From left to right: Beth Holly Irvin (former member), Karl Eric Leitzel, Rob Barber (former member), Michelle Montes (former member), Roxanne Naydan, Susan Nicholas Gephart, Betty Kirchner (founder), Sarah Harvey (former member), Alice Kelsey( former member), Kathleen Frank (former member), Kim Gates Flick, Sharon McCarthey, Jill Foster, and Sarah Pollock. Not pictured - Barbara Pennypacker, Ann Kenyon, Carol Brooks, Milt Trask, Jeff Mathison, Jennifer Shuey, Holly Fritchman and Denise Wagner.
Artist Members
* artist accepts commissions
Carol Brooks
State College, PA
Kim Gates Flick *
Howard, PA
Jill Foster
Pleasant Gap, PA
Email: fosterfineart@verizon.net
Phone: (814) 359-3112 |
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"Picking Beans"
Soft pastel
"Farmers' Market Series: Salad Makings"
Soft pastel
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Holly Fritchman
Bellefonte, PA
Email: holly.fritchman@gmail.com
Phone: (814) 574-0063
Holly is a self-taught artist focusing on landscape oils and watercolor botanicals. Holly has lived in central Pennsylvania her entire life and has watched how quickly the corn fields can change to house fields. Bringing awareness to the beauty and importance of our local farms is the awareness she hopes to reflect her art. Holly is a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Art Alliance in State College and The Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania. |
Oil
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Watercolor
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Susan Nicholas Gephart *
Bellefonte, PA
Susan Nicholas Gephart, a 1979 BFA graduate of PSU and nominated Distinguished Alumni from Montgomery County Community College, has been painting award winning landscapes “Plein Air” for thirty years. Susan’s deep appreciation of the earth is seen in her colorful, impressionistic pastels and oils, mostly painted "Plein Air." Susan has shown with The Pastel Society of America, The Art of the State of Pennsylvania, won Best of Show in The Central Festival of the Arts, and is in the permanent collections of The Penn Stater Conference Center, Penn College, Lock Haven University, and The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Susan organizes May and October annual artist retreats at Hameau Farm Studio in Belleville, PA., where she supports positive alternative uses of farmland.
“Focusing on the landscape, my goal is to capture the beauty of our fragile earth and convey a message of importance. Keeping my mind’s eye open for unique, electric reactions in pastels and oils continues to excite and rejuvenate my ongoing love of painting Sky, Water, and Earth.”
Website: http://snicholasart.com
Email: Snicholasart@aol.com
Phone: (814) 355-0277 |
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"Past the Old Pine"
Oil
"Blue Mountains at Meyer Dairy"
Pastel
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Anne Kenyon
State College, PA
Elizabeth (Betty) Kirchner Founder
State College, PA
Karl Eric Leitzel *
Spring Mills, PA (Brush Valley)
Karl Eric Leitzel is a lifelong resident of central Pennsylvania. He currently works primarily in oils and acrylics, concentrating on landscapes and rural life.
Karl is a member of International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) and Oil Painters of America (OPA). He is also the founder and director of Landscape Artists International, an online collective of more than 200 artists from around the globe. Call or email to discuss a possible landscape, animal, or portrait commission.
Website: http://keleitzel.com
Email: karl@keleitzel.com or karlericleitzel@gmail.com
Phone: (814) 422-8461
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"South of Aaronsburg"
10x10in, Acrylic on panel
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"Tait Farm Market, early Morning"
18x24in, Acrylic on canvas
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Jeff Mathison
Spring Mills, PA
Email: jcmaps@mac.com
Phone: (814) 422-8651 |
"The Old Yellow Truck"
Watercolor
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Sharon McCarthy
Bellefonte, PA
Email: sbmc260@aol.com
Phone: (814) 383-0039 |
"Nittany Valley"
Pastel
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"November Grazing"
12x15.5in, Pastel
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Roxanne Naydan *
State College, PA
Email: roxy_run@yahoo.com
Phone: (814) 234-6978 |
"Corn and Hay, Meyer Farm"
Oil
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"Dog Path, PSU Farmland"
Oil
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Barbara Pennypacker
State College, PA
Email: p1q@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 278-7749 |
"Katie Mae's Huns Cart"
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"Penns Valley View"
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Sarah Pollock
Port Matilda, PA
Jennifer Shuey
Pleasant Gap, PA
Milt Trask
State College, PA
Denise Wagner
State College, PA
webmaster karlericleitzel@gmail.com
page last updated 1/27/12
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