December 15, 2020 Princeton: Grandparents and parents seeking holiday gifts for their Little Leaguers will be inspired by watching D&R Greenway’s latest video ‘Fields of Dreams’ featuring sports and the outdoors in the starring role. Linda Ruth Tosetti, granddaughter of legendary home-run hitter Babe Ruth, tells personal stories about the Babe’s early life and how he became motivated to become a baseball player.
“My grandfather looked up to Father Mathais, a mountain of a man, and Babe stood head and shoulders over the other kids,” says Linda Ruth Tosetti about her grandfather’s mentor at a Catholic school. Viewers are treated to historic photos of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor from Babe Ruth’s youth. Sports fans will be fascinated to hear the story of how he learned to throw.
The video begins with D&R Greenway trustee James Fiorentino, an artist who has painted many of baseball’s legendary players. …
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The Members Exhibition is going on now at the
with my Plumbs art —here is a link to their page and some video of me talking about my artwork. ...https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/2020-members-exhibition/
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September 18, 2020
James Fiorentino is a watercolor artist who also has a place in baseball history. In fact, he is the youngest artist to ever be featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame; he painted his likeness of Reggie Jackson at the age of 15.
Starting with private art lessons at the age of eight, James has painted almost every day for 25 years. His sport-themed watercolor paintings include the likenesses of athletes such as Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, and Hulk Hogan. However, his signature style is unlike most watercolor art, and ends up looking more like a photo than a painting.
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August 5, 2020 In his newest project, an acclaimed artist based in Hunterdon County has gone to the races — while still remaining at home. As he remained in quarantine, Flemington resident James Fiorentino painted Sackatoga Stable champion and 2020 Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law, which will be presented at the 27th annual Siro’s Cup fundraiser on Thursday to honor the racehorse. Owner Sackatoga Stable, managing partner Jack Knowlton, trainer Barclay Tagg, assistant trainer Robin Smullen and jockey Manny Franco will also be honored at the virtual event.
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My artwork “Plums,” a painting inspired by a poem by William Carlos Williams, was selected for Artist Network’s “The Best of Watercolor: Splash 21 Competition Winners,” and will be available in print late September. The digital version is available now at the following link:
https://www.artistsnetwork.com/.../best-of-watercolor.../
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April 30, 2020
NEWS: Princeton, N.J. — D&R Greenway Land Trust announces Wines for Preservation, in partnership with Old York Cellars of Ringoes, New Jersey. Three wines of the 2019 harvest are ready for purchase--a large percentage of each sale to benefit the land trust's preservation and stewardship mission. The wine labels feature art by renowned local artist James Fiorentino, whose stunning landscapes come from the preserved lands of D&R Greenway Land Trust.
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February 28, 2020
BRIDGEWATER - Through a partnership of organizations, government bodies and neighbors who didn't know when to quit, the 36-acre Wemple estate, where Revolutionary War soldiers once camped, will be preserved in perpetuity.
To mark the preservation of what has been called a historical treasure, the D&R Greenway Land Trust presented the township a portrait of the portion of the Foothill Road property where Gen. George Washington's soldiers camped and their horses drank from a spring. The portrait by renowned artist James Fiorentino, who is also vice chairman of the organization, depicts the carriage trail at Steel Gap Road used by the troops.
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February 22, 2020
“Some of the best pieces in the [
] are in the Jersey juried exhibition – and they show a New Jersey that might not be familiar to visiting New Yorkers....[Artist] James Fiorentino makes [the bounty of New Jersey’s farmland] manifest in a startling medium watercolor of a Flemington farmhouse that’s crisp as a photograph. The wooden barn has been battered by the elements, and the tree is withered and autumn-bare, but the impression that the painting gives is one of great solidity and near-permanence...this work speaks eloquently of perseverance.”
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“LONG-EARED OWL”: This painting by James Fiorentino is featured in “Portaits of Preservation,” now on view at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center, One Preservation Place. D&R Greenway and The Raptor Trust will host an “Avian Art” celebration at the center on Friday, February 28 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
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Princeton, N.J. -- Paintings of powerful animals and birds, as well as scenes of iconic New Jersey habitat are the focus of the "Avian Art" celebration at D&R Greenway. The public is invited to the land trust's Johnson Education Center, in Princeton, February 28, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. This event is in cooperation with The Raptor Trust, renowned for bird rehabilitation, celebrating, with D&R Greenway, its three decades of New Jersey land preservation and stewardship…
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Known for his sports art, James Fiorentino also creates paintings of nature. His latest exhibit depicts properties protected by the D&R Greenway.
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Works by James Fiorentino -- including "Goat Hill at Sunset" (above) -- are on display at D&R Greenway’s headquarters in the Johnson Education Center’s restored circa 1900 barn on Preservation Place in Princeton.Courtesy
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