40th Anniversary Art Exhibit

Bob inherited the sketching genes from his talented parents, but none of his schooling included art classes. He aced his mechanical drawing classes at Purdue University and did design drawings for Goodyear and patent illustrations for a lawyer in Akron during WWII. In 1948 he fell heir to a lot of art supplies his next-door neighbor had acquired settling the estate of a cow-painting aunt. They included everything you need to paint on canvas — except tubes of paint. So they gathered dust in the basement until his wife, Gloria, gave him oil paints for Christmas.

In the following three decades, Bob painted a dozen oil and dozen acrylics, mostly Brandywine Valley landscapes, an all self-taught. They were what you might call “postcard” pictures”, accurate in subject, color and perspective, but not fine art. When he took early 
retirement from DuPont late in 1982, he immediately enrolled in Wendy Hatch’s watercolor class at the Delaware Art Museum. At her urging, he “turned pro” and painted 57 watercolors and sold half of them in 1983.

During the early 1980s Bob took lessons or got coaching from Grace McFarren, Rea Redifer, Terry Newitt, Vernon Good and Henry Peacock. He also entered art classes at the Academy of Lifelong Learning. He maintained a perpetual show of about 35 watercolors in the Kennett Place Restaurant for several years, replacing sold pieces with new ones. He was also commissioned to do paintings of farmhouses and barns.

His “professional” career lasted 12 years. By 1995, when he and his wife moved to Crosslands, he had produced 400 watercolors and 260 ink drawings. He had entered 50 art shows in 23 locations and grown tired of hauling artwork around two counties and all the bookkeeping involved. He has not stopped painting, but his current work stays in the Kendal Communities and the extended DePuy family.

Marbie Foster — John Chads House and Barns-Brinton House Miniatures *

I’ve been making the houses for twenty-five years. I was an art major in high school and a history and art major in college. I’ve always liked old houses and am very interested in historic buildings of the Colonial period, especially those of 18th century Southeastern Pennsylvania. I’m originally from Philadelphia but have lived in Bechtelsville for more than 30 years. I am a member of the PA Guild of Craftsmen, Reading-Berks Chapter.

I choose the building I reproduce for their social history (i.e. who lived there — events that took place there) rather than just their example of an architectural style. Though I do custom work, most of the buildings I make can be visited by the public and are open for tours. I hope they spark an interest in visiting the historic sites and an interest in historic preservation in general, as so much is being lost to development. I take pictures of the house and make a clay model from which I make a mold and a plaster cast, which is then painted. Each house come with a card that includes a picture and short history. I guess you could call them a modern interpretation of 19th century chalkware.

James R. Huntsberger — Chad House Window *

James Huntsberger of Greenville, Delaware began his career as a professional artist in 1988 when he began selling his paintings, which are now in private and corporate collections internationally.

He paints exclusively in oils and his subject matter includes portraits, seascapes, beach scenes, landscapes, still life and historical structures. He has experimented with unusual subject matter and abstracted images but remains essentially a realist.

Selected for membership in The Philadelphia Sketch Club in 1991 and the Oil Painters of America in 1999,  Huntsberger is also a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts. His work is shown at various juried and charity shows in the Brandywine Valley. Most recently he was the 2007 Wilmington 
Flower Market poster artist.

Cedar Tree Books, Ltd. of Wilmington published his book, Our Brandywine: An Artist’s View of His Bandywine Valley Home in 2004.

Judith McCabe Jarvis — The John Chad House *

Judith McCabe Jarvis has always had passion for the visual arts. She studied Art at The Tyler school of art and spent a year in Rome studying  Art History and painting extensively and graduated in 1981. During the 80s she exhibited in the Philadelphia area at many reputable Art Galleries including Gross McCleaf, Woodmere Art Museum and the Hahn Galleries. She spent a lot of time painting and drawing commissioned portraits in a unique personalized style to reflect the subject's individual personality.

Her iconoclastic style incorporated wit and whimsy. Judith McCabe Jarvis has had many influences in her art, she loves the subtle and humorous New Yorker magazine covers, the powerful narrative Religious themes of the Renaissance painters and the modern American painters such as Wyeth, Hopper and Fairfield Porter. She is in awe the controlled abandon of Andrew Wyeth's watercolors. Since her move to Chadds Ford with her two daughters and husband, she has had the opportunity to paint the local landscape adding a unique interpretation of the much painted Brandywine Valley.

