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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 14h

Two more from my Scotland trip. Bass Rock makes another appearance in the first from N. Berwick, not to be confused with Berwick on Tweed, the location of the 2nd. It depicts the old Berwick bridge, dating to 1611. This and other work can be seen on my website: www.jamesgloria.com/exhibitions

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Always special when you 'discover' an artist you've never heard of who completely knocks you out and inspires. Joan Eardley was a plein air painter who braved the elements of the east coast near Aberdeen on the N. Sea in a small fishing village.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

View from Siccar Point on the 'Deep Time Trail", my one foray using oils in Scotland. I had brought a few colors to seewhether they'd pass the TSA, they got through after some confused examination. Watercolor's simplicity ended up being a better fit for touring. 5" x 7" on watercolor paper.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another from my trip to Scotland. We toured the ruins of Tantallon Castle, and this view of Bass Rock framed in the distance caught my interest. Mid painting, it began to drizzle. Not good for watercolors in general, but in this case I liked the effect it created. 7" x 11".

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Scotland, Day 2: Another view from our friend's place. I could sit there for hours, watching the sky. Rainbows almost daily. Sea and clouds ever changing. This one is 7" x 11".

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Made a trip to Scotland to spend time with friends and be a tourist. Brought oils, but also watercolors (the oils passed TSA). Couldn't carry panels, so WC paper for both. Ended up just using WC. Day 1: the view from our friend's lr window: 1000 or so sheep, then the North Sea. 4" x 6".

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Spent the day with Art Association of Harrisburg participating in their Plein Air event along the Susquehanna. Weather couldn't decide whether to be overcast, rain or partly cloudy. This one is 16" x 24", oil on linen on panel.

oil painting of the Susquehanna river, Harrisburg, PA. It depicts two rail bridges in the view south, with the riverbank on the left.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two more watercolors from my Maine series aboard the ferry. (4" x 6") Plus another from a prior visit in Harpswell in '95 (7" x 9") Don't forget to check out my work and that of 20 other artists at the Antoine Dutot Museum in Del. Water Gap Friday the 4th from 7-9pm. All work priced at $150!

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Some of the work I'll be exhibiting along with many other local artists at the Antoine Dutot Museum and Gallery opening this friday from 7-9. All artwork is priced at $150! These were completed on a trip west in 2006. Each approx. 4" x 12"

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our last day in Maine was spent in Portland. Clear day, perfect for taking the ferry around the islands. So, I switched to watercolor. First the ferry, before we board: 4"x6"

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Harpswell Maine #4: "Harpswell Dock". Last of the oils. Typical Maine coastal weather: overcast through 2 hrs. Then gradual clearing over the next 2. Finally I finished just as fog crept in and obscured the entire view.

Oil painting of bay with islands on the horizon, and a dock in the foreground

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Harpswell Maine series #3: Harpswell Cabin. Oil on linen on panel 12" x 14". A view from the dock up towards the main cabin where we had our family meals.

Oil painting of a cabin on the coast of Maine, with seaweed covered beach and cliff at low tide.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Maine #2. "Harpswell, Low Tide". Oil on linen on panel. 11" x 14". Weather changes so quickly by the sea. Here especially. Fog and sun alternate their appearances.

Oil painting of maine coast, showing rocky shore covered in seaweed.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

1st of 4 oils completed in Harpswell, Maine this past week: "Harpswell Sunroom" 9"x12" oil on linen on panel. Whale island on the left.

Oil painting. View of cabin sun room, maine coast and whale Island

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Ange at Interlochen Acad.. Pic2: a poster for Louis Falco for whom she left Julliard as a Sr. for 2 weeks at Saddlers Wells. Jennifer Muller left the company and took Ange with her to form Jennifer Muller/TheWorks for whom she danced for 18 years touring 31 countries and a master teacher as well.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Richter: To talk about painting is not only difficult but perhaps pointless. You can only express in words what words are capable of expressing. What language can communicate, painting has nothing to do with.What were you thinking of?You can’t think of anything, painting is another form of thinking

"Cape May Porches" 2018 24" x 18" view of victorian porch with tree in right foreground

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Ange checking out my painting "Cafe Table, Peony" at the PA Capitol east rotunda. Part of the "Older Adults of PA" show (*&^%$, I'm old!) The painting just below was done by a 100 yr. old woman. My favorite.

view of gallery display of oil paintings in PA state capital

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Never get tired of seeing Ange's dance pics. This is her duet from "Lovers" from a 1983 performance (with Lane Sayles) Keith Jarrett recorded the original music while viewing a rehearsal video, in one take.

Performance photo from "Lovers" a Jennifer Muller/the works 1983 performance. Two dancers in a "T" lift, the male in an arabesque while lifting the female who is in an upside down split, her hands clasping his behind her hips.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Trip to Woodstown, Nj for an inaugural plein air event. No prizes alas, but a good visit. Met some artists and locals, interesting town. But I forgot to bring my prepared panels and had to use store-bought. Too slick, under-painting doesn't soak in.. a totally different experience.

View of downtown Woodstown, NJ. Trees line the left and right, the road curves away and to the right.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sold: "NY Harbor-Liberty, Ellis Island". Thank you Jack Swersie, Jill Swersie and the rest of the volunteers at the Gallery at 530 Main. In its place: "The Occulus-WTC". Both painted in June of 2024.

