Creating something Meaningful and Beautiful Together

Saturday, June 14th I set the easel and the art supplies at the Baldwinsville Public Library's community room for the creation of the Community Symbolic Tree, a painting that has been capturing the creative vision of Onondaga county residents since April 2014. 

 My very first resident of the day was artist, Maryann Guinta who added blues and pink hues to the sky. Thanks to her beautiful color applications, now the tree stands in a beautiful and calming sunrise.

The next person in charge of the painting was my great artist friend, Steve Nyland. He is a great advocate for the local art scenes and an awesome blogger. Steve meticulously added fine details of tall grass in the foreground.

My last Onondaga county resident was Jeff Madison, an amazing photographer and graphic designer, who continued Steve Nyland's mission to apply green texture to the hill.

Overall it was an amazing experience to see the slow transition from a gray underpainting to a colorful and vibrant painting. A transition that has been made easy thanks to all the hard work of previous residents who put their time and energy in creating the foundations of this piece!  I am grateful to the continuous support I receive from family and friends, and from Cny Arts who believed in this project form the very beginning. Last, but not least, a big thank you goes to the Onondaga county community who is working together to create something meaningful and beautiful to be shared with many generations to come.

I'm always looking forward to more creativity and inspiration; the next event is tomorrow at the East Syracuse Library, join me there!