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Art Available - Gallery 1

Hope by Ron Warford, 40' x 30 " Graphite on Black Board, Framed 
Mr. Warford's work was selected by the Smithsonian Institution for a national traveling exhibition in 1973. He was one of the initial founding and teaching members at the Folk Art Gallery in Syracuse. His work spings from his imagination and is masterfully executed. Tel (315) 391-5115 for more info or to purchase. One of the presidents of a local art guild referred to Ron's work as  "master works" for their power and quality.

Strength , by Ron Warford. 20 " X 30"  

Home is Where the Hearth Is by Jaws. This piece took 600 hours. Amazingly, to produce this the artist had to put the snowflakes  in first on a white fine piece of paper and then build everything around it. Think about it - this amazing work, and other pieces of the artists work can be seen at CNY Artists Gallery, which purchased this piece in 2013.

Dream Horse by M. Smart

Charlotte Blanchard's Blog (41)

June Is Almost Here

Wow, where did this week go? My Italian paintings sit on their easels looking about the same as they did a week ago. Too much is going on outside and that is one of the problems of living in a snow state. All winter long we are cooped up in our houses,… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on May 29, 2011 at 10:31am — No Comments

Spring Is My Favorite Time of Year

It’s been a tough week for me living in to paint. For one thing, those of us who live up here in Central New

York are enjoying all the beautiful Flowering Crab Trees which we have planted in our yards, and are now bursting in an array of pinks, reds and whites. Now the pinks and reds of the Flowering Crabs are being joined by the lavenders and purples of the many Lilacs… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on May 21, 2011 at 10:19am — No Comments

Colgate University Graduation Tradition Inspires Local Artist

Around the country, it is college graduation time once again. As a Central

New York artist living so close to

Colgate University, my thoughts are with this year’s class. Many colleges and universities have traditions that they have followed for a long period… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on May 15, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Venice Painting Helps Artist in Time of Grief

I am so excited to share my newest art of the Mediterranean Sea, an oil painting of Venice with you. I think you will agree with me, it shows the beautiful canal city in a very good light (quite literally). This is one of my larger paintings at 28” by 40,” and was painted on linen, so chances are the painting will outlast Venice itself!





I have so many hours in this particular painting, that if I were really living in Venice it wouldn’t surprise me… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on May 7, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

Archaeological Drawings Inspires Americana Art

I found myself in Johnstown, New York, last weekend when I had the chance to go to the 95th annual conference of the New York State Archaeological Association with dear friends. I attended this conference last year as well, which was located in the Catskills. Because of my great experience last year, I was really looking forward to this one as well.





I have… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on April 22, 2011 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Royal Wedding Horses May Steal the Show

I have written my past two blogs about the royal wedding horse carriage and the people that drive them, now let’s focus on the horses that pull them. From the numerous records kept about the horses in the royal archives, it seems that chestnut-colored horses have never been used as harness horses in the Royal Mews (royal horse stables). Coincidentally, many years ago when I was taking dressage lessons, my instructor warned me to never buy a Chestnut Mare because they are high strung and act…

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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on April 16, 2011 at 1:08am — No Comments

Royal Wedding Horses Influence my Horse Art

While everyone is talking about the Prince Henry and Kate’s royal wedding dress, food and jewelry, I am more concerned with the details about the  Royal Wedding Horse Carriage. I have painted  horse and carriage paintings…

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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on April 9, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Royal Wedding Horse Carriage Spectacle

Who hasn’t heard about the

royal wedding taking place on April 29 at the

Westminster Abbey in England? We will all be tuning in around the… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 30, 2011 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Peaceful Venice Canal | Italian Paintings

This is the first in a series of

Italian paintings I am working on featuring Venice, Italy. Away from the hustle

and bustle of the busy main canals, are the charming side canals. I love this scene for it has a very peaceful and… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 28, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Oregon’s Artsy Basketball Court Over the Line?

As an Upstate New York artist living a mere 45 miles from Syracuse, it’s hard not to get caught up in “Big East Basketball” and our Syracuse Orangemen. Now that my teams’ playing season is over, I began to wonder what happened to the… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 25, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Portofino Italy Landscape--80% Off!

I am so excited to be able to offer this special sale on “

A Day in Portofino” at 80% off. The featured painting is one of the

Portofino art paintings in my …

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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 17, 2011 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Cinderella Castle

As a resident of Upstate New York, I can tell you that our winters are long and dreary. I don’t think a day goes

by all winter when I don’t hear about Florida’s Disney World. It’s either a TV commercial advertising some fantastic deal you would be crazy not to take or the AAA Club magazine’s feature toting a wonderful family vacation to Disney World, to the subtle hints of… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 12, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

A Walk Down Memory Lane

Often it is with regret when we have the opportunity to travel down “Memory Lane” and find things not quite as we remembered them. I had a different experience. My recent trip down memory lane brought back some wonderful childhood memories.



It was a transitional time in my childhood having left Central New York for the sunshine state of Florida. I was 10 when we moved from the small college town of Hamilton, New York, to the beach town of Fort Pierce, Florida. We went from an old… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on March 4, 2011 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Artist To The Presidents

Since it is February and National Presidents Day is Feb. 21, it has made me think about the man behind the presidents. It is hard to think of George Washington without visualizing the famous portrait of him painted by Gilbert Stuart. In fact, Stuart painted each of the first six presidents (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams).





One of my childhood memories is stepping into any classroom at school and seeing a painting of George… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on February 17, 2011 at 11:03am — No Comments

An Italian Fountain Overflows With Inspiration

I love painting Italy and as an Italian painter, I have painted Italy over and over again, although I have to say

this was a unique painting for me to choose. I usually find myself painting

Italian seascapes and Italian landscapes. I seldom paint an object by itself. That is… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on February 12, 2011 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Hamilton NY--My Kind Of Town

As many of you know, I live in Upstate New York, just 10 minutes from the small college town of Hamilton where the prestigious Colgate University is located on top of a scenic hillside. Since I can only paint static paintings of this charming town that I grew up in, I am posting a YouTube video link so you can take a tour of this special place.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbTqCdkKXc…



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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on February 9, 2011 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Hamilton NY's Metamorphosis Into 21st Century

As a

Central New York artist, I have a personal connection with the

Colgate University Bookstore. When I was a little girl, back in the 1960s, the second and third floors… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on February 4, 2011 at 12:30am — No Comments

Cabin Fever In Upstate New York

It’s the middle of January, winter has really settled in here in Upstate New York. During the winter months, the routine doesn’t change much for this

Central New York artist and things can become a bit dull if you let them. My world has gotten so small that I am beginning to see art where I am not so sure art exist.…

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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on January 29, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

My Ah Ha Moment

While walking the dogs this morning I had an epiphany. I look forward to my routine walks with our two dogs and so do they. They love the freedom of wandering free over our Central New York farm fields following the various scents that cross their paths. In my own way I am doing the same thing, following wandering thoughts that are crossing my mind. Every once in a while I have an epiphany and I had one of these “ah ha” moments the other day.…

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Added by Charlotte Blanchard on January 22, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

World's Tallest Church Transports Me Back to Germany

While out hiking my dogs this week, slogging through the drifting snow, it wasn’t all that was drifting, my mind was too. Once again I found myself thinking back to some of the wonderful experiences I had while visiting my daughter and son-in-law in Europe a while back. One particular experience rises above all others, literally; and that is Ulm Münster, the tallest church in… Continue

Added by Charlotte Blanchard on January 16, 2011 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

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