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You can see some of what's new here, but the
blog is more fun and
has more pictures and you can sign up to receive it free everytime it
gets updated.You can see pictures of the brutish
visitor (rare) which several of you mis-read as British visitor
(fairly common & usually mild-mannered).
January 12, 2010 
I'm enjoying some "down" time...snowy walks with my husband
& dogs, reading and looking at art. Paintings are being thought
about, sketched, planned, absorbed. There will be some snowy landscapes
showing up soon. I'll be travelling to Albuquerque with my daughter
& 2 dogs for the month of February. I hope weather & time will
allow some plein air painting in some seldom-visited
and often sunny states along the way. I'll be posting to the 50
State Plein Air Painting Project, frozen fingers or not!
My paintings are staying at home on the
walls of The Portal Institute & Orazio
Salati GalleryII, both of which are open all winter!
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December 7, 2009 Finally I have the whole siteupdated. It is
current as of this minute. Hallelujah! If you find any mistakes or omissions,
let me know. rtilley@epix.net
December 3, 2009
Thanks for coming to my solo show at Orazio
Salati Gallery last month. I have some paintings there for this
First Friday, Dec. 4. I also have new
work at the Butternut Gallery in Montrose and my work continues
to be displayed in the sumptuous Gallery of Fine Art at the Portal Institute
near Susquehanna. If you prefer to visit the studio for a holiday gift
or browsing, please call me at 570-278-2479 for an appointment. (I'm
in the mood for year-end deals.)
November 5, 2009
My big solo show Reflections of a Wanderer opens Friday,
November 6 at Orazio Salati Gallery, 205 State Street, Binghamton NY
607.772.6725 6-9pm. I'll be there along with 60 of my newest paintings.
I'll be there on Saturday from 11-3, too. Hope to see you.
October 17, 2009
Several new paintings here &
here.
September 29, 2009
I brought back four paintings from New England. They'll be framed and
in the studio for sale during the Artists'
Open House Weekend October 10,11 & 12. Right now you can see
them here.
There are a few other garden & summer paintings finally making their
way online in my galleries, also.
September 17, 2009
I am off on a New England painting trip. I hope to return with a few
paintings for the 50
State Plein Air Painting Project as well as a fresh outlook. The
change of seasons is high time for a vacation with my husband!
I am preparing for two big events this fall: 13th
Annual Artists' Open House Weekend and my solo show in the main
front space at Orazio
Salati Gallery in Binghamton during November.
August 19, 2009
My August painting spree has yielded many new paintings, mostly
flowers & gardens. They appear pretty quickly on the blog...and
eventually here at the top of the galleries; here
& here.
BTW you can subscribe to receive blog entries when they are posted...that
is different from following. The subscribe button is all the way at
the bottom of the blog page.
July 24, 2009
Four new paintings: Pond Garden, Lilies,
Summer Rain and Dr.
Van Fleet Climbers (roses). Please take a look..it is summer, you
know.
June 27, 2009
After a delightful first two days of the summer
art exhibit here at the studio, I am being reminded how many loyal,
interested, art-loving fans I have and it has been so nice to see you
and sell you a few more paintings. Isn't it wonderful how walls of true
collectors never really get full? Where there is a love there is a way
(to fit more art into one's life).There's been time to talk & share
some drinks and catch up a little. I have posted some new work at the
top of both galleries; here &
here.
June 4, 2009
I've just blown in on a hot dry desert wind from Albuquerque where I
attended the International Association of Pastel Societies biennial
convention - always inspiring whether one is a beginner or at an advanced
level of pastel painting.
Then it was over to the Texas Panhandle for a couple of days painting
in Palo Duro Canyon, amongst wildflowers & birds.
This Friday night, June 5th, I'll be at Orazio Salati Gallery on State
Street, Binghamton, NY with a bunch of my paintings and some other fine
art and friendly artists from 6-9pm. First Friday in Binghamton is a
big Art Event!
Saturday the 6th, I'll be painting in the fabulous perennial gardens
at Gibbs in LeRaysville, PA....and showing off my flower garden prints...and
tasting wine from the Grovedale Winery of Wyalusing. It's not supposed
to rain..so come visit them & me, too.
May 16, 2009
FOCUS opens
and one of my three paintings juried into the exhibit wins an award!
(click here to read all
about it)
April 12, 2009
Six new paintings at the top of each gallery; two
plein air, four studio paintings.
