Night on the Inlet, and Upcoming Art Talk July 11:

Happy Summer to all! I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in art in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School painters and the work of George Inness. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York State, surrounded by the same views and magical light that inspired the oprigianal nineteenth century masters in this uniquely American style. This blog consists of art images, art chat and purchase info.
On July 11 I will give an art talk at Kaaterskill Fine Arts in Main Street in Hunter, a beautiful ski town in the northern Catskills. The talk will be at 1 pm EST and it is free; please message me for directions if you would like to go. This is about 2-3/4 hours north of New York City. I am also getting ready for the seventh Town of Saugerties artists studio tour the weekend of August 8-9. Along with other artists in the Hudson Riverfront township of Saugerties I will have an open studio on those dates, from 10-6.
Illustrated maps showing the locations of the studios will soon be available. The studios tour in a pleasant 2 hour drive from the NYC metro area and a few hours from most locations in NY State, New England, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Contact me for a free map; it will be a great way to spend the weekend!
The painting at right, "Night on the Inlet", is drying in my studio and will be on the tour. I love to paint the landscape at all hours and all seasons, and am intrigued by night and the enchanting possibilities night offers when the moon is full enough to create silvery glows in the sky and to frost the peaceful scenes below.
This work is 14x18" on stretched canvas, framed as shown in a complimentary wood frame. The oil as framed is almost 20 by 24". I expect to varnish it and have it ready for viewing on tour weekend (subject to prior sale. But if this sells before the tour there will be a good selection of my other art, including original oils, oil sketches and studies, and prints on canvas and paper.
For those who prefer to view work at a gallery, I am represented by several fine galleries in NYS, New England and California. These are Green (gallery), Saugerties, NY; Berkshire Art Gallery, Great Barrington, MA; The Driftwood Gallery, Peekeksill, NY; The Lionheart Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY; Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Hunter, NY; Bodega Bay Heritage Gallery, Bodega Bay, CA. Addresses and contact info for these galleries are given in other posts on this blog, or ask me for the gallery nearest you.
More of my art images are on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni If you purchase a painting from an Internet photo you can return it within 30 days if you are not delighted. But most people feel my work looks a lot better in actuality--I paint with considerable depth in a series of glazes, and digital photos don't capture this very well.
I also love to paint "View Portraits"--a term I have copyrighted--of clients' favorite views. Other people's ideas about what to paint enrich my perceptions and it is fun to take someone's wishes and bring them to life on canvas.
To view more blog posts, please click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this web page--I have blog posts with art images going back to March 2007.
I would love to hear from you readers to discuss Hudson Valley art and history. Well, I will get going now...it looks like a lovely day to paint. Have a great week! Ellen Perantoni

Ledge Above the Hudson, at Dawn

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School painters, and later Barbizon School painters like George Inness. I live and work in the mid-Hudson Valley, and I enjoy and paint the same scenery those nineteenth century masters did.
This blog contains art images, art chat and purchase info. My blog posts date back to March 2007; to see older posts just click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this web page. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com
The painting at right is entitled "Ledge Above the Hudson, at Dawn" and I have suffused the eastward-facing rocks and foliage of of "the Escarpment" with the early roseate flush people rarely see; those who are up at dawn are usually too busy getting ready for something...
That is one of my personal missions in painting this magical landscape --to capture and subtly interpret what memory and even photography cannot.
This painting is 8x10" on stretched canvas. It is now drying in my studio. It will probably be in the Saugerties Artist's Tour August 8-9 from 10-6, when my studio and others in my community will be open to the public.
Or, I would sell it from this blog. As framed in its carved wood museum quality frame, it is almost 12x14" on the wall and the price is $500. I will consider a payment plan/fair offer from a sincere collector.
Most people who purchase my work from an Internet digital photo feels it looks much better in actuality-it has more detail and depth than dot-matrix photography can show. If you purchase a work from an internet photo and you are not delighted, you can return the work for a refund within 30 days.
To visit my studio during SAT weekend--or by appointment--the studio is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area, and within a few hours of most points in New York, New England, NJ and PA.
Hope you enjoy this blog. I would love to hear from you.
Have a great Sunday,
Ellen

