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Friday, May 27, 2011

MEMENTOS
Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Mementos'
Oil  20 x 20

I put this still life together with things that once were treasured
by my mother, and with things that make me think of her.
 It is a memento of her life; a life well-lived.
What better time to post this than the Memorial Day weekend.
Happy Memorial Day, everyone!

If you would like to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.


Claire Beadon Carnell
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

PINE SCHOOL STUDIO
Ninth Annual Student Exhibit

We could not have had a more beautiful day for our
Pine School Studio ninth annual student exhibit. 
My thanks to everyone who helped to make all of
this come together, and to all of the people who came
to support the artists!

Here are some pictures from today's show...







Pine School Studio 2011 Student Picture


It has been a great year!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

IRIS IN THE GARDEN
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
76/100



'Iris in the Garden'
Oil 8 x 6
76/100

Day 76

March Showers, April Showers, May Showers...
Enough already!  I have NEVER seen things so green and
plush in the garden, but because of all of the rain, the blooms
that do appear are only there for a short period of time
before the rain destroys them.  The iris are especially
affected because of their delicate petals.  I am so
glad that I got some photographs on a (somewhat)
sunny day so that I could paint them for my challenge.
Hoping for some consecutive sunny days so I can
get my garden planted, and also plant those flats of lovely
flowers sitting on my back porch just waiting to bloom
in the flower beds!

 
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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell
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Friday, May 13, 2011

PAINTING AT CODORUS STATE PARK
Original Photos
and Plein Air Paintings
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Spring at Codorus State Park'
Oil Plein Air
9 x 12 on Raymar Linen Panel

'Lakeside'
Oil Plein Air
10 x 8 on Linen Panel

What a gorgeous day at Codorus State Park yesterday - and
thanks to Sharon Benner for making the arrangements
and paint. We met in the morning, stopped to have a picnic
lunch beside the beautiful lake, and then continued painting
at another site.  The whole day was a little slice of heaven...
We all want to go back to paint there again in the fall.

Besides seeing Canadian Geese swimming with their
fuzzy little goslings, bluebirds, purple martins, and a
magnificent Great Blue heron - we were visited by fellow
Daily Painters of Pennsylvania member Charlotte Yealey!


Charlotte Yealey and Sharon Benner walking
down toward the lake to see Julie Riker's painting


SVPAP President Ralph Hocker


If you would like to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell
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Monday, May 2, 2011

NED THE BOX TURTLE
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
75/100



'Ned the Box Turtle'
Oil 6 x 6
75/100

Day 75

My grandkids found this adorable box turtle in the woods,
and immediately named him Ned.  When I asked them if
they knew if  'Ned' was a boy or a girl, they weren't sure - so
Grandma did some research on the internet and discovered
that the sex of the box turtle can determined by the color of the
irises of their eyes - males have red irises and females have
golden irises.  So, Ned with the red irisies is a Ned after all!

I want to share something that I found and fell in love with as
soon as I started working with it.  About a month ago, I purchased
 a Paint On Tabletop easel from artist Karin Jurick,
that she and her husband Brett have designed
and built specifically for doing small paintings.  One of the
 things I most like about this easel is that I have no
problems painting clear out to the edges of the canvas - whether
 it be stretched canvas or canvas panel.  I have also found that it is
 perfect for painting in the house - it's compact and very sturdy, and
if I remove the sliding bar (see photo below), I can
 easily work on larger canvases.  I like it so much, and have found
that it is so versatile that I moved the big easel from the house
back up to my regular studio. If you are interested in purchasing
one of these easels, you can go to Karin's website.  If you look
at the photo below, you can see I have already broken mine in - it's
got lots of paint on it already! 


Me painting 'Ned' on my new easel

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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

FLOWERING CRABAPPLE AT WILLOW PARK
Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Flowering Crabapple at Willow Park'
Oil   9 x 12

This past Friday morning, several members of our plein air group, the
Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters met to paint at Willow Park,
in the borough of Camp Hill.  We have had so much rain
(along with some pretty vicious storms) this Spring - everything
 is lush and green, and the flowering trees are profuse with blooms.
We painted fast - the clouds were moving in with more
rain predicted later in the day, but the morning was excellent
to be outside and painting!   


If you would like to see more of my work,
please visit my website or my blog. If you are
interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see
here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell
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