Gina Lento

Morning Page

Every morning I do a page spread like this. I first learned about it from Carla Sonheim when she introduced us to The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Carla showed us how she did a page in her sketchbook and over the years I have tweaked it to fit my needs. I took my timeContinue reading “Morning Page”

Paint the Great South Bay

It’s that time of year again where I am the chairperson for an annual plein air event. I get to participate but I am obviously not eligible for prizes but that’s ok. When my paintings sell, that’s prize enough for me. As typical with plein air, there are adventures to tell. Several storms this week,Continue reading “Paint the Great South Bay”

Infinite Sketch

I signed up to participate in the Sketchbook Project’s “Infinite Sketch.” You get a 6×9 postcard with some art supplies and you create a segment of a creature that will connect to another artists’ segment, and so on. One artist gets selected for the head and another gets the butt. I’m somewhere in the middleContinue reading “Infinite Sketch”

It’s August

My show was up for a month and a half but regretfully, it’s over. It was a lot of fun. It was on exhibit at the Patchogue Theatre for the Arts. We get a lot of great shows at the Patchogue Theatre. For those of you that didn’t see it, it was whimsical and charming.Continue reading “It’s August”

Laughing gulls

These guys nest on the East Coast. They are a summer staple along the New Jersey coastline. Growing up, we went down the Shore every summer and our summer days were filled with laughing gull calls. Note: people from South Jersey and Philadelphia do not call it the “Jersey Shore.” 😱 We call it “downContinue reading “Laughing gulls”

Painting au jour

Here is another recent painting for your viewing pleasure….. It’s a collage/mixed media piece. 12×16 Here is a quick sketch I did this morning using the Sktchy app on iPhone. The young man had a scrunched up face and it made me laugh. He was sketched in a drawing box that I have reserved inContinue reading “Painting au jour”

The process of kitty

Here are some of of the kitties I drew before finding the one I liked. The large one circled in yellow and then trying it out on a smaller piece of paper. And one sketchbook page using that kitty shape….

Some recent kitties

The “Cats out of the Bag” show is up for a few more days. I am already jumping into new projects. This is a recent painting that I submitted to a show. The original idea came from a stack of kitty sketches on index cards that I have been reusing this shape over and over.Continue reading “Some recent kitties”

The Cats out of the Bag

For several months now, my cat postcard project has grown into a full show of 14 paintings. The largest are 30×40. They are at least 8 that I have not posted on Social Media. The show runs until July 28th. One of the paintings is on display at a separate location, the Roast Coffee andContinue reading “The Cats out of the Bag”

Where’s the Cats?

More importantly, where’s Gina? For the past few months, I have been working on a series of paintings for a solo show here on Long Island. There are 14 paintings that will be curated by John Cino, Curator for the Patchogue Arts Council. The paintings he chooses will be hanging in the Patchogue Theater forContinue reading “Where’s the Cats?”