Author: God's Morning

Could it be Joey’s uncensored display of his true feelings about R. Duck at Mug Up?  Even the unflappable Ed looks a little dismayed.  And poor visiting Goettemann Residency artist, Katerina Smirnova from Siberia, doesn’t know what to think.  After all, it is only an innocent little rubber duck. 

Inquiring minds want to know:  What has R. Duck done to make Joey dislike her so much?

Roger Gould is a FOB who has been living in Gloucester for 12 years and came to his first Mug Up this morning.  Not only did he get to meet a bunch of the GMG crew and have great coffee and low cal deviled eggs, he also scores having the opportunity to represent flanked by two lovely Rocky Neck artists. 

On his left:  Ekaterina Smirnova, a Brooklyn based artist who started painting in a russian art school in Siberia in 1991. Her style has been further developed at The Art Students League of New York, where Ekaterina has been a member since first moving to the United States in 2006. Watercolor, her main media, and etchings are often exhibited at art shows around New York and the Northeast. In the past 3 years, Ekaterina has received various awards in juried shows including from The Salmagundi Club and Allied Artists of America. Currently she getting ready for her Solo show at the Adirondack Lakes Art Center, NY and her solo show in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. This year Ekaterina is scheduled to visit three art residencies in Gloucester, MA (where she is now for the month of June at the Goettemann Residency); Nayak, NY, and Salzburg, Austria.  Ekaterina will be having an Introductory Slide Presentation at 7:00 pm Monday, June 4 at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street.  You can check out Katerina’s work at http://www.katapostrophe.com/fineart/index.html.  Her work is exceptional and she is really lovely, so come out Monday night and welcome her to Rocky Neck. 

and on Roger’s right:  Caroline Kwas, new Rocky Neck artist on Madfish Wharf this summer at 77 Rocky Neck, G5 (where Ben McAdam and Jeff Cluett were last year).  Her gallery is Intimate Landscapes.  Caroline is a painter of photorealistic intimate landscapes that must be seen.  You can see her work at  www.carolinekwas.com, but come on down to Madfish Wharf and see it in person and welcome her to Cape Ann.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Kathy Roberts has an Art Exhibit at “The Bookstore” on Main St. until May 31st, and wanted to give a shout out to the owners, Janice & Abby Severance for supporting new artists on a monthly basis and to ask community members to support our local businesses who support the Arts.  The Bookstore has a great selection of books.

Linda and Rob Castagna from Milford-on-the-Delaware, NJ visit Gloucester every chance they get.  They are also great FOB’s, and Linda was so impressed with Good Morning Gloucester that she started Good Morning Milford at the end of January, to promote “pockets of beauty” in Milford.  http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Good-Morning-Milford-By-The-Milford-Merchants-Association/139094536207872

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Sinikka stopped into the gallery with friend Barabara Michel visiting from Berkeley, CA.  The girls have known each other since 5th grade in Mr. Nosenchuck’s class at Jefferson School. 

Sinikka will be exhibiting again this year at Khan Studio in September.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Tonight 7:00-9:00pm.  Tomorrow morning 9:00-11:00am.   Khan Studio and the GMG Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck, Gallery 3.  Horses, cowboy hats, whips and spurs welcome.  (Paul F., don’t go at all kinky on us now).

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

I won’t say that these girls are the youngest customers I have ever had, but they are certainly the youngest on Rocky Neck. 

Gabby Olsen and Lily Muniz, both of Rocky Neck, were regular visitors to the the gallery last season.  They came in on Sunday and marveled at how totally different the gallery looked, and Lily wanted to know where the dog painting had gone.  Last season it hung on the side of the card rack behind them.  I found it in the bin and Lily wanted to know how much it was.  I gave her my very best young neighbor art collector price, and they said they would be back.

