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"Through the Shoals" watercolor © Beatrice Bork

I just received some great news! My painting "Through the Shoals"of Caribbean/American Flamingos has been juried into Art of the Animal Kingdom XIX exhibit, June through August, at The Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont.

Details to come.

Box turtle… dessert first.

I've been working on some smaller paintings, that I've not put on my website yet. The parameters for placing images on the website gallery are the same for an 18 x 20" as for a 3" x 3"— which means, the experience of viewing one painting to the next are very different. So, for now, I'm placing some of them on my blog (or framed in a gallery) until I find a good way of presenting them on my website.

I've just finished a box turtle with blackberries. This is actually two small paintings that I plan on "floating" in a frame together. Both images as a unit will be 3.125 x 3.5"

"Dessert First" watercolor © Beatrice Bork

Save the date, April 11

"Clique" watercolor painting of Razorbills © Beatrice Bork

I was pleased to have two paintings ("Clique" and "Summer Plover") accepted in the juried exhibit "D&R Greenway’s Oasis and Mirage: Disappearing Water show".  D&R has a great way of presenting exhibits with an environmental message, I'm excited to see the diversity in artists interpretations of the theme.

Exhibition dates: March 31 – May 23
Reception: Friday, April 11, 5:30-7:30pm

D&R Greenway Land Trust

Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540 

(on Rosedale Road, across from Johnson Park School)

March 2014

"Jumbie Bird" © Beatrice Bork

If you haven't been to Artists' Gallery in the Lambertville, NJ, and are in the area, please stop in. There's always an artist there to assist and answer questions, as it is an artist-run gallery. Each month we change the exhibits with different features, so there's always something new to see!

This month the watercolor paintings I have on display are: Wood Thrush on the Rocks, Jumbie Bird, Feathered, Golden Eagle, RUN!, Barnside, and Romeo.  I also have a selection of limited editions prints available.

Jumbie Bird, is a painting inspired during one of my visits to Trinidad. The ferruginous pygmy owl is a small bird with a call that's easy to detect. We heard him and called him over (by mimicking) where I was then able to get some research photos and see him moving about in the trees. My goal for this painting was to emphasize its mystery, and wanted a "folk-lure/story-book" feel to the piece.

Buttons

"Adopt Me" © Beatrice Bork

Today is my dog "Buttons" Birthday—or at least it's close enough (Feb. 29th, was the best guess). I adopted him in May 2012. Little did I know when I was rescuing him, that he would do the same for me… 

This is a small watercolor painting (3.25 x 3.5") I just finished of him as a puppy. 

Great Quote

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, 

people will forget what you did, 

but people will never forget how you made them feel" 

— Maya Angelou

I find that to be a great quote, and so true with painting—which is why I make every painting I create something personal. (There is another quote that relates, "The more personal, the more universal" by Carl Rogers).

Coming soon...
I'm currently finishing up a piece that I'll be showing soon of Green Honeycreepers …  as well as a few smaller pieces (what I'm referring to as intimate encounters) that I may only be showing on my blog for now. (like "Feathered" , the original painting is currently on display at Artists' Gallery in Lambertville, NJ)…

"Lyrical" is open

Join Artists' Gallery artists for and opening reception on Sat. February 8 — 4 to 7pm. 

I always look forward to this particular group exhibit. The receptions are always very nice meet and greets, surrounded by wonderful works of art—hope to see you there!

"Lyrical" —an Artists' Gallery Group Show
February 6 to March 2, 2014
Opening reception: Saturday, Feb 8, 4-7pm

Artists' Gallery
18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ

I am have two paintings part of this 18 artist exhibit, as well as six other paintings on display there along with a variety of limited edition prints. (Paintings on display: Attraction, Caribbean Sun, Run!, Through the Shoals, Waylay in the Mango Tree, Twist, Feathered, and Wood Thrush on the Rocks)