Memorial Day, 2023, among the most sacred of our National Holidays, is it not? Today we stop to honor those among us who have made the ultimate sacrifice in laying down their lives in defense of our ideals, our freedoms and our security. In a most troubled world, one that often seems "locked and loaded" for yet another round of international horror, may we find time, each of us, to say thanks in our own private ways to those who went off to war and never returned.

The Battle Hymn of the Republic, from my Americana Poster Collection, is below. 

As I drive through this farm town I often see signs, as of late, that read, "No Mow May." The yards are unkempt, grass is in every case long. I admit, this idea has little appeal for me. We wait until late to mow at all, but as of this moment, we've mowed our lawn twice. We've put down seed, today it rains, all seems well. But, these No Mow May signs have peaked my curiosity, and so I've "Googled It," only to discover lots of good information on the topic. Here is one example, https://www.bobvila.com/articles/no-mow-may/  The benefit most appealing to me has to do with giving the bees a boost-- let the Dandelions grow, the wild flowers take hold, the grass come up green and full. A month of now mowing, no fertilizing, no tending leads to a better summer and fall, and more productive growth along the way, leaving your lawns healthier as the season winds down in late summer. Yes, this contributes to a greener, healthier planet, we are told. But I confess, we are too far along to participate, this year. Perhaps next, we'll give it a try. 

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Been a long, long time since I donned my first fleece in anticipation of the 2022-23 winter season. And it is still a long season, even today...amidst unusually cool and rainy conditions. I still wear my fleece, here in May. But the beach season is just about arrived, not quite. And we intend to relish it when it arrives. Why just this week, we've taken several trips to the beach to walk our dog and ourselves, and of course, on sunny, cool days the water glistens and our dispositions are lifted. Here is a small original image, acrylic on masonite board, from which I offer digital prints. The scene is a favorite of mine, the depiction of a view out over the water as you enter Ocean Drive, Newport, Rhode Island. If you've driven this curvy route, you will likely know the stretch of road that affords you this view. Other such images of Newport are seen, here. 

After some serious rain, presto! Green is the color! Green everywhere...accented by the most beautiful touches of Daffodil Yellow scattered about the landscape, calling attention to the changing of the season, the warming of the air, the lengthening of the days, the arrival of momma birds, of Hummingbirds on their way, now. Why just today, I tuned up the lawn mower, checked the oil, added fresh gasoline, pumped up the tires, turned over the engine and away we went. The first grass-cutting of this '23 season is officially on the books...against a frantic background, new life breaking out, all over! Here is "One Brilliant Easter Daffodil," to help you along with your spring print collection. 

"My Cosmos-Dancer Friend #1," oil-on-canvas, 10" x 8" approximately, prints will be available, shortly. From a new, short series of painted images, here are a few of my Cosmos-Dancer Friends. Call them Angels, call them whatever you wish, where they spring from (no pun intended!) one can only fathom. As this most Holy week in the Christian calendar moves forward, I am certain the Almighty has earthly matters well in hand. Here are some images pertinent to Easter. 

Since the winter blizzard passed thru New England just a day or two ago, I've been posting images of my oil-on-canvas painting, "Boston Weather Moves In," from which I've selected this detail to begin this post. You can see this selection in the Limited Edition Prints Gallery on my website.  Paint Prints Gallery. I took a photo of the Boston skyline some years ago from which the original painted image was made...but I could never live well with the result, I didn't like it. One day, the thought dawned on me, try a winter scene! Voila, this is what transpired. Thank you for your continued enthusiasm for my various experiments. 

It's latter February, almost March. Where's the snow? Ok, there is a storm "coming." But there have been storms coming all winter, and we have very little accumulated white stuff to show for it. What's going on? Now, I'm as happy for California as anyone, since they've received so much rain in such a short period of time that their long, painful drought seems to be coming to an end. Is our lack of snow connected to their abundance of rain? I don't know, but don't think so. Regardless, here's an image from my Photo Prints Gallery I like a lot, a winter image, a February image. "Winter Sap Run," See what you think, 

Such a serene image, in such a challenging time! Here we are, October...gone. November...gone. December...gone. January...gone. February...going! In two months, April! Winter has been somewhat odd, this year. Generally mild, then wickedly cold spells followed by days of rain and bluster. Not much snow to speak of, so far. But we've been here before. We don't want three blizzards in 3 weeks, now, do we? We saw this pattern not too many years ago. Meantime, I have recorded some images in recent years that are nice to hang, this time in the winter season. Here is a serene image, "Snowy Spruce Tree," February 6, 2023. 

As you perhaps have read, this blog site is to be updated here in the New Year every two weeks. So far, so good! 

Here is "Working Stiff 2," from a very short series of acrylic paintings on masonite at a scale of 5" square. This is among my favorite series, one I intend to expand, this year. Perhaps you may see a large canvas, 3 feet, or 6 feet square on the same topic...before too long. The original series consists only of a few images, seen here. Who could imagine that such a banal activity as plunking keys on a keyboard before a computer screen could possibly define the activities of most of us each and every day, and for many, night? All over the world? If I were to have just arrived on planet Earth, and looked around, I might quickly come to the conclusion that something is out-of-whack, here. 

B A M ! Holiday season has come and gone...and here we are. The image you see below, completed in acrylic on canvas board, was painted 11 years ago. I will be highlighting more from this series in the weeks and months just ahead, if only because behavior depicted here is more deeply rooted in the lives of all of us now than it was back then. Amazing. This is another image from the original, "My Really Important Life Series," in which each subject is expressed preoccupied by the use of electronic devices while eating a cheeseburger.  I appreciate the interest and amusing support offered by friends and family. Look forward to these images in my Paint Prints Gallery, soon. 

A country in turmoil. A world in turmoil. Just as it was 2000+ years ago when we believe the Almighty intervened in history, in space, in time, to bring us a figure and a message that would change history, and our very lives-- the Light of the World. Here it is, several days away. Wishing you through this pending storm, safety, warmth, and the Merriest of Christmases. Let's keep Ukrainians in mind this HolyDay Season, and all those who suffer in this world...may we pray for them all. 

Yes, we've compiled our lists, undertaken our shopping, placed orders on-line, visited department stores, prepared packages for US mail...we're in gear and hoping you are, too. However, it is now...too late to order Christmas prints, this year. If you order today, they will likely arrive late for the holiday. But...there is always next year. In coming 2023, look for this series of prints coming to market, from my "W A T Collection," oil crayons on warm paper stock. 

Advent, the reason for this season: Here is an image of stained glass, truly beautiful stained-glass. I will forward a significant portion of every print sold here to my church to support the Gallery Committee and the work it does in showing off and promoting work of local artists. I call this image simply, "Central Church Window Detail," a lovely image unlike any window glass I have ever seen. 

I took these images myself using only a iPhone 8, as I recall. So there are limitations on the scale to which these prints can be satisfactorily created and delivered. But the amazing quality of these camera optics-systems is also clear. When I think about my own history with light cameras, I realize what a magic show it is that our iPhones can provide in their photographic capability this kind of quality. 

Thanksgiving! After a tumultuous year, and in anticipation of a trying winter followed perhaps by an even more difficult year, I find the spirit of Thanksgiving high, here at the outset of Thanksgiving week. Here is a favorite fall image of mine, "Bristol Aggie Floral," one I snapped of a beautiful arrangement on display at a fall exhibit at our near-by Bristol Agricultural school, several years ago. This image captures the spirit of the holidays in such colorful, simple terms. Other November images, fall images, can are seen on my website, here. 

