Peace Valley Park is a favorite destination for a summer picnic and I love this secluded spot on the North end of Lake Galena. It’s perfect for launching kayaks and enjoying some fishing, paddle-boarding and picnicking.
Our Spot at Lake Galena
Plein Air Paintings
View from their Resting Place
Recently I spent a week painting en Plein air at several locations in Maine, one of which was at the Olson House in Cushing, ME. This National Historic Landmark is well known as the setting for Andrew Wyeth’s painting, Christina’s World, and some 300 other paintings and drawings by Wyeth inspired by the house and its residents, brother and sister Alvaro and Christina Olson. The site has a significant, long-reaching heritage: homeland to Indigenous peoples and later colonists and their descendants who built the house and farmed the land. I shared this particular view with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth, the Olson family, and a few others who have been laid to rest in the small burial ground surrounded by trees on the cliff overlooking the St. George River.
Curtis Island Light
Ginn Point
Maine Marshes
Yellow Kayak
Lambertville Graffiti Train
The “Graffiti Train” on the Lambertville towpath is an iconic landmark and familiar to anyone who hikes and bikes along this beautiful path. This sidelined train car, covered in art and immersed in this serene setting, has always appealed to me and resonates with me now more than ever.
Growing at Gravity Hill
Pond-ering Reflections
This was painted en plein air at Sugar Shack Farm in Erwinna, PA. This was my first (of hopefully many) outings with the wonderful group known as Peace Valley Plein Air Painters.
145 E Court St.
