Silvery Susquehanna

12x18 oil

Another painting from the week of Camp Hill Plein Air, this was painted from Negley Park on an overcast afternoon.

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Red and Yellow Iris

 

8x10 oil

Yesterday I met some painting friends at Beech Spring Farm, near Gettysburg.  It is a beautiful preserved farm that is used for weddings and special events.  It is really quite lovely - but too manicured for my taste.  Feeling uninspired by the landscape, I decided to focus in on these pretty flowers.

I am starting to feel like my paintings are getting looser and the colors are getting brighter...must be the nice spring weather!

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Old Truck In The Alley

9x12 oil

Here's another painting from Plein Air Camp Hill. 

I did this for the 2 hour Quick Draw.

It's called "Old Truck In An Alley".

It sold at the event.

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Underneath It All

8x12

I was delighted that my painting won 2nd Place and also the People's Choice Award at Camp Hill Plein Air this weekend.

I have always wanted to do a nocturnal painting but this is actually the first I have ever done.

It was great fun.

I used a camping headlamp to illuminate my palette.  It may not have been color accurate but it worked.

The painting sold the next day to a woman who was visiting from Florida...a former shop owner.  I snapped these few pictures and that's all I have.

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