April 10, 2009
New dates for Marquis Exhibit - April 24 to May 22. At 515 Center Street,
downtown Scranton. It is in the center of the block between Washington
& Adams and Spruce & Lackawanna. (570) 344-3313 . Opening reception
April 24th from 5:30-7:30.
March 30, 2009
Exhibitions and events plans shaping up
at Butternut, Marquis, Portal Institute, PEPS & Orazio Salati Galleries.
February 22, 2009
4 new studio pastels
and 2 new winter plein air paintings.
January 27, 2009
News on the exhibitions page and have
you seen the Fifty
State Plein Air Painting Project blog?
January1, 2009
A couple of my recent paintings never made it to the galleries. I will
be posting other new work as usual. Please check back for announcements
as my year shapes up. Happy New Year!
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Thanks to everyone who visited the website, blogs
& studio this past year.
November 20, 2008
Five new paintings are in the top row of both galleries; four here
and one here.
October 26, 2008
Despite dire financial news and a serious downturn in the economy
the 12th Annual Artists' Open House Weekend was not as poor as feared.
We entertained hundreds of visitors out enjoying 3 (!!!) days of perfect
fall weather and looking and purchasing art.
Afterwards I took 10 days of vacation and only painted two plein
air paintings: one in Assateague, MD and one in upstate NY which I will
post soon along with my two demo paintings from Monday October 13th.
A dozen or so on-lookers watched those two paintings materialize.
Sincerest thanks to everyone who stopped by the studio over the Artists'
Open House Weekend. It was often so busy I regret not being able to
speak with everyone at length personally. I know you came to see the
paintings. Thanks. I love sharing my work with appreciative viewers.
September 25, 2008
Last exhibits of the year at the bottom of the
exhibitions page.
September 17, 2009
More new paintings here and here
at top of galleries.
August 19, 2008
Six new paintings.
August 18, 2008
Two of my Fig Street Series plein air pastels will be shown in this
exhibit. My work will be hanging at the Hope Horn Gallery, University
of Scranton, although the exhibit includes Keystone College's Linder
Gallery, AFA Gallery and Marywood University Galleries as well. The
progressive reception starts on the 11th at 2pm at the Hope Horn Gallery.
I will miss the festivities because I will be here in the studio hosting
visitors during the Artists' Open
House Weekend. Both paintings were done on location in my daughter,
Zoë's, Scranton backyard garden. It is a lively and colorful spot.
Artists' work was chosen from 25 counties;16 in Pennsylvania, 6 in
New York and 3 in New Jersey. So I am very happy & honored to be included.
The Hope Horn Gallery is a beautiful venue at the University of Scranton.
August 4, 2008
All of the artists & sculptors who created the 53 works chosen by the
juror to be in the Endless Mountains Council of the Arts 12th Annual
Regional Art Exhibition are winners and some of us won awards. My pastel
painting "Ahead of the Storm" took second place and a nice cash prize.
Thank you. You can see the whole exhibit at two venues in Tunkhannock,
PA through September 28: Wyoming County Courthouse Gallery during weekday
business hours and EMCA, 302 W. Tioga St , Fri, Sat, Sun 1 to 5pm. 570-836-EMCA
July 14, 2008
The Exhibit and Sale was a great success. If you want to see the last
results and a bear story go to my blog.
I'm off to Wisconsin & Minnesota for two weeks of driving and painting.
I'll be one of the invited national artists to participate in the Door
County Plein Air Festival. I'll be back in the studio by August
4. The Butternut Gallery in Montrose has some of my newest spring pastel
paintings in 3" wide gold plein air frames. 570-278-4011
June 6, 2008
Autumn Mist, my pastel painting, won First Prize in Painting at Art
in the Barn; a juried regional show in the Museum Barn at Hillside
Farms, Shavertown, PA. I am pleased to be accepted into the show and
delighted to win! The exhibit contains some very fine "barn-inspired"
art, much of it on paper, so if you love quality watercolors this would
be the place for you...only through June 15...and the show contains
drawings, oils, etchings and sculpture, too....and it all stinks! Yes,
there are cows nearby...it's a real farm!
May 1, 2008
I am the Art Chair for the Auction of Locally-Made Art to benefit
Habitat for Humanity of Susquehanna County on May 10th. Over
thirty artists from ours and surrounding counties are represented by
their paintings, woodworking, ceramics...we even have a woodcut and
two quilts. Tickets are $25, which includes dinner. Art preview &
cash bar begins at 5:30pm at The Summit Tea Room, routes 11 & 706
in New Milford. Call 570-278-4102 to reserve your tickets. I've seen
the art and we're going to have some very special pieces at prices for
all budgets. Come out for this evening...help put a local family in
their own home..help keep artists working in Susquehanna County.
