My painting, Apple, will be displayed as part of the member’s exhibition at Baltimore Woods Nature Center next month.
It is from my encaustic trees series.
The show starts November 3, 2026 and ends December 18, 2026 with a reception on November 7, 2026 from 2:30 – 4:00 PM.
My painting, Jaune, was selected for exhibition at Main Street Arts, 20 West Main Street, Clifton, Springs, NY 14432. The juried show begins November 7, 2026 with an opening reception from 3:00 – 6:00 PM, and ends on December 23, 2026.
My painting is 12″ x 12″, which is the largest size allowed for this Small Works show. There will be over two hundred artists represented at the event – my guess is it will be hung salon style.
Jaune is named for Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. I used to do an 8th grade art lesson about her using her horse paintings, hence the addition of the horseshoe. And the yellow background is to do with jaune being the word for yellow in French.
Jaune is from my collection called The Robes. There are six dozen different paintings in this series. I am working on connecting with the perfect gallery to display the collection in its entirety. Meanwhile, I’m planning to create at least a dozen more – I just don’t feel like I’ve exhausted the concept yet. I just love them soooo much!
I am honored to have been selected for this group exhibition at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center (137 East Ave., Rochester, New York 14604). Fire & Form – Encaustic Work From Across New York State is a juried exhibition! My painting is titled “Mustang Dance”. A man I chatted with said it looked like something you would find in an ancient Roman villa.
The reception started at 6:00 PM. Penny and I were the first to arrive. I managed to take these pictures before it got super crowded in there.
I am really impressed with the variations in technique, color, texture and style. It’s a magnificent show!
***From the web-site
Regina B Quinn is an encaustic artist residing in the Northern Catskill Mountains of New York. Regina serves as President of International Encaustic Artists and Director of Grant Initiatives. Her art career encompasses painting, photography, ceramics, printmaking, and theatrical set design; she now focuses on creating works in encaustic mixed-media. She teaches encaustics online and in-person at the Woodstock School of Art and Mulranny Arts in Ireland. Regina is represented by the Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, ny. @ginabq
Encaustic, as a medium, is both durable and radiant. It aligns powerfully with both contemporary abstraction and New York’s longstanding landscape traditions. This exhibition aims to demonstrate that vitality and mark the beginning of a defining platform for encaustic artists across New York State.
Three awards have been selected by the juror for excellence in wax media.
Rochester Art Supply (2 awards): Gift Certificates worth $200 each
The R+F Award (1 award): Opaque Color Set and Translucent Color Set with Ampersand boards, valued at $200
Take down is scheduled for September 19, 2026. Paintings can be purchased then collected at the end of the show.
Hours of Operation: Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 5pm / Friday, 12 – 9pm.
Kristen Adamczyk (Brooklyn, NY) @kristen_adamczyk (10), Sarita Kennedy Arden (Pittsford, NY), Gülnar Babayeva (Hudson Valley, NY) @caspianmuse (2), Gwen Bardon (Rhinebeck, NY) @gwenbardon, Bob Barnett (Woodside, NY) @bobbarnettpaint, Mary-Ellen Bertram (Rochester, NY) @maryellenart, Linda Bigness (Camillus, NY) @lbigness, Domenica Brockman (Ithaca, NY) @minimalistabstraction, Phyllis Bryce Ely (Ontario, NY) @pbryceely, Victoria Brzustowicz (Penfield, NY) @creativevictoriab, Ann Marie Buchau (Pulaski, NY) @annbuchauartist, Heather Caufield (Olivebridge, NY), Maureen Church (Rochester, NY) @moutlaw4 (14), Carey Corea (Rochester, NY) @careycoreaart, Pat DeLuca (Rochester, NY) @patdeluca.art, Jackie Doyle (Lakewood, NY) @jackied.art, Marie Dungan (Cooperstown, NY), Connie Ehindero (Rochester, NY) @ehinderoconnie, Alaina Enslen (Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY) (1), Victoria Falco (Rochester, NY) @victoriafalco, Hallie Galligan (Woodstock, NY) (6), Hilary Hart (Cold Spring, NY) (3), Richard Harvey (Rochester, NY) @rcharv, Emily Hill (Lima, NY) @emilyhill.waxwerk (12), Christine Knoblauch (Rochester, NY), Rachel Kouwe (Webster, NY), Mark Lavatelli (Buffalo, NY) @marklava, Rebecca LeFevre (Batavia, NY) @rebeccalefevre.art, Beth Lisk (Watkins Glen, NY) (11), Patrice Maloney (Webster, NY) (4), Melanie Rinn Martinek (Victor, NY), Constance Mauro (Rochester, NY) @constancemauro, Anne B McCune (Hilton, NY) @anne.b.mccune, Tarie Minchak (Rochester, NY) @tarieminchak, Makenzie