Rainbow Sky Seen from Olana, a Study

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! This is Ellen Perantoni again; I'm a landscape painter, working in oil and inspired by the Hudson River School painters of the 1800s, and also the Barbizon School as explored by George Inness. I live and paint in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York State, the same beautiful region immortalized by those master painters. And I am delighted that it has not changed much.
This blog has images of my paintings, art chat and purchase info. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and I started this blog in March 2007. You can see posts going back that period by clicking on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this web page.
The painting at right, entitled "Rainbow Sky Seen from Olana, a Study" is on 5x7" artist board in a museum quality carved bronze-gold frame, which brings its size on the wall to about 13-1/2" by 11-1/2". It is presently drying in my studio, and is p[riced $300., a typical price at which many studies have sold in the art galleries that represent my work.
This is the view from the rearlawn of Frederick Church's famous estate "Olana" overlooking the upper Hudson. Master painter Church felt this view was the best in the world, and I can see his point. I have painted this view many times, in many sizes, by night and day, at all seasons and under spectacular skies.
My art can also be seen by appointment at my studio, about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area. It's a nice trip and a lovely area to visit at this time of year.
If you purchase a painting from a digital photo on this blog and you are not delighted with it for any reason, you can return it within 30 days for a refund.
I am now going to plan my painting day tomorrow, and an art talk I will be giving in the Catskill Mountain town of Hunter in July. Have a great week, and I would love to hear from you.
Ellen

Lighthouse Path on the Hudson and 2009 Saugerties Art Tour Weekend August 8-9

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! This is Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School of art and the slightly later Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York State. I and my art really come alive at this time of year, when the foliage returns to the trees and dramatic weather variations inspire drama in my paintings also. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and I hope you enjoy these blog posts, going back to March 2007.
This blog is about my art images, art chat and purchase info.
Much of my art these days is celebrating the Quadricentennial celebration of Henry Hudson's first voyage up the river that now bears his name, in 1609.
There is now a lighthouse on the river on a tiny island outside Saugerties in the mid Hudson Valley. To visit this picturesque lighthouse, you park about a half mile away and walk a path along the river that has beautiful views (and is sometimes under a few inches of water, when the tide comes in). The Hudson River is an estuary or tidal river; sometimes water flows into the Hudson from the Atlantic Ocean and sometimes it flows out again.
This view I have painted is of a pretty spot on the path, at low tide to show a bit of beach. It is entitled "Lighthouse Path on the Hudson" and is 8x10" on stretched canvas. This work was just sold from my studio, to the first collector who saw it.
I show my art by appointment in my studio and at selected galleries, as well as selling online. If you purchase my work from an Internet photo and you are not delighted with it you cn return it for a refund within 30 days.
Or make an appointment to visit my studio; my studio is in a pretty Catskill mountainside location about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area, and within a few hours of most points in New England, NJ and PA.
If you prefer to view art in a gallery, please read my other blog posts for info on the galleries that always have some of my work on exhibit in New York State, New England and California. Or e-mail me for the info.
I am starting to get ready for the annual Saugerties Art Tour August 8 and 9 of this year, when my studio will be open to the public from 10-6 Saturday and Sunday. 31other art and craft studios in the area will also be open. For a free map to the studios please e-mail me or keep an eye on the site www.saugertiesarttour.com
Well, gotta run. Today I am moving from my winter studio to my summer studio area, always a pleasant task despite the bit of drudgery involved.
I would love to hear from you. Have a great weekend!
Ellen