Now that our elections are a week over and we are all in the dark as to the direction of Congress and its leadership, allow me to post one of my favorite fall photos, an image I snapped outside a museum in Maine. "She just appeared to me," is my general sentiment, "and she stays to keep me company," I can add. She grows on me. Perhaps she grows on you! Here is "Statue in Woods," this week's fall print recommendation. You can find other fall suggestions in my Photo or Instagram Galleries. 

Summer winds down, day-light savings time ends, a cold-front is on the way, a blood-red eclipse due tonight, election day tomorrow, life in the USA is full of November changes, is it not? Some will be in the realm of the profound. My view is that with Election Day tomorrow and Veterans Day at end of week, prints from my Americana Prints Gallery may serve a useful purpose. Print recommendation for early November. Here is "My Country 'Tis of Thee," from this gallery assortment. Note, the second verse, in white typography, is a version written on commission by my grandfather after the close of WWII, in conjunction with a UN organization. I am glad to include it in this design. 

Dorset, Vermont Fall Vision, this week's recommended Fall print. The image below is approximately what you will see if you use your iPhone to go to my site for the purpose of ordering a new, October Print. This is a typical product offering page. Note, with an email sign-up, you will get 20% off your first print from George Delany Art. Other fall print suggestions can be seen in my Instagram and Photo Galleries. This interface will lead you directly to the product offering page from where you can spend some time ordering your print-- including size, materials, matte, frame and hanging hardware. Ta-Da! All done. Your print will arrive ready to hang. 

Capture this colorful season with a new art print! Here is one from my Instagram Gallery, "Wildflowers Gone Wild" from an image I snapped upon seeing this wonderful assortment of flowers together late in the season. I thought, "That has possibilities!," and I was right. So here is my print offering made against a time of great anxiety for many of us-- our personal economy, our national economy, our international economy, war, invasion, taxes, plenty to worry about. And yet, I would note, our relations with everyone in the most personal of terms were, this past summer, the best. People are so nice! Friendly. Warm. Congenial, even! Why are people in such troubled times, so nice? Thank goodness, we all manage to refrain from acting out our concerns and anxieties, a most wonderful trait of this little period in which we find ourselves. What a commentary on our nature, right? 

Times are ominous, aren't they? So, I will post some cheerful images I like as a sort of remedy to what ails us. See if this works! < grin > 

This little painting study, acrylic on masonite, from which my prints are made and offered, captures the moment an HR executive decides to take an ocean dip, in the buff on a hot summer day. In the interest of keeping up with critical data flow on all her employees, she enters the water...with her laptop. Empowered! < BiGrin > 

We remember 9.11.01. We will not forget 9.11.01. We prepare. We learn. We educate. We watch. We move. We plan. We protect. We recommit. We love. We inspire. We come together. This series of poster images uses an American flag that at the time hung in front of this house. This graphic series I designed in the aftermath of 9.11.01 just to help us come together, to look back at our ideals as a means of looking forward at a future into which we might enter. I called this series the "Who We Are Collection." In time, the series was given a gold award by Graphis Poster Annual. It was also accepted into the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. Here in 2022, the iconography, the hymns, the language and imagery all still resonate, still have a distinct resonance, and still call us, thank goodness. 

Yes, we took a summer break, traveled a bit up thru Southern Ontario, had a terrific time, most especially in swimming several times daily in  brisk, cool, uncontaminated glacier lake!  But now we are returned, feeling a bit melancholy given all that is going on in the world. Here is a look at life in Southern Ontario about now: 

We were fortunate to spend this July 4 out on Block Island off the Rhode Island coast with extended family. How beautiful the long weekend was. Yes, the ocean was glorious. Everything about this island is glorious. The island on this particular weekend is jazzed with visitors from all over, many from New York. But the July 4 parade was most moving and imaginative. Everybody pitched in. Just so you know, those living on Block Island would have no trouble defending this Country against enemies foreign and/or domestic, let no one be confused. What a wonderful ceremony not only of Block Island life but of the ideas and principles that undergird this particular holiday. Everyone, it seemed, was decked out in the Red, White and Blue. We clapped and hooted as each home-made float paraded by...a memorable day. Here is a snapshot of the occasion, a modest one, at that. 

July 4, an anecdote: A friend tells me, "My mother wanted this hymn sung at her funeral," and so he was moved to purchase this print, "Battle Hymn of the Republic," one in seven from my original, "Who We Are," collection, designed just after the horrors of 9.11.01. These prints have taken on a special significance, since then. You may find just the right poster for your home, this July 4, in my Americana Poster series. Don't forget to send me photos of your poster installations-- I will be delighted to post them, here. 

Here is the second blossom of the 2022 season, and a beauty she is! Just happened, a day or two, ago. The whole Lily season, just ahead, such a magnificent time of year. This image is not yet available as a print, but this one, is. I like to walk about the garden early in the morning, or just after a rain shower to try to capture fresh blossoms. Sometimes I am fortunate to capture drops of water on the petals, themselves, love to see these images. In the case of this plant, I dropped these bulbs in the ground in a new location on this property some several years ago. Now, they are well-rooted, and come up in clusters, very healthy plants that get a great deal of summer sun. Gratifying, isn't it? 

Not to overlook Flag Day, 2022! Here is another from my original "Who We Are," series of seven posters designed post 9.11.01. These images remain powerful and popular. Thanks to those who've only recently placed an order for selections from my Americana Posters Gallery. Other selections can be seen in my Exhibit Gallery. Got a call from a teacher once, who told me how happy she was to have ordered this poster so she could hang it in her classroom...for her students. Only one of many anecdotes I could tell about this series. The entire collection is held within the Library of Congress. It was also accorded a Gold Citation by Graphis Poster Annual, at the time. Thank you for your continued patronage of these images, most especially in troubled and turbulent times such as those in which we find ourselves, at present. 

My "Newport Country Club" original painting was such fun to produce. My son had caddied there in his teenage years, many stories to tell. We have made Newport beaches our summer destination over many years, first and second beaches, especially. Newport occupies a special place in my head and heart. So here is my image of a young, hot-shot golfer coming up on the eighteenth hold using his cell phone to plot the best shot to the green, using GPS, of course! I have taken some liberties with the spatial geography, hope you like it!

And, you may be aware, I have been enamored of the visual style and effect of the lowly pixel for decades, and always enjoy including a reference to the pixel in my work, a gesture of appreciation in the idea that an image can be created or disassembled in the wink of an eye based on its pixelated building blocks. So many of my paintings include some kind of reference or homage to the ubiquitous pixel. To think! We were once told, "Forget pixels! Don't use any print technology that reveals pixelations, not good! Avoid at all costs!" Makes me chuckle, now. Perhaps oddly, many people will respond to this by saying, "Yes, I remember Pointillism!" To which, I respond, "No, this is not Pointillism. This is PIXILATION, thank you!" and so it goes. 

Friends: Yes, you are looking at this image correctly. It is not available on my site-- I took the photo this morning after the rain. Something a little different in this blog. I will make it available in my Photo Gallery at some point, soon. The idea is just to celebrate this glorious time of year with the most recent image, recorded. That is about it. No philosophizing. No marketing. No promoting. No politicking. No ruminating. No elaborating. No bloviating. Ha! Just a simple Spring photo of a fresh Rhododendron after a night's rain.

You can find a similar photo taken in a prior Spring season, here. Just right if you're looking for a new Spring print, or a graduation gift for someone, or wedding gift, or an art gift, spontaneously given. 

I had planned to post a celebratory message about the coming Memorial Day holiday, here. But recent events in our land have cast a pall over our lives. Tragedies shake the nation. After the Pandemic, economic uncertainty and a distinct concern for the future occupy an awful lot of bandwidth in our collective consciousness, these days, don't you think. So here is my print suggestion, this week. I offer it in the spirit of holding on to our ideals, our legacy, our dedication, our faith, our commitment and our future: The Battle Hymn of the Republic Poster, from my Americana Gallery. 