Morrow (Rush, NY) @makadelic_art (9), Lori Mugnolo (Honeoye Falls, NY), Claire Nigro (Greenport, NY) @clairenigro, Carol O’Brien (Naples, NY) @selkieob, Kseniya Ostrovska (Saratoga Springs, NY) @kseniya_ostrovska_art (5), Andrea Parada (Rochester, NY) @apnderparadaparada_ceramica, Itter Randazzo (Schenectady, NY) @itterrandazzo (13), Lida Riedlinger (Rochester, NY) @lida_riedlinger, Sidonie Merkel Roepke (Rochester, NY) (7), Charles Schweigert (Irondequoit, NY) @schweigertstudio, Julie Jurgens Shea (Rochester, NY) @juliesheaart, Kathleen Speck (Moravia, NY), Kathy Steblen (Fairport, NY), Carolyn Steinkirchner (Rochester, NY), Jacqueline Swaby (Castile, NY) (8), Karen Tashkovski (East Syracuse, NY) @karen_tashkovski,Sherry Tulloch (Churchville, NY), Dana Murray Tyrrell (Niagara Falls, NY) @snackmustard, Deanna Varble (Pittsford, NY) @hensinwellies, Nickolas Viele (Rochester, NY) @nickolas_viele_fine_arts, Sally Wood Winslow (Rochester, NY), Birgitt Wolf Peterson (Prattsburgh, NY) @birgitt_wolf_peterson, Leslie Yolen (Berne, NY) @_leslieyolen, Jessica Young (Hamlin, NY) @jessy.claire.art, Janet Zandy (Rochester, NY)
I am so in love with the way my new exhibition (The Lotus Series) looks on the walls and tables in the Lawson Room at the Canastota Public Library. So grateful for having been welcomed back – and this time for two months (and one week!).
Thank you, Bill!
The library director purchased this amazing hardware that made my new installation at the Canastota Public Library so much better than my previous show.
Six dozen paintings (minus one that I left on a table easel in my living room) are now on display in the Lawson Room. These are encaustic, mixed media & collage paintings of flowers. They started off as lotus flowers but then I sort of branched out via the titles (Lily, Thistle, etc.). I created all the paintings this year. All are 8″ x 10″ on cradled hardboard and framed.
All paintings are available for sale. Contact information is listed in the literature.
The artwork will be featured at the library through October 2026. The Lawson Room is located in the basement of this Andrew Carnegie built library and can be accessed during library hours. There are many clubs and activities scheduled for this room in the coming months. They sound like a lot of fun – exercise classes, a writer’s group, bridge, a knitting and crochet club and lots more.
Monday: 9am – 8pm
Tuesday: 9am – 8pm
Wednesday: 9am – 8pm
Thursday: 9am – 8pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 9am – 12pm
Sunday: Closed
Canastota Public Library
102 W. Center St.
Canastota, NY 13032
Phone: (315) 697-7030
Fax: (315) 697-8653
Email: canastota@midyork.org
Bill Loveland, Director
Hazard Branch Public Library is the latest location to host my artwork.
The library is located at 1620 W. Genesee Street, Syracuse, New York 13204. They open at 9:00 AM every day except for Sunday. It is the perfect place to showcase large paintings.
I brought these nine 36″ x 36″ target pieces out of the archives. I made a dozen of them – sold one and kept two at home, as they are hanging on walls in my house. I created them all in 1997 during a stint as a Master Teacher for the NYS Summer School of the Arts, which was housed at Cazenovia College that year. These oil & collage paintings are framed in maple ($ 1,600).
In addition, you can find eighteen paintings from my series called Talisman. These are also targets and are oil, chalkboard & collage, 18″ x 24″ – not framed ($ 400).
The show concludes on August 31, 2026.
Thirty-six more paintings! I started them today. Created twelve new stencils. Added the wax to the hardboards. Traced the stencils onto the boards.
I will be taking down my art exhibition at the Fayetteville Free Library on Thursday and travelling to Rochester to deliver a painting to the Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery on Friday.
The following week I will be installing a show at the Hazard Branch library then it’s back to the Canastota Public Library during September and October, and then back to the Hazard Branch during November!
Can’t wait to get immersed in the process of making the new robes! Stay tuned….
I just returned from installing my latest art exhibition. This one is at the Fayetteville Free Library, 300 Orchard Street, Fayetteville, NY 13066. The artwork will be on display through the month of July 2026.
There are six dozen 8″ x 8″ encaustic & collage paintings in this series. They are part of my bigger arch – creating a multi-cultural kingdom where everyone is welcome and everyone gets to choose their place in the dream, selecting their level of participation. In this world, there is only happiness and joy – no complaints, no violence, no illness, no misery.
