PICTURES OF THE WEEK Including from Recent St. Charles, IL Plein Air Painting Event & a Providence, Rhode Island Reader -- Beautiful!!

"Good evening, Hotel Baker" by Janice Czerwinski; oil on 12" x 16" birch panel.

ARTIST STATEMENT: "This painting took 3 evenings to complete due to the complexity of the stonework. I 'm not a night owl either so I ran out of gas by 11pm the first night." It was for sale at the St. Charles Arts Council plein air Grand Reveal party on 8/23/25."

Who knows, it may have already sold! If so, you are one lucky art patron!!

As always, beautiful job, Janice!!!

NEXT UP....The artistry of Providence, Rhode Island reader, KATE SALVI. Enjoy viewing her beautiful, nature-inspired digital photography and collage pieces below -- thank you for sharing, Kate!!

KATE SALVI'S INFORMATION:

"I am a part-time professional artist running my own greeting card company and selling them nationally.  My website is:  Msha.ke/katesalvisgreetingcards and my instagram is @katesalvi.

My preferred medium is collage.  

"I am also an award-winning photographer. My work has been published both locally and internationally.  More recently, I've been focusing on expanding my collage greeting card business.  For more information feel free to contact me at:  salvikate@hotmail.com.

"My work can be seen and purchased locally in the Providence, RI area at Gallery Belleau, Peaceable Kingdom, Homegrown, Thea Plant Co., Pothos Plant Company, The Purple Cow Company, Imagine Gifts, and dozens of other shops/ galleries across the country."