It is seriously beautiful out there, today, mid-May. Witness the gardens, grass, plants all bursting forth as seen in this Rhododendron-- a fine selection for your mid-May print collection. Makes a great gift on the occasion of a birthday, anniversary, or wedding, to say nothing of Memorial Day, coming up, shortly. If you order now, your print should be produced, shipped and delivered, arriving in time for our Memorial Day celebration, 2022. See other choices in my Instagram Gallery. 

After winter, here, amidst cold, windy, rainy, damp Spring weather, is a wonderful symbol of Nature, "Volunteer Spring Fern,' a beautiful site. As cool weather persists, as we await arrival of 80-degree weather later this week (we're told)-- you see what happens when one lone seed settles in an unlikely place (which happens all the time, my view). Lo-and-behold, what "Springs" up so early in the season, the most delicate, beautiful little fern! I love this image. Color, composition, tones, but more than this, just the sheer beauty in this little plant, such a commentary on Nature, herself. I could call it, "Against All Odds," and I would be exactly right. But here it is, and this image will live on (hopefully!) long after the little fern is long-gone. See this and other such prints in my Photo Prints Gallery. 

Spring is riz! Wonder where my new chicks...iz! Ha! Chicken art prints for Spring. This assortment was created using acrylic paint on wooden shingles, some years ago. Here are some examples. Chicken coops all over now are busy with life, Spring life, new chicks being born, hens taking care of their young, roosters on the prowl for rogue rats, coyotes, dogs, possum, hawks, invaders of any sort. Here is one of my favorites from this series, "Boy in the Hood 1." See others on this theme in my Paint Prints Gallery. 

As the local earth warms up, birds continue their frenetic singing, nest-building. I have seen the first honey-bee of the season, and the first Bumble Bee. Also, the first flying insect resembling a dragon-fly-- wasn't quite able to identify it. My gardens are still not tilled, an urgent task, this week. My lot is still not raked, another urgent task, this week. Earth Day has come and gone. In this spirit I offer "Honey Bee Art1," based on having kept honey-bees for three summers, from a series of little acrylic studies on masonite board completed in honor of the beautiful and mysterious honey-bee. I have come to adore these creatures.

Other such images can be seen in my Paint Prints Gallery. And if you like the idea of photos of honey-bees as seen on their own frames, you may find these images of interest in my Photo Prints Gallery. 

Our home is full of fresh flowers, today. Daffodils and Narcissus, mainly. Beautiful! Rhododendrons are coming along, will be awhile until they hit their Spring stride. I am being patient. Easter was a quiet, cool day here, changeable weather, hail at one point in the afternoon. But today, air warms up, birds sing with distinct vitality, we are glad at the arrival of this Monday. Promise and Hope..the Easter Spirit is palpable, this morning. Here is a print idea for this time of year: 

In secular, contentious, distracted, data-driven America, what is more intriguing and powerful than Holy Week? For many, almost anything. For some, nothing. Beginning with Palm Sunday when we celebrate the triumphant arrival of Jesus arriving by donkey in Jerusalem, we seek to understand the meaning of Christ, whose Story is at the heart of western civilization (and has been for 2000+ years) despite all current and in some cases furious attempts to "change the narrative." I find this time of year a time of promise and Hope, as do millions across this globe. In the event you may be considering a new art print this Easter season, here are some ideas: 

In recent days, against a backdrop of horrific news of war in Ukraine, inflation, failures in our educational system, our Justice system, as an outright invasion of our Country takes place across the southern border, I take solace in raking this property after a long winter, in starting the long process of cleaning it up, trimming endless bushes, turning over the gardens, cleaning out the barn, and considering which seeds to buy, this season. All this is a relief, if truth be told. I suspect you have your version of this same sentiment going on, these days. Don't we all. Here are some images for spring, with accompanying links. Small as it is, something about the image of a flower on the wall helps a little, doesn't it? 

Today, March 28, is a winter day, cold, blustery, the wood stove is still very helpful, day-to-day. The hard work of Spring is about to begin; trim, rake, compost; trim, rake, compost, clean the basement, clean the barn, scrape the bee-hive boxes and frames, prepare the garden soil, repair gutters and spouts, the list is lengthy, isn't it? But Spring is in a way the loveliest of seasons when the Life Force makes its presence felt, birds make their nests to hold their young, deer survive the winter and are seen in the distance, in the forest, one can see, hear and feel the whole environment waking up. In this context, I offer a couple of new prints you can see in my Photo Prints Gallery,  photos I took of my honey-bees, this past summer. They are somewhat stylized in Photoshop, not simple journalistic records. I hope you like them. 

I am glad to offer this sentiment on the first day of Spring, 2022, in tumultuous, geo-political times. The world seems a tinder box, locked-and-loaded.  "John 3:16," offers us an expression of faith, hope and the essential Christian story, in a single, original, typographic print. You are invited to see my new Exhibit page, which may offer you other spring print possibilities. 

This week, with Holy Week on the horizon and the world on edge over the terror in Ukraine, I am pleased to post some original graphic interpretations of Biblical scripture from the New Testament, that draws attention to theology, ideas at the heart of Western Civilization. In this work, as in others, I design the page using a solid serif font, assigning colors and tones as I go along. At the end of the design exercise, I take a look at the entirety of the work and make changes and adjustments so as to create a harmonious graphic image when all is said and done. Here is a verse from John 3:16 on this topic. All prints in this series follow this same idea, this same format. The graphic style I have not seen anywhere else, but have developed it, myself. With all the roiling in the world today, I am pleased to present this image.  BTW, check out my Exhibit page! 

The President of Ukraine asserts Putin's War will not stop with Ukraine. Western democracies are in danger. Yes, times are perilous--we've lived with this for years. But now, the urgency level is high, wouldn't you agree? My "Who We Are" posters, first created in the aftermath of 9.11.01, still resonate as the light of a nascent Ukrainian government flickers against the brutality of the Russian onslaught. In the spirit of the moment, here is "America." from this original series which was accorded a Gold Award by Graphis Poster Annual and later entered in to the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. I would be most pleased to send you this poster, customizable on demand, from my Americana Collection. Note, two verses are expressed here, one in blue type, the second in white type. The original version of the second verse here was written by my grandfather on the occasion of the ending of WWII. I am so glad to include it, here. 

The utterly heroic Ukrainians are giving us all a lesson in Freedom, aren't they? And in the process, they are driving the point home, "Freedom isn't free." Here is the American version, "The Declaration of Independence," a graphic poster from my Americana Poster gallery. As the world continues to find itself increasingly 'locked and loaded,' isn't the almost-global focus on peace, prayer and personal contribution a source of inspiration, itself? 

In honor of President's Day, and the 20% off sale on prints that ended on President's Day, yesterday, here is the First Amendment, a graphic image I designed along with the Second Amendment, as part of my Americana Poster Collection. See it here, at some scale. In tense and anxious times such as those in which we find ourselves, there is some comfort in realizing who we are, and what we will defend as a reflection of our underlying myths, and values. I am glad to present this wonderful image. 

At yesterday's Super Bowl, it has been reported that "everyone" stood for the National Anthem and for the soulful singing of America the Beautiful. Beautiful! This weeks post, in consideration of President's Day arriving a week from now, and in acknowledgement of what occurred at the Super Bowl in this regard, I am pleased to post this image-- a great gift idea for yourself or a favorite friend.

