Winter White, My 2004 Solo Exhibit

small studies illuminated by the stark light of winter a series of small sketches inspired by winter in pastel, watercolor, pencil and pen and ink from the trails to the backyard completed en plein air and indoors by Bernadette E. Kazmarski February 12 to March 10, 2004 Opening Reception February 12, 6 to 9 pm […]

Garden Flag, Late Winter Sunbath

Garden Flag, Late Winter Sunbath is 11″ x 15″, design imprinted on one side of a cotton fabric panel with a 1.5″ rod pocket sewn across the top. Bracket is not included. The image above is temporary until weather permits better photos, so please excuse the quality. Flags are printed on mid-weight cotton with a […]

Featured Gallery: Winter White, My 2004 Solo Exhibit

Winter, pastel

Winter is 12″ x 24″, and though the original is sold I offer a variety of prints on canvas or paper. ABOUT THE ARTWORK Winter is represented by the frozen hillsides of a farm drifted with snow and reflecting the colors of a winter sunset. The quiet, stillness and subtle color, the snow drifted up […]

Colorful in Winter

"Colorful", 11" x 15", soft pastel , 2015 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

Even if you live in the city you’ll find wildlife everywhere. “Colorful” is one of my favorite duck images on Chartiers Creek from my walks to Main Street. I took the photo several years ago of the mallard balancing on one leg with morning sun reflecting brightly off off an orange brick building on the […]

A Warm September Morning on Main Street

Main Street, September Morning, pastel, 8 x 11 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, a little hazy from a morning mist, and though it was mid-September it was warm and humid. On the way to the grocery store that Sunday morning on my bike I was out early because the day would be hot, but at that time it was just sweet, […]

Winter Cats Holiday and All-purpose Greeting Cards

I love snow light, inside or out, and with the bare trees and in winter I’m reminded of other snowy days and the cats who enjoyed them with me. This set joins four paintings of my cats done in winter light in a looser, Impressionist style, in a series I call “Winter Cats”. Each was […]

2018: Sun Shadow Ice & Snow, Seasons on the Panhandle Trail

My fifth annual exhibit SUN SHADOW ICE & SNOW seasons along the panhandle trail Paintings, sketches and photographs Opening Friday August 24, 2017 5:00 P.M. through Saturday August 25 11:00 P.M. Panhandle Trail Quarry Area as part of Rock The Quarry FEATURED WORK: “Summer Sunset, Robinson Run”, pastel, 12 x 18 . . . . […]

Some Sunday Reading: On Planting Peas

Since my wild black cherry tree fell in 2016 I have been cleaning up and repairing my fence, and have not had a garden outside of herbs and plants in pots on my deck, but planting peas in early spring has always been an early spring activity. Portraits of Animals features all the things I […]

Dreaming of a Warm Summer Morning With Geraniums and Parsley

Geraniums and Parsley, watercolor, 6 x 9 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski

I’m ready to look out my back door and see this colorful, welcoming scene. Typically when I look out my back door I see my big vegetable garden, lots of perennial flowers and wildflowers, and my everlasting pink and red geraniums, some of which are 15 years old and saved in the basement each winter. […]