Artblog of Pennsylvania Artist Claire Beadon Carnell

Thursday, February 9, 2017

'Golden Afternoon'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Golden Afternoon'

Oil on Archival Linen Panel

12 x 16

My husband was driving me around so that I could

get some reference photographs for future paintings.

He was getting tired of driving, so when we drove by this scene

I had to do a drive-by shooting...with my camera! I was

really pleased that some of the photos came out

well enough that they could be used. It was an absolutely

beautiful fall evening, and these fields just glowed with

the warmth of the lowering sun.

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

'Flower Farm Shadows'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Flower Farm Shadows'

Oil on Raymar Panel
12 x 16

I recently attended an event at a local flower farm, and

while there I decided to walk around the property.

When I saw these rows of gorgeous,

colorful flowers, I knew that this was something I

wanted to paint. I was so glad that I had brought

my camera with me...I think this is going to be the

first of a 'few'.

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Sunday, August 23, 2015

'Southern Sunflowers'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Southern Sunflowers'
Oil on Archival Linen Panel
12 x 16

Last Summer, my husband and I took the Auto Train down

to Florida to attend a wedding, and then drove back so

that we could stop and visit family and explore some of the Southern

states on our way home.
We were driving through Georgia when I spotted an old
barn and fields of sunflowers, and knew it would be so much
fun to paint - and it was - wish you could see the texture of the paint!

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Monday, July 6, 2015

'Interlude'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Interlude'
© Claire Beadon Carnell
Oil on Archival Linen Panel
12 x 16

After having a particularly harsh winter, I was really

looking forward to the warmer, sun-filled days

of summer here in the Susquehanna Valley.

However, we have had far more days of rain

than sun, so this particular interlude of

blue skies was especially treasured!

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Monday, February 23, 2015

SOLD
'Misty Morning Train'
Rockville Bridge, Susquehanna River
Harrisburg, PA
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Misty Morning Train'
Rockville Bridge on the Susquehanna River
Harrisburg, PA
Oil on Linen Panel
12 x 16

I set out one morning to get some photographs of
a few of my favorite bridges across the
Susquehanna River. I loved the softness that the
morning mist created, and was so fortunate that
a train crossed over the Rockville Bridge while I was there!

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

'Soft Summer Evenings'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Soft Summer Evenings'

Oil on Archival Canvas Panel

12 x 16

We have had the most beautiful August weather
this summer. It has made for wonderful
soft summer days, and has provided much
inspiration for painting!

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Monday, November 18, 2013

SOLD
'Mountain View Shadows'
An Original Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Mountain View Shadows'

Oil

12 x 16

They say the third time is the charm...

I have actually painted this scene twice

before, and was so unhappy with the results

that I abandoned the work. The stubborn streak

in me made me try one more time, and when

I reached the same point of frustration that

I had reached with the previous paintings, I

decided that I was going to fight through.

I am glad that I stuck with it and FINALLY

got the results that I wanted.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

SOLD
'Midsummer Morning'
An Original
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Midsummer Morning'

Oil on Linen Panel

12 x 16

Have you ever been driving somewhere and suddenly

have this irresistible urge to take a different

route from the one you normally take? I am

so glad I followed my instincts this past summer.

Instead of travelling my normal pathway to Hanover,

I decided to take another road and found this

incredible field of pinkish weeds

cloaked in the morning light.

This is why I always carry a camera with me...

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

'Windy Day at Fort Hill'
Cape Cod, MA
An Original Plein Air
Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Windy Day at Fort Hill'
(Cape Cod, MA)

Oil
Plein Air

12 x 16

Finally, after a week of being home from Cape Cod,

I was able to unload my paintings! This particular

painting was painted on Sept. 11, on a very windy day.

I hadn't planned to go to Fort Hill to paint, but

stopped there so my husband could see what a

beautiful place it was. Of course when I saw the

way the wind was blowing the trees and the goldenrod

in the foreground, my muse started to call...

While we were there (at about the time the first airplane

hit the WTC twelve years ago on the same day)

an older gentleman (a fireman) dressed in full kilt

walked up to the peak of the hill, and started playing a

tribute to the victims of 9/11 on his bagpipes. When

he played 'Amazing Grace', there wasn't a dry

eye to be found...it was profound.

We will never forget.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

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

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

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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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

'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 :)

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Friday, July 8, 2011

SUMMER SHADOWS
Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Summer Shadows'
Oil
12 x 16

Several of us Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters
got together yesterday morning to paint at the
Dickinson College Farm in Boiling Springs. The
morning was hot, but we went up to the top of one
field that had beautiful vistas and a tree-line that provided
some much appreciated shade. I had painted here for the
Carlisle Arts Learning Center 'Art on the Farm' fundraiser,
and was so glad to come back to this beautiful farm to paint again.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

FIELDS OF TRANQUILITY
Original Plein Air Oil Painting
by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Fields of Tranquility'

Oil on Archival Panel

12 x 16

This is a painting I would call mostly plein air and part

'plein air-conditioned'. I went back to Gettysburg the other

day to paint again in the area around Plum Run and the Trostle

Farm and got much of this painting blocked in when some

not so 'tranquil' clouds started to move in. I decided to

pack up my gear while the weather was still friendly, and

headed home to my studio and finished the painting while

the visuals of the area were still very prominent in my
mind and the paint was still wet.

As with all areas of the Gettysburg Battlefield, the reality of

today is so dramatically different from those early

days in July 1863. It is such a peaceful, almost reverent

place now, and my hope is that this painting honors
those who perished here.

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