Terry Kramzar — Saving John Chads House *

Terry Kramzar is an art quilter living in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She exhibits widely in juried and invitational shows, including the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY, and the Lower Town Quilt Walk in Paducah, KY. Terry's quilts can be seen in numerous publications including the QuiltArt Calendar 2008 and on the cover of Quilters in the Kitchen cookbook. She has garnered many awards and recognitions and her work is in private and corporate 
collections in the U.S. and Europe. Terry maintains a studio in the beautiful Wyeth country of the Brandywine Valley.

Talking about her quilts, Terry says, "My work is always about connections. I work in fiber because I enjoy the process of joining fabric, using a variety of techniques. I often mix traditional quilt designs or contemporary abstraction with images of flowers or birds. I love that people feel a connection between quilts past and a modern work of art. My art contemplates my deep connection with nature and illustrates my journey pieced in fabric. I want to express that moment of clarity when everything seems to come together and understanding of the distinct parts focuses appreciation of the whole."

An intrepid explorer, Terry is committed to living an adventure-filled life. She has traveled to Africa, China, Zanzibar, all over Europe and has a goal of visiting every one of our National Parks. She and her husband, Gary, spend time with their four adult children, who are scattered across the country in California, Colorado, New York and West Virginia. When she isn't sewing art quilts, Terry is backpacking the miles toward Katahdin on the Appalachian Trail, kayaking a serene river or cycling Rail-Trails across the United States always fascinated by connections.

Mildred Sands Kratz — John Chads' Front Porch

Mildred is a native of Chester County, Pottstown, PA. She moved to Akron, Ohio for 13 years, but returned to Chest County upon her husband’s retirement in 1991. She now resides in Tampa, Florida

Millie is basically a self taught artist, and has painted on three continents on many trips abroad. She has done many landscape watercolors of Chester County scenes and also New England scenes. There two areas remain her favorites followed closely by Greece and Portugal.

Mr. Kratz was presented with a rare and distinguished Senatorial Citation in honor of her outstanding achievements in the world of art by the Pennsylvania Senate in 1976. She has won 6 Gold Medals in international shows and is listed in Who’s Who of American Artists, The World’s Whose Who of Women, 2000 Women of Achievement-London. She 
was elected to signature membership in the American Watercolor Society and was made an honorary Life Member in 2007.

Mildred has twin daughters and four grand children who reside in Chester County which makes her think Chester County is still her home and Florida is a “temporary residence”.

Karl Kuerner — When Crows Fly By *

Karl J. Kuerner was born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1957 – to Karl and Margaret Kuerner – third generation farmers. His artistic talent was recognized and nurtured at a very young age by Carolyn Wyeth – sister of Andrew Wyeth and a renowned artist in her own right.

Kuerner grew up surrounded by artists and the task of painting. From the age of seven he watched Andrew Wyeth paint some of his greatest works at the Kuerner Farm – Karl’s family homestead for three generations – and a major source of inspiration for more than 1,000 of Wyeth’s works of arts – and eventually over 300 of Kuerner’s own works.

As Karl matured artistically, Andrew Wyeth took a keen interest in the young artist and took him under his wing – mentoring and teaching him for more than three decades.

Andrew Wyeth said of Karl Kuerner, “I have always emphasized to Karl that an artist must paint what he loves . . . and Karl has been painting that which he loves for nearly forty years now. His work is inspiring and deeply introspective . . . it exhibits a strong honest quality that comes from deep within and touches the ordinary in a profound way.”

Although Karl was initially influenced by the Wyeths, he is certainly not one of them – nor does he want to be. He is described by many as a fine painter of great merit – possessing his own intimate and straightforward style. He paints realistically using strong abstract shapes. He paints portraits of great variety – his wife in Heirloom, his neighbor in Dreams, his father wonderfully depicted in the landscape in Pennsylvania Farmer and mysteriously in the barn in  
Unloading Straw.

Karl J. Kuerner is an exceptional painter of great restraint – deeply immersed in the teaching and influence of his mentors – but also very absorbed and moved by his farming traditions and Pennsylvania ancestry. He has contributed greatly to the tradition of American realism, and will continue to be a major force in American art for years to come.

