Hoyt View of New Castle

Ending that same week in Eleventh Month I painted a view from the Hoyt Art Center second floor window. They held and their fall open house on the 18th. The New Castle news even used a photograph of me in their news story! Not pretty, at my age, but the palette and painting looked good!

12" x 12"   oil on cradled wood   $450

Wildflowers at the Wood's Edge

The last summer class for Hoyt was Friday. We painted at the Villa Maria. 

11" x 14"  oil on canvas board   $450

The Sunflower Fields

The day we planned to meet here was pouring rain. I knew in might be a bad idea, but I couldn't resist setting up under my umbrella. The next day I returned to finish. 

12" x 12"   Board coated with linseed oil  SOLD

Amish Sheep Farm

As I drove around the New Willmington, PA farm country I turned onto a gravel road, thinking it was a public road as it had a street sign. The gravel road ended at this Amish farm. The view was so lovely I had to ask permission to paint it. The wind was very brisk, making it difficult to paint while holding onto my straw hatbrim (to keep the sun out of my eyes), the easel (to keep it from blowing over) and put the brushes to a vibrating canvas. After stuggling for a couple of hours I finished up the painting in my car. Then, later worked on it in my studio. 9" X 12" Oil on canvas board $350

The Sunroom in Winter

This past week Jan and I painted from the sunroom of the Alex Hoyt mansion in New Castle, PA. The wind whistled around the building while we painted contentedly.

The Schoolhouse

This is a small painting I did near Middlefield Ohio while painting with a friend. We had painted somewhere else in the morning and decided to paint one more in the evening light. Maybe because I already had colors mixed on my pallet and of course the light was perfect the painting flowed together easier than usual. It is currently in the 27th Youngstown YWCA Women's juried Artist Show and ebay art auction. Finally this painting won an award in the show.                                                    9" X 12"         oil painting        SOLD

Middlefork Creek

I painted this while sitting in my car near a railroad track, about a half mile from Franklin Square. I'm pleased with the oil color combination of Manganese Blue, Mars Yellow and Burnt Sienna. SOLD