The image itself, the American flag and verse of this wonderful hymn, has its origin in the aftermath of 9.11.01 when I created a series of such images in hopes of helping us recover after the tragedy. This is one of seven from the "Who We Are," series, as I dubbed it at the time. This series has been made part of the Library of Congress' permanent collection. Graphis Poster Annual cited the series with a Gold Award, happy to say. Many Americana Posters have been sold over the years. I am pleased to offer this America the Beautiful image as a digital art print-on-demand. Please feel free to pick your favorite printing material, add a matte and pick a frame and hanging hardware right from my art site. You will see a rich variety of possibilities, here. Your print will arrive ready to hang. 

Have you checked out my Valentine's Day Sale? Get 20% off on any print through Valentine's Day. Any category, any medium. Check it out. Here is an idea: Castle Hill Light, at Castle Hill Inn Newport Rhode Island. This is one of my favorites from my Lighthouse Series. If you like lighthouse art, you may want to peruse others in this genre-- please see my Paint Prints Gallery. Take advantage of this sale, sign-up to get the discount. You will receive updates on new works including NFTs and other innovative creations unfolding here in the New Year, 2022. 

Thanks for your order! Others may be interested in ordering "Pemaquid Point Light," one of my small acrylic paintings completed on wood shingles. This series I have not promoted much at all over time, and yet, it remains one of my most romantic series of all-- lighthouses on their often lonely, majestic sites, helping lost sailors and soles to avoid the rocks in life. I like the very idea more and more, and so here is a presentation of a typical sort of image from the series. You see the lighthouse in the distance against a blazing sky and colorful surroundings, a dramatic scene. See others in my Paint Print Gallery. 

"Portland Head Light," One of a series of such lighthouse paintings in acrylic I completed on shingles, wooden shingles, some years ago, each a modest scale, about 7" x 5", sometimes slightly larger, sometimes smaller. They run the gamut. But with the beauty of digital technology, nice prints can be realized at multiple sizes and in any number of finishes, hung on the wall in a variety of matte and frame configurations. I'm rediscovering this series and will be posting more of these images in the weeks, ahead. 

A perfect time to buy a new print! Will cheer things up, cheer your home up, cheer you up! Right? Huge storm system has blown in over night, saturated this area along the Southcoast of New England; friends in Ohio say they've received 18" from this system. Our wood stove cranks, today. So here is a suggestion for such a period as this! "Cell Phone Life 1," from a small, acrylic original on masonite, this print offered in color palette reflecting the general conditions, this time of year, depicting certainly one of the most common activities known to human-kind, these days; the inane cell-phone. But we live in a time of "Cell Phone Life," do we not? 

What kinds of images, what kind of art, what kind of prints would be right as we head into the dead of winter? Here are a couple of ideas: "Christmas Cookie Art," is one possibility. We're still baking them in this house, and still eating them. We gave them to friends. Cookies are a sort of ritual of the season, a currency, if you will. From my Instagram Photo Gallery, this is one of the seasonal images available that may liven up a wall in your house. Now, the features of this selection as with all those offerings on my site, include a) high quality prints using quality materials b) the ability to visualize a work on a wall, even YOUR WALL and c) the opportunity to customize the presentation, framing and hanging of this work...so that when it arrives, and here is the main benefit, it will be ready to hang! Ready to spruce up your environment, to add a certain joyful je-ne-sais-croix to your physical surroundings, your home. This is the main benefit. Try it out! 

Happy New Year, 2022! Good to be back on this site, organizing and planning for the year, ahead. Promises to be full of intrigue and tumult, inasmuch as this is an election year. Therefor, I will be focusing on my Americana Prints Gallery, often, as the year unfolds.

If you'd like to own one of these original, graphic prints, please contact me. If your employees or vendors, suppliers, would like to be given as perhaps a "Thank you," a poster from this gallery, your gift-posters can be branded with your organization's logo-- placed in the lower right corner at a distinct size. Exhibiting your company's graphic identity on these posters is a powerful expression in a distribution and marketing context. Please contact me, anytime. 

Where does the time go? Last night, we attended our first post-pandemic Christmas Party...outside, in 25 degree weather. That warm apple cider was the hit of the evening. Singing Christmas Carols was another uplifting little while. Below is a hint of what is to come in 2022. A series of new sketches done in oil-crayons on warm paper, has been in development for quite a number of months, now; my "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to You and Yours...." expression marking the close of 2021. You may find Faith-focused prints to consider in my both my Faith Gallery and Americana Posters collections. 

I should change the name of this print...which is a beautiful graphic idea at Christmas time as well as Easter! From my Americana Gallery, I am glad to see this image, again-- have not had occasion in some time to offer it, but given the times and circumstances, here it is again, "Easter Verse, John 3:16." Ha! Note, the type design involves two fonts, one a sans-serif, the other a cursive font. The two together present in purple against a gold backdrop, the image of a cross, the symbol of Christianity. In a time when Christianity is under attack (even the burning of Christmas trees this past week) I am pleased to make this image available at Christmas, 2021. Note the setting-- a bedroom, seemingly an excellent location for this very sentiment. 

"Winter Sap Run," from my Photo Print Gallery, a fitting intro to the season about to unfold, taken on location in Dorset, Vermont. We had been out for a short walk to survey the trees, witness the late-winter sap action, before gathering up equipment to gather some sap. Then, we poured it all into a vat and over some hours with cigars and whiskey boiled it down over a hot, outdoor fire until the most luscious maple syrup arrived; then cooled, bottled and handed out among all of us, a treasure, a great treat. Those days are coming, again! 

Beach Posters make terrific gifts. In this instance, note the tan areas...these are made with actual Cape Cod beach sand adhered to the surface of the poster. Air-tested! The poster is screen-printed, very high quality, excellent 100 lb. Mohawk paper stock, a truly distinguished image. Good for your home, apartment, condo or getaway pad. Makes an excellent gift to friends and family on almost any occasion, but especially at holiday time. I will sign your print. And, I can offer your a great resource for framing...in the event you are local.

Cape Cod Beach Poster, one of seven in my original series of Beach Posters-- each one using sand I gathered from the locality. These prints won some noteworthy awards at the time they were produced...as a consequence of the prototype Rhode Island Beach Poster, one that was part of another series designed to honor the State of Rhode Island on the occasion of its Bicentennial. 

Times continue to be challenging, do they not. Against this backdrop, Thanksgiving comes and offers us a chance to stop, pause, reflect, and to give Thanks for the bounties of life, blessings large and small, good fortune, and all manner of life that makes possible...our own. In this, we may find an opportunity to help someone else along, even as we have been helped, not thru any personal nobility, but simply by the Grace of the Almighty. This is my perspective. I'm sticking to it. Here is a manifestation of the spirit...photo taken on a weekend jaunt to see friends in Dorset, Vermont. See other images from this gallery, here

Don't you just love these ideas...from PROVERBS? I rediscovered this Book of the OT many years into adulthood, and am so glad I did! Now, I have interpreted some of my favorites in graphic form for those who are so inclined in this direction.  Here is Proverbs 3:5, in simple typography, simple colors, and simple composition, a becoming style against a generous matte and dark wall. If, in this Holyday Season, your gift-giving would include this kind of graphic art...check out my site.

In this example, you see a hardwood frame, warm wood color, relatively thin, setting off the entire graphic work. Your order would be similarly customizable-- size, materials, matte, frame and installation. So...your package when it arrives, will be buttoned-up, ready to hang. 

Yes, our Vets deserve our attention, support, honor and love, do they not? 1% of the population defending 99%. What is wrong with this picture? This week, I will be offering a discount on work at George Delany Art emphasizing posters from my Americana Gallery. There are many here I have come to really like, among them the Battle Hymn of the Republic-- just ordered, yesterday, by a friend. Here is the most popular, the Star-Spangled Banner poster, also ordered, yesterday. Thank you! Check them all out, designed many years ago in the aftermath of 9.11.01. The flag used in these images hung outside my house, at the time. Time to "lean in" to supporting those who defend our Country. 

