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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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Madeleine
3/2/2018 02:48:15 am

Wonderful approach to this room, love the quietness, the sun reflecting thru the window and the detail of the key in the lock! Another one of my favorites of yours.

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Julia
3/2/2018 09:33:51 am

Part of that quietness is some selective editing...the room is a bit of a mess in real life. I’m glad you like it, Madeleine. Thanks for your comment.

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