Plein air artist Debra Moffitt will present “BALANCING ACT: Exploring and Using Notan to Strengthen Your Artwork” during the Bald Eagle Art League’s month
Feb 18, 2021
Beth DeJesus England will give an oil painting from life demonstration from 7 to 8:30 p.m., March 4 at the Taber Museum, 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. According to a news release, the public is invited to attend.
In addition, she will show her ‘plein air’ oil and watercolor paintings and discussing the process she follows when creating them. Under state Covid-19 guidelines, masks will be required.
England first became interested in plein air painting and painting from life when she attended the Maryland Institue College of Art where she studied under well-known plein air artist Mark Karnes.
“Often on the weekends when the weather is nice, Beth will pack her car with her oils in tow and head up to beautiful Eagles Mere to paint,” the news release said. “She also loves to bring her watercolors to plein air paint at baseball games and other events.”
Deb Trate
Community Baptist Church, 1853 State Route 87, Montoursville, PA
Deb Trate’s watercolor painting of the Community Baptist Church, located at 1853 Route 87, is the winner of this year’s Sun-Gazette church painting contest.
Trate’s painting features a snowy front of the church an apt premonition, given last week’s wintry weather as well as several churchgoers entering the building.
To paint the picture she had in mind, Trate did not just settle for using her imagination. She camped out in front of the church and took pictures of the entrance to reference when creating the painting, then later painted snow in. But a picture of just the church’s building would not have been complete in her eyes.