Field Stone Meadows
30" x 24"
Acrylic on canvas
This Sunday, April 1, marks the formal opening of the Preserved Lands Exhibit at York Art Association. YAA has partnered with the Farm and Natural Lands Trust of York County, and will be featuring landscape paintings of York County's Preserved Lands by 30 local artists. I was invited to paint Art Glatfelter's Field Stone Meadows Horse Farm. After touring and photographing this beautiful property on a gator driven by Sherri Becker in July, 2011, I chose to paint this scene using a photo as reference. The painting depicts both the roughness of the land and the beauty and softness of its crop.
The reception is from 2:00 to 4:00 on Sunday, April 1, at YAA, 220 S Marshall St, York, PA. Please stop by if you are in the area. The exhibit will be on display until April 22. If you have any questions, or wish to purchase, contact PAT. 50% of the sale will go to the artist, 25% to YAA, and 25% to the Natural Lands Trust; this applies until April 22.To see more of my paintings, please visit my website and blogspot at:
8 comments:
The colors in the shadows on that dirt road are incredible, Pat! They're really drawing me in. Do you have some violet in your darks?
I love shady roads leading into the light--such a nice composition and a beautiful, inviting painting.
Thank you, Amy. I am almost sure it is Ultramarine Blue. It does lean toward a violet because of the red in it. That is the color I most often use with the burnt sienna.
Thanks, Cecelia.
This is stunning, Pat. There is such an incredible balance of light and shadow, and a magnificent rhythm of brushwork. I love how the eye is lead through the painting to that patch of light at the end of the road, and then beyond into the sunlit fields. I think this just because a new favorite for me!
Pat, this really draws me in... love the values... it all works!
Wonderful composition and appealingly painted- very nice!
Pat, your painting brought back a wonderful memory from when I was young and lived on a farm how I took hikes with my cousins (who were from the city) across the acreage of our farm. I love this painting-I wish I could paint like that.
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