A MOTHER'S LOVE Daily Painters of Pennsylvania May 2012 Challenge Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'A Mother's Love'
Oil on Canvas
10 x 8


I thought this picture really expressed a mother's love 

for her baby.  Thanks to Patricia Griffin for providing

such an inspiring project for this month's DPP Challenge!

Hope that everyone is having a very happy

Memorial Day weekend. Both my father and my

father-in-law were decorated WWII veterans, and I

have always been thankful for all of the people who

protect and serve our country so selflessly so that

we can live in freedom.

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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

SPRING MORNING ON LITTLE ROUND TOP Gettysburg National Military Park An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

 'Spring Morning on Little Round Top'

Gettysburg National Military Park

Oil on stretched canvas

18 x 24

Yes, I am still painting rocks...can't resist them!  This is done
from notes, sketches and photos I took while up at

Little Round Top at the Gettysburg National Military Park
earlier this Spring when the redbuds were blooming.  I
loved the way the morning sun was working its way
up over the rocks.

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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

PANSY TRIO an Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

What a great day of plein air painting!  I went over to
my daughter's to paint her beautiful flower gardens with
my two granddaughters.  We had a beautiful, breezy day
to paint - so much fun!  See more pictures below.

What a great set-up - I was able to get out of the bright
sunlight by parking myself under their deck umbrella.

The girls painted right beside me.  I see some rather nice
looking flowers being painted...

I got a good block-in done on my second painting of the
day.  I love the variety of beautiful blue flowers my
daughter has in these beds...especially that lovely blue flower
directly to the right of my pochade box.

Don't really have to put up with this when I am out painting
in the wild...but I wouldn't give these wild things up
for anything in the world ♥

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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

JUST A PEEK... of an Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

Just a peek...



I haven't posted in awhile, but I have been working 

away on some larger pieces...and here is just a peek

of a small portion of one of them!  I may post another 

peek of this painting in a couple of days, so please

stop by and visit my blog again soon.

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

SIDE PORCH FLOWERS An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Side Porch Flowers'
SOLD
Oil on Canvas
24 x 20


Last Summer I painted on a beautiful farm in
Port Royal that had huge fields of sunflowers.
While there, I spotted these beautiful pots of flowers
on their side porch.  It was such an incredible day -
every where you looked there was a painting waiting
to happen!

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

DWARF APPLE TREE An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Dwarf Apple Tree'
Plein Air 4/16/2012
Oil on Canvas
5 x 7

I got up early this morning hoping the weather would
be cooperative and I could do some plein air
painting, and I wasn't disappointed.
All I had to do was walk out into my own
back yard - this dwarf apple tree in full bloom
made a perfect subject for a small plein air!

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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

CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE An Original Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Caught Between A Rock and A Hard Place'
Little Round Top
Gettysburg National Battlefield
Oil on Stretched Canvas
24 x 20

I am always filled with wonderment at the ability of
life to persevere, and often thrive under the most
incredibly difficult circumstances.

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

REDBUDS BY DEVIL'S DEN - REPOST Gettysburg National Battlefield An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Redbuds by Devil's Den'

Gettysburg National Battlefield

Oil on Linen Panel

9 x 12

I have had several requests that I post just the painting, so

here it is.  I pulled it out of my pochade box and signed it.

I have to say that seeing it made me smile as I remembered

the beautiful day of painting!

'Redbuds by Devil's Den'
Gettysburg National Battlefield
Oil on Linen Panel
9 x 12

Today was one of those perfect Spring days.  The
temperatures were in the high 50's, the air literally sparkled
with light, and the redbuds were in full bloom on the
Gettysburg Battlefield. Members from our plein air group, the
Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters, painted
on the battlefield this morning, and this is my painting
right before I packed up and headed home for the day. 

I am so blessed to be able to follow my passion.

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

THE VIEW FROM VIVIAN'S FARM an Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'The View from Vivian's Farm'

Oil on canvas panel

8 x 8

Thank you to our new SVPAP member, Vivian Brandler, for

inviting us to her beautiful farm to paint.  There were 

so many potential paintings available because every

where you looked there was a new and different view

just waiting to be painted.  This is a view looking

across the road from Vivian's farm.

Thank you, Vivian for the wonderful day of painting,

and your very gracious hospitality!

Here's the second piece I did while I was there - a one hour
study of a chair that was outside by the chicken coop.

'Chair by the Chicken Coop'
One hour plein air study
Oil on panel
8 x 6

Here's a picture of some of the artist's who came to paint:

From left to right - Ralph Hocker, Sharon Benner (directly above
Ralph), Deb Kreiger, Larry Lerew, and
Mary Beth Brath showing her 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

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

FOGGY MORNING An Original Plein Air Oil Painting by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Foggy Morning'

Oil

 16 x 8

Yesterday morning we painted at Samuel Lewis State Park,

and the area was completely fogged in - you could

not even see the view of the river.  However, the

fog created such beautiful, muted color and it wasn't

hard to just jump in and start painting!  I liked the way

these rocks provided a bit of color to the scene.

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