Artblog of Pennsylvania Artist Claire Beadon Carnell

Monday, June 6, 2011

APPLE REFLECTIONS II
Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

Apple Reflections II

Oil 10 x 8

I really wanted to paint these apples when they were presented

as a challenge on the Studio Atelier Online Blog Challenge, but

wound up painting them after the challenge had closed. This

is actually a crop from the original photograph which included

another set of apples. I liked breaking up the groups and painting

them as individual paintings. I'll be posting the other painting

tomorrow.

If you are interested in seeing this painting in person,
it is currently available at Gallerie 13, in Mechanicsburg PA.

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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Friday, June 3, 2011

SECRET GARDEN
Camp Hill Plein Air Event
Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Secret Garden'
Oil 8 x 6

Day One - Camp Hill Plein Air Event

We had such a gorgeous day for the beginning of the
Plein Air Camp Hill Competition and Arts Festival .
I found this little garden on the corner of Willow
and 24th Street in Camp Hill. Lots of people stopped to
chat, and some even came back again to see the
progression of my painting. A neighbor of the former owner
of the house also stopped to visit. She was going
to head home and give the lady a call because she knew
how pleased she would be to know that someone was
painting a picture of her garden!

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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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Thursday, June 2, 2011

DANCE OF THE DOGWOODS
Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Dance of the Dogwood'
Oil 12 x 9

Several weeks ago, members from the Susquehanna Valley
Plein Air Painters met on the beautiful grounds of Allenberry to
paint. The day was sunny and the dogwoods were blooming.
As I was walking around trying to decide what to paint, I found this
dogwood with the twisted 'dancer legs' trunk, and then
noticed how the reflected color of the petals was creating a pink
glow under the curved porch's roof.

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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.

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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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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

for the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters to meet there

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

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please visit my website or my blog. If you are

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here on this blog, please contact me.

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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

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.

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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.

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