Sign up early and save $200! Equal parts skilled painter and skillful teacher, Dorrie Rifkin will help you free your hand and tame your talents while we’re immersed in the natural beauty and human architecture of Spain’s Wild Coast. From points north of Barcelona on the Mediterranean, we’ll sketch and paint, and talk and share,…
19Apr
Jazz at Lincoln Center
I create a painting, ideally, I sell it or a giclee, then buy some diet coke and life goes on. In this case the story continues, the person that purchased the giclee is a musician and she got to meet in person “Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra” – Wynton Maraslis, Ted Nash etc etc! I…
15Apr
QoR Artist Educator
I have been playing around now with QoR watercolors for a few years, and they really have made a big difference for me. It’s official. Golden Paints have invited mee to become an QoR Artist Educator. I don’t know what’s cooler the paints or the T-Shirt! THANK YOU Qo2 PAINTS! Learn more about QoR
04Mar
A March of Women Artists … Reggie Morrisey
Sometimes I wonder where, who or why people buy art…And then there are times that I just pinch myself… a few years back at Ocean County Artists Guild, I had a few paintings in a show … and Regina found my print… and then found me… Honored to be included in her post… Read on…….
20Dec
How to Paint Type in Watercolor
For those wondering how and why I love type please read on. Thank you so much AmericanWatercolor.net and Kelly Kane! For generously letting me share my passion for type in a post! American Watercolor.net is a wonderful website with great articles with a great newsletter starring many of my personal heroes. Click here to read…
20Dec
Kurth Cottage Gallery – Now till Janurary 31.
Kurth Cottage Gallery –“Happy Holiday Demo Sale” The Valley Hospital 223 North Van Dien Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450 December 1, 2019 – Janurary 31, 2019 Click Here: Read about what the Ridgewood News says about this show, Please contact me at drifkin@dorrierifkin.com or Kurth Cottage Gallery if you are interested in purchasing any paintings or…
23Apr
SPLASH 20 – “Creative Compositions”
Excited…elated to be chosen as one of the 126 artists out of 1100 to be included in the North Lights Book, SPLASH 20, Creative Compositions! Honored and thrilled to be included with so many of my watercolor friends, idols and heros. This will be my sixth time being included in this publication! Preppy Taxi (This…
20Jan
Old Photos – Paramus Community School
Assignment: Greyscales Uncle Stanley, My Hero (Demostration Painting for Paramus Evening Class) Size: 9 x 15 Paper: Stillman & Birn One Color
12Jul
Splash 18 – The Best of Watercolors – “Value celebrating light and dark”
I LOVE everything about my copy of SPLASH 18… I am thrill to be chosen and love that I get to share a page with Iain Stewart. I know I sound like a broken record but it’s true…it’s the best and most beautiful book about watercolors out every page is filled with watercolor heroes. AND…
29Jun
Art of Healing Exhibition – Englewood Hospital
Five of my paintings were chosen to be part of Art of Healing Exhibition at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, NJ. The dates are July 27, 2017 – August 3, 2018.