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Inspiration: Home & Away
"I'm inspired by a sense of place and history. Our two old houses in Maine and in Pennsylvania are often the source and the recipients of our creative energy!" Renée Emanuel
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A New Year, a New Site!
Good things are happening at Emanuel-Teitsworth Studio, and it’s time for a new site for our new work. We’ve both been enjoying studio time. Bill has been doing some great new watercolors. Stacked logs never looked so good! I’ve been working with a variety of […]
The Big Brush Exercise
I remember the day I painted the black-and-white sketch above: I had just come away from the Everhart Museum, where I had been seeing the big retrospective of John Willard Raught’s lovely regional landscapes. I was stopped in traffic on Harrison Avenue, and saw this […]
Happy New Year
We’re home in Moscow enjoying a snowfall that thankfully won’t leave us under this much snow on our studio. 2017 was a roller coaster, and although it was a challenge, I’m thankful for all of the love and the lessons it held. After my Dad […]
The Harbormaster
My work generally alternates between two “modes”…”study mode” and “production mode.” The same is true for a lot of artists, I think, and is the reason we force ourselves to seek out and accept exhibition opportunities—we need the pressure of a deadline to get us […]
Recent Posts
More Notes on ProcedureIn Uncategorized, Working WatercolorApril 12, 2019
Working Together: Texture and CompositionIn Classes, Working WatercolorFebruary 23, 2019
Thank you!In What's New, Working WatercolorApril 9, 2018
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Art Night at the Everhart: The Big Brush Exercise
“Art Night at the Everhart: The Big Brush Exercise.” Thursday, March 29th, 6-7:15 PM: Watercolor demonstration and discussion (Q & A) on a favorite exercise…the most effective skill-builder, mind-expander, and idea-starter I know. Fee for this demo is whatever the Museum drop-in rate is for […]
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Thank you!
Thank you for coming to see this new work! The winter images…all except “Pennsylvania Morning”… were done, or at least photographed, within a few steps of our studio…either from the studio looking west, or from the kitchen door, looking south down along Fino’s […]
Plan Ahead, Summer On-Location Painting Workshops!
This morning, we saw 4 large flocks of geese heading north for the summer, a beautiful sight! We also saw our first red winged blackbird. We speculated, hearing their loud honking voices, about what they were talking about. We wondered whether they were making plans […]
After Winter: Bill Teitsworth at Marquis Art
”After Winter: Bill Teitsworth at Marquis Art.” Friday, April 6th, 6-9 PM (First Friday) Solo exhibition. Free and open to the public. 515 Center Street, Scranton, PA. Center Street is a small cross-street (alley) between Adams Avenue and Washington Avenue. First block of Adams, opposite […]
Art Night at the Everhart: The Big Brush Exercise
“Art Night at the Everhart: The Big Brush Exercise.” Thursday, March 29th, 6-7:15 PM: Watercolor demonstration and discussion (Q & A) on a favorite exercise…the most effective skill-builder, mind-expander, and idea-starter I know. Fee for this demo is whatever the Museum drop-in rate is for […]
Recent Posts
- More Notes on ProcedureIn Uncategorized, Working WatercolorApril 12, 2019
- Working Together: Texture and CompositionIn Classes, Working WatercolorFebruary 23, 2019
- Thank you!In What's New, Working WatercolorApril 9, 2018