"Rocky Stairway To Heaven" by Larry Lerew

"Rocky Stairway To Heaven" by Larry Lerew

6" x 6" Acrylic on Archival Canvas Panel

#13-05-13

 

I was making several trips down and back to York in April and this stone staircase near Harmony Grove caught my eye. That area outside of Dover, PA is full of red sandstone structures which are beautiful anytime but especially when the redbuds are blooming. This small painting is my interpretation of red rocks and red tree blossoms. They make an interesting texture contrast I think and if there was an actual stairway to heaven it should be lined with redbud trees.

 

www.LarryLerew.com

SOLD THE DANCE An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'The Dance'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
10 x 8

This painting is of the woods up by our cabin.

The leaves were spectacular last fall,

and I loved the way the light was dancing

across the brilliantly colored leaves. 

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

Main St., Mechanicsburg - Dianne Lorden

Last Saturday, during Mechanicsburg's wine walk, I had the pleasure of working on a plein air streetscape for a few hours. It's hard to believe now, but I actually got too cold to continue. I wasn't dressed for the overcast, breezy day (with the occasional drizzle) and had to pack up a bit early. But the folks strolling around town were very pleasant and interested in watching me work, which is always enjoyable.
There were a lot more cars on the street than I included in this pastel. I orignially didn't want any cars in the picture, and it really proved tricky dealing with all the traffic while trying to work out my view. So, at the time I left, there were blank spaces were cars were parked. I took a few quick photos and packed up. Then, at home, I discovered my photos were not what I needed to "fill in the blanks," so to speak.
I set the picture aside for a few days to garden. Today I looked it over and said, What the heck - I'll just put in the cars.
So, there you have the story of this ... not-exactly-accurate, but colorful result of my first plein air outing!
My work can be seen on South Mountain Sketchbook

"The Conodoguinet" by Debra Tritt Kreiger

10"x8" Acrylic on canvas

 

 

This is one of the plein air paintings I did during Camp Hill plein air week. It was so peaceful and calm. I enjoyed my first plein air event, painting with friends old and new!

To contact me about the purchase this painting or see more of my work go to http://www.debkreiger.com or you can shop in my store, Deb's Gifts.

EMERALD COVE, 11x14, oil by Sharon Benner

This quiet, still cove is near the sail boat launch in Codorus State Park, Hanover, Pa.  The challenge was to paint the various greens.  See more work at www.sharonbenner.com

The Lido by Nancy Herman

THE LIDO

Nancy Herman

6' x 8"

oil on stretched canvas

Back to traveling the virtual roads on Google maps.  I found this wonderfully painted motel on the Lido in Italy.

Many, many years ago my family camped on the Lido beach on our way to Venice.  I think these joyful colors capture the feeling of that time very well for me.

"Bluffs and Trees" pastel by Tatiana Myers.

"Bluffs and Trees"

12 x 12" Pastel on Ampersand Pastelbord.

I'm challenging myself lately to work with my "field pastel palette" in studio setting.

In studio I used to luxury of setting all possible pastel boxes around

and literally having hundreds of choices.

In field I limited to whatever I managed to fit in my field carrier, what is still a lot,

but nothing to compare with my full collection (truth is - all pastel artists are hoarders).

Being spoiled with so many choices, in the field I feel uncomfortably robbed of

my options and often getting wrong impression, that I just do not have the right color,

what I simply can not do without. This is not entirely truth... I just feel this way.

Therefore to gen my mind out of its hoarding mode I limited myself for this summer to

whatever I have in my field box. Plus box of pencils.

This way when at the end of summer I'll travel for my 2013 Plein Air session

in Washington, I will not feel stressed about the fact "I just do not have that right stick"!

"Bluffs" are one more out of those "limited palette" paintings.

I feel I'm getting very comfortable with my pastel box and whatever is in it.

 

www.TatianaMyersFineArt.com

http://TatianaMyersFineArt.blogspot.com

SPRING BLOSSOMS An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Spring Blossoms'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
8 x 10

On the first morning of painting in the Camp Hill
Plein Air Event, several artists gathered in the
beautiful yard of Cecelia Lyden's neighbor.  The
azaleas and dogwoods were in their glory, along with
many other flowers.  It was also very nice to finish
up around noon so we could go back to Cecelia's
for a delightful lunch in her gorgeous home
(Thank you, Cecelia!)

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

Trash Day, 10 x 8" oil en plein air Jill Peckelun

www.jillpeckelun.com

I was so happily surprised when this piece won second prize at the recent Camp Hill plein air event.  Who know that a trash bin  to the rear of a restaurant could be so beautiful?  I had a lot of fun painting it, but I kept thinking off and on while I was working: why am I painting a trash bin?

PEACH TULIP

PEACH TULIP

Nancy Herman

6" x 8"

oil on stretched canvas

I love tulips.  They are so pure and simple.  The sun shinning through their rich colored petals seems the essence of new life and the heart of spring.

