Amalfi Coast Painting

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"I love flowers and animals. The glow of the sunlight illuminating the petal of a flower, the faces of my cats and dogs as they are soaking up the warm sunlight in the morning. These are the things that inspire me to paint," said Casey. There are nine pet portrait samples being displayed in a variety of sizes. "I have three cats and all are on display at the exhibit, Burnie, Chloe and Jasper," she added. "Two are Siamese and one is a tabby cat." There is a collie, German shepherd, pitbull and her Shetland sheep dog, Delta, on display. "I have three dogs but only Delta's portrait is being shown."

Casey's floral oil paintings include: "Snap Dragon," "White Hydrangea," "Pink Rose," "Mountain Laurel in Glass," "Fresh Cut Peonies," "Forsythia," "Sunflowers and Golden Delicious," "Daises in Crystal" and "Daises in Blue."

Still Life oils include: "Culinary Delights," "Garlic," "Lemons," "Onions and Brass," "Pitcher with Oranges" and "Pitcher with Plums."

A Waldwick resident, Casey is a member of The Ridgewood Art Institute where she studies with John Osborne, a master of landscape painting, who teaches light and atmospheric effects. She has also studied with teachers Renate Wehmeyer, Lorraine Minneto, Diana Gibson and Bill Brown. "My teachers have taught me to see the true colors of nature," said Casey.

She raised money through her custom pet portraits to benefit R.B.A.R.I. and S.T.A.R.T. as well as a few other pet shelters and foster organizations and donates a portion of her custom pet portrait sales to benefit homeless animals.

Ed McHugh's exhibit includes a variety of photos taken on recent trips to Italy.

He says his images are personally created in his digital darkroom. allowing for complete control of the finished product. The final images are printed using archival inks on fine art paper or canvas media, and personally framed.

He captures the beauty of Rome with "Trevi Fountain," "Coliseum," "Scooter Girl, Rome," and "Roman Columns."

Travels down the coast showcase "Amalfi Coast Flowers," "Blue Grotto," and "Amalfi Sunset." "Calabria Entrance Way" is a large canvas. "Mt. Etna" and "Taormina Flower Pots" in Sicily are also featured.

Water scenes are in abundance: "Soverato Beach Boats," "Cefalu Boats," "Sepia Gondola," "Buarno Canal," "Buarno Fish Nets" and "Sepia Grand Canal." "Lady in Red, Venice" is 11"X17" and "Gasperina Saint" and "View from Gasperina" are 11"X14."

Of special interest to him is travel photography, nautical scenes, including digital images of the Jersey Shore and views of Manhattan.

Another Constantino Proietto Painting of the Amalfi Coast is Revealed.

We recently discovered that the signature on our oil painting of the Amalfi Coast is “C.Proietto”. Since then, I have been on a quest to find out more about, “The Man from Amalfi”, Signore Constantino Proietto (1900 - ?). Soon after posting my original article on that subject, Ms. Marion Grayson of Belton, Texas sent me an image of her own C.Proietto. It is yet another Amalfi Coast masterpiece. Although foreground objects differ, and the field of view varies, each painting was of the same place, by the same artist. On the terrace of the hotel from which he often painted, only the potted plants had changed. Even before seeing his signature, my heart leapt. Here was yet another window in time, created by the master in residence, Constantino Proietto. Soon after we published images of the Grayson C.Proietto painting , Mr. Darold Bennett of Las Vegas, Nevada emailed three images of his own C.Proietto. Displayed by his in-laws in their home of sixty years, the family treasure hangs now in Bennett’s home. Remarkably, the Bennett CProietto depicts the same Amalfi Coast location as the previous two. As usual, the artist depicts the Amalfi Coast, with a view to the sea. Of his own Constantino Proietto painting, Darold wrote, “I had a hard time trying figuring out the name too, but it finally came to me that it is ‘C.Proietto’, not ‘C.Preietto’. My in-laws had this painting about 60 years. Are [C.Proietto’s] paintings worth anything?” The quick answer to Darold’s question is; historically no, but in the future, perhaps. From the limited biography available for the artist, only postwar tourists to Italy purchased his paintings from their source. Since initial purchases were in the 1940’s and 1950’s, many C Proietto paintings are now passing from one generation to the next. In our case, we are third-generation owners of our painting. In most cases, C.Proietto provenance is hard find. Current owners often know who first owned the painting, yet few details of purchase remain. Although an artist of note could counterfeit his works, recent auctions value an original C.Proietto at or below $1000.  Short of forensic analysis, C.Proietto’s unique signature is the best test of authenticity. I cannot imagine anyone copying that multifaceted signature and making it look right. In an effort to strengthen their provenance, some later C.

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