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Amish Country Memories_8 x 10"_Oil_Landscape

Pleinair Joys Amish Country Memories  © Donna Pierce-Clark Most of our vacation was spent around the pond,  catching fish (tons of blue gill here!), and a few paintings (between a few raindrops).

Amish Pond Reflections_2.5 x 3.5_OIL_Landscape

Plein Air Joys AMISH POND REFLECTIONS  © Donna Pierce-Clark ~ Our family vacation in Amish Country, Ohio, was so relaxing. All 10 of us needed the rest. Time seemed to move as slowly as an amish buggy. On our way to early morning breakfast in Sugarcreek, I  snapped this photo. It was foggy and crispy cool. Such a beautiful morning. ~ In the afternoon, we all trekked down a steep path to the cabin pond area to fish and to paint. ~ There are multiple paths on this 25 acre retreat, and our family loves to hike! ~ Matt and Julie had a nice fire going, on this slightly chilly day.  Maddie and I were happy to warm our icy, "painting fingertips" over the fire. ~ The blue gill were prolific and the fishermen (and women) of the group, were pulling them in, one after the other! ~ Up the hill, we hiked, and  as, Brian grilled the catch for dinner; ~ we all warmed ourselves around the cabin fire. ~ While others played ga

Early Evening Light_8 x 10" OIL_Landscape

Plein Air Joy Early Evening Light    © Donna Pierce-Clark Beyond the new bridge,  over the Great Miami River, the courthouse in downtown Troy, fades in the Early Evening Light . Another jewel from  Treasure Island. This is a larger version of the same scene I posted yesterday.

Treasure Isle Sunset_2.5 x 3.5" OIL_landscape

Plein Air Joy Treasure Isle Sunset  ©Donna Pierce-Clark Ohio is changing and offering up a vista of color! Sunset on the Great Miami River is always pleasant.

Church Down the Lane, 3.5 x 2.5 OIL, Landscape

October Plein Air! Church Down the Lane 3.5 x 2.5 OIL © Donna Pierce-Clark ~ The leaves are beginning to turn!! And, they no more beautiful than here.............. We are privileged to live down the road from a quaint little white German Baptist Church. This has been, and will remain, one of my favorite places to paint. I treasure the traditions of this religion: no TV, lots and lots of family time, many church get-togethers, long dresses and little white caps. I treasure the friendships I have with some of the German Baptists that live near us. ~ On Sunday mornings, especially in the summer and spring,  we can sit out on our expansive front deck,  and watch the lines of large black vans and cars stream down the road and line up on either side of this long lane in the grassy area. ~ They gather in groups of sweet ladies and little girls, in their pretty long dresses, and groups of men (most with long white or black beards)  and boys in their