Studio Tour and Demo. Oct. 20 & 21

Alice Kelsey painting in studio

Here's an interesting, fun opportunity to see original artwork in many media, and a glimpse of the working set-up and approaches used by area artists. I'm one of over twenty artists participating in the Art Alliance of Central PA's "Fall Colors Studio Tour." I welcome you to visit my studio and studio gallery on Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, from 11 am to 4 pm. I'll display finished oil and pastel paintings in my studio gallery, and also demonstrate pastel technique with an in-progress work in my studio. I'd enjoy sharing my work, and workspace with you, and hope that you can drop by (637 Loveville Rd., Warriors Mark, PA 16877, 814-692-4438.) Might be fun to make a day of it with a road trip to many other studios as well! A brochure listing participating artists and a map can be found at http://www.artalliancepa.org/news.htm

Stream Paintings Coming Together

"Spruce Creek- Plein Air", Pastel

The series of paintings of area streams which I've been creating over the past year are coming together! As I finish framing them in preparation for the joint exhibit, and they hang next to each other on the walls of my studio gallery, they speak to me of the forces of nature and harmony in the places where I traveled to paint on location. In this series of paintings, I wanted to create a body of work giving an overview of the watershed (mostly tributaries to the West Branch Susquehanna), over four seasons. Together with fellow artist, friend, and flyfisher Jeanne McKinney, I painted at over twenty sites during the past year, from mountain brooks, to valley streams, and on to the Susquehanna itself.

As I frame the paintings one by one, the fifteen finished works which will soon be in the show gather on the walls of my studio gallery, enriching me with the 'voices' of these places, and resonance as a group. I am glad to have been to these places, and feel gratified in my part in capturing some of their spirit in oil and pastel. There is some of my voice too- a relatedness between the works in marks and touch- and I feel very satisfied in doing my work.

I'd love to share them with you if you are able to see the show (see www,alicekelsey.com for details of where & when.)