Artblog of Pennsylvania Artist Claire Beadon Carnell

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

PETRA'S MAGICAL GARDEN
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Petra's Magical Garden'

Oil on Linen Panel

9 x 12

Yesterday I painted in the beautiful gardens of my yoga

instructor's house. I felt as though I had been dropped

into paradise...such gorgeous drifts of flowers, and

the Yellow Breeches close by. While I painted, hummingbirds

came to feast on the bee balm, and Petra's chickens and one

of her cats came to visit me as I worked. I almost expected

to see garden fairies flitting around the flowers...
After I was done painting, I went into her yoga studio
for my yoga class - what a great day!

Our plein air group, the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

has been invited to paint there this coming Monday,

I think they are going to like it...a LOT...

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

SUMMER AT THE ROSE FARM
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Summer at the Rose Farm'

Gettysburg Festival Art Colony 2012

Oil

9 x 12

My final painting from the Gettysburg Festival Artist Colony
is of the historic Rose Farm on the Gettysburg National
Military Park. I took the path up by the ruins of the
old stone barn, and then found a nicely shaded tree line.
I think four of us artists actually settled there (there was an
excellent view from every vantage point), and it
was nice to have company while we painted and avoided
the enormous groundhog holes!

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Friday, June 22, 2012

BITS OF LIGHT
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Bits of Light'

Gettysburg Festival Art Colony 2012

Oil

10 x 8

On the last day of the Gettysburg Festival Artist Colony,

we decided to go to Little Round Top to paint

in the morning light. It was a beautiful day, and I
really enjoyed painting this area that was directly
to the left of the 12th and 44th New York Infantry
Marker - also called the 'castle'. I liked the impressionistic
look of the scene, and tried to capture that.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

VIEW FROM THE EISENHOWER FARM
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'View from the Eisenhower Farm'

Gettysburg Festival Art Colony 2012

Oil

6 x 8

On the third day of the Gettysburg Festival Artist Colony,

I gave a workshop on working with a limited palette

when painting plein air. I really enjoyed seeing the artists

try various limited palettes as they approached their

next painting, and when we went to the Eisenhower farm

in the afternoon, I used a limited palette of Prussian Blue,

Alizarin Crimson and Cadmium Lemon Yellow for

this view of the mountains.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

SLYDER FARM OUTBUILDING
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Slyder Farm Outbuilding'
Gettysburg Festival Art Colony 2012
Oil

9 x 12

I was so excited when I learned that the Gettysburg Festival Artist

Colony was going to be able to paint at the Slyder Farm.
It is more remote than the other historical farms, and
usually is accessed by foot or by horse. On this morning
we had a wonderful workshop by Mark Brockman where
he showed us how to apply an underpainting of bright colors,
and then to lay paint on top of this. I had so much fun,
and will be experimenting with this technique some more.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

SOLD
SUNLIT HYDRANGEAS IN GETTYSBURG
An Original Plein AIr Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Sunlit Hydrangeas in Gettysburg'
Gettysburg Festival Art Colony 2012
Oil

6 x 8

I painted this on our first day of the Gettysburg Festival Artist

Colony. After all of the artists got settled into our

digs at the Lamp Post dormitory, we walked over to

the campus of the Gettysburg College to paint. I spotted

these sun-kissed hydrangeas right by the entrance

of the Administration Building. It was a wonderful way

to start an even more wonderful experience!!!

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

SOLD!
CURVES
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Curves'
Plein Air Camp Hill Quick Draw 2012
Oil

16 x 12

Quick Draw / Camp Hill Plein Air Event

I am not quite sure what craziness made me think I should paint
a larger painting at the Quick Draw, but nonetheless
that is what I did this year... I really had to push to get this
done in the two-hour time limit, but I was pleased with
the results, and so happy that someone attending the
event loved it enough to purchase it! Having such a
great time!!!

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Friday, June 8, 2012

PLEIN AIR PAINTING ALONG THE CONODOGUINET
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Plein Air Painting Along the Conodoguinet'

Plein Air

Oil
8 x 16

Day Three of the second annual Camp Hill Plein Air Event.

My Great-Aunt Margaret used to challenge me to learn

how to spell difficult words, and 'Conodoguinet' was one

that managed to glue itself to my memory cells. I never

imagined that one day I would be painting along the

Conodoguinet on a beautiful Spring Day with egrets,

herons. black cormorants, bull frogs and turtles adding

to the beauty of the day! I was so fortunate

that friend and fellow artist Linda Young let

me add her into my painting.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

SOLD!
STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Stop and Smell the Roses'

Plein Air

Oil on Linen Panel
11 x 14

Day Two of the second annual Camp Hill Plein Air Event.

Today Linda Young and I paired up to go painting,

and after checking out Negley Park in Lemoyne, we decided

to go back to Camp Hill...and what a fortuitous

decision that was. We found this incredible garden

that only gave a hint of it's magnificence from the street.

The owner gave us permission to come right into

her back yard to paint, and we literally walked into paradise.

Thanks so much, Pat Anastasio!

Here is my painting from today, which was
done entirely on site, except for adding my
signature, and the letters on the stop sign.

Linda working on her watercolor of the gardens.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

HISTORIC PEACE CHURCH
An Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Historic Peace Church'

Built in 1798, Camp Hill PA

Plein Air
Oil on Linen Panel
9 x 12

Today was the first day of the second annual Camp Hill Plein Air Event.
I drove around to find a place to paint, and wound up
leaving the borough of Camp Hill and heading for the
historic Peace Church. I drove down into the cemetery,
and found the perfect angle to catch the sunlight on the
building, and also that magnificent Red Maple.

This was done entirely on site. I am glad I finished up
when I did because the grounds-keepers came in to
mow, and decided to mow right where I was painting!

Here's my set up - I was about 85% - 90% done at this point.
No one was mowing at this point :)

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interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

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