Margaret Truitt Matuszewski — At the Back Door *

Margaret Truitt Matuszewski paints in the impressionistic style both in watercolor and oil. A graduate of West Chester University, she attended Philadelphia College of Art and has studied locally with Janet Sullivan Turner, Morris Berd and Judy Antonelli. She is a member of the Chester County Art Association and formerly a member of the Hudson River Valley and Kent Connecticut Art Associations.

A resident of Chester County, she had participated in both juried and invitational shows in Pennsylvania and the Northeast United States. Her work has been exhibited at Chadds Ford Gallery, Chester County Art Association, Immaculata University, Daylesford Abbey, Hotel DuPont, Unionville Gala Evening of Art, Rittenhouse Square, Crozer 
Chester Medical Center and the Chestnut Hill, Stone Harbor, and Best of Delaware Art Shows. While a resident of the Hudson Valley, New York, she participated in and received awards at the Roveto Gallery, Kingston, NY: Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY; and the Kent Art Center, Kent, CT.

John McCoy (1910-1989) — John Chadd House

John McCoy was a student and son-in-law of N.C. Wyeth. He fused his training in fine arts at Cornell with his Chadds Ford experience into paintings reflecting a deep, personal emphasis. Increasingly, he developed new uses of media that gave fresh vision to familiar themes. for twenty years he taught at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

W. James McGlynn  — John Chadds House

Since an early age, W. James McGlynn has had an all-consuming interest in art, history and nature. He feels that a landmark-landscape artist should be well acquainted with the history, architecture and natural environment of his subject matter. Over 30 years as a professional painter, Mr. McGlynn has dovetailed his art talents with a vast knowledge of Delaware history, its architecture and its natural beauty.

Mr. McGlynn was born in Lancaster,  Pennsylvania in 1944, raised in Wilmington, DE and presently resides in Hockessin, Delaware. His background includes early lessons with noted illustrator, Frank Schoonover, and later with well know local artists as Bayard T. Berndt and Frank Delle Donne. He has a B.A., degree from Belmont Abbey College, located near Charlotte, NC and has attended the Haystack Mountain School on Deer Isle, Maine, The Pennsylvania 
Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and has done extensive study of art history at the University of Delaware. He has reproduced his work with over thirty limited edition prints and has done several magazine covers and designer posters. For the past twenty years, Hardcastle Gallery of Wilmington presents him as their feature artists with a one-man show each fall after his return from summering in Maine. Mr. McGlynn is well known for his charity work with his 
artistic talents as a fund raiser for several organizations and churches. It may also be noted that he received a bronze star in 1969 during the Vietnam War for his combat art with the 101st Airborne Division.

Primarily, Mr. McGlynn is a watercolorist. Occasionally, oils have been used as a medium. His paintings have a unique softness, yet with an appropriate amount of crisp detail to draw the viewer into the center of interest of the overall image. Once can see how he expresses his understanding of sky, terrain, and those shapes covering the landscape with bright sunlight, subtle shadows or the illuminating qualities of overcast, dusk or night time atmosphere. Each painting retains a strong design element, either a diagonal road with its steep perspective, or with the play of vertical and horizontal shapes, off centered by color and tone. Each art piece is thought out primarily as an abstract design, and filled in with color, detail and realistic definition. With all of this, one can realize his artwork has a “difference” so sought after by collectors. Mr. McGlynn’s paintings are in many public, corporate and private collections.

Michael McNelly — The Tavern Keeper *

Living in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Michael McNelly’s lifelong interest in art and nature has culminated into a career that is very fulfilling.

Upon graduation from Philadelphia’s Hussian School of Art in 1976, Michael embarked on a career in illustration. Some o his clients include the New York Times, The Jacques Cousteau Society, The Audubon Society, The World Wildlife Fund, The Sierra Club and the Nature Conservancy. While he still accepts an occasional illustration assignment, his focus for last twenty-eight years has been fine arts.

Michael’s travels in the Americas, from Alaska to the Amazon jungle, have deepened a strong interest in the natural world and its inhabitants. He has banded raptors with the Raptor Trust, monitored bluebird boxes for the Tyler Arboretum, and volunteered at the Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Center. In addition, monies raised by the sale of Michael’s art helped to fund a publication entitled The Effects of Oil on Wildlife for a Washington, DC symposium. He has donated works in support of many organizations throughout the world. In addition, Penn State University, National Wildlife Federation and Bird Watcher’s Digest have commissioned Michael for limited edition prints.

