More Late Summer Flowers and Butterflies

Before we head out on our trip to Colorado & Wyoming
I felt the need to do another painting of the many butterflies
that visit our yard. By the time we return, they will have
headed south and the flowers will have gone to rest.

Watch for our pictures along the way of our trip.
Mountains, bison, big horn sheep, antelope, canyons.
Excited just thinking about it!

Chasing down bees

Peter was out chasing down bees again on our Obedient plant
in the yard. Harder to get the bee to listen to directions!

M-Café Display

Peter & I would just like to remind all of our art loving friends
about our artwork that is currently on display at M-Café.
M-Café is in downtown Milwaukee.
A great place to grab a cup of coffee, a sweet treat
or a sandwich and look at the artwork.
The café is located at 535 East Wells.
Directly across from Cathedral Square.
They are open from 7:00AM to 2:30PM.

We have just installed a special display of
photo greeting cards.

Our display will be available until the end of Sept 2009.
Please stop by when you are in the area.

New Material for our October Show

Peter & I have been working hard the last couple of days to prepare
images, cards & bookmarks for sale and display at our next
Gallery Weekend beginning in October.
We will be at Soup's On at 221 North Water St.
Gallery night Artist reception will begin at 5PM on
Friday October 16th. We will be there on Saturday
as well.

Display will be up until the end of the year.

Make plans to see the new show that Peter & I will be having.

Along with the prints hanging, there will be other size prints for sale
as well as photo greeting cards and bookmarks.
The bookmarks and cards are photos, many of which will be in our
new book: "Milwaukee, WI: A Photographic Portrait".
Our book is expected to be published in the spring of 2010.

Another post from our prairie wanderings

Spent some chasing after bees, birds and bugs yesterday.
Captured many in flight.

Yes, this one is actually perched on the top of this flower.
How do they do that?
Such balance. Such poise.
Enjoyment to watch.

Headed South or?

is the family just out for a Sunday afternoon practice flight?
Hoping it is just practice.
Beautiful day for doing just about anything.

More Finch from our wanderings

Peter seems to be "capturing" many finch that are attracted to the flowers in our yard.
He is patient as they seem to disappear as fast as they come.

I enjoy painting his images in my own expressive way.

Here is another one from today's adventures.

New Scenics for Fall

Is it fall yet?
Love the cooler nights.

This image was painted from a photo that was taken last year
on a Fall trip to Northern Wisconsin.

New Portraits on our Website

We are now making available painted portraits.
We can either book a portrait sitting for you now or
we can work from a picture that you already have and cherish.

Please check out our website for all our other fine art. Call Peter at 414-465-9448 for pricing and appointments.

New Updates on our Website

New additions to our website:
www.skibafineart.com

Exhibit for the first quarter of 2010

Peter and I met today with the Manager of the the Pyramax Bank on North Water Street in the Third Ward and received a warm welcoming. They thought our artwork would fit well into their gallery area and gave us a commitment to exhibit our work beginning in January.
Exhibit will continue through the end of March 2010.

New Gallery Show in Jan 2010

We are heading to the 3rd Ward in Milwaukee to discuss
possibilities of showing our art in Jan. 2010.
From what we have heard, it will begin for Jan. Gallery
Weekend and be on display for the first quarter of 2010.

Our intent is to display our works of art that tell a story about Milwaukee.
We will be highlighting many of the images that will be in our
upcoming book: "Milwaukee, WI A Photographic Portrait".

Will keep everyone abreast of details as they come together.

Milwaukee Artist's Market Painting

This painting was done from a photograph that was taken on
Saturday July 25th at the Milwaukee Artist Marketplace.
I loved the scene of all the activity and the bright colors.

My intent was for an impressionistic scene.

Morning Glory Art Fair

Peter & I decided to head to downtown Milwaukee today to check out our competition at the Morning Glory Art Fair. We had terrible winds and rain yesterday. Some of the artists had merchandise damaged. Some even went so far as to leave the grounds on Saturday rather than sustain any additional damage.

Still there were many artists who stayed for the entire weekend.
It was hot but a bit cooler "by the lake".
Rain held off today until mid afternoon.
I am certain many of the artists left early again today.

After the Art Fair we headed north to Cafe Sopra Mare on the grounds of the Villa Terrace.
There were treated to live music, coffee and sweets.
Many who were there come every weekend in the summer to sit, read, enjoy conversation and good music in the courtyard.

It was a pleasant way to spend the day.

We are back home and the rain, wind, thunder and lightening has started once again!

Spring Poppy

Adding more pictures for our blog that will be in our Fall Gallery Exhibition.

Want to give you a taste of what you will be seeing in October.

Birds & Flowers

"Branching" out from my simple painted flowers to flowers with the added attraction of a bird.

This thistle plant was lunch for our backyard finch.

New Paintings for Fall Gallery Night

Working on the printing of my newest flower paintings.

These will be on display at October Gallery Night.

Hope to see you there!

Gallery Night for October

We know it is still August and summertime activities are still very much a part of our lives, but Peter & I are also busy looking forward to our next Gallery Night presentation for October.
Artist reception will be held on October 16th at Milwaukee's Soup's On Gallery in the 3rd Ward.


We are currently working on new images that will be on display.
New painted images will include many of Renée flowers.
Peter will be including more of the images from our book: "Milwaukee, Wi, a Photographic Portrait".

As we move closer to the date, we will give you more information on the Reception that will be held that Friday night, October 16th.
We hope to see all of our friends and followers there for the opening.
Images will be on display until the end of 2009.

Pre Publication Presentation

Peter & I have been invited to talk about the upcoming release of our book: "Milwaukee, WI: A Photographic Portrait".
We will be presenting a slide show and talk previewing the contents of our book on Milwaukee.

Presentation will be given at St. Francis Library in early October 2009. More details about specific date and time will be posted later.

Feels Like Fall this morning

Feels like fall this morning, so thought I would paint a
fall scene. Love the colors of fall. So rich and warm.
Enjoy fall and wish we could jump right over into spring!

MARN Musical Benefit

An Evening of Folk Music with Linda Corbin-Pardee & Don Pardee at the Milwaukee Friends Meeting House.

Peter & Renee Skiba joined dozens of other music lovers and friends of MARN Saturday night for an evening of folk music with Linda Corbin-Pardee, Don Pardee and fellow musicians.
We were treated to delightful folk music.
Proceeds from the event are to benefit MARN and their support of emerging artists in Milwaukee.

More pictures from the event can be seen on Facebook under Renee Skiba.

Sunflower

A simple yet most beautiful flower.
Seen everywhere and sometimes taken for granted.

Take time to stop and look at these magnificent flowers.
I especially love a whole field filled with these beauties.