Isalos Fine Art

We've been thinking about shows  for next year. I've thought about not doing a theme show with a number  of  artists, largely because that sort of  show is a lot of work. I was leaning more in that direction in the  days leading up to our Black + White show, but once the show was hung , and I saw how well the great variety of work went together, I couldn't help thinking about doing another one.

                                                           Rebecca Daugherty photo 

On our morning or evening walks up to Ames Pond on Indian Point, we often toss around ideas for the gallery. We sometimes see Stephen and Pam Pace strolling to the pond from their house, looking much the way they do in Stephen's paintings: Pam in her bright red hat, Stephen leaning over a tall walking stick, moving slowly beneath the  spruces. Ames Pond has inspired plenty of artists over the years, from Emily Muir to the artist of the day who happens to set up an easel on its shore. So we're planning an Ames Pond show for sometime next summer. Among  the entries, I expect we'll get our share of plein aire landscape paintings, but I would also hope we'll see some innovative and surprising responses to give the show some variety. Watch our call for entries page for further details.

It's been a bit hot, and today seems to be sort of day in which I get a lot of visitors who stroll quickly through the gallery without removing their sunglasses. The Victory Chimes (schooner) brought people who inquired about the desolate nature of the  winters here, and they didn't seem to believe me when I said I didn't think it was desolate at all. Lately, I've been doing plenty of kayaking, which has occasionally taken precedence over my evening open hours. A couple evenings ago after work, we paddled out to McGlathery Island as an imposing fogbank rolled toward us, enveloping us and the schooner Heritage as we arrived at the island. The sun shone from behind us, creating a fog-bow over the schooner, a visual effect that I'm sure some gallery visitors would assume to be some sort of computerized manipulation. That's the good thing  about getting out there; sometimes you have to see it to believe it.