April 9, 2008
I've been chosen to participate in the Wayne
Plein Air Festival May 14 through 17...that's Wayne, PA. It's a
lovely area outside of Philadelphia and I look forward to doing some
spring blooms and stately architecture.
February 28, 2007
In a fit of nostalgia, while anticipating yet another Pennsylvania snow/ice
event, I've put the Arizona paintings
in their own gallery...go soak up some sun...not an icicle to be
had.
February 20, 2008
Thirteen Recent Landscapes & Wishful
Thinking paintings are hung at The Buttenut Gallery. The Opening
is Saturday, Feb 23; 2-5pm, 42 Maple Street, Montrose, 570-278-4011.
The show will hang until April 19, Thu, Fri & Sat 11-5. The whole
story is at http://rodricatilley.blogspot.com/
including the part about the ER!
February 2, 2008
New, updated improved print page.
Make your gift selection here and use paypal if you wish! It can be
sent right to your sweetheart.
January 28, 2008
I have updated the recently sold gallery
and exhibitions and events page for 2008.
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December 26, 2007
I'm posting paintings as they are made on my blog.
Check it out and let me know what you think. I'd especially like to
know how to gain a little more graceful control over photo placement
on the blog!!!
December 4, 2007
We enjoyed having many visitors and shoppers over the recent two weekends,
but we still have plenty to choose from in paintings, prints and claywork.
Our prices range from $8 to $1400 with plenty of good choices in the
low ranges.
I'm looking ahead to 2008. I've finally joined the blogosphere.
I'm replacing Painting of the Month with rodricatilley.blogspot.com.
It is a place to show new paintings and talk about them and the process
of making them. I welcome your comments.
November 16, 2007
Ten new autumn paintings! Three here
and seven here...top of the galleries.
Come see what's new during my Two Winter Weekends Art Exhibit: Nov.
23, 24, 25 & 30. Dec.1 & 2. (Fridays 4-7, Saturdays & Sundays
11-5.) Clay work by Zoë Poster, too! We'll have some holiday cheer
to share with you and yours. P E A C E
October 9, 2007
The Artists' Open House Weekend,
was again a great success. Many new and returning visitors to the studio...three
days of unseasonably warm, but beautiful weather...a lot of fun and
ART! My Monday demos went reasonably well; watercolor bouquetin the
morning and an outdoor pastel in the afternoon. It is a joy for me to
have an interested audience asking questions and engaging with me and
the process. Such a fun weekend...and 18 paintings off to new homes.
This will free up some wall space for me to fill over the next few months.
Thanks to all who came.
September
30, 2007
Around the Barn opens today in Tunkhannock at EMCA. 2-5pm.
Fall foliage here is predicted to be at it's peak next weekend...just
on schedule for the 11th Annual Artists'
Open House Weekend; Studio Tours in Susquehanna County. Hope to
see you at my studio...Ken Ely will be here rebuilding another section
of wall along the driveway!
 September
25, 2007
Eight new paintings here and here.
September 7, 2007
I've posted some new paintings on the plein
air gallery. Some are from a new series I've been working on this
summer; Fig Street.
August 17, 2007
During October, some of my barn paintings will be hanging in the same
exhibit with those of other artists, most notably, Wolf Kahn, (ahem!)at
The Endless Mountains Council of the Arts building on Rte 6 just west
of Tunkhannock...302 West Tioga Street...570-836-EMCA. "Wolf Kahn
is widely considered the premier landscape painter in America today.
His chromatic renderings of barns, fields and trees are unmistakable.
He works mainly in oil and pastel." The exhibit is called Around
the Barn and is in Tunkhannock from October 5 through 28.
July 31, 2007
This Friday and Saturday (August 3rd & 4th-9amto 4pm) is big doin's
in my hometown, Montrose, PA. It's Blueberry
Festival!!! This is the annual fundraiser that the community puts
on to benefit the Susquehanna County Free Library Association &
Historical Society: quilt raffle, pancake breakfast (8-10:30am), lunch,
snacks, bake sale, blueberry everything, silent auction, huge book sale,
band concert, kids' games, and more. This is small town America at it's
best. Stop by my studio on you way to or from the town square. The studio
will be open 10-4 both days and I will be donating 5% of all sales to
the Library & Historical Society; prints, paintings, cards, bud
vases.
