Press Release about one of our DPP Bloggers

Since Linda Young is on vacation, I am going to
post this article that was printed in the February
2010 edition of the Mt. Gretna Newsletter.
Please take a moment to read this - it shows
that our blog is getting noticed, and reinforces
why it is important to keep posting your work
on a regular basis. People are paying attention
to the art work of the artists on the DPP Blog!
(Note that another member of the DPP
Blog, Andy Smith is mentioned.)

Congratulations, Linda!

When the watercolor "Mt. Gretna Canoes" suddenly
turned up on the Daily Painters of Pennsylvania
website last month -- along with works by
Andy Smith and others
familiar to Mt. Gretna art show attendees --
readers asked, "Who is Linda Young?"

A Carlisle resident who learned the "art
through music" concept under noted local instructor
Larry Lombardo, Ms. Young had, in fact, never been
to Mt. Gretna before she and her
husband came to hear jazz artist
Leon Redbone at the Playhouse last
August.

Once here, however, she fell in love with the
cottage-lined streets, the laughter of children
at the lake, and a colorful assortment of canoes
lying along the bank. "I wouldn't mind
living in this place,"she said to her husband
(a champion hill climb enthusiast and friend of
Mt. Gretna hill climb racer and former
Millersville University art department chairman
Gordon Wise).

She took several photos and last month finished
this piece, part of a "small works" project in
a growing collection since she began painting in 2004.

It may have been her first Mt. Gretna visit,
but she intends to return.
"As I walked along the streets, realizing that
this is where they hold the outdoor art show,
I said to myself, 'Someday I'm going to be
in that show.'"

This article came complete with links to Linda's
website, the DPP blog and also included a picture
of Linda and her painting "Mt. Gretna Canoes".
You can see the original article in the Mt Gretna Newsletter.