I’ve incorporated international coins and stamps, origami and mulberry papers, embroidery floss, tartan ribbons, gold enamel and game pieces. The vintage elements create a feeling of nostalgia, as well as a sense of deja-vu.
Last year it took me six hours to work out the site plan, move the apparatus around and install a similar amount and sized series. This time I clocked it at four and a half hours. Thank you, Laurie Heyboer, for ordering more hooks. It was so much easier to mount the show! I appreciate you!!!
Penny Santy’s new art exhibition of oil paintings at Axom Home will be on display through September 18, 2026, so there is plenty of time to see it – however, the sooner you go, the sooner you can lock in your purchase before someone else beats you to it.
Axom Home is located at 661 South Avenue, Rochester, New York 14620.
The gallery is at the back of this home goods shop. The artwork is surrounded by contemporary furniture and accessories and that helps customers visualize how these paintings will look in their own home spaces. It is such a clever idea, as most people tend to overlook their walls when shopping to furnish their homes.
Penny Santy‘s paintings are a mix of abstract lines and figurative images with legs peeking out of clouds of beachy energy. It is one of those now-you-see-it second take thingys. The landscapes are fun to decipher. Others are a bit more traditional yet created with the same depth of contrast, line quality and color schemes that define her recent work.
There are smaller works too, for those who would like to start collecting art. I think one oil painting at 8″ x 8″ is priced at only $300 (above).
I attended the reception yesterday and I was so impressed with this wonderful place and with the way Penny’s art blended so well with all the other elements. It is a must see.
I love this store! I bought a clock. I love shopping in a well-curated store that also sells art. It is a match made in heaven. They also offer interior design services. See their website for the details.
I am honored to be a part of the latest exhibition at Main Street Arts, 20 W. Main Street, Clifton Springs, New York 14432. Titled Horse Power!, it will be on display until July 15, 2026.
My painting is called Mustang Dance (see above).
The horse theme was inspired by the Chinese New Year celebrating the year of the Fire Horse in 2026. And – OMG – there are so many wonderful pieces of art representing horses (and donkeys, zebras and even unicorns). People and their horses, am I right???
Paintings, drawings, sculptures, fiber art, mixed media – so much to see and enjoy.
The show is the brainchild of Executive Director Heather Olson (*) who is a total shining star. Her positivity is infectious and the atmosphere during the art reception today was truly heart warming.
It is a fabulous exhibit. The artwork occupies two floors in this gorgeous little gallery. YOU HAVE TO GO TO THERE – to experience this amazing energy and also to buy something. There is an adorable gift shop in addition to all the art that is for sale. And donations for this non-profit organization are welcome, as well.
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Wednesday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Thursday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Friday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday : 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Heather Olson joined Main Street Arts as Executive Director and Gallery Curator in January of 2025. An equestrian and lover of places, ecosystems, and the plants and animals which define them, her painting and photography work explores storytelling, erasure, movement, freedom, memory, and amends. Inspired by her summer-long artist residency at Chautauqua Institution and studies in Florence, Italy she weaves historically-driven narratives anchored in place. After living across regions of the US and Canada, Olson has a broad professional lens-bringing programming, planning, grant-work, business-ownership, teaching, and design experiences to Main Street Arts. She has public and private K-12 and college-level teaching experience. Heather earned a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art (honors), a Masters in Landscape Architecture, a Masters in Art Education, and has hours towards an MFA. Heather is building upon the exceptional programs and events developed by our prior director. She curates and hangs gallery exhibitions and works directly with artists, instructors, and our community for programs and events.
Yesterday afternoon I attended the art reception for the Art Haus summer exhibition. Called Smorgasbord, this is the first time the curators have displayed eight artists at once. Usually the shows include about four artists.
This time there is a sculptor, a photographer, an assemblage artist and several abstract painters,
The eight artists all happen to be men this time: Peter Allen, Tyrel De Bique, CJ Hodge, Dennis Kinsey, Steve Nyland, Steve Pearlman, Marc Anthony Polizzi and Robert Poorman,
The art is available until July 11, 2026. See the gallery website for more details including making a purchase.
Art Haus is located at 120 Walton Street, Syracuse, New York 13202. Current hours of operation are Tuesday and Wednesday noon – 7:00 PM, Thursday and Friday noon – 8:00 PM and Saturday noon – 6:00 PM. Visit them on Facebook for updates to this schedule.
It’s a great show with a little bit of everything that you never knew you wanted – color, texture, size, shape. Viewing art in person in order to understand an artist’s point of view is just the best!
