EXHIBIT: Oyster Mill Playhouse - Shelby Pizzarro

Did you Hear about Hugo and Kim?

If you'd like to know more about their story, visit The Oyster Mill Playhouse in Camp Hill, PA. The company's production of Bye Bye Birdie will run November 4th through November 20th.

I am also thrilled to announce my work is to be exhibited in the Lobby during show hours. It's an extra treat for me as "Bye Bye Birdie" is a one of my favourite musicals.

So if you are in the Central PA area and would like to experience great entertainment...and get all the scoop about Hugo and Kim...visit the Oyster Mill Playhouse. By the way, I hear they're goin' steady, steady for good. Oh, yeah!!!

 

Sisterhood of the Muse

Exhibit: Oyster Mill Playhouse, Camp Hill. Shelby Pizzarro

The Four Sisters - Collage

Did you ever wonder what sisters get up to when they visit with each other?

Many years ago I purchased a lot of old photos on Ebay. In the group was the photo of the four women. On the back in pencil was scribbled "We sisters have fun!" It was such a lovely photo and sentiment I couldn't resist incorporating it into a collage. But how?

 Again my Muse guided me to an assortment of experimental papers. I've been trying new techniques with wax and inks. And there it was. In a page torn from a book was this passage: "the four sisters knitting away in the twilight". Perfect, especially for a very enthusiastic amateur knitter like myself.

  

I primed two canvases for the diptych with acrylic paint and inks. The papers I used all seemed to just fall into place...CitraSolv, tissue, pattern, art, handmade, and even Braille paper went into the mix. Next was the photo...I wanted the sisters to be in the thick of things...surrounded with warmth and the fun of knitting. I completed the collage with a vintage knitting pattern and stenciled acrylic paint.

  

The Sisterhood. It can encompass close friends or family. It's the place where we feel safe and at ease with the people we knit into our lives.

  

The work will be one of twenty-eight pieces on display as part of my solo show at the Oyster Mill Playhouse in Camp Hill, PA. The exhibit will run from September 25th to October 11th, 2015 during the performance run of  the play "Next To Normal". I hope if you are in the area you will take in the show and view the exhibit.

 

Sisterhood of the Muse

"Behind the Fence" by Beth Bathe

"Behind the Fence". 8 x 10 oil on canvas

 

Here is my Camp Hilll Plein Air Quick Draw entry which won an Honorable Mention.

It was a wonderful day of painting, and I got to meet several other SVPAP members.

I am new to the area, having recently moved from Northern Virginia. I can be reached at bathepainting@aol.com

"Garden on High Street" by Debra Tritt Kreiger

8x10 acrylic on canvas

This is the first plein air painting I did from Cecelia's neighbors back yard garden. What a nice way to kick off Camp Hill plein air. I was really happy with this one and only had to add a few more lights when I got it home.

"Cedar Run" by Debra Tritt Kreiger

8x10 acrylic on canvas

This is another painting completed during Camp Hill Plein Air. I had a nice shady spot to listen and see all the performances of nature. What caught my eye was the wonderful field of flowers blooming in the distance and all the rich colors reflecting in the water.

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.

Sold! "Welcome" by Debra Tritt Kreiger

Quick Draw Camp Hill 2012

8"x10" acrylic on canvas

With a lot of encouragement from my painting friends and family I bravely entered and participated in my first plein air quick draw competition! I was happy I finished with a lovely painting that was purchased. What a wonderful surprise and such fun! I met a lot of nice people and it was a beautiful day. Thank you friends and family!

Camp Hill Quick Draw Competition by Julie Riker

My painting for the quick draw event was awarded third place AND (even more dear to me) the people's choice award.  Thanks so much to everyone who voted for me.  I am so honored!

Riverbend by Julie Riker

12x24 oil

So happy to share the news that "Riverbend" has won the Purchase Award at the Camp Hill Plein Air Festival.  The purchaser will donate the painting to the Fredrickson Library where it will become part of their collection for anyone to view.

Calling All Artists - Plein Air Camp Hill

 Camp Hill is having it's Plein Air Competition for the 2nd year.  The Call to Artists and application for 2012 can be found on this site.
 http://www.pleinaircamphill.org/
 The site is still being updated so make sure you are looking at information for 2012.

CAMP HILL ROOFTOPS By Cecelia Lyden

acrylic on canvas

9x12

http://www.cecelialyden.com/

lyden1819@comcast.net

This plein air paint session started out about 9:00 with my selecting the No Parking side of Market Street in Camp Hill to set up . What that meant was that there was parking on the other side of the street. I chose what I wanted to paint across the street--one of the charming stores in Camp Hill; but the by the time I finished setting up my easel and squeezing out my colors, the cars and delivery trucks had begun to park their vehicles right in front of my subject matter. Reluctant to pack up and move, I fixed my eyes on some rooftops, where no cars would get in the way.

Although this painting was started outdoors, there was much I wanted to add, after the session was over. I took photos and worked on it extensively in studio.

Plein Air in Camp Hill PA by Mary Beth Brath

Willow Park - Camp Hill - Plein Air Outing with the Perry County Group

On Monday, about a dozen artists gathered at Willow Park in Camp Hill PA to paint. The Perry County Plein Air Group is led by Jon Tritt. We had many residents of the town stop by to watch. This was completed in about 3 hours onsite. At home, I added a few more "sky holes" under my tree branch to better define the leaves.

Daily Painter of Pennsylvania Mary Beth Brath

www.marybethbrath.com