Fields of Sunshine Jane Ramsey Plein Air Watercolor

"Fields of Sunshine," plein air watercolor, 12 x 9

What a memorable day painting in this field of sunflowers with members of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters. The weather was perfect, warm with low humidity. The blaze of sunflowers with their faces all turned towards the sun was magical. I loved the backdrop of the stately old barn with the roof line softened by the climbing vines. Many thanks to our lovely hosts, Eric and Nancy Olson.

This painting is for sale and currently on exhibit with other paintings from members of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters at the Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th Street, Camp Hill, PA.

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Plein Air Painters at Windmill Creek Studios Farm near Port Royal

It was a glorious day for all the artists who gathered to paint the sunflowers in the four acre field (L to R) Clare Klaum, MaryBeth Brath, host Eric Olson, Jane Ramsey, Claire Beadon Carnell, Linda Young

Mary Beth

Work in progress, Linda Young

Claire amid the Dream Field

Clare

The apprentice plein air painter

The field of dreams, oh yes...it really Was!

artists entering "Bottini Woods"

Seven Lively artist Robert L. Hughes

Joan, a friend of the Olson's

Nancy Bartholomaei-Olson and Claire B Carnell on Windmill Creek Studio's porch.

 Windmill Creek Studios  You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day than today; blue skies, yellow fields of sunflowers and the field alive with the sound of the buzzing bees.  All of us were quietly painting away when suddenly, each of us "felt a little strange". 

After family members called Claire Carnell and Mary Beth, we were told that feeling was the 5.9 earthquake we all had just experienced.  I recall Mary Beth saying she thought someone was behind her shaking her chair; I had a feeling of wobbly legs similar to getting off a boat onto land. 

Thank you to our hosts Nancy and Eric Olson for their wonderful hospitality.  We all want to come back again to your lovely farm and painterly Heaven.  The sunflowers really were amid a field of dreams.

Linda Young, photographer

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Com-posers Series, Impressionistic Watercolor Floral, Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers:8 1/2"w x 11"h

Cold Front

The windows I’m closin’

my sunflowers need hosin’

it’s blisterin hot

not one cold spot

‘cept here by the door

of the freezer in the store

where I pretend to stock up

on creamsicle pops

but truth to be told

it’s just good to feel cold!

BB'10

Bertie Brown - Lancaster, PA

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blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 13 1/2"w x 16 1/2"h

The Sunflower Strut

My sunflower girls are playin’ charades

Pretending they’re modeling

On a runway parade

they don’t ever worry

though their hips are quite curvy

they’re not in a hurry

they don’t ever scurry

no, they just take their time

strut their stuff like the pros

as they walk the fine line

on their well heeled Manolos

BB'10

Bertie Brown- Lancaster, PA

blog: http://watercolorsbybertiebrown.blogspot.com

info at: email