Lowlands in the Valley

Hello. art lovers and blog readers! Spring is approaching softly and gradually here in the Hudson Valley, and my thoughts are turning to quiet mellow scenes like this one, with vegetation softening the contours of the land and foliage silhouetted against the sky.
I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York State. This blog contains my art images, art chat and where to purchase my work in galleries and on the net. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more art images can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
The painting at right is an oil on 14x18" stretched canvas, of lowlands along the n shore of the Hudson. The river is not far away, and in spring a network of small streams runs across the land and the views are gentle and peaceful on hazy days like this one. The light indicates it is late in the day and the foliage forms are softly gilded.
The price of this work is $1200. handsomely framed in a traditional manner.
Here are some other fine galleries that represent me and have my work in their walls: The Driftwood Gallery, Peekskill, NY; Green (Gallery), Saugerties, NY; Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Hunter, NY. /> Please e-mail me for addresses and contact info of the gallery nearest you.
I paint in a studio in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains between Woodstock and Saugerties on the west side of the Hudson River. I have a great weekend-long studio sale here in August; this year it will be August 16 and 17. If you would like a map to this sale or want to set up a private studio visit please e-mail and let me know.
When I sell an art work directly from this blog I give a 30 day return privilege if you are not delighted with it for any reason. I accept PayPal and payment instruments drawn on USA based banks. I ship insured by USPS and DHL and am very experienced in packing and shipping art.
Please let me know any questions or comments. I would love to hear from you!
Have a great day, Ellen

The Golden Fields Beyond

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I am Ellen Perantoni, landscape painter, and for those who read my blog posts regularly I apologize for not having posted for a while. Sometimes it takes a while until I am satisfied with a painting, that's one thing.
I live and paint in the Hudson Valley and my main inspirations are the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. This blog contains, art images, art chat and purchase/gallery info.
If you have any questions please contact me at eperantoni@yahoo.com
The painting at right is entitled "The Golden Fields Beyond". It has just been finished and is still drying. It's 14x18" on stretched canvas, and I will frame it in a museum quality antique gold frame. I frame in styles that work with antique or contemporary decor.
I will feature this work at my studio tour and sale August 16-17. If you can come to the mid-Hudson Valley for a beautiful summer weekend and would like to see my work in actuality, mark this date on your calendar--and contact me for a free map to the studio. This will be part of a townwide studio tour with 23 other opsn studios by artists and artisansd including potters, sculptors, batik artists and more. .
I'm happy to show my work at my studio by appointment, and allow people who have seen my work on the Net to see it in actuality before purchasing. If you purchase from a digital photo without seeing the painting you may return it within 30 days if you are not delighted. In that case you receive a full refund less shipping cost. I accept PayPal and funds drawn on USA based banks, and I ship insured.
My mountainside studio is about 2 hours from the NYC metro area, 4 hours from Boston, 1 hour from Albany.
To see more blog posts and more paintings please click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this web page. More of my art is on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni and I post new paintings there every month.
I hope you enjoy my blog. I would love to hear from you!

Catskill Creek, October

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! Isn't it great to contemplate art in the winter, when darkness closes in early? Of course it's just as wonderful to view art in the summer and other seasons, no matter what wonderful displays nature stages for us.
I am Ellen Perantoni and I paint the landscape in oil, in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley, immersed in its unique natural beauty.
This blog contains images of my art, art chat and purchase/gallery info. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my art can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
2007 was a significant year for me. In 2007 one of my works was acquired for the permanent collection of Whistler House Museum of Art, joining works by J. McNeil Whistler and J. Singer Sargent among others. I also became listed in AskArt, a standard reference list of respected artists containing many living as well as deceased artists.
The painting at right is entitled "Catskill Creek, October" and is shown in its museum quality heavy carved frame. This peaceful autumn view is 5x7" on artist canvas board, and its framed size on the wall is a little over 12x14". The gold glints in the frame finish further enliven the foliage color, and the painting is more detailed than can be shown in this digital photo image.
This work is at Berkshire Art Gallery, 80 Railroad St., Great Barrington, Mass. The gallery is open weekends from 12-5 and possibly during the week after Memorial Day. Before going there on a weekday it's best to call 413-528-2690. This work is priced at $325.
My work is also at other fine galleries, or you can view art at my studio by appointment. My studio is west of the Hudson, about 2 hours drive from the NY metro area, 4 hours from Boston.
I accept PayPal and funds drawn on USA-based banks.
I have a few other similarly sized paintings in this frame style; they look great in pairs and small groups.
If you purchase a work from an Internet photo without seeing the original, you can return it for a refund within 30 days if you are not delighted.
I am experienced and very competent in packing and shipping art work and ship insured through the USPS. I ship larger paintings by DHL.
I hope you will also browse through my previous blog posts, which can be seen by clicking on "Older Posts" at this bottom of this web page.
Please contact me with any questions. I would love to hear from you!
Have a great week,
Ellen

Happy New Year! A Few Images of Paintings Sold in 2007:

