2026 Pumpkin #2

$145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 10/23 the price goes to $225.

Pumpkin time!

I don't know how it can be so busy here!  I cut down two cases of glass and painted.  Lori was framing and packing for our LAST show of the year. I packed the van.  Linda is working on cleaning out the studio basement.  There are antique oil lamps and holiday garland for sale on marketplace.  AND some items FREE on our curb!  Anyone doing a craft project and can use some large old wood window screens, they are on the curb!  The basement cleaning out will take some time but the annual shop vac was done.  It is currently a spider free zone!  The painting of the studio porch will start next week. We have painted it ourselves SEVERAL times over the years and just are NOT doing it again, we hired Cover It Painting, owned by a classmate of Abbeys. Linda is excited, our carpenter cut out the middle bar on our lower kitchen cabinets and attached the bar to one door, making the opening the full cabinet and she now has pull out drawers installed. Things just did not fit before... Its the little things that keep a wife happy!

Piles are waiting for the new print to arrive.  50 frames, glass and mats.

A clients new paintings...  

2026 Pumpkin #1

SOLD!   $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 10/21 the price goes to $225.

Not your usual pumpkin but I liked the shape and color.
From a local market!

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I finished my commission; it turned out really nice,
I was pleased. It is a gift so I cannot show it till later.

I finished a painting for Open House
2026 Field of Dreams        framed 18x14"               $875.
I just love Lancaster fields in fall. I had fun working on the cornstalks!

Almost SOLD OUT!

I have 3 prints almost sold out.
If they are on your wish list, do NOT wait!!

"Seasons Beauty"

Only 3 prints left... framed 18x14" $95.



"Sanctuary"
Only 7 prints left... framed 18x24" $135.



SOLD!!    "Collectors Row"
Only 1 Print left. Framed in black wood. 22x11" $95.

2026 Sunflower #7

SOLD! $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 10/16 the price goes to $225.

This is the LAST sunflower for the season.
Thinking about some pumpkins next. We had some on our porches and within two days the squirrels had them all eaten and left a huge mess!

Next weekend is my last show of the year... great show to end with!  Worth your time!

UPDATE:  I am BACK in my boot for two more weeks.  Got a nasty large blood blister, probably from doing too much too fast.  In my defense, the doctor said resume my activity.  Guess he miss-understood how busy we are!

2026 Sunflower #6

SOLD!  $145 (unframed) 6x4" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 10x8". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 10/15 the price goes to $225. 

I think I will do one more sunflower...

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Another larger watercolor ready for Open House!

2026 Where the Light Falls
framed 17x21            $1500.

Take your time and study this painting. Notice the beautiful light streaming in, the worn wood floor, the warm shades in the drape...this painting invites you to pause and appreciate a fleeting moment of afternoon light and the sense of calm it brings to a familiar space. From Pottsgrove Manor, Pottsgrove PA
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Oct. 24-25 is my LAST show of the year!

PA Guild of Craftsman Fall Craft Fair held at
the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA
100 Station Ave. Oaks PA
Oct. 24-25 from 10am to 5pm
$10 admission

Saturday, October 10

Saturday is Chocolate Walk in downtown Lititz
I thought I would open the Studio so you can see some SWEET paintings!!

Saturday, October 10
Open from 10am to 5pm
at 4 N Spruce St. Lititz

Stop in, pull up a chair and watch me paint.
Chit-chat and questions are always welcome!
There is a huge selection of prints and originals.

2026 Sunflower #5

$225.

A clients wall of mini originals! 
I always like seeing how clients hang my paintings.

Annual Open House countdown: 43 days, sound like a lot of time, but the "to do" list is LOOOONG!  I picked up a load of larger frames.  There is a pile of framing scheduled for Friday.  Today we proofed the new Holiday prints. Discussed postage with the printer.   Ordered 100 frames for the Holiday prints.  Linda and Stacy cut down mat board for 2 hours.

Meanwhile, I have been drying out ALL the tarps and tents from the weekend rain.  Hosed off the rug. And I am working on my commission, had to have something approved before I could continue.  I got the OK!  Kinetic (our house phone company) was here to talk to our carpenter about running fiber in our crawl space. Something about conduit to run the lines and the cable lines through.   The iron maker was here to do a railing repair, the electrician has been here twice to fix an outlet  problem. Which meant we had to empty and move a large heavy hutch so he could get at it.   While everything was off, might as well clean it all...  The furnace cleaner person is coming back tomorrow to finish the job.  We had a chimney cap put on, had to be custom made because of the size.  I don't think there is room in the house for one more workman!  AND, none of it is anything nice or fun that anyone would even notice!  It has been a hectic few days.

2026 Landscape #13

$225.

I have a "thing" for sheep lately.
Over the weekend I also finished this one...

2026 A Shepherds Moon 
framed 14x18       $850.00

2026 Sunflower #4 and more...

$225.

I am still working on Sunflowers...

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There is so much going on...

Another painting ready for my Open House:

Isle of Skye     framed 19x25"        $2000.



Annual Open House countdown:
Invites are designed and approved and ready to print!
More supplies have arrived.  Two more large piles of matts were cut.


Packing for:
2026 Waterford Fair
October 2, 3 & 4 from 10am to 5pm
Held in Historic Waterford, VA
My space is outside the Old School (up the hill!)
rain or shine!
discount tickets & info at: www.waterfordfairva.org

And most important...my boot is OFF.  Toe is healed, finally.  It felt like a very long 8 weeks.  I plan to go back to some PT to get my balance and strength back after I get back home from the Waterford show.  Will need a shoe insert to help with my neuropathy toes (due to chemo).  But my boot is OFF!

2026 Sunflower #3

SOLD!  $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 9/26 the price goes to $225.

Another sunflower...