CHERRY TREE LANE An Original Pastel Painting by Clare Klaum

This is one of my newest creations.  I have admired these Cherry trees for several years, but always seemed to miss their peak bloom.  This year I caught them at just  the right time and took several photos. I chose this view that I took at 6pm with long shadows.  This is a Pastel painting on U-Art sanded paper. The image size is 15 1/2" x 23 1/2".  The framed size is 32 1/2" x 24 1/2".  It is double matted with acid free mats, UV glass and spacers in a Cherry wood frame.  It is currently in the Sales Gallery at Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC) and is available for purchase. 

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PEACEFUL MORN IN LES ANDELAYS By Cecelia Lyden

oil/stretched canvas

18x24

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This morning, I opted to skip a tour of a goat farm to stay on the boat. I wanted to sketch this lovely spot on the Seine-Les Andelays. I went up to the deck off the Bistro. A waiter brought me a coffee and as the fog lifted, I began taking photos and sketching. A morning to remember-quiet[everyone was on the tour], drawing and resting up for another day of touring. 

Ferns an Chicory - an Original Oil Painting by Rebecca Jennings (Sunny)

"Ferns and Chicory"

4" x 4" mini, oil on canvas panel

 

Out of all the roadside wildflowers, this is one of my very favorites. I love the diverse blue hues of the chicory. If they could be easily transplanted they would be in my rock garden!

 

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"CHILDREN'S LAKE, BOILING SPRINGS IN AUTUMN" An Original Pastel Painting by Clare Klaum

I began this painting as a demo for American Craft Week in October on Children's Lake in Boling Springs.  I was going to do a Plein Air painting, however on the day of the event they were calling for an all day rain.  So, I went a few days earlier when it was sunny and took several photos.  The day of the event I worked from my photos under a canopy.  Only recently did I complete this painting.  The trees on the left are so spectacular in the fall and I have always wanted to do a painting from this view.  This painting is for sale.

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FORSYTHIA By Cecelia Lyden

oil/canvas

8x10

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This past spring, I was driving around , looking for some picturesque scene to paint  when I spotted this large estate with scores of yellow forsythia bushes in full bloom. What a glorious site! I took several photos and I finally got a chance to paint one.

FLORIDA RANCH By Cecelia Lyden

oil stretched and canvasboard

11x14

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These two paintings were both done using photographs I took while my husband and I were driving on the Florida Turnpike in late February. I noticed that spring green was appearing on the roadside bushes and trees-so pretty contrasted with the fields, which appeared orange in the sunlight. The top painting was done two years ago. The second one I did two weeks ago. 

PA ARTIST SUE MARRAZZO SHARES PHOTOS FROM PA

PHOTOS OF ALL INSPIRING CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA BY SUE MARRAZZO

GREEN RIDGE
by SUE MARRAZZO

I was searching for some photos taken of my ART for an upcoming show. I came across some REALLY COOL Landscapes of a place called Green Ridge, which is close to my home. All photos are untouched and digital taken on a Canon camera. I hope these photos are INSPIRING to all my fellow Daily Painters and the DPP Community! I took these a few months ago and I am so GLAD to share them! 
I know as artists we look at things a little differently and notice the BEAUTY around us!

GREEN RIDGE 3
by SUE MARRAZZO

GREEN RIDGE 2
by SUE MARRAZZO

Copyright photos created and owned by Sue Marrazzo

PA HILLS AND HAY BALES By Cecelia Lyden

 oil/stretched canvas

16x20

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The road to the beautiful and charming town of Boilng Springs is bordered by scenic landscapes--one "painting" after the other. Our plein air group, SVPAP, has scheduled many paintouts there, and this time I stopped on the side of the road to take photos of the neat rows of hay bales resting on the golden, rolling hills.

Snow Drifts by Sharon Benner

"Snow Drifts" is a 9 x 12 pastel of the pastures out my back door. I love the way the snow creates patterns when the wind blows. I am patiently waiting for our next snow storm so I can paint more local snow scenes. I live on the outskirts of Hanover, Pa. where I'm never at a loss for subject matter to paint.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN By Cecelia Lyden

oil on canvasboard

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Claire Carnell, however, made it easier to produce greens by demonstrating, in her Green Workshop, how to mix many of the shades and tints of greens used in landscape painting. Creating the dreaded color charts, Claire showed us how to mix marvelous greens using ultramarine and thalo blue, cad yellow medium, cad lemon yellow, cad red light, alizarin crimsen and white.

After mixing the greens, we painted from 2 photos that Claire knew contained the greens we had been creating. We painted those scenes and compared and critiqued each other's works. It was 2 days of learning, painting, accomplishing, and fun.