Cape Cod Beach Poster, a continuing favorite, uses actual Cape Cod beach sand adhered to the poster, very unusual wall decor. Makes an excellent gift on almost any occasion. I will sign each silk-screened print. Part of a series of seven Beach Posters completed during this time frame. Series includes Long Island, New Jersey, Cape Cod, Chesapeake Bay, Florida and California. Rhode Island Beach was the first of the series, sold thru two printings. No longer available, sorry. 

A week of rain, a N’or Easter, the last week of October, just ahead. Lots to do around here to get ready for winter. Plan for holidays— no small matter in a time of “supply chain issues.” Then, we’ve got to be attentive to health concerns. Had your flu shot yet? Had your COVID vaccines? Booster? Lots to wade thru every day. A nice time to consider acquiring a new, fall wall art print? What would you like to see on your neediest wall? Here is an idea: "Fall Leaves Surprise"

Fall colors, fall chores...yes indeed. Here is one of my favorite photos of Jackman, Maine. This image was recorded after blistering rain storms had swept thru the area. Skies are clearing, air is fresh, the whole environment is very much alive...as the sun sets. It was a brilliant few moments, frankly. "Jackman Fall Sunset," from my Photo Gallery.

Chores are many this time of year-- those to be completed outside; cutting grass, raking, stacking wood, clearing brush, prepping the barn, preparing honey-bee hives for the long winter, ahead. And those to be completed inside-- securing windows, basement clean-up, digging out winter clothes, planning holidays, buying fall art or photo prints. Have you made your selections, yet?

Indian Summer! Glorious day around Southern New England, can't help recalling the day we drove into Hoover Dam to discover the temperature around 117 degrees, wind blowing briskly-- was very difficult to stand outside the air-conditioned car feeling the sun's heat reflecting off the broiling concrete, especially on our lower legs beneath shorts...

Nonetheless, we walked about the structure taking in the magnificence of the engineering feat, the concrete that was just everywhere, the scope and scale of the project-- no wonder people refer to Hoover Dam as among the great engineering achievements of the 20th century.

Fall Wall Decor....here in October, what is in your fall wall decor file of possibilities? While touring a local agricultural school, nearby, last fall, I came upon this splendid student display of plants and flowers, at exactly this time of year. Here is "Bristol Aggie Floral," as a kind of tribute to whoever created it-- just a beauty.

Do you think in terms of buying art prints based on the season of the year? How do you consider which art prints you might consider for your home, apartment, office or condo? How do you arrive at a topic, a theme, illustrative, graphic or photographic style? I admit, this is a challenge.

Thankfully, summer hangs on here in southern New England. But the news is relentless. What I observe is that for millions of Americans our Founding Documents seem to continue to grow in topical and historical importance. Here is my design of the First Amendment, our Five Founding Freedoms: Religion, Press, Speech, Assembly and Petition. Thank about it. In our "culture," this document is central to our understanding of who we are, and what distinguishes our society from all those in human history. Attack this document and its underlying ideas...at your own risk. 

Bam! Summer is gone. "York Harbor at Sundown."  Here on the last day of summer, 2021, a recommendation for this season, the bridge between summer and fall. Ever been to York Harbor, Maine? Here is one of the finest photos I have taken in the locality, and I have taken quite a few. Perhaps in your ruminations on a suitable photo print for the season, you may consider one such as this? I recall this date...and the time of day...and the circumstance. A beautiful moment-- they come, they go...poof! Gone! Except for what I manage to retain in very modest digital form, here. Other such seasonal images you may find here in my Photography Gallery. 

As summer 2021 winds down, 9.11.01 is still very much on our minds. Here is a thought about the day, "God Bless America," from my Americana Collection. 

Mid-August, air and water temperatures gorgeous to hot, summer settles in after rainy July...I recall painting this image, Bowen's Landing 2, based on a stroll thru Newport and some photos I recorded on that day. This is an oil painting on hard, canvas board. You get the feeling of the Newport, Rhode Island waterfront. Prints are available, now. Here, certain tranquility in this image of the Rhode Island waterfront scene. 

"Corn", oil-on-canvas original, 60" x 40"...just right for a lazy August, a nice addition to your August art acquisition program. This image you can purchase as a limited edition print, only 100 being offered at 24" x 18". The corn image itself is based on corn my neighbor grows on her farm to the north. I have found myself moved  to take photos of corn growing from the early season until harvest. Witnessing what the earth produces is a wonderful thing...so this is my testament to the beauty and power and wonder of Corn. 

"Bannister's Wharf" art print...just right here in very early August, peak season along the local waterfronts and harbors. I recall the day I drove to Newport, parked the car, ambled about the Newport waterfront (which I love), took a few photos...one of which served as the basis for this little study-- an acrylic on masonite board at only 7" x 5"...from which these prints are offered. Those of you who know Newport, Rhode Island, may appreciate this view from the wharf out across the harbor as the sun wanes. 

Central Church East Transept, print going out this week. Thank you! These stained glass windows are more compelling in person...than here, honestly. Just amazing in their display of color, form, expression..using of all things, glass. Gorgeous windows they are. This print will make a fine gift as planned. One of a series of these windows....I have been fortunate to snap over the years. Contact me if you may have an interest in procuring this print, or others that are similar. 

A glorious summer sight, "One Splendid Lily," from my Instagram series of photographs. Summer comes on as a series of magnificent surprises; crocus, dandelions, Daffodils, Narcissus, Rhododendron, Honeysuckle... the sequence itself is wonderful, each year. But July....July features Lilies, beautiful lilies of several sorts. These are the most magnificent plants in their artful design, color, appeal, aren't they? If you are looking for something new to hang, mid-July, why not a lily print? 

What beach memories do you entertain? Here, "After Swim, First Beach," suggests a particular time and place, a particular swimmer, and who knows, the whole thing could well be a fantasy. But here she is. In the background is the profile of Newport, Rhode Island, home to at least three famous beaches. Surely you know the feeling of taking a summer swim, getting out of the water...only to feel your skin tingle in the sunlight-- one of the best summer experiences, in my head. I know this beach well. Prints available, made from small, acrylic sketch on board, high-res scan, all use top quality paper stock, materials, including pigments, mattes, frames and hanging equipment. 

Happy July 4, 2021. Here is an image taken on a trip to York Harbor, Maine. Captures the spirit of the day, times, and place. You can see this print, York Art Gallery, on my Instagram Gallery. We had been to the beach this day, and were on a walk about the neighborhood when we decided to drop in at the gallery to see the summer exhibit. I'm so glad we did! This simple image, center composition, largely composed of vertical and horizontal lines broken up by the oblique lines of the American flag, is among my favorites of images describing this holiday in this season. 

Coming up on July 4, National Holiday...if you'd like to hang a brand new Americana Print on your wall, here is one recommendation, Star-Spangled Banner, the first design created to become part of my "Who We Are" collection, first conceived in the aftermath of the horrors of 9.11.01. This is still the most popular print offering in the original series of seven, all of which now reside in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. Series also was winner of Gold Award in Graphis Poster Annual competition. Am pleased to make this available, once again. For those of you who own or manage a non-profit organization and would like to make this print available to staff, employees and customers, I would be pleased to add your organization's logo in the lower right-hand corner at a discreet size-- contact me to fulfill. 

Summer Solstice Art Print, this one depicts First Beach, Newport, Rhode Island. Among my favorites of those prints expressing the ocean and beach scene in Newport, Rhode Island, most especially at this time of year. 

