August 8 – September 9, 2010
Honorable Mention

“Pumpkin Field at Cedar Meadow Farm”
watercolor 10.5“x7”

Berks Art Alliance Juried Show 2010

August 8th – September 8th
Goggle Works
Reading, PA

“View From Hope”
watercolor 10.5“x13.5”

Lancaster County Art Assoc. Garden Show March 2010

2nd Place Non-Professional

“Dahlias and Bittersweet”
watercolor 14“x10.5”

Ephrata Farmer’s Fair 2009

1st Place Watercolor Still Life

“White Pumpkin and Grapes”
watercolor 13.5“x10.5”

3rd Place Watercolor Landscape

“Stormy Afternoon On Topsail Island”
watercolor 7“x10”

New Holland Farmer’s Fair 2009

Best of Show Art
1st Place Watercolor Landscape

Lancaster County Art Assoc. ‘Going Green’ August 2009

Honorable Mention Non-Professional
“Wonderful happy piece with delightful use of color – nice composition.” Cynthia Kurtz Hinkle, judge

“A Summer Morning at Mt. Gretna”
watercolor 11.5“x8”

Berks Art Alliance Show Purchase Award 2009

“Lunch At Rozzelle Court”
watercolor 10“x15”

Lancaster County Art Assoc. Garden Show April 2009

1st Place Non-Professional


“The composition is wonderful, use of negative space is well crafted and the color has a nice range moving well throught the pice. Feels like Spring.” Harriet Hacker, judge
“Real Flowers”
watercolor 7.5“x11”

New Holland Farmer’s Fair 2008

1st Place Watercolor Landscape

2nd Place Watercolor Still Life

One of my friends loves to paint animals, so I mentioned that my aunt and uncle have a farm. Thursday a group of us from the Berks Art Alliance went there to paint. It is a wonderful farm with animals, a huge garden, beautiful flowers, old buildings, and a nice view! So we all found something interesting.
I was there a few weeks ago and couldn’t resist painting the ducklings! Yesterday, I was there also and enjoyed watching the sheep and chickens, how the chickens stayed near the sheep and their interesting colors and shapes.
The photos show my unfinished paintings…what I painted while I was there. I hope to finish them from photos later. It really tried my patience painting animals that don’t stay still!

Tuesday evening I went with a group from the Lancaster County Art Association to Cedar Meadow Farm. This is a preserved farm that uses no-till methods. It was fun to see the herd of buffalo, although they stayed far away.
I liked the view from the edge of their pumpkin field, the way the rows of pumpkin plants curved with the land and the silo in the distance.
After awhile I took a break to get something to eat and drink. When I came back there were cows in the field just beyond the pumpkins. They must have just been let out after milking. I couldn’t resist adding them to my painting. A curious one was watching me from the far field, too!