Alley!
12 x 12" oil en plein air
Here I am! Graciously guided through a promotional interview by Ted Walke with Gallery@Second in Harrisburg, PA.
If you are in the area, please feel welcome to see the show with Lisa Bennett and I.
Showing posts with label Jill Peckelun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jill Peckelun. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Hopscotch, oil in plein air, Jill Peckelun
Hopscotch
This is such a charming scene. Baby carriage, little hopscotch chalk marks on the driveway. I did it for that. I did not expect the Paint Annapolis award that it received, but I was very appreciative.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Our Field, 16 x 20", oil on panel. Jill Peckelun
Our Field
16 x 20" oil on panel
I have been enthralled with these fields for years. I have seen them all my life and the play of light and air upon them makes them look different each time. The neighboring farmer didn't think much of my painting and then said he hoped he didn't hurt my feelilngs when he laughed. I laughed right back and said I hope it doesn't hurt your feelings that I don't care what you think. Why would I? It is always nice when someone likes your work, but really, who cares?
Although it is pretty clear I'm not going to be making a sale to him :)
Thursday, May 8, 2014
The Road Less Taken, 12 x 12" oil en plein air, Jill Peckelun
Well this piece is aptly named. I painted it at Longwood Gardens where there are massive formal flower beds of glorious perfect blooms. I am standing by the edge of the woods painting a crooked little path. Partly to avoid the crowds. Mostly because I just like crooked little paths. Go figure.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Middle Earth at Middle Creek, 24 x 18" oil en plein air Jill Peckelun
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Fallen, 14 x 11" plein air oil painting by Jill Peckelun
A friend and I painted at the edge of the Susquehanna River in Middletown recently. I was drawn to the interplay of water, trees, and earth at the river's edge. It was a very windy day, which seemed appropriate, considering I was painting a fallen tree. I love the depth of the mountain beyond with all the promise of trees' greenery to come.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Rural Route 6 x 8" oil on paper, plein air Jill Peckelun
It's Spring! It's March! And I am outside painting, even though I was really pushing the color on what would have otherwise been a tonalist painting. But I am in the mood for cheery colors in the sunshine and a happy little piece. :)
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Pathways, 12 x 12" oil en plein air painting Jill Peckelun
Mid 50's, they said. Warm sunshine, they said. I neglected to hear the part about 30 mile an hour gusts of cold cold air blasting my way, whipping my paint rag against my frail chilled bones. Sigh. I had fun anyway. It was that good to be outside again.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
The Meeting Place, 6 x 8" oil en plein air, Jill Peckelun
It is January and it is cold but above freezing so I'm outside working up a small painting of these pagoda-like gazebos. I am so attracted to their dark mystery. They speak of far off summer weddings and celebrations of course. But I'm attracted to their atmosphere, both welcoming and secretive.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Rabbit, oil on cradled panel, Jill Peckelun
Sometimes on rainy/snowy days I paint rabbits. This is Steve. I feed him bread in our back yard. There is more than one rabbit of course, but we call them all Steve.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
On New Year's Day, oil en plein air, 14 x 11", Jill Peckelun
It is a testament to my down parka that the only part of me that got cold on a 31 degree day was my toes. The paint was pretty stiff too. But, I have a small, personal tradition of painting at the family farm on the first day of each new year and so I was determined. The next day it snowed several inches and all of this was covered in white.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Crossroads, oil en plein air painting, Jill Peckelun
I did this painting lickety split one afternoon. I'd looked at this view often enough that it just came together pretty easily when I finally set out to paint it. Crossroads. We all meet them every day.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Through the Woods, Oil en plein air painting, Jill Peckelun
Through the Woods
The last bit of leaf color in late November led me to this site. It was the week before Thanksgiving and I was thinking of family gatherings, good food and good memories.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Dirt Lane, 9 x 12" oil en plein air painting, Jill Peckelun
I found this place at the Hershey Gardens. Surrounded by lovely blooming flowers, I'm drawn to the dirt lane leading up to the maintenance barn. Once a farm girl, always a farm girl.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Autumn Pond, 11 x 14" oil en plein air, Jill Peckelun
It is Autumn again. That time of year of violet days and red/orange leaves. So evocative, so beautiful. I painted here at the edge of a pond with a friend. There was some light traffic on a road nearby, but we didn't hear it- we were caught up in the stillness of the moment.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Open Art Studio Tour, Jill Peckelun
Monday, October 28, 2013
Art Studio Tour- Jill Peckelun
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I'm participating in a free driving tour of 25 artists in central Pennsylvania. It's a juried exhibition and I'll be setting up work from the last year or so in my back porch. So, please stop in and have some cider and cookies and yuk it up with me.
The hours are Saturday Nov. 2 from 10 am. to 5 pm. and Sunday Nov. 3 from noon to 5. I'm at 117 Elm Ave, Hershey.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Meet you There, 8 x 10" oil en plein air, Jill Peckelun
It was ... brisk when I painted this piece. There were very few people in the park that afternoon. But if I was to meet someone- well I'd want to meet them there- at this strangely mysterious, utterly compelling gazebo.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Gazebo, 10 x 8" oil en plein air, Jill Peckelun
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I met so many people when I painted this piece in a local park. There were Bob and Bobo, his pug, who told me all about the Japanese block print paintings he found when he cleaned out his mother's apartment building. Bob, that is, not Bobo. I was just squeezing out my paint onto the palette when they stopped by and knew from the subject matter and the conversation that that would have an effect on the painting. Later on there was Will, who grew up in the same county as me, went to the same college as me, had a father who worked in the same business as mine, had a mother who passed away from the same illness as mine, and whose name rhymes with my own. By the end of what was obviously a lengthy conversation we felt a freaky connection- like we were some kind of twins. Sometimes when people chat me up while I work I feel like if the work succeeds it is despite the distraction. But in this case, it was the opposite. I think the painting succeeded because of all that wonderful connection and energy between me, Bob, Bobo, Will and that other couple and their dog who stopped but for a moment. Thank you all!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Canoes by Jill Peckelun
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This is my second attempt at wrestling with these canoes, although the first time from this particular point of view. I was happy to paint in the shade on a sunny day next to a lake filled with tiny fish, rowdy youngsters, and lots of dragonflies. I saw a red dragonfly- which I have never seen before. I think one of the best times of painting is when I'm finished and simply sit and be with the space. Let me add that having written this I am aware of how "spacey" that reads...:)
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