Hello, art lovers and blog readers. I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. I live and paint in the mid-Hudson Valley, in the heart of the region that inspired the nineteenth-century masters. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my work can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
These blog entries contain art images, art chat and purchase information about my work. I also sell Limited Edition prints of some of my most popular paintings, on paper and canvas.
This blog contains images of a sampling of my works sold in 2007. I miss them, but there are always more!
My work is on exhibit in several fine galleries in the Hudson Valley and New England, and I sell from this blog and by appointment at my studio. More info including Gallery addresses are given in other blog posts.
To see more blog posts click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page.
Please send any questions or comments--I would love to hear from you!
Very best, Ellen

Wide Valley at 7 O'Clock

Hello, art lovers and blog readers. Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season. I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York State, among the vistas that inspired the nineteenth-century masters. This blog contains art images, art chat, gallery and purchase information about my art. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my art can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
You can read more about me, my work and my exhibits on google or yahoo; there are several pages about me on each search engine.
The painting at right is entitled "Wide Valley at 7 O'Clock" and I've photographed it in its heavy museum quality frame. In the frame, it measures a little over 12x14". The painting on masonite panel is 5x7". This painting has been sold, to an Internet collector.
If you wish to view other, similar works in my studio I am about 2 hrs. from the NYC metro area, 1 hr. from Albany and 4 hrs. from Boston.
If you purchase an art work from a digital photo on the Internet you can return it for a refund within 30 days for any reason. But most purchasers say my work has much greater depth and beauty in actuality than it does in photos.
I accept PayPal and funds drawn on USA-based banks. I am very experienced at packing and shipping art. I ship insured by the USPS, FedEx and DHL.
I hope you will read my other blog posts, which contain also information on galleries that exhibit my work if you prefer to view art in a gallery. I have galleries at several locations in the Hudson Valley, New England and California.
Once again, have great holidays.
I would love to hear from you!
Ellen

Ten O'Clock at the Pond

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner influenced by the Hudson River School and the Barbizon School. I live and work in the Hudson Valley of New York State, inspired by the same views and magical light captured by the 19th century masters. This blog contains art images, art chat, gallery and purchase information. My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com
The painting in the above image is entitled "Ten O'Clock at the Pond" and is a Hudson Valley scene viewed on a tranquil night in midsummer. A most dreamlike and unutterably peaceful image. It is executed on 11x14" stretched canvas, and is framed in a massive traditional gold museum quality frame.
This painting image was selected for projection on screen screen during a multi-media performance celebrating the Hudson Valley Quadricentennial. This celebration began with a performance in Albany, NY and future performances will be in Peekskill, NYC, Oswego and Lake Placid.
The original of this work has been sold to a collector.
My studio is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area, in a forest on a mountainside in the northern Catskills, and other paintings can bee viewed there by appointment.
This work and some of my other images are also available as signed limited edition prints, on paper and canvas. A same-size signed and numbered print of this work on stretched canvas can be ordered for $145., unframed.
I accept PayPal and funds drawn on USA-based banks. I am very experienced in packing and shipping art and I ship insured by DHL, FedEx or USPS.
I hope you will view other blog posts, which can be viewed by scrolling down this page and then clicking on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page. Some of the paintings in these blog entries are sold but others are available. For those who prefer to view art in galleries there is gallery contact information for my galleries in Peekskill, NY; Poughkeepsie, NY; Pound Ridge, NY, Pine Plains, NY and Great Barrington, Mass.
During this past year I was honored by having my work added to the permanent collection of Whistler House Museum of Art, which houses works by Whistler, Sargent and others. My work is listed in AskArt.
Have a great week and a great holiday! I would love to hear from you.
Very best,

Blue Mountain Cottage

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I am Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil. My art is strongly influenced by the 19th century Hudson River School and the transitional Barbizon School. I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York State, amid the very landscape and atmosphere that inspired those immortal 19th century works of art. This blog is about my art images, art chat and purchase info. I sell my art through fine galleries, from my studio and from this blog.
My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my work can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni
The painting at upper right is entitled "Blue Mountain Cottage", an 18x24" oil on stretched canvas which I've been working on since early fall, and is drying and awaiting its varnish. It was inspired by the hamlet of Blue Mountain, just east of the rampart of the northern Catskills.
This work is framed in a museum quality frame and is on exhibit at the Arlingt5on Art Gallery, 32 Raymond St., Poughkeepsie, NY. The Arlington is open every afternoon but Monday. This work is priced at $2400. in its museum quality wide gold frame, which brings its size to about 26x32" on the wall.
I hope you will read further blog posts, including those which can be seen by clicking on "Older Posts" at this bottom of this web page.
Enjoy the blog. Please contact me directly about any paintings which are not in the fine galleries that represent me--I always have some works in my studio that can be viewed by appointment, or at my August 16-17 studio tour and sale. The sutdio is about 2 hr. from he NYC metro area, 1 hr. from Albany, 4 hrws. from Boston, 2 hrs. from Hartford Ct. and Springfield, Mass.
Best, Ellen