People & Animals Paintings

In The Zone – Mary at Martin on Main

In The Zone – Mary at Martin on Main

oil painting of closeup intimate view of a woman with long brown/blonde hair wearing a blue baseball cap and large black sunglasses playing a Martin Sunburst D-35 guitar
18×22 / Oil on MDF panel / NFS

This portrait painting was a 2024 Christmas gift for my beautiful wife, Mary. I took the reference photo of Mary testing out a Martin Sunburst D-35 guitar while at “Martin on Main” an annual festival in Nazareth, PA in July 2019. I’m really pleased with how well I was able to capture Mary’s intense focus when immersed in her music.

Mary is a wonderfully gifted guitar player but her greatest gift, without a doubt, is her enormous heart and her singular ability to create welcoming communities of music lovers who come together every week for joyful singing, strumming, drumming and, most importantly, friendship and belonging.

Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving Break

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oil painting of four figures walking in twos on a path that curves around a very large oak tree. late fall.
18×22 / Oil on MDF panel / On Reserve

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.
Kestrel Hill Preserve

Kestrel Hill Preserve

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oil painting of two figures standing with their backs tot he viewer overlooking color meadows. Their two Labrador Retrievers beside them are looking back at the viewer.
10×20 / Oil on Linen Panel / SOLD

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.

Rowing In

Rowing In

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Oil painting of a peaceful scene set at sunset with a bright yellow/orange sun setting on the horizon on the left hand side of the painting with a man in a row boat, on the left third, rowing toward the viewer. Several boats moored in the distance, rocky coast in the middle ground. House on a hill on the far upper right with glowing golden windows reflecting the sunset. Trees and shrubs silhouetted against the colorful sky.
Oil on linen panel / 20×10 / Available

This painting was selected for the “Endless Summer” exhibition at Hick’s Art Center Gallery, on view July 24 – September 14, 2024.

Price List

Prices are for unframed paintings - you are welcome to purchase any painting framed for an additional charge. Shipping not included. Contact me with any questions.

SizePrice
5 x 7$210
6 x 8$320
8 x 8$360
8 x 10$430
9 x 9$430
8 x 12$460
9 x 12$500
12 x 12$610
11 x 14$640
10 x 20$790
12 x 16$790
9 x 27$930
14 x 18$930
16 x 20$1,070
18 x 24$1,180
20 x 24$1,290
20 x 30$2,140
24 x 36$2,710