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Sixth Avenue- Pittsburgh by Carol Skinger A 22" x 30" archival print of my ink drawing of Sixth Avenue- Pittsburgh has been purchased this spring of 2016 by the Duquesne Club in Pittsburgh. It's been given the full Duquesne Club frame treatment has entered the Art Collection of the Duquesne...

Healing art. Pictorial map from the 1930s of Schenley Park in Pittsburgh.

Update to this post, in 2020 Staghorn Garden Cafe much loved in the neighborhood, closed for good. You can order Schenley Park Map direct from me.  Everything else written below is now HISTORY. Kate Morris of Staghorn Garden Café and I have at times been neighbors at Carrie Nardini’s I Made...

I was excited when the quarterly magazine Western Pennsylvania History Magazine contacted me about using my Schenley Park Map (on the left) to illustrate a stunning and thorough 14 page article (125 citations!) about Mary Schenley titled "What's in a Namesake" by Jake Oresick. It was published in Fall of 2015. Their publications...

I cannot believe hearing the news that another of the wonderful generation it seemed would simply always be there, has gone, Dawn Hazelett. She and her family were always there when I was growing up in Stowe. Weekend in and out you knew you would see Dawn and her husband Bill somewhere on...

"Downriver view from Highland Park Bridge"  SOLD                                                                   Watercolor ad Gouache I like the idea of plein air painting,...

On Garrison Keillor’s radio broadcast  The Writer’s Almanac on August 20, 2015 he read from Paul Martin’s most recent book of poetry Floating on the Lehigh published by Grayson Books where my Riverview painting was commissioned for the cover. It is Garrison Keillor’s daily summary of poems, prose, and literary history. The...

Archival Ink Jet Prints Copyright 2013 Carol Skinger Order here Small Print $36.  4.5” x  8.5” image area. Medium Print $48.  6.5” x 12.5” image area Large Print $85.  13” x 25” image area Archival Inkjet Printing, also known as Pigment or Giclée Printing

18" square map  $50 30" square map $120. Read more about the map Contact me to order

So thrilled to be the recipient  a 'Best of Show' Award from Freyda Spira, Associate Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. My series of six 9" x 9" watercolor & gouache  paintings of mobile homes, trailers and manufactured homes were accepted for...

I read this and donated. Teens are so important! To support this apprenticeship/mentor program, what could be easier, more direct and concrete? Do our universities need support? Yes. Do our museums and libraries need support? Yes. Community Centers? Yes. But so does this grassroots group Mobile Sculpture Workshop need our financial support, a tiny...

              Which way to show my new watercolor painting? Anyway you want. "Composition" will be presented in the first orientation shown at upper left in Pittsburgh Society of Artists 49th Annual Exhibition at Panza Gallery Opening reception Saturday October 11, 2104 from 6-8:30pm. Awards and a gallery talk by...

I am excited to say that as a tiny part of the ongoing circus at the Warhol Museum which had  a BIG BASH May 17, 2014 my images of Warhol's childhood home in Pittsburgh, his high school (Schenley), as well as an image of his family church (did you know he was devout...

Carol Skinger's piece “Family Portrait in the CMOA Permanent Collection”  22” x 12”Watercolor, ink,  color pencil  Pittsburgh PA- The Carnegie International has been especially engaging since it opened October 2013.  I have 9 pieces titled "Carnegie International Sketchbook Project". accepted for exhibit in the Pittsburgh Society of Artists (PSA) exhibit responding to the...

Come on out and support local arts makers and crafters at Boyd Community Center in O’Hara Township! Open 12 – 6 pm on Sunday, December 15, 2013.  “Last Minute Shopping” by I Made it Market (open this link to see all info & the artists and makers) founded by Carrie Nardini...

 I Made it! For the Holidays! Friday Nov 22, 2013 5PM-10PM AND Saturday Nov 23 11AM- 6PM I have been getting ready for vending at IMI (I Made it) by adding to my  display for my work. It can be joined together like in the picture above, or broken into smaller...

Tula Organic Salon and Spa My work is on view at Tula Organic Salon & Spa at 2629 Murray Ave (Squirrel Hill) Pittsburgh, PA. Co-owners Emily Askin and Rebecca Spiller as well as stylist Stephanie Demetri are great to work with! Very art friendly. It is a lovely space for approximately...

You can always order this Schenley Park Map directly from me Carol Skinger and Audra Azoury  are teaming up to share a vendors tent at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (PVGP) in Schenley Park July 20 and 21, 2013. Business hours are 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. It is FREE...

The 3rd Annual ARTday with PSA is Saturday June 29, 2013 from 10-4. The event is FREE to the public. This art event will be in the Mine Factory, a space on the 2nd floor, 201 North Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208 in Homewood. It is just north of Forbes Ave, across...

When you are new to a city, what you notice is often not the iconic images of the city. This is what I noticed when we moved here from Boston. I walked by it every day to the bus stop on the way  home after work. It is Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh. To me it is a...