Summer Evening at North Lake

Hello, aficionados of landscape art and blog readers in general!  This is Ellen Perantoni again, painter of the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the slightly later Barbizon School. I have often visited North Lake State Park in the northern Catskill Mountains west of the Hudson, and enjoyed many firelit evenings on the shore of tranquil North Lake.   I and my family have seen dozens of beautiful sunsets there, as the the trees become silhouetted in delicious dark colors against flaming skies like the one in this painting.  I have been posting painting images, art chat and purchase info on this blog since 2007.  The apparent simplicity of this image notwithstanding, I have been working on this painting off and on for years.    My paintings tend to take a long time until I'm satisfied.  You can see more of my art on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni and my e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com

     This painting is executed on a 14x18" stretched canvas and framed as shown in a handsome wood frame that  brings the size on the wall to about 19x23".  it is now in my studio and is priced at $1275.  I would consider a payment plan for a sincere collector. 

     If you would like to see my art before purchase I will be happy to show it at my studio by appointment.  the studio is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area and within a few hours of most points in New England, NJ and eastern PA.  The mid Hudson Valley region where I live is a delightful place to spend a weekend.  

     If you purchase a painting from an Internet photo and are not delighted with it you can return it for a refund within 30 days.   If you prefer to view art at a gallery, my work is on exhibit at the Driftwood Gallery, Peekskill, NY;   Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Hunter, NY;  Green (gallery), Saugerties, NY.  My art is also on display in Rhinebeck, NY on the walls of At the Top, on Montgomery St. 

     I also exhibit at temporary art shows and plan two studio sale weekends  this year:  one the second weekend of August and one this spring, date TBA.     Please contact me for more info and directions or or watch this blog. 

   To view blog posts going back to 2007 click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page.   I would love to hear from you!

Panorama Along the Upper Hudson, and Commissioned Art:

Hello, art lovers and blog readers!  This is Ellen Perantoni, with another oil painting of a sunset view of the glorious Hudson River.  This is a view from the eastern shore, looking southwestward toward the distant Catskill Mountains on a calm evening.  I live and paint in this wonderful region and am able to to enjoy and paint such views with minimal travel.  I've been posting art images, art chat and purchase info on this blog since 2007.  You can see a quick overview of my art on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni and my e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com

This painting is drying in my studio after a great many hours of work, contemplation and refinements of the lighting and the many details (the latter do not show up very well in a digital photo).  It is on a 20x30" stretched canvas and is priced $2600.  I can frame it in a variety of appropriate frame styles or a style of your choice;  you can see some of the styles I use in other posts on this blog.

    I also paint collectors' favorite views in the manner of the Hudson River School as commissioned works.  I can paint a view at the client's favorite time of day and time of year.  I can start such a painting on site if possible, or paint from photographs.  If you have a favorite view you would like painted please contact me for more info. 

   If you would like to see this work or others before purchase I will be happy to show it by appointment;  as I said I believe it would be better appreciated in actuality.   My studio is about a 2 hour drive north from the NYC metro area and within a few hours of most points in NY, NE, NJ and eastern PA

If you purchase a work from an Internet photo you can return it for a refund within 30 days if you are not delighted.  

  If you prefer to view art in galleries I also have work on display in fine art galleries which are listed elsewhere on this blog, or please contact me for the exhibit nearest you. 

    To view more of this blog going back to 2007 click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page.  Have fun. I would love to hear from you.
  
  Best, Ellen

Farmhouse in the Valley

Hello, art lovers and blog readers!  This is Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil, in the manner of the Hudson River School of the nineteenth century. My paintings generally show nature in its pristine aspect but in ths case I could not resist painting this valley home as the hideaway many of us would love to have at one time or another.  The farmhouse seems to grow almost organically at the base of the hill.  You don't know whether the sky is going to clear up, storm, or become a spectacular sunset. I have been posting in this blog since 2007 with art, art chat and exhibit/purchase info.  I live and paint in this wonderful region, where much of the landscape is little changed since the 19th century. More of my art can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni and my e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com
     This painting is currently drying in my studio.  it is on stretched canvas sized 16x20" and I will probably frame it in a traditional walnut frame, to harmonize with the soft browns  Or I can frame it to suit the collector who purchases it.  It is priced at $1500. plus framing cost if the purchaser wants me to frame it. 
      When you see the actual painting you see it has almost a 3-D look, which I achieve by intensive work, not by piling the paint on thickly   Like all my art, it evokes a mood and an emotion using the realistic elements of the scene.  
    If you would like to see my art before purchase I will show it by appointment at my studio.  The studio is about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area,  and within a few hours of most points in New England, NJ and eastern PA. If you purchase a work from an Internet photo without first seeing the painting you can return it within 30 days if you are not delighted. Most people think my paintings look better than the very limited digital photos on the Net.
    If you prefer to view art in galleries, a list of galleries and exhibits where my art is shown can be found in other blog posts.  I hope you will enjoy reading more of these posts;  to see more please click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page. 
   Have fun!  I would love to hear from you.  best, Ellen 
     

View from the Park

Hello, art lovers and blog readers!  This is Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil in the manner of the Hudson River School, that uniquely American school of art born in the nineteenth century.  I live and paint in the Hudson Valley of New York, and today I took my mind off the current February blizzard by finishing this painting of the way this beautiful valley looks at the very beginning of fall.  Some of the leaves are already showing scarlet, but the foliage as one looks west toward the mountains is still mostly green.  Lazy clouds sail across the sky.  This blog contains art chat, art images and purchase info.  My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com and more of my art can be seen on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni

This painting is on stretched canvas 12x16".  This work has been sold to a collector, but more paintings of the Hudson Valley can be seen at my studio and at art galleries that represent me.

