Manayunk.

Hey there, just wanted to let y'all know, I have two paintings in a juried exhibition at the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, in the northwest corner of the City of Brotherly Love, good ole Philly. Manayunk is really interesting, and surprisingly vibrant and charming. It's up a big hill from the Schuylkill River - I love towns built on hills. Anyway, the show is up through July 31 - check it out if you're here in the city.



From what I remember...

Hey there,

Just wanted to give you a heads-up about a group show I will be in next January, with a bunch of exceptional artists, at Principle Gallery in Alexandria, Virginia. The three artists of Broad Street Studios have pulled together an exhibition around the theme of "From What I Remember/From What I Forget..." about personal narratives and memory. Here's the link with examples of work from all of the artists included in the show (not necessarily the work which will be in the show, but just  a representative example):

http://www.thebroadstreetstudio.com/remember.html

Down with the DPC.

Hey there Internet, Happy Fourth! I've been celebrating our nation's independence by... painting!!! Whooop! No fireworks for me, just the explosive magics happening in the art studio! Or... something.

Anyway, on Saturday I did some outdoor landscape painting - definitely still frightening and uncharted territory for me - with a groovy group of people from PAFA, including Mike Manley, David Campbell Wilson, Alina Osipov and Lexi Thomas. Mike has a great recap on the blog for their painting group (the "Dirty Palette Club"), so I'm going to be lazy here and link to his post, add a few photos of my own, below, and then call it a day - an independence day, in fact! Woot!

 Mike in the comfy chair

 Alina and her painting

 Painters in action

David being all arty

Au Canada!

John and I made a great little trip north to Montreal last weekend - what a fun city! Here are some photos:

On the way into the city, on a seriously foggy morning.

An art installation of giant air-freshener trees.



 Notre Dame: c'est obligatoire.

 Giant chess boards.

 Funky murals, cool architecture.

 Juste pour rire/just for laughs

 Elaborate graffiti

 Likewise, more elaborate graffiti

 John, going with the flow

 On the right: the movie that we saw. I love Isabelle Carré

John au Restaurant Les Pyrénées



 Along the St. Lawrence River

 Fancy metro station

 On the way up to Parc Mont Royal

 Telephone booth at the top of Mont Royal. John has entitled this photo "A Call of Nature."

A little snailfriend we made on the top of Mont Royal



 The ugly Croix de Montreal. Ugly! Ugh.

 Us chillin' in the Parc de Mont Royal

 Leaning birches on the way down from Mont Royal

 More crazy graffiti

 Under Pressure! more graffiti.

 Oh la la! Indeed.

 More graffiti/murals... I think I spy Alfred Hitchcock in there.

A perfect example of Montreal's architectural schizophrenia...



Et voila, des fleurs. C'etait un bon voyage! Merci et bonne nuit!

Two score, no more.

I am busy today trying to celebrate a slightly nauseating milestone in my life, so I'll catch up with y'all here in a few about our recent trip to Montréal, Québec. In the meantime, here's a pic from the trip - me hangin' with James McGill of McGill University:

Heavens to Etsy!

I am happy to announce that I finally have set up an Etsy shop, where I will be selling fine art prints of paintings from my "fabrication" series (like the painting below) - here's the link to the shop, be sure to visit!

http://www.dianefeissel.etsy.com/

impossibilitea, 12"x16", oil on printed fabric. Get a print of it here!

KC.

Hey! Been busy. More updates soon. In the meantime, here's a recent sketch of a friend from NC:

sketch of KC, oil on canvas, 12"x12"