Happy Thanksgiving!

"Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor"
1882
Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Happy Thanksgiving!

I could not find any appealing paintings of pilgrims --  but hope you will enjoy this one of the Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Holiday Open House: December 5th

An invitation to a night of art and fun in Charlotte's historic SouthEnd. I am co-hosting, along with twenty-some other artists in my building. Lots of holiday cheer! Hope to see you there! 

Dilworth Artisan Station Holiday Open House Friday, Dec. 5,  6-9 p.m. What: 28 artists and other businesses open their doors. Beautiful artwork in a variety of styles and prices will be available. Enjoy wine, music and more. Where: Dilworth Artisan Station,118 E. Kingston Ave. in SouthEnd. Parking: Lot beside the building, spaces on street and in overflow lot behind Carrabba's. Or use LYNX Bland Street Station. Make a night of it!: Our open house is part of the SouthEnd Gallery Crawl. With one stop you can visit many art venues, restaurants and night spots. These studios and businesses will be open Ada Shapiro - Alla Ostrovsky - Ann Conrad Anne Neilson Fine Art - Belgrave Associates - Bob Brooks Caroline Hall - Crossland Studio - Fryday & Doyne - Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy -Holt McLean -  Holt School of Fine Art - Janet Lasher  Jeff Cravotta - Jim Shannonhouse - Juliann Bannon  Kate Stewart - Kim Gibbs  Leonor Demori - Lesley Powell - Lita Gatlin  Miriam Durkin - Pamela Freeman - Pamela Winegard - Paul Hastings  Sandvi Studio - Scott Miller Associates - Sharon Hockfield   Terri Otten - Terry Thirion Copyright © 2014  Dilworth Artisan Station

The Art of Slowing Down

"The Sargent Gallery"
(c) Lesley Powell 2013
(SOLD)

If you have been to a major museum lately, you have probably suffered the same fate that I have--a sense of being completely overwhelmed by everything there is to see. So many masterpieces, so little time! We are all prone to rush through the galleries, taking in as much as we can, as quickly as we can. One study says that the median time people spend looking at a painting is only 17 seconds! The Louvre says that people look at the Mona Lisa for an average of 15 seconds. No wonder that at the end of a museum visit

Anatomy of a Painting: SouthEnd

One of my most popular posts of all time has been the one entitled  "Anatomy of a Painting", showing the step-by-step process of creating a painting in an olive grove of Provence. Now I am going to reprise the concept, and show the anatomy of a painting in a completely different landscape (some might not even call it a "landscape")

Urban Revitalization

"Yonkers"
Edward Hopper

I have always loved the urban landscape. Though I have never lived in a huge metropolis, I have always lived within two miles of downtown--be the town small or large. Lately I have been painting the urban scene near my studio, in the SouthEnd of Charlotte. As I have done so, I have reflected on

Sneak Preview: 2014 "SMALL GEMS"

SMALL GEM: "San Giorgio II"
8 x 16, oil on linen, (c) Lesley Powell 2014

I can't believe that another year has gone by, and I am announcing my Fifth Annual "Small Gems" sale!  I am very thankful for my blog readers, and especially for those of you who take the time to let me know that an occasional post has had a special meaning for you. As a way of saying thanks, I'm giving you this sneak preview of the 2014 Small Gems.

Faithful readers know that I will donate half the sale price of every Small Gem to a favorite charity. This year, the donation will go to