Meeting God on the Ground VII

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 APRIL 24-28th 2013 is the 7th year of the Darlington show at the Deer Creek Presbyterian Church. I will have 15 paintings on view. Here are four of my favorites. If you come to the reception Friday April 26 from 7-9 you can hear a great Bluegrass band "Late for Supper" and see other great art by John Sauers, Dave DeRan, Greg Fletcher, Leslie Schwing, Mary Swann, Joan Preston and Elenor Mulholland.  

 

directions: from 95 take exit 89 to Rte 155west(Churchville rd.) go 2.9 miles and turn right onto rte 161 for 2.2 miles. Church is on left.

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Judges Choice Award- NorthEast National Pastel Exhibit

 "Last Light-Castleton rd." I'm happy to share some good news. My winter  pastel of the Hosanna School in Darlington MD was not only accepted in a national show (NE Pastel Society) but won a national  award.It is always nice to be mentioned honorably. This wasn't my first national show but it was my first award.

Friends Creek

 Last Thursday I joined Bear Miller for our 3rd Annual Easter Paint-Out. We got together out on Friends Creek in western MD, near Blue Ridge Summit,  where Bear spent his Summer weekends as a boy. It was very cold but we bundled up and painted outside all day.   

Painting along the Mason-Dixon Line

PATHWAY

 This little oil was painted live on-site in the pouring rain. (I was under an umbrella) As I was finishing up the sun came out and made a few sunspots on the ground and that really made the painting. 8x8in oil on panel

Pink Moon

 I made an oil painting from my pastel from a slightly different angle. I wanted to add texture to the composition. I also moved the moon out of the trees. 12x12in oil on birch panel

Capturing the Moon

 One evening few weeks ago I was driving north up Dulaney Valley to Manor Rd. and at the top of the hill was amazed to see the full moon just beginning to rise above this farmhouse. The moon was a pinkish-orange with the setting sun behind me mirrored in the window.  

 I pulled over and shot some pictures with my phone. It was an exceptioally beautiful moment. A car approached me on the road and I thought uh-oh her comes the owner to chase me of the property. No, it was another viewer with a camera. both of us just stood in this field transfixed.  I painted it in pastel much blue-er and darker than represented here. The camera doesn't quite get the color right. I'll take some better pictures before framing.  12x14in pastel on blue sanded paper