Michael had accumulated an impressive collection of award and ribbons, such as The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science’s Award of excellence and purchase awards including University of Pennsylvania. His work is represented by numerous galleries nationwide and can be found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and overseas.

As an artist I explore and celebrate the natural world through a combination of ideas, concepts and images. We can all agree that our natural heritage deserves our protection, sharing my visions with society may perhaps bring the beauty of our planet to light.

Dennis Minch — A.M. Chadds Ford (Sept. 11, 1777) *

Barbara has exhibited in numerous shows across the Delaware Valley and has paintings in public and private collections throughout the United States. She has won awards in various juried shows, including the Zimmerman Award at the Philadelphia Watercolor Club.  She was accepted in to the Pastel Society of America’s annual juried show in 
New York, and received the Pastel Society of North Florida award.  In addition, she is a juried member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society, and was recently accepted into the Members Annual Show with several paintings.

Barbara created a series of note cards for the world-renowned Longwood Gardens located in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.  This continuing venture was so successful that she launched a full-scale note card business that allowed her work to be accessible to a national audience.

Beth Palser — Elizabeth Chads Parlor *

Beth Palser, a watercolor artist from Chester County, Pennsylvania, presents a unique style of watercolor painting that brings together realism with graphic undertones to her art.  She is the creator of her own individual style called "Factionalism©", taking realism to a different level by enhancing the reality of the scene through the use of chopped linear brush strokes, which provide movement, depth and a sense of emotion.

Since graduating in 1984 from the Art Institute of Philadelphia with a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design, Palser has been a professional watercolor artist.  While working for a silkscreen printmaker for several years, Palser was inspired to develop her own style of watercolor painting by combining the different aspects of each discipline into her art.  She often works for weeks on a watercolor painting to achieve the quality and detail which has been the signature of her work.  Texture, contrast and vibrant color are other elements Palser is known for in her watercolor paintings.

In 2006 Palser was a winner in the Best of PA Artists and Artisans Competition and an award recipient in the Adirondacks National Exhibit of American Watercolors. Palser's watercolor paintings are included in private and corporate art collections throughout the United States and abroad. Palser's watercolor paintings can be found in many galleries throughout the tri-state area.  In addition, she has achieved Signature Member status in the Baltimore Watercolor 
Society (BWS) and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society (PWS) and is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Women.

You can say being a Watercolor Artist is in my blood; it is what I am meant to be. I was influenced by my family, from my great-grandfather doing the artwork for bill boards along the highway, to my father who use to entertain us kids by drawing cartoons. At a young age I was encouraged to see life a different way. I am sensitive to my surroundings and forever observing nature. So it was natural for me to paint landscapes. I think about art all the time. Whether it is 
the texture of the peeling bark on a tree, the stone structure of a building, or the rolling clouds over a farm field, in all these things I see light, shadow, character and color. This is my inspiration to paint and to try and capture on paper what I felt when I viewed these scenes.

Dennis K. Park — Chadds Ford Autumn *

Dennis Park is a native of Chester County. Upon graduation from Unionville High School he pursued an education in fine arts and graphic design at York Academy in York, Pennsylvania  and studied with fellow Chester County artist, Dennis Minch.

His work resides in private collections nation wide and in local institutions. He has received numerous commissions for paintings; the 1985 class of Unionville High School, the 1987 cover for the Chadds Ford Gallery miniature show, the 1988 committee of the 7th North American Mushroom Conference, the 1989 Kennett Area Senior Center, and the 1991 Lan-Chester Christian School. He also has done an extensive portfolio of prints, many of which have been completely 
sold out.

In each of his paintings Park strives to capture the flavor and heritage of our current surroundings and days gone by. His goal is to instill a strong character into each, thus drawing attention back to them time after time.

Rea Redifer grew up in a farm community outside of South Bend, Indiana. Upon graduation from high school in South Bend he attended the John McCrady Art School in New Orleans, Louisiana on a scholarship. The Korean War prompted him to enlist in the United States Air Force during which he spent two years in Japan. While there, he had two one-man exhibitions sponsored by U.S.A.F. Upon discharge from the Air Force he attended the Wyeth School in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania with Ms. Carolyn Wyeth. During this time he came under the close personal influence of the noted American painter, Andrew Wyeth, where he enjoyed a close but unofficial apprenticeship.

