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6/25/2023 6:29:46 PM
Rajendra KC, Bruce Handford, Andrei Kushnir and Trisha Adams painted at the Belle Haven Marina paint out. It was sunny and in the high 80s. Throngs of boater, bikers and picnicers were enjoying the day.
Trisha Adams set up next to the boat launch. So many dogs plunged into the water at this spot, she joked it was a "dog launch."
Rajendra KC painted a watercolor of boats next to the Kayak launch.
Raj amongst the kayaks.
Bruce Handford set up at the furthermost point of the marina and painted a watercolor of sailboats plying the water (and seagulls plying the air).
Bruce found a shady spot with a great view of the river.
Andrei Kushnir set up overlooking boats on the sheltered water side.
Here's Andrei's painting of boats at rest.
We met at noon on the grassy lawn near the bike trail to discuss our paintings. It was a beautiful day in every way.
6/15/2023 8:22:04 AM
June 13, 2023
On a perfect day in June, we were once again lucky enough to paint at Jon Shaw and Anne Habberton's beautiful farm. Arriving at the end of a white fence lined drive with burgeoning corn which is almost knee high on one side and golden wheat on the other. We see that already our WSLP artists are unloading their gear and scouting out the perfect place to paint for the morning. Oh, what a morning it is too, no typical Maryland humidity, a cerulean blue sky with wisps of clouds floating by and the smells of a working farm filling our senses! There are the soft sounds of nickering horses, and towering silos nearby to an historic white house which is surrounded by gardens, and charming outbuildings that any artist would find to be a painter’s paradise. As we unpack our rigs and go running to greet each other, we see Jon and a friend mosey on through the wheat trail to welcome us on their sweet and friendly horses. Jon tells us of the options that we may want to explore; paddocks with willing horse models, a grainery building, the big white stately house, with gardens and huge ancient shade trees, and even a charming cottage with attached greenhouse, which Jon tells us that back in the day was a slave house! We are told if we want a lift on the tractor, we can be taken to the pond at the other side of the fields.We paint until noon in these idyllic surrounds and remember why June is the preferred month for weddings, as this one is spectacular. After we clean up a bit, we convene in the grainery building to eat lunch, share ideas, talk shop, and do a critique. The inside is filled with Jon’s lovely artwork, various assortments of saddles and tack, an ancient wooden floor, that I’ll just bet, if it could talk, would have a million and one stories to tell. Now, our perfect experience is added to them! Pretty sure, that each of us was thinking, I’d come back here in a heartbeat to paint again, or even to set up a bunk in that “man cave” of Jon’s.
Members in attendance were – Jill Basham, Jacalyn Beam, Christine Drewyer, Barbara Nuss, Sara Poly, Nancy Tankersley, Meg Walsh
Guests were – Carol Cowie, Dhamin Jassim
Beam, Nuss and Drewyer
Jill Basham
Meg Walsh
Jacalyn Beam
Christine Drewyer
Barbara Nuss
Jill Basham
Sara Poly
Nancy Tankersley
Nancy Tankersley
6/7/2023 6:46:45 PM
Participants were Lisa Mitchell (oil painting of Market Cafe) and Mary Kokoski (watercolor, Patapsco River view). It was a calm and relatively cool morning, but the blue skies were blotted out by a thick smoky haze from the unprecedented wildfires burning in Canada. Instead of bright sun there was a gauzy flatness to the light. Visitors to Old Ellicott City, however, seemed undeterred, and the shops and restaurants were busy.
Lisa Mitchell
Mary Kokoski
6/5/2023 1:48:29 PM
Ray Burns, Lynn Mehta, and David Diaz made the trek to Hagerstown to enjoy an excellent morning of painting in the park. The weather was cool and cloudy to start, but then warmed up nicely as the sun came out toward noon. The park had much to offer for subject matter, lots of open space across the lake, secluded coves with colorful ducks and geese, and plenty garden areas around the museum.
Ray Burns
Ray Burns
David Diaz
Lynn Mehta
