'Late Summer Garden' (Kings Gap) An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Late Summer Garden'
(Kings Gap, PA)

© Claire Beadon Carnell

Oil
Plein Air

6 x 12

Yesterday I painted up at Kings Gap State Park with
my good friend and fellow artist, Mary Beth Brath.
She had suggested we go there to paint in the
garden, and the moment I started driving up that
long curvy drive to the top of the mountain, I
knew this is just what I needed!   The garden is
gorgeous, and complete with a small pond with
water lilies and frogs.

The zinnias called to me, and when I walked
away from them to look at some of the other
parts of the garden, they just called louder - so
that's what I painted!

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Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

'Golden Summer at Messiah' An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Golden Summer at Messiah'
(Messiah College, PA)

© Claire Beadon Carnell

Oil
Plein Air

12 x 16

Thanks to a friend up on Facebook, I was

made aware that there were rolling hills

of sunflowers being grown by Messiah College

in Grantham, PA. My friend and fellow artist

Pat Koscienski and I went there to paint 

yesterday.  The heavy rains we had the previous

week had beaten up the blossoms a bit, but

it still was an amazing sight to behold.

I did use some artistic license with this and had

the sunflowers facing toward me...for some

reason they were all being shy, and their faces 

were pointing away from us, and toward the sun :)

My painting in progress

Pat Koscienski painting further down the hill

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Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

'Still Waters' An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Still Waters'

© Claire Beadon Carnell

Oil

11 x 14

Two years ago, I got the opportunity to go

up to Nancy and Eric Olson's farm in Port Royal

to paint their fields of sunflowers.  While I

was there I walked around and got some

photographs, and this is one of the amazing

views I found that I wanted to paint.

I even liked the little bit of algae in the water

that created breaks in the stillness.

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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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

UPDATE 'Cabin in the Woods' An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Cabin in the Woods'
(Kings Gap)
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
Plein Air
12 x 9

 After taking this up to the studio and studying
it for a bit while I was painting something else,
I spent about fifteen minutes just adding a little
more color in the foreground black-eyed susans
and a few other tweaks, then stepped back
and said 'FINISHED!'


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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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

'Kings Gap Cabin in the Woods' An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Kings Gap Cabin in the Woods'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
Plein Air
12 x 9

 A great day of plein air painting with my friend
Pat Putz at her beautiful cabin in the woods.
We had to dodge the raindrops, but had
fun painting part of her home and her gorgeous
flower gardens.  This is my painting - almost complete.
There are only a few things that I might
tweak once I get it home.

Here's a picture of Pat painting

Pat's little cocker spaniel, Caylee, decided to
stay inside to watch us paint!

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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

'Conodoguinet Reflections' An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Conodoguinet Reflections'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
12 x16

When I was in elementary school, my
 Great-Aunt Margaret's goal was to teach

me how to spell a new and difficult word

each time I visited her during summer

vacation.  She always made it fun, but didn't

give up until how I learned to spell the word 

she had chosen.   'Conodoguinet' (for the

Conodoguinet Creek that ran through 

Camp Hill, PA) was one of the toughest to 

learn, but I never forgot how to spell it after all

of these years!

I think Great-Aunt Margaret would have

liked that I painted this, and that I remembered

how to spell the name of the creek as well :)

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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

SOLD 'Dusk on the Serpentine' An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Dusk on the Serpentine'
(East Pond, Maine)
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil
20 x16

This is one of the most beautiful places I have

ever visited, and the Serpentine holds special

memories of my first kayak adventure!

This is the Serpentine at dusk, with a softer

light and a path of water lilies inviting

you to enter.

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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters