...
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peacegallery112
Feb 19, 20232 min read
The Hudson River School: Asher Brown Durand
Asher B. Durand was born in Maplewood, New Jersey. He was the eighth of eleven children. His father was a watchmaker and a silversmith....
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peacegallery112
Feb 5, 20232 min read
Landscape Photography: Inspiration From Early America
In the effort to make the transition from taking snapshots to producing “real photographs” (an ongoing effort) I took a survey course on...
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peacegallery112
Jan 29, 20232 min read
Landscape Photography: Critiquing in Camera
I used to take a lot of snapshots. I'd go out two or three times a week, take a hundred plus photos each outing. At the end of the month...
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peacegallery112
Jan 22, 20232 min read
Landscape Photography: Using Your Smartphone
You’ve arrived at your destination and the setting is perfect. The clouds look fantastic and the light is going to be great. Before you...
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peacegallery112
Jan 15, 20232 min read
Infrared Photography
The word photography brings images to mind … happy families at scenic vistas with their point-and-shoots, a dozen or so tripods with...
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peacegallery112
Jan 8, 20232 min read
Colorful Cascades: An early idea for adding color to photographs applied to waterfalls.
I am not the run-out-and-get-the-latest-model type of guy. Usually, the only time a piece of gear is replaced is when it fails to...
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peacegallery112
Jan 1, 20233 min read
Winter Photography
The winter landscape begs for attention …. clean white snow, icicles, simplified scenery, later sunrises and earlier sunsets, and much...
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peacegallery112
Mar 6, 20221 min read
About a Frog
It's been almost 10 years since I called 112 Main Street my "home away from home" and the more time I spend in here, the more it starts...
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peacegallery112
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Transformation
It's been a few weeks of long days and late nights working at the Peace Gallery to give 112 Main Street a makeover, but it was worth it...
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