Generally speaking, an artist would starve to death on what they make from people who say: “I’ll be back”, but a short while later the girls returned, little change purses in hand, and Lily bought her print of Astro (from a painting of my sister’s Boston Terrier).  Gabby then found a Cape Ann Treasure Box with a photo of the cat from The Cat Doctor of Gloucester on it, which she purchased. 

Of course I love it when people buy my work, but it is truly wonderful and special when a young person loves a piece of art enough to buy it.  They definitely made my day – and just look at how cute they are.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

That may not seem so strange, but Maureen Farley is from Ipswich, MA and Jon Bartlett is from Ipswich, England.  They met at the Rhumb Line in Gloucester, although Jon came here specifically to visit Ipswich.  Maureen is a friend of the blog, Jon has now been introduced to the blog and plans to take his shiny new GMG sticker back to England with him and represent from Ipswich, and then take a trip to Gloucester, England and represent from there.  I have a feeling Jon is a new FOB in the making, and that we’ll be seeing him back in Gloucester (USA that is) soon.  And don’t he and Maureen make a cute couple?

E.J. Lefavour

Epes Davis Shipyard.

The shipyard is on the Annisquam side, to the right of the bridge.
 

You went away and left me long time ago

And now you’re knocking on my window

I hear you knocking

But you can’t come in

I hear you knocking

Go back where you’ve been

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

Here are some more photos from yesterday’s first Mug Up of the season, which was so well attended and fun.  The gallery has now been freshly filled with the great energy and spirit of GMG friends and peeps and christened for the new season.  As always, there was an amazing spread of food brought by friends, that arrived all at once so I could not identify who brought what in many cases to be able to thank people.  I didn’t get to try Maime’s Kitchen’s coffee rolls, which disappeared fast.  I did eat a salad of Kathy Chapman’s homegrown buttercrunch salad after Mug Up, and it was wonderful, as I’m sure Joey and Donna can attest.  I tried some of Greg Bover’s great GMG ginger cake which was delicious.  Barry Marshall brought some lovely big muffins that he said he had slaved all morning baking, but I think actually came from Last Stop.  Sister Felicia baked an amazing tower of frosted Italian cookies (there are still a few left if anyone comes by today).  There were some wonderful scones and other Italian cookies brought by someone, and Anthony and Joanne Marks brought cannolis (after reading my comment on Joey’s eating in Italy photo post about the gigantic cannoli https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/eating-in-italy-the-slide-show/), and of course I had to break diet and devour one.  Kim Smith brought a beautiful arrangement of flowers from her garden.  Sorry to anyone and anything I have missed or forgotten to mention; it got really chaotic and I couldn’t keep track. 

Special thanks and kudos to Ed Collard who always arrives early to help me set up for Mug Ups, and is the official taster of the deviled eggs and other contributions to make sure they are all good enough for our GMG friends and family.  You’re the best, Ed.

We’re looking forward to a really amazing and fun season here at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, and hope to see all of you at one Mug Up or another this year (that includes you Jenn Cullen).

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

This is a 1904 photo and an Acrylic, Pen & Ink painting by Bill Hubbard of the Dahlmer Gillnetter, Rough Rider which fished out of Rocky Neck in 1910.  Rough Rider was a 39′ gillnetter launched in Manitowoc, Wisc in 1904.  She was one of the first gas-powered fishing boats in America.  Bill’s great grandfather, Capt. Axel B. Dahlmer purchased her in 1906 and his grandfather, Capt. John A. Dahlmer brought her to Gloucester in 1910 to join the other “Michigan Bears” who introduced gillnetting to Gloucester.  Like Captains Albert Arnold, Gerry Shoares and Peter Tysver, they settled in E. Gloucester.  The Dahlmers bought the house at 12 Rocky Neck Avenue and fished their boats out of Smith Cove for many years.

The last photo is one I took on New Year’s Day at the Rocky Neck Plunge.  It may not be, but it certainly looks like a modified version of Rough Rider.

Check out Bill Hubbard’s paintings at:
http://bill-hubbard.artistwebsites.com

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com