Paintings by Melanie Bennitt

Hang Man

2010-10-21T13:12:00.000-07:00

Hang Man is hanging in the Art Parlor at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Ithaca, NY as part of the Green Valley Artists' WATER show. It's a fun and exciting exhibit exhibiting 15 artists' take on water. Mine is in response to the BP oil spill. The exhibit is running through mid-November and the reception is Friday, November 5, 2010.

Artist Reception at Dryden Cafe

2010-01-21T15:29:00.000-08:00

You are invited:

Green Valley Artists @ The Dryden Cafe
40 artworks by 8 artists hanging NOW through Jan. 30th.
Meet the artists at our JAN. 23rd RECEPTION, from noon-4 p.m.

Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Corner of RT 13 and RT 38 in DRYDEN
Street: 1 West Main Street
City/Town: Dryden, NY

Complementary wine and snacks. Music provided by local musicians followed by an open jam.

www.greenvalleyartists.com

Green Valley Artists at the Dryden Cafe

2010-01-05T07:13:00.000-08:00

The Green Valley Artists have 8 artists, including me, on display at the Dryden Community Center Cafe for the month of January 2010. The location is 1 West Main Street, Dryden, NY, 10 miles outside of Ithaca. It's a quaint village. Stop by and check it out. They have good coffee and home-baked good.

Moving Box Studios

2009-12-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

Moving Box Studios in downtown Ithaca has transformed their front lounge and adjoining space into a full art gallery. Ayurveda and Moving Box held a private event Friday, Dec. 18th with a 2-set show and first-time gallery event featuring work from artists here in Ithaca:

Sheri Delia, Laura Hogan, Ryan B Curtis, Andrew Ryan, Tzlil Hadass, Travis Enyhart, Melanie Bennitt, Sam Sprague, Sam Heiniman, Judi Galgoczy, Klug, Joe Zohar.

Turquoise walls, great live music, cool crowd, cutting-edge art.

To see the exhibit, go to Moving Box Studios, 330 E. State Street (CSMA Building), 2nd floor, Ithaca, NY.

GVA at CSMA

2009-10-14T13:21:00.000-07:00

Green Valley Artists are currently participating in ARTS FOR ALL MARATHON to raise funds for Ithaca's Community School of Music and Arts 'Arts for All' scholarships. The exhibit runs 26.2 days: Sept. 28--Oct. 24, 2009. Our GVA exhibit is a collection of 26 tree-themed works that will be auctioned for CSMA.

I made Maple: The Majestic Blonde, 6" x 8" acrylics on newspaper and paper bag on maple wood with linseed oil finish. Fun to make...cutting, pasting, gesso, more cutting, pasting, gesso. Pictures of my piece and the exhibit are below.

Charlie

2009-09-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

I got a cocker spaniel pup named Charlie on Aug. 31st. I've been viewing the world through his eyes. Imagine being plopped into this world only 3 months ago and experiencing birds, moths, car engines, and refrigerators?

Sgt. Pepper

2009-06-01T15:54:00.001-07:00

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released on this day, June 1, 1967. I'm listening to it right now and track 6 "She's Leaving Home" is playing. Bye, bye.

Paul Chambers

2009-05-16T16:38:00.000-07:00

Abstract artist Paul Chambers lives in a Greek Revival-style former church in Trumansburg, NY, my first hometown in Central New York. He graciously invited the Green Valley Artists out to his place for a party today. Other groovy people were there as well. Lightning and sunshine, mud and feline, a good time indeed.

Goethe

2009-05-15T15:27:00.000-07:00

I read the Peter Salm translation of "Faust" by Goethe back in the 90s, but now my friend Tom Boyce sent me the Bayard Taylor translation to read.

Early in his career, Goethe wondered whether painting might not be his true vocation; late in his life, he expressed the expectation that he would ultimately be remembered above all for his work in color.

Grave-Diggers

2009-05-12T19:22:00.000-07:00

I'm currently working on a grave-digger scene that will be dedicated to Dave Gell, president of Black Locust Initiative, and Mark Weinand from the band Thousands of One. They dug a grave and helped me bury my dog Harriet in February, in the middle of a Trumansburg winter.