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Studio View

1/18/2018

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PicturePainting Residency Studio at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts
It worked! Giving myself more time between posts helped me to work larger.. This image is a detail of a full-sheet, 30 by 22 inch painting that is nearly finished. Working larger certainly brings technical challenges, but I am excited about how the larger paintings will present themselves to in-person viewers at the Residency Exhibition in May.

My studio, a space allowed to me this year through the painting residency, is currently in a corner of the second floor of the George K. Heller School, commonly known as the Cheltenham Center for the Arts on Ashbourne Road.  While this section of the building with its tall ceilings and massive windows  was "recently" added in 1906, the original school on this site,  named the Milltown School, opened its doors as the very first public school in Montgomery County in 1795.  In 1883, the original one-story George K. Heller School was built to replace the Milltown School. It was expanded in 1893 and in 1906 to create the building that became the Cheltenham Art Center in 1953.
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I have to say, it's pretty cool working in a space that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places!

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The Sign

1/4/2018

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PictureThe Sign
So, High School Park got a new sign. Now rather than just being inside the heads of those who know, anyone from anywhere who drives by Montgomery and High School Road can know that this is, in fact, a park. It's so simple yet so profound!

It's a new year and I find this always to be a rich opportunity for goal setting. As I develop my watercolor painting practice, my next step up is to work larger. I have dearly enjoyed painting a (usually) 5 x 7 inch work each week for two years (plus some), but I feel a need to change the pattern. Gasp!

In 2018, as I paint larger, I'll post every other week.



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