Get Lost #14, Closing Reception

"The Derwood Farm"
6x8" oil on canvas

Throughout my show at Artists' Gallery, I've been posting the paintings I have in this show.   But all good things must end and this is the final batch - you can see all 21 of my "Get Lost" paintings via this link: "Get Lost".

"Get Lost" ends this Sunday and I hope you can join  Beatrice Bork and myself for "coffee & conversation", a closing reception on Sunday, Dec 4, 2011 from 2-5pm.

"Autumn in Hopewell"
11x14" oil on board

Artists' Gallery is located at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm.

"Grandview Sunset"
18x24" oil on canvas

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped make this a successful show!

Get Lost #13

"South Branch November"
South Branch of the Raritan River,
near Three Bridges, NJ
6x8" oil on board

"Wickecheoke July"
The Wickecheoke Creek
between Sergeantsville and Stockton, NJ
8x10" oil on board

Both of these paintings are of places I never tire of returning to, and I've painted each of these locations many times.  In the summer, I sometimes see blue herons flying along the Wickecheoke stream corridor, and what a magnificent sight to have one of those creatures fly by as I'm painting there.

These are just 2 of the paintings currently on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork. 

"Get Lost" is ending tomorrow, and I hope you can join us for "coffee & conversation", a closing reception on Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions
Gallery hours are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm  

Get Lost #12

"Clover Hill Sky"
24x18" oil on canvas

This scene is on Rainbow Hill Road, in East Amwell Township, NJ.  The Clover Hill Reformed Church is in the distance, in the town of Clover Hill.

This is one of the paintings currently on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork, running until December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours are every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm.

"Get Lost" is ending soon, and I hope you can join us for "coffee & conversation", a closing reception on Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm.

Get Lost #11

Most of my smaller paintings are done en plein air, which basically means they are painted outdoors, on location.  (But it sounds more impressive in French, no?)

Painting large outdoors is very challenging, so most of my larger works are painted indoors in my studio.   For reference, I'll use my photographs, memories and/or my smaller plein air paintings.

The two paintings below are an example of how I sometimes create a larger studio painting from a smaller plein air piece.  The larger painting is usually pretty faithful to the original, but at some point it has to take a life of it's own and not be just a copy of the smaller one.

The 8x10" piece was painted on location in Mercer County Park North West on the first day of spring last year:

"Mercer Meadows" (small)
8x10" oil on board

Sometime later, probably on a rainy day when I couldn't paint outside, I did this 18x24" painting in the studio, based on the smaller 8x10 plein air piece.   This larger version has some more detail, and I added the tree on the right to improve the composition.  I muted the ochers of the field to better balance the colors in the distant tree line and mountain:

"Mercer Meadows" (large)
18x24" oil on canvas

These 2 paintings and more are on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #10

"Pleasant Valley Farm"
11x14" oil on canvas

A group of old barns along Wilson Road on a late summer day, near Harbourton in West Amwell Twp, NJ.

This painting and many more are on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #9

"Farm Lane"
8x10" oil on linen on board

These 2 paintings were done at the Folusiak Farm off of Hollow Rd, Montgomery Twp, near Skillman, NJ.   The farm lane in the above painting leads to the group of old barns in the scene below.   No one lives here anymore, and the land is owed by the township, but someone still maintains the fields and cuts hay every summer.

"Rusted Roofs"
8x10" oil on canvas on board

These paintings are just a few of those on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #8

"Otto's Farm, First Day of Spring"
5x7" oil on board

This is another spot where I paint pretty often - Otto's Farm Park, near Neshanic Station, NJ, just around the corner from my home.   Otto's Farm is on the north slope of the Sourland Mountain, and this scene is looking across Amwell Valley towards Cushetunk Mountain, visible in the distance.   Cushetunk is the ring shaped mountain that forms Round Valley Reservoir.

This painting and many more are on display in "Get Lost" - my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #7

"Neshanic Summer"
8x10" oil on wood panel

The Neshanic River in Hillsborough, NJ, near where Amwell Road / Rt 514 crosses it.  This spot is less than 2 miles from my house and I've painted here often - as long as the water is low enough to wade out into the river.   Great place to spend a summer afternoon!