The fine detail and subtleties of color cannot be appreciated from this digital Internet photo. If you would like to view similar works in my studio I will be happy to show them by appointment.  The studio is in the forested foothills of the Catskill Mountains, about 2 hours north of the NYC metro area and within a few hours of most points in NY, New England, NJ or eastern PA.  

If you purchase my art from an Internet photo without seeing the original you can return it within 30 days if you are not delighted.  Most collectors feel my art looks better in actuality and they love it.

My art is also in selected fine galleries such as The Driftwood Gallery, Peekskill, NY; Kaaterskill Fine Arts, Hunter, NY; Green, Saugerties, NY.   I also exhibit in periodic art shows and have one or two studio sale weekends a year.  Therre is one coming up in August 2013 and another this spring, on a date TBA.  Please contact me for further info.  

I have been posting on this blog since 2007.  To read more posts click on "Older Posts" at the bottom of this page.  I hope you will enjoy it, and I would love to hear from you.  Ellen Perantoni

Cove and Streamlet, Hudson Valley

Hello.  This is Ellen Perantoni, painter of the landscape in oil, wishing you the very best in 2013.  This painting is now drying in my studio, and I am assembling my paints and brushes to begin a new work.   I paint the Hudson Valley and New England landscape in a manner inspired by the Hudson River school paintings of the nineteenth century by such masters as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, and Sanford Gifford.  I feel fortunate to live and paint near many of the same sites they immortalized, and have often been drawn to paint famous views myself.  This painting is my interpretation of one of the many places of quiet beauty not far west of the Hudson, in the shadow of the Catskill Mountains.  You can see more of my art on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni, and my e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com

This work is on 12x16" stretched canvas and is priced at $900.  framed in a museum quality carved gold frame. As framed is is about 20x24" on the wall.   It is on exhibit at the Alt Gallery, Hillside Plaza, Rt. 179, Sedona AZ.  the Alt Gallery phone is 928-554-7840.

  This blog goes back to 2007, and tells a story of the evolution of my art,and of many happy times in this valley, and of good times with friends and collectors.   It also shows appreciation, over time,  of the selling prices of my art.   I will consider a payment plan/fair offer for this painting from a sincere collector.  

I will paint your favorite view as a commission,  at your favorite time of day and time of year. .The tawny colors in this painting evoke a hushed day in late summer in our beautiful valley.  . 

If you would like to see my art before purchase I am happy to show it by appointment.  My studio is about 2 hours of the NYC metro area and within a few hours of most points in New England, NJ and eastern PA.   If you prefer to view art in a gallery, a few fine galleries in the Hudson Valley region represent me and have my art on exihibit all the time.  Please contact me or read more blog posts for gallery and exhibjt info

If you purchase a work from a digital photo without seeing the actual painting first, you can return the painting for refund within 30 days if you are not delighted.   .I think the painting in this post looks more sensitively detailed in actuality, and most people feel my art looks better than the flattish digital photos suitable for the Internet.

I would be happy to hear from you and answer any questions you may have.  .  Very best, Ellen  . 

Kaaterskill Clove, Late September

Happy holiday season art lovers and blog readers!  This is Ellen Perantoni again,  getting accustomed to changes in this blog posting procedure. Okay, I think I've got it!  I am a painter of the landscape in oil, in a manner inspired by the Hudson  River School of the nineteenth century and its immortal masters such as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church and Sanford Gifford. I lived a short distance away from such blissful vistas as the one shown in this painting for many years..  You can see more of my art in the rest of this blog and on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni.  My e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com

This painting is on 8x10" stretched canvas, and I am no selecting a frame for it.  You can see some of my frame styles in more posts on this blog (which I do hope you will want to read.)  This painting is priced at $500. framed in a quality carved gold wood frame.  It is on exhibit at the Alt Gallery, Hillside Plaza, Rt. 179, Sedona AZ.  The Alt gallery phone is 928-554-7840.  Watch this blog for the image of another painting I am working on, showing the Kaaterskill Clove (which is Dutch for a ravine or valley)  in winter.  The dramatic seasonal variations here make the region a particular exciting place to paint.  I will get back to this blog post later, am immersed in holiday prep as well as my usual painting activities.    Best, Ellen

Late Afteroon at the Quarry

Hello, art lovers and blog readers! I guess you are getting ready for the holiday season and I am too. The leaves have fallen from the trees here in the Hudson Valley, but one can always remember the soft afternoons of summer, and views such as this glimpse of afternoon sun on a still quarry pond. A friend of my family is fortunate enough to own this beautiful place, and as a landscape painter I was lucky enough to be able to capture this view. The fine detail of the foliage and highlights on the water cannot be fully appreciated from these digital Internet photos. I am Ellen Perantoni, and I often paint the landscape in oil in a manner inspired by the Hudson River School and the slightly later Barbizon School of the 1800s. This blog consists of my art images, art chat, and licensing and purchase info for those who are interested. You can see more of my art on www.artwanted.com/EllenPerantoni and my e-mail address is eperantoni@yahoo.com. I would be happy to hear from you. This painting is on 8x16" stretched canvas in a museum quality carved hardwood frame. On the wall it measures almost 14x22". It is now hanging in my studio and is priced at $900. I would consider a payment plan/fair offer from a sincere collector.  My art is also on display in fine galleries; contact me for the gallery nearest you.  Should you purchase my art from an Internet photo without seeing the original, you can return it for refund within 30 days if you are not delighted. References are available from collectors who have purchased my work over the Internet. Most people find my work looks better in actuality because digital photos do not show the depth and detail of my technique. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Best, Ellen .