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Day 190 ~ Cannon Hersey "Art Experience"

Met Cannon Hersey at an event at the Spanish Benevolent Society and had a wonderful conversation about his art. He invited me to his closing reception and I enthusiastically went on Thursday night with Jo Ann (who is featured in the photo below).  I loved the fact that he asked me what pieces spoke to me. What a great way to explore his art and my thoughts.

Check out Cannon's website http://www.cannonhersey.com/

Here are some of the pieces that spoke to me:

Day 63 ~ Sunday Hop of the Week ~ CrestFest and PhotoVille

Busy Saturday - with two events, dragging my friend Aimee to accompany me. I have been looking forward to these events for a while.

Crest Fest, a hardware inspired art show,where one feels like a treasure hunter going up and down the aisles of the Crest Hardware store, pleasantly surprised at every turn by art hidden in between hardware products. Proceeds from the event benefit the City Reliquary Museum.

Crest Fest, Brooklyn NY

Enjoy some of my favorites of the day ....

Photoville, described as a large scale Photographic village built from shipping containers is right up my alley. Getting off the East River Ferry, we walked the new park starting in DUMBO and ending up underneath the Brooklyn Heights promenade. Along the route, we were impressed by the views and The Fence - amazing photos displayed in a new, novel way.

Meandering in and out of the containers was so fun even though the heat was almost unbearable. The highlight of my day was meeting one of my most favorite, inspiring photographers -  Russell Frederick!

The Fence, Photoville 

DUMBO, NYC
Take a look a some of my favorites...

Day 5 ~ Sunday Hop of the Week - Dogs at Sears Peyton Gallery

I have know Kathryn for a while now since our kids are in the same class and remember picking up my daughter once from a play date many years back. Seeing Kathryn's dreamy paintings on her walls, I was instantly taken by her art. "Dogs" is her newest series of paintings - and they are just like dogs - lovable and beautiful.

The show is up now till June 23rd, 2012 at

Sears Peyton Gallery...

here are some other links to see Kathyrn's work:


Kathryn Lynch Paintings


Catalog of the Dog Paintings at Sears Peyton Gallery


and a slideshow of shots from the opening at Sears Peyton Gallery
on April 27, 2012:

Day 4 ~ Bushwick Art

in Bushwick today ... and came upon some art in the streets