July 17, 2007
I have posted 5 brand new pastels in the plein
air gallery...all gardens.
July 10, 2007
A big thank you to everyone who came to the studio last week; browsers
and purchasers alike. Fifteen paintings found new homes and all but
six of the foxes took their boxes off to new dens.Thirteen plein air
painters enjoyed spending time at their easels in the garden, so you'll
be seeing their work soon in a show near you, perhaps.
If you would like to visit the studio just call (570-278-2479) or email
(rtilley@rodricatilley.com) for an appointment. New garden paintings
will be framed soon and I will have some of Zoë Poster's bud vases,
slabs and sly foxes.
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25, 2007
Zoë Poster and I are busily preparing for our annual summer
art exhibit here at the studio; "Hot & Cold".
I will be showing winter landscapes; some from the Arizona project
mentioned below and some of Susquehanna County. She will be showing
clay foxes in boxes, slabs and bud vases.
Join us for a fun time at the reception this Friday night from
6-8 (yikes, get out the broom and dust cloths) or any day from
June 30 through July 8 from 10-6.
June 10, 2007
New Painting of the month for June.
Five new watercolors
and a new plein air which
is on the home page, too. Zoë Poster and I are busily preparing
for the exhibit June 29 through
July 8.
May 9, 2007
I am the featured painter this month at International
Plein Air Painters!
April 29, 2007
Thirty days-Thirty paintings! As you know March weather in southern
Arizona is *much* better than here. I spent every day outdoors
painting! I'm back in my NE Pennsylvania studio now editing and
making slight changes to my field work.
All the paintings are from Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise Counties.
I was based near Sonoita and anyone who is familiar with the grasslands
in that area knows their beauty, even in winter. The new paintings
include the locations of Empire Ranch (the original Red River
was filmed there), San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area,
the emergence of spring cottonwood foliage, lots of blue skies,
vast cloud formations, mountains in several ranges, a few cows...and
very few cacti.
 When
you're painting out in public there's often someone stopping by
to see what you're doing...at least these three didn't tell me
what I "forgot to put in the painting".
I'll be showing some of these plein air paintings in July
here at the studio. They will be posted to the plein
air gallery as they are finished.
February 13, 2007
I have gone to the desert
to paint. I'll be in touch when I get back....around April 10.
In the meantime, the studio is closed. Email me if you like...it
may take a few days for me to reply. The Butternut Gallery in
Montrose is showing some of my latest work while I am gone. Give
Tom or Betty a call for their hours...570-278-4011
February 3, 2007
Seven new paintings: December
Cold Front, Winter Sunset,
Friends, House
in Town, Montrose Backyards,
Sweeter Pastures and Silence
- all pastels. (I have a few unphotographed small watercolors,
too, but they are not posted on the website. You'll have to come
over to see those.)
January 13, 2007
A new painting of the month,
a new exhibition calendar for the
new year. I have many, many things in mind to paint this year
and January is my favorite month for being shut in the studio
amidst my pastels, paints, and muses. Happy New Year and I hope
to see you in 2007.
Rosalita and Laika keeping good company on the
studio floor. January 2007
December 29, 2006
I thank everyone who visited my studio and/or website in
2006. You made my year successful. I tried to keep up; new paintings
ran neck & neck with sales. So, not only did you make my year,
but I've got plenty of painting time to look forward to in 2007.
Good work, exciting ideas and a new year lying ahead are truly
a blessing.
December 2, 2006
New Painting of the Month...last
one of the year! This weekend is the last chance for open studio
hours: unless you call for an appointment; today & tomorrow
11-5.
570-278-2479.
November 25, 2006
Two new paintings ( Dawn Creeps
and Grey Barns), nine sold this weekend,
but there are plenty left for holiday shoppers. December 1, 2
& 3 will be my last official open house weekend of the year.
Plenty of prints available:large, small, framed & unframed.
Stop in Friday night 4-7 or Sat & Sun 11-5. Visit anytime
with an appointment. 570-278-2479.
November 15, 2006
Four new paintings: two in each gallery. October
Garden #6, November Garden,
Williams Pond & a new improved
Colourful Kale Garden.
November 1, 2006
New Painting of the Month.
October 26, 2006
Six new paintings: Dignity, Indian
Summer, October Garden 2,
October Garden 3, October
Garden 4 and October Garden
5. And one half new painting Three
Tulips.