Flag Day, 2020, a low-key Monday. But what do we think about today? Here are some ideas: 

• Star-Spangled Banner Poster from my "Who We Are" Collection"

• An assortment of similar such educational, historical, art print posters

• History of the American Flag

• Grand New Flag 

• The Flag and US HISTORY

Rhododendron Photo Print, from my Instagram Collection...just the image to help welcome in June...when the Rhododendrons around here are in full, spectacular bloom, just as is depicted in this image. One of my favorite times of year...this plant perhaps more than others signals the time of the garden-- when the earth is turned over, seeds planted, and weeding...in the direction of full-bloom and harvesting, begins. 

Memorial Day Print: "Star-Spangled Banner", one of my print offerings from the Americana Poster Collection...seems apropos this rainy, cold, Memorial Day Weekend. As the Pandemic wanes, citizens seem eager to express our appreciation for all this country is about-- after a year of being locked up in fear of the Covid Virus...and perhaps having lost a loved one to it. Citizens also seem eager to speak our minds, to address our appreciation for FREEDOMS we take for granted most every day, and to thank in a serious manner those whose lives have made such Freedoms possible...the "real Heroes." This is an uplifting couple of days...in my view. 

"Spring Rhody Celebration," a nice print to help honor our Fallen Heroes this Memorial Day weekend. From my Instagram Collection...we prepare every year about this time, we hang out the flag, we note the unreal blossoming of flowers, trees, plants, the joy of the honey-bees at the prospect of yet another season. Have you ever purchased a print to honor Memorial Day? Here is one image applied to the wall of a small business, or home business. 

Getting to be that time of year, golf time. Here is "Newport Country Club," available as a limited edition print. On a trip back from the Newport beach shore, I happened by the Club and snapped a photo of it, for reference. This painting was a lot of fun to generate. My pixels offer a clue as to what century we are in and what is going on-- theory, anyway. Note the setting imagines a main entryway, a big, inescapable corporate desk. Hope you like it. Makes a great summertime gift for special people, on special occasion. 

On this cool and damp May day following Mother's Day, here is a selection from my Americana Collection, one of the original posters designed in this series, first created in the aftermath of 9.11.01 to help bring the Country together....as times have changed, I find my own sympathies grow deeper, my understandings of our heritage grow more resilient, my admiration for our Founding Fathers, more profound...and I am very thankful to be able to post these images at all. In times of trial, they serve not as something to eschew, but to live into more fully, to hold up higher, to commit to more deeply. 

"Young Cockerel 3", one of my chicken-on-shingle paintings, now offered in print form. Love this series. Based on chicks we raised over years. Here is one at just the right time of year when Momma Hens are preoccupied with their newborn chicks and young males anticipate a day when they might kick out the old man and take over the entire coop...for themselves! Remember, you can customize your print selection by a) paper stock b) size c) finish d) matte and e) installation technique...very helpful, so that your selection arrives in the mail ready to hang. 

Spring Narcissus Instagram2, perfect print choice for season...in New England. On Earth Day, what could be a better choice? A bountiful crop, this year, beautiful to see, especially after our long, Pandemic winter. Nature carries on in splendid beauty. I like to prowl the grounds, now, sticking my camera in this direction or that, at this height or that, consider the angle of light source, this or that, and click! Here is an image I like, though I admit, this season, I have to take advantage of the wonderful crop of Spring flowers that have arrived, even now. Bear in mind these are high-quality prints. They are packaged professionally with great care. If you are patient in ordering and select just the right paper, finish, matte, frame and installation technique, your print will arrive...ready to hang! 

Today, mid-April, snowflakes fall from the sky. What a heavy, ponderous day. Where is the weather my honey bees adore? In the meantime...

Screenprints...off to their new home on Long Island. Looking good. These images were developed to celebrate the Rhode Island Bicentennial, years ago. They are still in demand. I will sign your prints, good only while supply lasts. Each is printed on wonderful Mohawk Cover stock, and uses artful colors to make an unusual statement...two of five that were in the original collection. Two designs are sold out, the Rhode Island Beach poster and the Smudge poster, the latter having been the first to sell out in that time frame. Thanks for all  your enthusiasm and support. 

"One Brilliant Easter Daffodil," Instagram print for the season. This is one of my favorite spring images. Just a simple Daffodil at the peak of its glory, center composition, commanding a momentary beauty that is just undeniable. The long weeks of gray, wet, cold weather seem to subside,  now. The wood pile is down to its last quarter-- we still have some wood remaining to burn if we should need it. My rake, some cutting tools are at close hand, these days. I will be raking this property and trimming brush for the next month or so, in anticipation of May and June when mowing will be well underway. Spring is springing! 

Easter Week, lots on our minds, lots on my mind...in Spring 2021. "Can't Deal with This,"...here is a sketch, a black-and-white watercolor drawn originally on a xeroxed image featuring an eMail interface, as if the message arrives in eMail. I confess, gave me a chuckle at the time. But the print suggests a lot about what is going on in society, these days. I live with the sense that our myths, our great stories, that which undergird our faith and binds us together, are not holding up, very well. Could be wrong. Hope I'm wrong. A new, Great Awakening could be...not far off. But here is a sketch that captures a slice of modern American life as I saw it when I did it...in which the subject runs from the figure who is at the center of Western Civilization, and from the Church that serves as the backdrop, behind him...muttering into his phone to some unknown person, "I can't deal with this." After the past year, one so difficult for so many, here is to anyone who may read this blog-- may you have a deep and meaningful Easter weekend, this year. 

You can still have this print for Easter...John 4:24...funny how people hang photos, paintings, prints of both...but graphics, typography....this is a different matter. Often, not so popular. Here, pure typographic art expressing a lovely biblical verse in Lent, 2021. If you act today, you may still receive this print framed as you may prefer, in time for Easter. Remember, do not hang in bright light or direct sunlight...but in subdued life. This will add years to the life of your print. Thank you for your interest and support. 

The theme right now is Spring, coming up in a few days. Well, I'll be! Someone ordered this fall print, just a few days ago, in production as we speak. "Fall Leaves Surprise," is one of my favorites from the Instagram Photo Collection. Like many Instagram photos, this image was a fluke. I just saw this flash of light on green one late fall day, and click! There you go. 

Winter wanes, the grass in these parts is "greening up," slowly but surely, each day. One of my bee hives has died in the past several weeks, an often brutal time of year for honey bees when mites infect, food stores run out, temps run warm and cold, condensation takes its toll. And yet, one surviving hive is doing very well...fingers crossed. Will know more completely around April 1. So what to do with winter waning and the anticipation of Spring? Here is a "transitional print," taken in York Harbor, Maine. A person unknown, dressed for winter peeks through a gate, anticipating...what? Spring? Possibility. Here is "Woman at Door," an Instagram print. For obvious reasons, sizes are limited. 

March has rolled in like a LION, high winds, lots of trees and branches down, howling Pines...for 24 hours. We're lucky no damage....!

"Newport Country Club Original"...had a good time painting this image. Was returning from day at beach, had driven Ocean Drive, took detour, suddenly found myself in front of the famed Newport Country Club...so I pulled over and snapped a photo which in turn, led to this painting. I've added the golfer in the lower right, with his phone and his ball. He's using his phone to somehow dial in the shot to the green on eighteen. Here you see the image in the context of a home business, a small business-- a business setting. This painting hung in a spring time exhibit at New England Institute of Technology...in 2019. 

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Providence Skyline Original, acrylic on canvas, pays serious homage to the ubiquitous pixelation of images, particularly digital images. Pixelation has been a pet peeve of mine going back several decades, now. Note, this is an original work-- will post originals from time to time. Yes, limited edition prints are available in a fixed size. The view here is from Kennedy Plaza looking south east in the direction of what used to be known as Fleet National Bank (right) and Hospital Trust Bank (left, across the park in the foreground. Suitable for home or office. 