This is another of the paintings I have in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #6

"Amwell Sky"
12x24" oil on canvas

Another one of the paintings I have in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 to December 4, 2011 at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

The galley is closed Thanksgiving Day, but open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11am-6pm, as usual.

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

And Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Get Lost #5

"Horseshoe Bend"
Horseshoe Bend Road near Frenchtown, NJ
7x14" oil on board

Another one of the paintings I have in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 - December 4, 2011 at
at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #4

"Bowman's Tower"
by Joe Kazimierczyk
at Washington Crossing Park, just south of New Hope, PA
8x10" oil on canvas on board

"Go With the Flw"

by Beatrice Bork

watercolor painting

Some more of the paintings available in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 - December 4, 2011 at
at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #3

"East Amwell Spring"
On Cider Mill Road looking at Welisewitz Road
5x7" oil on board

"Springtime on the Neshanic"
the Neshanic River near Montgomery Road
5x7" oil on board

My paintings in "Get Lost" range in size from a small 5x7 inches, up to 20x30 inches for my largest piece.  Here are 2 of the smaller paintings I have in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 - December 4, 2011 at
at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #2

"Raven Rock Farm"
11x14" oil on board

Another one of the paintings I have in "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 - December 4, 2011 at
at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

Closing Reception: Sunday, Dec 4, 2-5pm

Get Lost #1

"Cider Mill Winter"
by Joe Kazimierczyk
12x24" oil on canvas

"Fall Flyer"

by Beatrice Bork

watercolor painting

These are some of the paintings available at "Get Lost" - a 2 person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork, running November 11 - December 4, 2011 at
at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

Get Lost Begins

Getting ready for an art exhibition is always a lot of work, so I've been very busy the past week.   But now, the show is hung and the doors are open!  Today is the first day of "Get Lost", my 2 person show with Beatrice Bork.

I have 21 pieces in the show, painted at 20 different locations.  (One of the paintings is a larger studio version of a small plein air painting).   Visitors to the gallery are generally interested in knowing the location of my landscape paintings, so I created this map for the gallery wall:

I know that my paintings are all very local, but I was surprised to see that over half of the paintings I have in this show are scenes located within 5 miles of my house.   I am fortunate to live in such a beautiful area!

Here are some shots of our paintings hanging in the gallery:

Joe Kazimierczyk - landscape paintings in oil

Beatrice Bork - animal art in watercolor

Opening Reception is tomorrow, Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 5-8pm at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street
Lambertville, NJ
map & directions

Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

I hope to see you there!

Get Lost this November

Beginning 11·11·11

"Get Lost"
a 2-person show with Joe Kazimierczyk and Beatrice Bork
at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ

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November 11 - December 4, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 12, 5-8pm
Closing Reception:  Sunday, December 4, 2-5pm

Top: "Go With the Flow" by Beatrice Bork
Bottom: "Mercer Park NW" by Joe Kazimierczyk

This month, I'm having a 2-person show with Beatrice Bork at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ.  I'll be showing my newest work, where I continue to explore the local landscape with an emphasis on skies and cloudscapes.  Beatrice is a very accomplished, award winning animal artist who paints birds and other animals in watercolor - the creatures who inhabit my landscapes but never seem to make it into my paintings.

The show runs November 11 through December 4, 2011.

Opening reception is Saturday, November 12 from 5-8pm at:

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street
Lambertville, NJ
map & directions
Gallery hours: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm

"Winter Sunset, Skillman"
by Joe Kazimierczyk
20x30 oil on canvas

Get Lost?  Painting is much more than holding a brush in your hands, it requires a great deal of exploration, observation and discovery.   Through field and forest you explore, discover and be inspired.  You get lost in the moment, tune out your everyday worries and really see what's in front of you.   It's in this "getting lost" where the artwork is born.    Beatrice and I invite you to Get Lost this November at Artists' Gallery!


Over the next few weeks, I'll post some more of the paintings that I have in this show, just so you don't forget about it.   :-)