This from Wikipedia

"In Persia, to give a red tulip was to declare your love. The black center of the red tulip was said to represent the lover's heart, burned to a coal by love's passion. To give a yellow tulip was to declare your love hopelessly and utterly."

Here is alink to a very fine poem by Sylvia Plath about tulips she received in the hospital.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178974

Larry Lerew Sketching For Fun!: Camp Hill Plein Air 2013

Larry Lerew Sketching For Fun!: Camp Hill Plein Air 2013: Just finished a week participating in Camp Hill Plein Air. Had a great time and met lots of friends. Title: "Roving Red" Size: 1...

Click the link above to my blog and read about this and two more of my paintings.

 

www.LarryLerew.com

Sue Marrazzo's Art Exhibit Invitation

Here is an invitation for the current ART Exhibit at

 the Gallery at Second. 

I am so honored to be included with 2 fine artists. 

I hope the DPP ART Community can check this one out!!!

PEACEFUL OASIS By Cecelia Lyden

oil/board

12x18

www.cecelialyden.com

 



Two days of beautiful weather in a serene location made this plein air paintout a most pleasant experience. I was situated in a shady area with only fleeting moments of sunlight peeking through the leaves. Consequently, there were some strong darks under the rocks, etc. I was having difficulty mixing colors dark enough. Then I remembered, in a workshop with Ron Donoughe, his suggestion of a mixture of Thalo Green and Alizarin Crimson to make black. I used this to darken other colors. It worked. Thank you, Ron.

"Rocket Man" by Michael LeKites

Still a work in progress. Due to the gloss of the paint.. this was difficult to photograph. It's a little too dark in this image so you can't quite see the stars or the color of the night sky. Seems like each image would either come out too dark or too light and there would be glare from the gloss. Oh well.

Still lots to do. Acrylic on canvas, 11x14.

The person in the rocket is me, by the way. Thought I'd have some fun. I'm also wearing goggles... hard to tell from the image but easy to see in the actual painting. Hope to have it finished in a few days. The goggles were my dad's from WWII. I found them in the attic a few weeks ago. Remembered them last night.. went up and got them. Had my wife take a pic and there I am.. flying high!

I got quite a bit more done tonight so instead of posting again in a few days.. I'll just update this post. I'm not completely finished... I'll probably continue to do some work on the night sky. Not satisfied there. Also the park down below. Probably work some more on that over the next few weeks.. but I'm done for now. I'll set it aside and come back later. Kind of process it a little. I may also add another fin to the the rocket... on top and behind.

'Watercolor Study of a Mated Pair of Twelve-Spotted Skimmer Dragonflies'

 

Adult Male in Spawning Colors

 

Adult Female

 

Mated pair of Twelve-Spotted Skimmer Dragonflies.

Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board.

Wing Span on each dragonfly: 7.5"

Being mounted in one frame -Male over Female as shown.

Research photography by James Lasswell- Entomologist for

Texas A & M University. It will eventually be shipped

to a Texas Gallery. It will be in our Capitol Display

for June first.

 

I look forward to being more active again

with DPP after my health issues.

 

THOM GLACE WATERCOLORS

www.thomglacewatercolors.com

www.zazzle.com/thomglace

 



Two miniatures by Dianne Lorden

I'm not too skilled at photographing miniatures. These are roughly 3-1/2x5-1/2. I just created these watercolor/colored pencils from photos of (left) the Culp Farm and the Trostle barn, on the Gettysburg National Military Park grounds. They are both brighter than the photos indicate.
My artwork can be seen at my website, South Mountain Sketchbook

"Ibizan Hound Running" Colored Pencil by Charlotte Yealey

12x16

Colored Pencil

My dog, Halen the ibizan hound, loves to run. This colored pencil drawing was fun to do because of his happy expression when gets a chance to do what he loves to do. I also tried to capture the sense of movement in his legs and sometimes completely airborne.

Two Little Birds - oil on linen by Christine Marx

In keeping with my goal of painting one painting a week through July for the Doylestown Audubon Tour of the Barns Show this is the second painting. I had never painted ceramic figures before and it was fun. Plus, they don't spoil or move, like flowers do! I am also loving hydrangeas showing up in the stores and nurseries.

For more information on this or other paintings please visit christinemarxoriginals.com

UNDER THE ROSE ARBOR An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Under the Rose Arbor'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
8 x 10

I found this beautiful Rose Arbor on

St. John's Alley in Camp Hill while painting

in the Camp Hill Plein Air Event.  Everything about

the scene appealed to me except one 

thing - there were no blooms, only rosebuds.

I really wanted to add the roses, and was so

glad when the owner came out to see what

I was painting and I was able to ask her

what color the roses were when they were 

in flower!  That's one of the advantages

of being an artist, you can paint in the roses

even before they have bloomed.

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

Out Of The Nest by Joe Kluck

 

"Out of the Nest" by Joe Kluck

 

16x26" Pastel