Cliffsides by the Water

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! Don't know about where you are, but the first shoots of grass and the crocuses and daffodils are up in the Hudson Valley, where I live and paint. My art is inspired by nature, and nature here is magnificent. Much of the beauty captured by the nineteenth century masters of the Hudson River School is still intact, and this inspires me first and foremost. These blog posts contain images of my landscapes, art chat and exhibit and purchase info.
My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my art can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
I am just finishing the oil at right, entitled "Cliffsides by the Water". It is 20x30" on stretched canvas, and in one of the traditional gold frames I generally use to frame my paintings it will be almost 30x40" on the wall.
It may eventually be consigned to one of the fine galleries that represent me, where it will be priced in the $3000. range. I would consider a payment plan/fair offer from a sincere collector. I also sell my art by appointment at my studio.
If you purchase a work of art from a digital Internet photo without seeing the original, you can return it within 30 days for a refund if you are not delighted.
Most people feel my paintings look a lot better than the Internet photos. My style has a lot of depth which cannot be appreciated from dot-matrix photography.
For a list of art galleries that exhibit my work, with contact info, please read more of these blog posts.
I will be happy to answer any questions and like to chat about Hudson Valley art and history.
Have a great week!
Ellen

Sailboats on Quiet River, and the Hudson Valley Quadricentennial

Hello, art lovers and blog readers.
This is my second blog post in a week, a sign am being energized by the coming spring which is starting to evidence itself in crocuses blooming and delightful warm sunshine.
I paint the landscape in oil, in a manner inspired by the Hudson River school of painting and the slightly later Barbizon School.
I live and paint in the Hudson Valley, which this year is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage up this river from what is now New York City. It seems strange to think our country is 400 years old, an age much predating the Declaration of Independence, but it is.
A major center of American civilization started right in this region with Hudson's historic voyage upriver.
Though I'm not familiar with the exact configuration of the ships of 1609, this painting was inspired by my concept of Henry Hudson and his companions on his voyage. Hudson River views in warm weather have a stately, dreamlike and very still feeling that seems timeless. One could sit on the banks and gaze and perhaps meditate for hours, losing track of time.
Even the clouds scarcely seem to move in this painting of ships that are sailing yet seem becalmed.
This painting is on stretched canvas 11x14", framed in a traditional ornate gold museum quality frame. On the wall it is about 18x21". It is priced at $800. I would consider a payment plan/fair offer from a sincere collector.
One of my other Hudson Valley paintings was among 4 selected statewide for a multimedia performance celebrating the Quadricentennial, which toured the state last month.
Much of my work is exhibited and sold by several fine galleries that represent me in New York, Massachusetts and California. If you prefer to view art in a gallery setting, please read other blog posts for gallery and contact information. At the bottom of this page click on "Older Posts".
I also sell from my studio by appointment. The studio is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area and within a few hours from most points in New England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
If you purchase a work from this blog with seeing the original, you can return it within 30 days if you are not delighted. Most people feel my work looks much better in actuality.
If you have questions or comments I would love to hear from you.
Have a great weekend,
Ellen

Fields and Distant Light

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil, inspired by the Hudson River School and the slightly later Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley, surrounded by the same fabulous scenery and magical light that inspired the nineteenth century masters who originated this first American school of painting. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com I am listed in AskArt and you can read approximately 5 pages about my art in google and yahoo.
The painting at right, "Fields and Distant Light" is a 20x30" oil on stretched canvas which is still drying in my studio. I plan to frame it in a massive traditional gold frame. It will probably be consigned to one of the fine art galleries that represent me and exhibit my work. It will be priced in the $2600-3000range, as framed.
I also show my work by appointment at my studio, which is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area and a few hours or less from most points in New England, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The drive to my studio in this beautiful country gets nicer with each week that passes, at this time of the year. I would consider a payment plan/fair offer from a sincere collector.
As I paint in a series of glazes, the depth of my finished paintings does not show to its best advantage in any digital photo. If you purchase a work from a digital Internet photo, you can return it within 30 days if you are not delighted. Most people feel they look a lot better in actuality.
Some of the galleries that are exhibiting my work at present are the Driftwood Gallery, Peekskill, NY; The Lionheart Gallery, Pound Ridge, NY; Green (Gallery), Saugerties, NY; Kaaterskill Fine arts, Hunter, NY; and Berkshire Art Gallery, Great Barrington, Mass. Please contact me for addresses and hours of these galleries.
Well, the almost-April showers of the morning are clearing up and I am off to paint today! I hope all of you enjoy this day and this week.
Best,
Ellen