Award at the Lyme Art Association

The Hudson Valley Art Association (HVAA) held the reception to their 80th Annual Exhibition at the Lyme Art Association last Friday night. Frank, en route from his 3-week painting stint on Monhegan Island, Maine (with our kids in tow, similarly clad, ragamuffin style) arrived just in time to receive the prestigious Frank Mason award for the painting below.  The show runs until July 31st, 2011 for those in the Lyme area.

Horn Hill in Winter.  18x24"  oil painting by Frank Bruckmann ©

Monhegan Island Workshop

Frank and his students spent last week painting all over Monhegan Island, Maine, on his 2nd Monhegan workshop gig. I've received reports from many that it was truly a fantastic workshop with tons of fun, lobster, and a number of really nice paintings.  He is still there, but this week is for him, he says, to paint.  The kids and I arrive this Friday.....

Frank at work during the 2011 Monhegan Island Painting Workshop-photo my MLO'COnnell

Full Moon Painting in FL

The whole time Frank was on his FL trip, he looked forward to doing a full moon night time painting.  Here is the result, midnight in the eerie Apalachicola Cemetery, FL.

Waiting for Zombies, Apalachicola, FL -original oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©