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I just delivered my art work and greeting cards for the annual Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Holiday Shop 2010. (more…)

I just delivered artwork and greeting cards to Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Holiday Shop 2010. Opening party is Friday November 19 People keep asking for more bicycle paintings. That's good because I love the subject and try to get out there at least 4x a week on my own...

...and here it is!

http://carolskinger.wpengine.com/Finally an answer to the often asked question...do you have a website! It has a gallery of my work...and a shop

I have put plenty of miles on my Specialized bike since getting it about 8 years ago and especially the last 4 years I have become a year round rider. In winter if there is snow and ice on the road I don't go but most of winter the snow and ice...

Something artists do not like to think of when making art is how much is it costing me to make art? Granted I spent most all of my travel budget to London, Amsterdam and Paris on paint in the London Windsor and Newton store on a trip years ago and...

Do real artists paint house portraits? This artist does. See more and learn about pricing I can either visit your home to sketch and photograph it, or I can work from your photographs. Here are some examples of my house portraits: I sometimes like to paint a house at dusk...

Homage to Rachel Carson -purchase a 17" square print here Homage to August Wilson- purchase a 17" square print here The first layouts for a print series where I pay homage to famous Pittsburghers were completed in November 2009. My photographs and my electronic alterations to my photographs are the...

My Fake Urban Plan for East Liberty  is art and not a real urban plan. You can tell because I did not have one meeting, ask for anyone's input, or work with any neighborhood groups. I just did it. If reality were to be inspired by the vision in my...

One of the my fondest anecdotes came from my husband and my son who could not attend the art opening (in April 2010) so they went a few hours before just to see the exhibit at BE Gallery. They said they finally found my two pieces and five people were...

My yellow pastel on this cover is a pastel I did in 2005 at Truro Center for the Arts- of their windmill. I was so happy to see stacks of the 2006 catalogue Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill with my art on the cover, all over the...

Carol Skinger's watercolor of the Allegheny River a few miles from Rachel Carson's Homestead near Pittsburgh Aaron McGregor's photograph of acid mine run off in the greater region It's mostly local food and great local chefs (yeah) at Rachel's Sustainable Feast but there will also be something for the eye...

This was a  high point for me, one of my favorite moments when I went to the Cape and saw my charcoal drawing all over the place that summer on this flier and in gallery guides. My charcoal  sketch of the cupola and weather vane that tops the iconic windmill at...