Subsequently he returned to South Bend, Indiana and attended the Indiana University extension program there and the University of Notre Dame. He then returned to Chadds Ford, where with his wife and three daughters he has made his home. Rea has exhibited in galleries across the United States. He is nationally recognized for his portraits and landscapes, as well as his historical paintings, many of which have been collected by museums and private collectors around the country.

In addition to his art, he has written short stories, poetry, a weekly newspaper column, books, plays and screenplays for three feature films as well as television productions and documentary films.

Often described as of “The Brandywine School," Redifer says of his paintings, “To merely paint pretty pictures has never held much appeal for me. I am seeking some elusive thing beneath the surface, some tension, conflict or distillation.” Rea's work is on display in Museums, Corporate and Private collections here and abroad.

Barclay Rubincam (1920 -1978) — Hessians Marching Past the Barns-Brinton House at the Battle of Brandywine

Barclyan Rubincam was born and grew up in Chester County. After graduating from Unionville High School in 1939, he attended the Wilmington Society of Fine Art where he was taught by Gale Hoskins and Frank Schoonover. He also studied with N.C. Wyeth.

Following Army service in World War II, he returned and set up an art studio in West Chester. He became successful at his chosen career, selling enough paintings to support himself, his wife and four children. Most of his artwork was not commissioned, but was an expression of Barclay’s personal interests. A favorite subject was Battle of Brandywine, and he completed many paintings and maps on this topic. Credit for the historical accuracy and detail that Barclay was known for must go to his wife, Caroline, who served as his research assistant.

Peter Sculthorpe — The John Chads House

Peter studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. After establishing a studio in Chester County, 
Pennsylvania, he began to explore and paint this historic region. Later, his subject matter expanded to include Maine and the Maritimes of Canada. He currently resides in Rockland, Delaware.

Peter Sculthorpe’s art, prints and posters capture the rural landscape and stone architecture of the Brandywine Valley in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Sculthorpes paintings are instantly recognizable for their beautiful stone barns, dusky skies and single figures on horseback.

“... I am so intrigued by early stone structures built with indigenous materials, whether houses or stone walls, constructed by hand with hard but highly skilled labor before the onslaught of the electronic age. They still stand as sentinels of a different time.”

Using the demanding medium of watercolor, he manipulates light and form, giving his art, a dramatic, natural feeling. As inspiration, the artist explores a variety of other media including etching, monotype and lithography, and incorporates these elements into his work. Sculthorpe has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the American Artist Professional League Award, Philadelphia Sketch Club Silver Medal and First Prize in oil painting from the 
National Arts League, New York. His art, prints and posters are included in the public collections of the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri, the Delaware Art Museum, The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and the DuPont Company in Japan.

Paul Scarborough — Chadds Ford Pumpkin Carve *

Paul is a self-taught artist who has been painting for over twenty-five years in the area. He blends the realism of the Brandywine School with Impressionistic treatment of light and shadow. He says he likes to strike a balance between work and play, for one helps the other — outdoors gives him ideas for paintings and back in the studio he can relive the experience while trying to recapture its essence. He has exhibited locally and nationally, has won numerous awards, and is included in private and public collections throughout the world. He was commissioned by NASA and his work hangs in the National Air and Space Museum.

Robert Stack — Morning Raider *

Robert’s interest in art began when he was a child growing up in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. There he was encouraged to develop his talents by area artists and in the art program at the local elementary school. His interest in art continued throughout his school years and he eventually graduated from the Tyler School of Art.

Primarily a watercolorist, Robert’s work depicts a variety of subjects including views of the surroundings of where he resides in northern Delaware, wildlife, equestrian, and Civil War subjects. His interest in the Civil War lead to his researching, and eventually portraying, period Civil War artists. He has also done etched glass design, illustration, commissions, freelance TV illustration, and even directed and produced several video documentaries on carriage 
driving.