Snowy Spruce Tree, choice for mid-February 2021, a gloriously simple winter scene, the storm has blown thru, clear skies show up....if you like winter wall decor, you may find this a strong addition to your collection of photo prints; excellent gift photo print idea, nice marker as days grow longer, bee-hives begin to come to life, Robins show up to augur in Spring, new life in early stages of beginning, again. 

One couple I know is headed to their favorite Inn for Valentine's Day, 2021. The Ocean House would be among my favorites, pictured below. Located in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, it sits on a perch overlooking the ocean to the east and the town and harbor to the west, just a fabulous place to spend a summer day. We used to go there, my original family, in my youth, and what a memorable time it was. 

"The Hot Club," from pencil sketch, prints now available. Once an abandoned industrial site along the upper Narragansett Bay, this waterfront property was rescued by a friend who turned it into one of the City of Providence's most successful eateries and bars-- we loved going over there anytime of afternoon or evening. On a hot day, you could sit out on the dock along the waterfront and take a deep breath. Here is my tribute to the place. 

Psalm 23:4, such a powerful, comforting verse in a troubled time. Who can say what the New Year will bring-- into it we go. 

Lo-and-behold, here in the early part of January, several orders for screen-printed posters have come in in the past week, thank you, all. 

Florida Beach Poster™...shipped out! Headed to a resident in the great State of Florida, perfect! I gathered this sand, myself...the light areas are sand, you see below. We found a means of adhering the sand to the poster, splendid wall art image, unique choice of poster, especially in January. I will sign your poster for you. Good ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. Ships tube, USPS. One of a series of high-quality screen-printed posters on 100 lb. Mohawk Bristol cover stock, a fine project that lives well over the years, am happy to respond when people inquire. Then, too, an order came in for a Cape Cod poster-- that, too, has shipped out. Here is something new, a sound file...introducing this member of the Beach Poster family. 

Cape Cod Beach Poster™, a new set of offerings on George Delany Art...each one builds on the original, the Rhode Island Beach Poster™ no longer available, sold out! Note the circle simply highlights the actual Cape Cod sand that makes up this poster-- I went out to the Cape and dug it up, put it in a feed bag, myself! Ships USPS, money back guarantee, good only while supply lasts. 

New Year, New Art...coming soon, new images from Providence, and Newport, Rhode Island...and others. These images are of paintings...that will be added to my painting print selection series, look for them in early January. Some will be prints made from oils, others from acrylics...you be the judge. We're going thru the sorting period now, taking photos, and preparing to upload new content in this early part of the new year, 2021. Look for these, soon. #giftart in 2021, am on it! < grin > 

Christmas Eve Adventure: at 7:30 Christmas Eve, this print, 'Castle Hill Light," arrived from the west coast. It was due a week earlier but what with Covid and Christmas shopping crunch, delays have occurred all over country. I checked out the print, signed the back, and set out on a 45 minute trip to deliver it to my buyer friend...which I was able to complete, returning home before eleven. Mission accomplished. Thanks to all those in the production process who helped me track and gripe about this whole thing...prompting a last minute delivery...thank you! Here is the print upon late delivery and inspection. Too close to call! 

First Amendment Poster: You might ask, pre-Chrismas this dizzying year, what is on my mind? The same things that are on my mind every day...which would include the preservation and protection of our essential freedoms...the Five Freedoms as embodied in the sacred First Amendment. This poster can hang most anywhere and be relevant, today. 

"Big Boy 1" among my favorite Rooster Art studies, acrylic master on an ordinary wooden shingle, lots of fun to scratch out...from which these prints are offered on variety of materials, canvas, paper, acrylic, aluminum and wood, you may wish to investigate! This particular Rooster grew up from a chick in our coop, became the Alpha Bird, defended the coop for several years against all kinds of invaders, was eventually superseded by one of his cockerel offspring...just the way it goes! 

Bannister's Wharf, signed, sealed, delivered! Thanks for your order. Now is the time, not TOO late, but remember, add ten days production time to get thru Covid and seasonal shopping bottlenecks. Here, I drove up to the dock in Newport, Rhode Island, one beautiful evening, found the sky lit up and no one around, except me. Beautiful moment, how can this be, I asked myself. So I snapped a couple of photos that served as the basis for the acrylic painting on masonite, from which these prints are offered. Check out this Sound file! 

Order filled, thank you! Very popular print, this one of "Castle Hill Light," at Castle Hill, Newport, Rhode Island. I drove down there myself and took a few pictures on that cold winter day...that served as the basis for the painting from which these prints are offered. Winter art, one of my favorites. The view is of a lighthouse in a forelorn spot as so many lighthouses are, up against an enormous sea, under an enormous, ominous sky. I made an effort to capture the spirit of it, here. 

Re: Good til 11/30/20, 20% OFF, check out this sound file. 

Pre-Holiday Art Print Sale Right Now, here is, by example, "First Beach, Newport, RI," prints made from original acrylic on masonite, small, 7" x 5", one of my favorite beach-scapes. During this daunting period in American history, perhaps Thanksgiving will hold for millions of us even greater meaning than has typically been true. Take a look. And...here is some news you can use! 

Look for it, shortly, Pre-Holiday Sale. Here is a recent "Order Received, Fulfilled, Shipped, Received...Hung!" Thank you for your support of my work. Prints are high-quality, available at variety of sizes, finishes, mount/frame styles, PLUS, you can use two features to imagine how your selection might look on a particular wall or..even, your wall. This uses a version of Augmented Reality and your cell phone, intriguing, to say the least. 

A  SPECIAL DAY: Thank you Vets. Whatever I can say on this subject is barely at all adequate. .5% of this population Defend our Country. These are the people who defend our 5 Freedoms, seen here. I think it is more sacred in the grand scheme of history than any of us may realize. Now seems like the time to step up to defeat the deceivers, to fight to preserve the genius provided by our Founding Fathers and our Vets. 

November 5, 2020, what a time-frame, what a set of circumstances. I will note the week on a relatively light-hearted note, here. How about a simple photo image just right for Fall...gourds, pumpkins, some flowers, an accidental arrangement I stumbled on as I strolled thru the small town of Dorset, Vermont, some years ago, an out-door setting...and here is a little Chant Video created as a simple promotion..thanks for your attention to this blog post. 

We have a winner to my first-ever "Tough Times Free Art Print Giveaway." A big thank-you to all who entered this promotion before the deadline. Here is our winner, selected randomly-- who elected the optional print on metal rather than paper...which is a substantial work, as seen here. Mary from Florida has hung her God Bless America poster as you see here. Congratulations...Mary! /;^])

Sacred Rights: First Amendment, time to cherish now, as much as ever. Election couple weeks away, Big Tech conspiring to determine what news you can know, what ideas you can entertain, what language you can use, always dressed up in the language of virtue. Lower case v. The Five Freedoms are right here. If you didn't learn them in high school or perhaps have forgotten, you can see them all included in the design of this single poster. Time to stand up, seems to me. Some things are sacred. This is one. 

Reflections on the season past. Rather than Christopher Columbus-- I value this holiday and its celebration of the contributions of Italian Americans to our culture...have no plans to give it up, I focus in a different direction. Reflections on the season past...summer. Yes, a Day Lily comes to mind. Doesn't 2020 clang around loudly in our consciousness? And its not over, yet, now by a long shot. But if serenity and peace can be found in a few seconds here and a few seconds there, I have found some in the presence of images like this. Like life itself, these images come and are gone.I am glad to include this image in my Instagram photo art collection. 

We have a winner in the first-ever, "Tough-Times Free Art Print Giveaway." Yes, we do. Mary M., from Florida, is now relishing her win and will decide whether she prefers a paper print, or metal, her choice! I am glad she is happy about participating in this new-for-me event. Her selection as winner was made after my invitation was posted to various social media sites and email invitations sent out over perhaps two weeks. Thanks to all who were part of this event. 

