Summer Colors

I'm busy with final preparations for the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts this week, but I wanted to give a brief update about what I've been doing so far this summer. June flew by in a whirl of travels for both family and professional purposes. Let's see, we went to Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Cleveland. Too much! After this weekend's art show, I'm looking forward to a much calmer schedule.

Between travels during the month of June, I've spent a lot of time painting on location within Centre County and beyond. Here, our dog and hardworking studio mascot, Annie, keeps me company in Black Moshannon State Park. This is Black Moshannon, No. 27 - Kaleidoscope in progress.

During the second week of August I'm planning a road trip to my home state of Wisconsin, where I plan to paint some of the beautiful farm vistas that I recall so fondly from my childhood. I'll post a few updates to this diary with new pieces as they become available. I'm excited about this trip because it's been many years since I visited Wisconsin and I've never painted the landscape there.

Until then, I'll continue with local plein air adventures to area state parks as well as an upcoming Paint Out and Exhibition on Sunday, July 19 in Lemont, Pennsylvania. This event is sponsored by the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania and it should be a fun afternoon of historic architecture and artistry.