Two Mile House mixed media by Linda Young



©Linda Young

Two Mile House #3

8 x 10

Watercolor and water media

This is a watercolor painting with mixed media.  The watercolor paper was placed over a foam core board, stretched and tacked to stretcher bars and dried completely.   When the paper had dried, the painting was created in watercolor with touches of acrylic to pop the color of the flowers.   A fixative was sprayed over the painting that had dried completely.  A satin varnish will be the final step before the framing process.  The benefit of this procedure is glass and matting are not needed and the painting can be framed as if were an oil painting on canvas.

This painting will be available for sale at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center's "Local Scenes exhibit" during Art for the Holidays.  The opening reception will be on November 27 at 19 N Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.  BUY LOCAL, BUY ART!

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Goldbeck paintings in WITF TV Documentary

My Evolution Theory paintings and several additional abstract landscape paintings are featured on the set of a WITF documentary released today by the Harrisburg-based PBS media center.

Evolution Theory I - Mixed Media on Canvas

This was such a marvelous experience. Perhaps, most importantly from the perspective of an artist is that the opportunity to be a part of this project came about in large part due to serendipity. I happened to be the solo artist featured in the atrium at the media center and the producer of the documentary happened to pass through the exhibit days before he was set to begin filming. He called me, told me he loved the work and asked whether I would consent to use of the art on the set. I signed the agreement. There is no money in the deal and money is not the point. This is PBS, the kind of audience many of us want to attract to our work. This is PBS, which struggles to make quality media products with less and less in funding from public and private resources.

On a personal level, I had the highest respect for Goddard, who invested his heart and soul in protecting the natural resources of Pennsylvania. That I was asked to contribute my work to the production was an honor.

The Evolution Theory series was unveiled at WITF and returned to Arts on Union, where they will remain until they sell or are exhibited in other locations.