Sheepyard at Plumsock Farm
Landscape & Seascape Paintings
Country Road
Longing
Telephone Poles
Freedom
Thanksgiving Break
Being with loved ones and connected to nature… it’s a simple pleasure with enormous importance and significance for me. With this work, I am trying to recreate the feelings of peaceful togetherness I felt on this chilly November day. The large old oak tree, effectively embracing the walkers with her canopy of branches, symbolizes nature’s steadfast strength, endurance, and longevity. And, if we take care of her, she’ll always be here to nourish us.
- Kirkwood Preserve, Willistown Township, Chester County, PA.
Orange Crush
Kestrel Hill Preserve
This is a painting of my father, Peter Strawbridge, and Bonnie Van Alen (and their beloved labs) pausing to look out over a colorful meadow in Kestrel Hill Preserve. The rolling hills, woodlands and wetlands of this 90-acre property make up some of the last unprotected open spaces in the region. Kestrel Hill Preserve is the fifth preserve – soon to be open to the public – that Willistown Conservation Trust is working to protect. Dad and Bonnie are both Trustees Emeritus/Emerita of WCT (Dad – former Board Chair and Bonnie – former President and co-Founder) and have worked together over the years on conservation easements to preserve open space in Willistown Township.
Autumn’s Soundtrack
Lumberville Golden Hour (Cathy’s View)