Bruce Peninsula, Southern Ontario, you blitz down the highway...and you will see these splendid scenes which I think make fine summer or fall wall decor, the image is taken on the fly-by, a second and its gone. Cows for as far as the eye can see, crops, and here, large wind-turbines. They don't bother me in the wide open spaces of Southern Ontario...winds whip down this peninsula. Check out photos on my website, George Delany Art. 

Summer leaves us now, Fall arrives...am left with a memory of this moment when I caught a scene on the water in York Harbor, Maine. A simple estuary, a tidal pond catches a few leaves as Fall arrives, I am the one lucky enough to be on the scene. I will be paying attention to "leaf art," in the weeks just ahead. Here is a start on the season should you find yourself in this Pandemic seeking to "change up" your wall decor. One of my favorite Instagram photo images of that year. 

Never Forget 9.11.01, a Day of Remembrance. We all know what this is about. I will add this poster image to my Americana Collection. This entire section, Americana Posters, was undertaken not long afterward...in response to the events of this day. The flag you see here flew on our home...on that day. 

Sunflower Summer! Here we are, one minute in crazy May, the next in crazy September, just what you'd expect in crazy times. Here is one of my favorites...a honey-bee working her magic on a September Sunflower-- this is my second summer as a bee- keeper, and bees this year are more mysterious than they were in year one, different flight paths, different Queens, different water sources...but a productive season it has been...so far. Check out this print, Bees on Sunflower... on George Delany Art. 

Watch Hill, Rhode Island, in August, what is more charming than this little ocean-front hamlet by the sea? I miss Watch Hlil, this year what with the Pandemic...we were headed to the beach in Watch Hill a couple of weeks ago and were reminded by friends...we risked incurring a $500 fine-- two seniors going to the beach on a sunny day. So we shifted our plans. Still plan to get down there when this condition lifts. Here is one of my favorite of all yachts seen along the wharfs in this town. 

August...Honey-bee Art Prints, of which this is one from a series of five original paintings, so far. In every case, the focus is on the Honey-bee. I'm trying to get at how astonishing these animals are...they are always ahead of me, the neophyte bee-keeper. They know what is going on. They have the whole place mapped. They are high-precision flying machines, the most incredible! In this case, the honey-bee wants to get out of the way of the smoke....the bee-keeper is smoking bees prior to investigating the hive in summer. The Honey-bee knows what is going on, all right. 

August 2020, Lilies have been on display, love this time of year, but we need rain. The earth has that "talc' quality. It's been hot, very hot... tomatoes are coming in, we have a volunteer melon coming along, seed must have come from the compost heap. Pollinator Wildflower Garden, first ever, is doing well-- I water it, nightly. Lots of inspiration for summer art prints! 

August Wall Art: How about the First Amendment? Do you believe we've outsourced our five freedoms to the corporate tech-titans? With our Federal election 90 days off, this topic keeps coming up in my life...as a particularly important one. Why is this? Because it is under attack. I am one in this context who has no plans to participate in the rewriting of it, the degradation of it, the compromise of it, the watering down of it, or the trashing of it. "Just sayin'..."-- my orientation is more in the direction of helping in whatever way I can to steward, protect, guard and cherish the glorious vision of our Founding Fathers, their battles, their struggles, their compromises, their trade-offs, their wrangling, and all the trials thru which they persevered so that we may inherit this country-- in our own efforts to 'build a more perfect union.' This is my choice, my decision. Suggest you may find "Founding Brothers," a good book to take up as summer winds down. 

Sun sets on a hot day in York Harbor, Maine...one of my favorite (among many) summer haunts...a young fisherman is happy casting from his rock, a couple of kids are still in the water in the distance, the sky cools down, peace settles in...my kind of summer evening. 

July heats up. The humidity rises, the moisture in our gardens shrinks. We need rain. But out here on the ocean where the sky meets the vastness of the cool summer ocean....all under the sun, the day-sailer has a ball. No worries, no cares, nothing but the sound of the wind and the sea, with possible exception of some random gulls squawking down food as they soar over the water-- all in all, a memorable experience. This is what I've attempted to capture in this print, made from a small original painting, 7" x 5" acrylic paint on masonite board, from which these prints are offered. "Sailor Off Newport," an antidote to the month's summer heat. 

Pandemic Beach Days-- here we are in a weird and trying year, in a weird and trying summer. I painted the original from which these prints are offered, some years ago. The series honors one of my favorite beaches around this area, Horseneck Beach in Westport, MA. I painted the series well before the pandemic of this year...but it is amusing now to see my two protagonists "social distancing" on the beach. Looks like they may just squeeze in at the 6' mark. 

Tumultuous times, Happy July 4, 2020! Yes, I've "thought about it." Yes, I've "rethought July 4." Yes, I've "reimagined July 4." Please, save your breath. Today is a wonderful day in the life of our Country, wishing you every Happy July 4 celebration!  What document, what sort of summer art can better express the times...than the Declaration of Independence. Here is to all of us who call ourselves, Americans. 

Kayaks on the river...in summer, a great summer wall decor selection, available now at George Delany art. I happened by this site late last season, only to realize the site and image work well as a summer kayak wall art selection, right now. I'll be going by this park later this week, no doubt these kayaks will be out on the river, exactly where they belong! 

The Declaration of Independence, from my Americana Poster Collection: In challenging times, I will be posting graphic expressions of American Ideals, frequently-- offered as wall art, or wall decor, or American Poster Art, or Americana-- for those who have never learned American history, now is the time. For those who may want to "throw it out," perhaps now is the time to revisit our ideals. For those who love our founding ideals and choose to live into them (rather than away from) more fully, perhaps you will appreciate these posts. I have endeavored to capture in contemporary typographic expression the quality of this essential, founding document. You may see others here to consider. 

Paint a lighthouse, you paint an image that holds romantic value for a lot of people in the art market. Here is Goat Island light, off the coast of Southern Maine in the Kennebunkport area. The original painting is acrylic on an old wooden shingle, from which these prints are offered. This image is one of a series of such images I painted in a "Lighthouse Immersion Experience..." some years ago when I completed the entire family seen on this site, and then some. 

Spring...Marches on. Amidst Pandemic, economic meltdown, racial and international tensions, last week we got from a particular family member an on-line tour of a family chicken coop. Am glad to report hens are well, roosters are crowing, and chicks are breaking out of their shells, growing up amidst saw dust, chicken feed and green grass, the spirit of the season comes thru, unmistakable. 

Memorial Day Weekend, in a daunting time, an even more meaningful weekend, just ahead. We've had months now to figure out what matters in life, to reflect, to catch up, to initiate new activities, to acknowledge, to understand...here is the weekend to pay special attention. 

We're beyond itchy. Time to work, to get back to work, to open up in every way...safely, of course, but open up! Data tells us that survival rates are much higher than we thought, originally-- and death rates are much smaller than we originally understood. So let's protect those who need to be protected...and get this local, regional and national economy on the move, again. 

View of Eagle Island Light, Maine, original acrylic on wood shingle, prints available at George Delany Art. One of a series of "shingle-lighthouses" painted by artist. 

A few recent testimonials from my FB page, thanks to enthusiasts for their remarks...

"...the very best and you never know what's next!" 

"...George is a fantastic and creative artist!" 

"...insights to nature and art..." 

We made it...to May, despite all kinds of chaos, mayhem, pandemic, economic meltdown, health chaos, geopolitical shenanigans, you name it, here we are! We can do this. < g > 

Another cold, rainy April day, today. These are the days that make May and June so glorious, are they not? These are times when people, most people are home, or occupied in some fashion decidedly different from the norm, unlike any other, I would say...here in the Days of the Virus.