Beech Spring Farm, Orrtanna

Beech Spring Farm Spring House

Watercolor 9" x12"

Today I painted with the Susquehanna Plein Air Painters at Beech Spring Farm in Orrtanna, PA.  What a beautiful spot! It was difficult to decide what to paint so I took about 100 photographs first and then parked my easel under a tree and painted this spring house with the fountain and garden in front of it.  

I really am enjoying painting outside and meeting some wonderful Art friends.  Thanks to my neighbor, Larry Lerew, for inviting me along, and to Jane who created these beautiful gardens. and to all the exceptional artists who were painting with me for giving me this opportunity.

Donna Berk Barlup

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Out To Pasture

       

           I painted this scene of my neighbors cows on a very beautiful sunny day. I like the way the shadow of the tree, the fence, the row of the cows and the edge of the clouds form a zig-zag across the painting.

  I had this painting hanging at the Majestic Theatre in Gettysburg during the Gettysburg Festival.

Donna Berk Barlup

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Lucellus Courtyard

Watercolor  8" x 8"
SOLD!!!!

What a great First Friday at Brath & Hughes.  

I sold this little painting of a courtyard in New Orleans 

and 2 others.   

Stop in and see the others if you get a chance.

Donna Berk Barlup 

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Legs

At the Outer Banks last summer and saw the birds watching the water, all facing the same direction.  The verticals of their legs and the horizontal of their bodies was a great composition.

Still Life with Seashells and Feather

I am thrilled to be included in the group of outstanding artists who will be exhibiting at the new Brath & Hughes Fine Art Gallery.  I will be there on Friday, December 2nd, for their grand opening.   This is one of the paintings that will be exhibit at the gallery.

I have been away so much lately that it seems like I haven't had much actual painting time.  I was in Baton Rouge and New Orleans for a week and then went to Jamaica.  But I did get lots of photos for paintings.  Everywhere I went I saw so many great things to paint.  I shot hundreds of photos and now I am going to need to sort through then and find some good material to paint.

In the meantime, I am going to post some of the paintings that I have worked on before my travels.