October 17, 2006
I am still reeling from the Artists'
Open House Weekend. So many visitors (300+) to the studio,
so many paintings (23) gone to new homes, so many perfect fall
days (all 3)!
This is the afternoon plein air pastel demo that I did on Monday
for a small crowd of visitors. It is almost finished here. Indian
Summer. It is one in a stream of new work...nothing like bare
walls to inspire my creativity.
Two new prints, too. Evening Graze
and Polka Dot Pitcher. They
are both large and sell for $95 ($20 shipping for up to 5 prints).
September 27, 2006
Six new paintings: Polka Dot Pitcher,
I Fall to Pieces, Tamaracks,
Pretty Morning, McAllister's
Pride and Orange Dahlia.
Come visit them during the Artists'
Open House Weekend-October 7, 8 & 9.
September 5, 2006
Seven new paintings: well almost framed and up on the wall. Yellow
Canoe and Birds' Spa are in the
Plein Air Gallery. Summer Show
Offs, Hill Top Pond, 'Round
the Bend, Bales at Dawn and
the lone watercolor of the group, Creek
Flats Garden can all be found in the Watercolor and Studio
Gallery.
 July
17, 2006
I'm in the process of framing three new plein air paintings
done in my garden this month: Summer
Showers, Poppy Patch and Over
the Hill...nothing old and wrinkled about it.
July1, 2006
The annual summer open studio is underway with a well attended
reception last night. Cultivated Ground is the name of this year's
exhibit of paintings and will be open every day from 10-6pm through
and including July 9th. Yes, on the 4th also. Susquehanna County
has been decared a Federal Disaster Area. Hallstead/Great Bend
area is probably the most severely affected with many bridge and
road washouts and closings all through our area and surrounding
counties as well. Route 81 is open and the New Milford exit and
706 to the studio are all open. You can check here
for detailed road closing info. Or call the studio 570-278-2479.
June 9, 2006
Finally got the new painting of the month posted here.
Usually I pick a favorite painting for this spot, which is the
case with this one. As I've said before, some paintings are easier
to paint than others. It is a gift from the muse when it happens
and I am always grateful.
This month I was over a week late posting because I was away
at sheepherding camp with my dog, Rosalita.
We were keeping company with a flock of Tunis sheep, plenty of
border collies, an Australian Shepherd, a Wheaton Terrier and
a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog some of which are turning up in my
paintings on the easel. Look back!
May 21, 2006
Four new paintings. Look: Out Back,
Morning on the Creek, Better
Days, and Whitney's Barn.
I am working on smallish watercolor spring bouquets, too. They
won't all be photographed, but I will put a selected few up from
time to time.
May 15, 2006
I won a prize!!!! Read all about
it!
April 24, 2006
Two more new things; this time prints:
Tunkhannock Viaduct at Nicholson and Wild Child Garden.
April 13, 2006
Two new watercolors: orchid
botanicals. A pair of
two pairs.
April 3, 2006
The new painting of the month
is posted. After the big show in Binghamton, I've been re-arranging
the paintings here in the studio. Call for an appoitment to see
some of my new work. 570-278-2479
March 29, 2006
I've been to the southwest....Tucson, Nogales, etc. I thought
I needed a vacation from painting. Here is a photo
of me spending some meditative personal time with my sketchbook
and my beloved desert. I came home with ideas for paintings, though.
March 11, 2006
April Fool's Day Reception at Orazio Salati Gallery 4-7 on Saturday,
April 1st. No joke!
March 1, 2006
All 29 paintings are at Orazio Salati
Gallery awaiting the opening on Binghamton's First Friday,
March 3rd (6-9pm). Of course I've spent plenty of time looking
at each of them as I was painting the past few months, but the
excitement of seeing each and every one lit beautifully on the
walls of this very nice gallery is building, and I anticipate
a lovely evening sharing my work with others.
New painting of the month here.
February 23, 2006
Seven more new paintings
framed and waiting by the door to be delivered to Orazio
Salati Gallery tomorrow morning.
January 30, 2006
Three more new pastel paintings from the studio.
January 14, 2006
One new watercolor and five new pastels. All
studio paintings.
January 2, 2006
A breath of summer air (and boy, do we need it here in Northeast
Pennsylvania) can be found in the new year's first painting of
the month. I'm presently at work on conjuring up some sunshine
- also in short supply here. Best Wishes for your New Year.
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