Robert is well known for his equestrian works. He used horses initially as models, going to local farms and horse shows to sketch them. They soon became an important subject in his work as well as a hobby and at times an occupation. In 1995 his gouache painting of sidesaddle riding titled Line Up”won the Ruth E. Robins award for watercolor at the American Academy of Equine Art and he has been a continual contributor to their “Horse in Fine Art” traveling 
exhibition that takes place at the Wildlife Experience Museum in Parker Colorado, and at the American Academy of Equine Art’s location in Lexington, Kentucky. Robert has had works chosen for the official posters for the Ludwigs Corner Horse Show,  Dressage at Devon, and the Devon Horse Show  (the nations largest outdoor horse show).

Robert’s paintings have been in  exhibitions, including Art at the Armory in Philadelphia, and Art Expo in New York and can be found in gallery, private and corporate collections throughout the U.S. and abroad.

“The subjects in my work tend to vary because what I enjoy is not only the subject matter itself, but also what happens to subject when you change how you approach it with different colors, compositions, or painting styles. When I start looking for all those variables I find I see something interesting in almost anything I look at.”

John Suplee — Road House *

As an artist John Suplee treasures his Chester County roots and shares the sense of spiritual connection to place felt by so many of this area’s artists. Stylistically, however his output has been shaped by diverse influences from around the world. Japan, Austria, France and Spain have all produced artists and movements that have enriched Suplee’s development.

Now, even after more than forty years activity, he still paints with two distinct approaches: one which yields improvisational, exuberant images invented from visual memory and the other (his most characteristic) which involves more carefully wrought compositions based on actual locations —”Road House” being an excellent example.

“Road House” also typifies Suplee’s work in its deliberate juxtaposition of contrasting elements — the old and the new, the man-made and the natural, the shadowed and sunlit. His works have a way of reintroducing us to the familiar and investing it with unexpected vitality.

“There’s nothing wrong with a picture being “decorative”, meaning sustain ably beautiful — but that should only be a starting point.  Creating an image that offers more is a challenge awaiting those brave (or crazy) enough to accept it.”

Charlene Thomforde — Out of the Past *

Charlene Thomforde began formal art training at the Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, in 1979. Becoming interested primarily in watercolor, she studied with Rea Redifer, resuming her degree studies at Tyler School of Art. She earned a BFA in graphic design with certification in Art Education grades K-12 in 1985.

After spending 15 years as a freelance graphic artist for Longwood Gardens, her emphasis returned to painting. Since 2003, Thomforde has continued freelance work in illustration for the Hagley Museum, Tyler Arboretum, Northcreek Nuseries, and Haverford College Arboretum.

Always interest in exploring, experimenting, and learning, she has attended workshop including Sept. 2004 with Janet Rogers; June 2005 with Michael Moore at The Haystack Mountain School in Maine; and May 2006 watercolor workshop with Mel Stabin; she frequently attends weekly life drawing sessions at the Chester County Art Association, and is a member of the Howard Pyle Studio Group in Wilmington, DE.

Exhibits include the Chester County Art Association member’s shows and juried exhibitions, a retrospective group show at Salon Des Amis in Yellow Springs, PA and in May 2007 a solo show at the Brush and Palette in Kennett Square.

Barbara Tlush — John Chads Snowman *

Barbara, a resident of Chadds Ford,  has had a passion for the arts her entire life. She attended classes at the Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and received a BFA from Kutztown University. Her greatest influences have been from studying with Pennsylvania artist Edward Lis, and Don Stone of Monhegan Island, Maine.

When not landscape painting with fellow artists or working on murals she can be found plein air painting on the rocky coast of Maine. Her award winning oil paintings and murals can be found in many private and corporate collections and in the Chadds Ford Gallery in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and the Kent Gallery in Galena, Maryland. Besides her gallery work, Barbara also gives children’s private art lessons.

Andrew Wyeth — The Home of John Chad & Tenant Farmer Study

Andrew Wyeth absorbed an extraordinary feeling for art as a part of daily living from his father, a man or large heart and intelligence. From childhood onward his sensitive reactions to the people who shared his village and the land they walked together, were translated into paintings of such emotional impact that people over the world have shared his feeling for his home. Both of his works currently on display, the sketch, The Home of John Chad (owned by the Historical Society) and the watercolor, Tenant Farmer Study (from Andrew's personal collection) are worth seeing being works of his that are rarely on display.