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Daniel Kelley @danieltkelley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Interesting perspective vis a vis, you know, guns

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

NY Harbor Part II: What the dancer was up to while I painted (not bad for 72!) She surprised herself and the company by "accidentally" doing a pirouette.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Just submitted my "NY Harbor Liberty/Ellis Island" Plein Air Oil, 9"x 12" (2024) for the 530 Main "America as we see it" show opening July 11. It was completed during a week in NY when Ange was coaching the Jennifer Muller/The Works dancers.

Plein Air oil of NY harbor, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, as viewed from the Battery yacht basin looking south.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Attended the last Lafayette figure session until fall last night. Oil on watercolor paper. 20 min each.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Quick demo on putty making for either glazing windows or without the added zinc as an impasto medium for oil painting.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Just got a bottle of raw linseed oil. I'll 'wash' it with salt water and sand, refining it for painting. Meanwhile, I've been doing more prosaic oil painting...of our wood windows. I realized I could make my own paint for that as well. My impasto medium is almost identical to window glazing putty.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

An hour pose from tonight's open figure session at Lafayette College. Oil on watercolor paper. Let's see if it makes it past the censors....12" x 9".

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My piece, Cafe Table with Peony, has been selected for the 2026 Older Adult Artists of PA Showcase! The Showcase will hang in the East Wing Rotunda of the Capital Building in Harrisburg from August 3-31, 2026.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

20 min oil sketch on watercolor paper about 12x9" from the Lafayette figure session.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My "Mock Orange" painting will be in this show for the summer at the Art on Asbury Gallery - Ocean City Fine Arts League.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Oil sketch from last night's figure session. 12" x 12" on watercolor paper.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

New Hope Arts just accepted my watercolor "Curling Woman" for their upcoming "Naked in New Hope" opening May 8th.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Some close-ups of my recent work. Photos don't always capture the thickness of the marble dust paint medium I use.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Some close-ups of my work. Photos don't always capture the thickness of the marble dust paint medium I use.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Old Bottles, Irises" Oil on linen on panel, 24" x 18" Reminder that I was painting Iris in the garden 10 years ago.Ange's garden has had a spectacular array, here it is along with the 10 year old painting, the bottles were found in our stone hedgerows, intact despite being buried among the rocks.

Still life with pink, violet and yellow irises in old glass bottles on a yellow background.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A time-lapse of painting my last post: "Vase with Columbine"

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Ange's garden is a constant source of new subjects. Today the columbine were in bloom. Oil on linen on panel, 24" x 18". #oilpaintings#Flowers

Still life set up for painting of glass vase holding columbine showing easel, art, and paint kit.

Painting of glass vase on table with 4 varieties of columbine.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Great model at Lafayette College figure session. First time in a while using colored conte. 20min.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is a clip from a video I made in 2020. It may bit of a bore if you aren't an artist, but if you want to learn what goes into every painting I make prior to setting brush to panel you may find it interesting. The full video is on my Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@scagliolist

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My latest, a 16" x 20" oil. It took a few days to complete, unlike my usual process of painting "alla prima" or all in one sitting. Which introduced the issue that flowers expand, and light changes when it rains, and at night...

oil painting of cafe style table with checked table cloth, teacup and coffee mug with a magenta tree-peony in a glass vase. An empty bentwood chair is visible against a dark background.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Spent the day gluing up framing for my work and other things, then managed to paint a small, 9x12 of emerging ferns.

wood picture frame stock being glued together

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

No excuses not to paint today. Beautiful weather, I've finished repairing my deck and Azalea is in bloom. I also took some time lapse and video which I'll be putting together for a demo/how to video soon. #oilpainting#PleinAir#flowers

close up, plein air oil painting of white azalea done in one sitting.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Spent the day in New Hope/Lambertville after dropping off my work for "NINH" ("curling woman" top right in the poster) Saw some fab work. The storm troopers were at hand to help with crowd control.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Pic of the day "Dogwood" from 2016 flower series. Tip of the day: Draw without an eraser. It can be a crutch. If you want to be able to produce finished work for display, why not practice making confident lines. Besides, erasures are often a 'cure that's worse than the disease'

oil painting of flowering dogwood seen up close.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Will be entering the next Gallery at 530 Main, show with one of the Castle Inn painted a few years ago, then revisited last year. "Castle Inn, Late Afternoon"

image of three story building as seen through willow and other trees ini the late afternoon.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

New Hope Arts just accepted my watercolor "Curling Woman" for their upcoming "Naked in New Hope" opening May 8th.

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Here are a few paintings completed at a park in my township with views of the Del. Water Gap. #Art#PleinAir#oils

Landscape of "September Barn" with tree, barn and appalachian mts.

View of red barn with tree in the foreground

View of red barn, shed and portion of a silo

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jamesgloria fine art & craft @scagliolist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I've been posting work from a variety of media and styles lately, so I thought I'd comment that frequently artists, for 'branding' purposes are told to stick to one medium, genre or even sub category of art making. It is important to explore thoroughly to go deeper, but it also can be limiting.

View from under the N Wildwood boardwalk showing light filtering through the planks onto the sand and piers.

The artist painting from under the pier.

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