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When I used to kayak on Pennsylvania streams, before my close call (a subject for another day), I remember being chased by bulls while paddling a very small creek through a pasture.  I recall how it felt to look up and see them running toward us, then paddling like mad to get past the electric fence before they caught up to us!  Perhaps it was the orange color of the kayaks or just the excitement of seeing two women in wetsuits in March paddling through their farm that caused them to come, and maybe they were just curious, but it felt [...]

I drove by this pasture for years, waiting for the right conditions, and finally got them!   The colors used in painting snow are more subtle and in many ways easier to mix than the myriad greens of spring and summer.  Although fewer colors are found in the snowy landscape, the values of snow can be tricky and the artist still has to decide if it is a "sunny day painting" or a "cloudy day painting" and adjust the palette accordingly.  I decided this was predominantly a cloudy day and what captured my eye was the sunlight coming from between the clouds to [...]

This was painted en plein air (outdoors) on a cold February day along the Dale's Ridge Trail near Buffalo Creek on the property managed by the Linn Conservancy.  It is the location of the Dale-Engle-Walker house in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a historic home maintained by the Union County Historical Society.     This was painted primarily with a palette knife which works well in cold weather (when paint gets stiff on the brushes).     I was drawn to the simplicity of the composition and color scheme.   Click here to purchase.  [...]

Often my paintings are an attempt to capture a brief moment in time.  This glimpse of sheep looking off into the distance, possibly wondering what is at the end of their pasture, suggests a wistfulness about the passing of time and the changing seasons, mixed with the joy of the present colorful moment.     Click here to purchase. [...]