STUDIO VISIT & SPACE FOR RENT

Here are some views of my studio at the Tri-Main Center at 2495 Main Street in Buffalo, NY. It's a great location with plenty of space, light and heat. The fifth floor is a creative neighborhood and the Tri-Main has many great features including The Lunch Box and terrific security. I have a good chunk of space available in my studio. $150 per month covers everything including insurance. E-mail me at ealeader@verizon.net if you are interested.

'TROUBLE WATERS' Show at PCCS

A few images from my show at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. Besides the paintings, it included a used fishing net with all sorts of plastic debris picked up on the beaches. The net draped over the doorway and proven to be a good conversation piece. The show coincided with the International Coastal Sweep.

BEYOND THE MULTITIDE

It's time again for the International Coastal Cleanup and coinciding with it is the 'BEYOND THE MULTITUDE' exhibit, curated by Jordan Dalton, at 464 Amherst Street, Buffalo. My assemblage piece features the doll that was dredged out of Scajaquada Creek during last Spring's cleanup. This baby's been cleaned up and dissected and given a new life.

HURRICANE EARL

Hurricane Earl was scheduled to hit Cape Cod on Friday, September 3rd, the same night my TROUBLED WATERS exhibit was to open at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. Earl caused a media event and forced many cancellations before brushing by Nantucket and slamming into Nova Scotia. It was a Storm Watching Weekend.

My TROUBLED WATERS exhibit at Provincetown

I am joining up with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies to raise awareness about marine debris and its effect on oceans and the animals that inhabit them. The art exhibit coincides with the PCCS's annual Coastsweep on September 25th. This exhibit will open on September 3rd and run through October 1st. It's at the Center's Marine Lab at 5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, Mass. If you are in the area this month, please stop in. PCCS is an amazing environmental agency. They base their research on real science as well as rescuing whales and turtles. They have a kiosk on the town's main dock where you can stop by to learn more about their programs.

ANOTHER TRIP TO SCAJAQUADA CREEK

We park in the Tops Supermarket lot at Amherst and Grant Streets. Walking along the Bike Path, we are soon in another world. At first the Creek is wide open and visible but then we wander down under a decrepit railroad bridge and see aged wooden pillars as well as the foundations of Route 198. The creek is a polluted mess - it's gone through so many uses and abuses but now the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeepers and other groups have hopes to improve its future.

THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CHAIN LINK FENCE

Right off the bike path is a rusted world of abandoned factories. Huge chunks of obsolete equipment sit in the sun, more amazing than any sculpture. An old 18-wheeler is half hidden in the weeds. It appears scrappers may be organizing some of the remains. It could take a man's lifetime to empty the buildings and sell all the scrap metal. Graffiti artists have marked the territory again and again while someone has tried unsuccessfully to blot them out. This world is both invisible and wide open.