acrylic/canvas

22x29

This is an abandoned boathouse in South Hampton, New York . This paintng is a 1st place, acrylic category winner. It is currently hanging in Gallery@Second in Harrisburg, PA.



THREATENING RAIN

oil/board

11x14

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Lately, it seems that my plein air excursions have occured on overcast to threatening weather days. It makes for hastily painted canvases and quick visits. I've come to enjoy these experiences, though. I mix my blues, burnt sienna and white for a stormy sky-plop the colors down in the sky part of the composition and swirl my brush around till I get a dramatic look-perhaps a bit more dramatic than the sky in front of me, but so much fun. 

MECHANICSBURG WATER WORKS By Cecelia Lyden

oil/linen

16x20

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This is the second time I painted and sold this scene.This time I was commissioned by a man whose wife's great-uncle and grandfather built the house many years ago. They were from Columbia, PA, originally. Their family name was Glatfelter or Gladfelter. It is to be a Christmas present for her. I am so pleased to be part of this thoughtful gift.

RIVER VISTA By Cecelia Lyden

 

 

oil/stretched canvas

2'x3'

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This was a commissioned painting. The client wanted a view of the Susquehanna River that was different than the one from her condo window[ seen in the upper left]. I took several photos from both sides and up and down the river. I emailed her all of the digital images [ hooray for technology]. She chose this vista in a populated area. She wanted a lot of the river, bridges, her condo, but did not want too many other buildings in the painting--nor any trees in the foreground. I convinced her that some foreground trees keep the river from "running off the canvas."

 

I kept her posted as I continued to paint, but she has not come to see the painting yet. This is the nerve-racking time for me--worrying and hoping the client will like the painting.

MECHANICSBURG, ALLEYS, AWNINGS, AND AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE

 

I "discovered" Mechanicsburg forty-three years ago when my family moved to Camp Hill,PA from Tarrytown/Ossinng, NY. Though both locales are as old--Mechanicsburg early 1800's,Tarrytown, middle 1600's-or older than our nation and are in northeastern states, their historic architecture have different looks and styles. I fell in love with the color of the brick buildings, with their heavy wooden doors and window trims, their arched passageway, narrow alleys between houses, leading to charmng back yards. All of these features reminded me, and still does, of the architecture that appears in Dutch genre paintings. Main Street in Mechanicsburg was lined with mature trees which provided restful shade and created rich shadows. About 25 years ago, the  State cut all those trees down to widen the road. People, including myself, were saddened, but happily the skinny "twigs" they planted as replacements have have grown and Main Street looks charming and inviting again. 

 

 

 

THREE SOLD By Cecelia Lyden

It was a long time between sales. Then suddenly a sale, followed by 2 others and a commission to paint a large River vista. The best thing about a sale for me, is not the money earned, but having someone like your work, to want it enough to spend their money for it.  



PURPLE CLEMATIS By Cecelia Lyden

acrylic/stretched canvas

16x20

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This gray fence wtih clematis cascading over the top is on one of the many picturesque alleys in Camp Hill, PA. It was painted en plein air on 2 beautiful mornings this June.