Blue Morning, 30 x 40, oil/linen, by Ron Donoughe

Sometimes one painting leads to another. This is what happened with the most recent painting, Last Light. After I did it, the idea of deeply shadowed alleyways prompted me to look at photos I took last winter. This new one depicts early morning light on Polish Hill. The tricky aspect of this painting was to keep the hillside in the distance, even though it is warm. Conversely, the foreground is in deep, bluish shadow and normally these cool colors tend to recede. I think of these scenes as urban canyons where light darts through openings, creating tension because of the imposing masses.

Flooded Trunks, 9 x 12, oil, by Ron Donoughe

Rain, rain go away. The excess water in the rivers has caused a lot of this, flooded trunks. These reflections appeared to move with the viewer. Very strange. The same phenomenon seems to happen with eyes on some museum portraits. The general rule with reflection is that dark values reflect lighter, lights reflect darker and middle tones reflect about the same.


This is one of the 60 newly posted paintings on my web site.
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Buses, 9 x 12, oil on panel, by Ron Donoughe

These two buses are in a junk yard that I drive by almost everyday. They are tucked into the forest directly across from where I stop. As traffic whizzes by I find myself staring at these shapes, thinking about the thousands of hours spent on buses like this as a child. Yet I'm also intrigued by the bold, intense yellow against a field of non-color. The contrast and abstract shapes bring thoughts of Mark Rothko.  It has taken me four years of observation to make this painting–in 90 minutes.

Last Snow, 16 x 20, oil on linen, by Ron Donoughe

I should have titled this Last Snow, Hopefully. It seems everyone is sick of winter. That is apparent when visitors to my studio say, nice painting but...  I usually know what is coming next. Winter paintings can actually make people feel cold, which hasn't stopped me from doing them. This isolated group of houses on Polish Hill really caught my eye a few weeks ago. I liked the austere loneliness of the scene even though they appear to be glued together. The shadows were a nice way to lead the viewer up the hill. I'm almost finished with a large 36 x 50 canvas of this one. It will be posted next.

Allegheny River, 24 x 36, oil on linen, by Ron Donoughe

Rain and wet snow are usually enough to keep me in my studio. However a couple weeks ago I was invited to paint from a balcony on Mt. Washington, which has a grand view. (Hence, Grandview Avenue, which is where I was.)  Rather than wait for a sunny day I decided to paint the city enveloped by full dampness. There is a lot to learn when the atmosphere is full of moisture. For one thing, edges are soft, values become quite close and the colors are tints of pastel. In addition it can be a quiet painting experience with hours of consistent gray diffused light.

Patch of Path, 9 x 12, oil on panel, by Ron Donoughe

This was painted on one of those dark, damp days that you wanted to stay in bed. Fortunately the sun peeked out enough for me to do this sketch. It is a simple statement about how light and shadow fall on snow.

Cooler weather heats up my studio efforts! paintings by David Bottini, for Gabriel

The weather is shifting and autumn is here. I love this time of year - the pale light and the emerging autumn colors - ahhh (and the cool nights).
Was really cooking in the studio the past few week ... a large piece for a November group show and a few studies completed and a new large painting moving along. Enjoyed a fun reception for a collaborative exhibit at Mercersburg Academy - I am paired with Eric Olson (see the invite for contrast of our imagery)
Just completed (i think) a holiday themed piece - wanted it early so it has time on exhibit in a gallery to find a new owner before December (I prefer wishful thinking : )

KINGS GAP WATER TOWER by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Kings Gap Water Tower'
Oil   9 x 12

This unique round water tower can be found beside the
gardens at Kings Gap State Park here in Pennsylvania.
It took a beating because of ice accumulation this past
winter, but work is being done to repair the damage.
It would be such a shame to lose this beautiful
structure!

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Blackwater, by Ron Donoughe

Last week we had a brief period of sunshine here in Pittsburgh. Even if I'm working inside on a commission, like I was, it is impossible for me to stay there. Light on snow just has that effect on my senses. A favorite place to paint winter landscapes is Fox Chapel. This was done by Trillium Trail. The real challenge is painting the shifting shadows over ice that is melting. Add the chilling 15 or 20 degree temperature and it is easy to understand why most artists prefer to work inside using photos as reference. But for me there is a special feeling of accomplishment that working outdoors brings. It is difficult to explain. The spirit of a place somehow becomes part of the painting. Even if I'm not satisfied with the finished painting, I'm always pleased with the experience. Time spent looking closely at nature is never wasted.

It is 16 x 20 inches, oil on linen.

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