2026 Still Life #23

 
$145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/11 the price goes to $225.

Found this in George Masons, Gunston Hall in VA.

2026 Waterlily #2

$155 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/10 the price goes to $250.

One more waterlily!

Thursday I have PT in the morning then we are off to help a friend for several days. I plan to paint while Linda is caretaking!  So keep watching the blog. Then, home to repack and head to Ohio!  We have a few fun things planned which I will share later and then the big show.  I am pretty excited to be included in this show.  Ohio, come see me under the Artisans Tent!

2026 Landscape #8

$145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/9 the price goes to $225.

This landscape is from the Scottish Highlands, Glencoe.  Love all that green.

2026 Waterlily

SOLD!  $155 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/8 the price goes to $250.

This little gem is from my own back yard pond.

Today was my final hand and finger check up.  All good. My nasty cut healed nicely. My finger is still a bit swollen which he said would take months.  I am trying to do my usual daily activities and chores however, I still have a good amount of inflammation and ache in my lower back and hips.  Walking still looks ugly! Time...and PT.

2026 Happy 4TH #2

SOLD!   $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/7 the price goes to $225.

Another downtown Lititz, "Happy 4th" painting!

2026 Happy 4th

SOLD!   $155 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 7/4 the price goes to $250.

A bit of celebration from my town of Lititz.

2026 Water #1

 mini original watercolor  $225.

I needed a little change... so I went back to my Scotland photos for a little water scene from Anstruther-Cellard. Anstruther Lighthouse is located on the west pier of Anstruther Harbour.  Also named Chalmers Lighthouse, it was built in 1880 as a memorial to Dr Thomas Chalmers, a mathematician, political economist and leader of the Free Church of Scotland.

Daily Bread

This morning at 7am I helped Linda hose off the front porch so its dirt free for the 4th.  Then at 9am I had PT.   I started a painting but will not get it finished in time to post.  So here is another new larger painting you have not seen.

"Daily Bread"         framed 18x14                 $900.
This wonderful painting is from the kitchen at Stratford Hall, VA.
Fresh bread and a bowl of veggies on the table.

Also if you are into antiques, we are downsizing our collection and there are a few things on Marketplace.  Just search my name!

4 Week Up Date...

 Tuesday is 4 weeks since my accident.  I am doing very well.  I have my 4th session of PT. Working on my lower back and walking straight and stamina.  I was able to start driving on the weekend!  Woo hoo, I feel like a free man! We had lots of errands today including a trip to Costco and I managed!  Pushing a cart helps but I did it!  I am hoping to start tomorrow painting Blog paintings.  Abbey gave me this fantastic new paint set for Fathers Day. Kremer Pigments.  They are the fantastic, loving using them.

I did manage to finish another larger painting.

"More Treasures"  framed 14x18    $875.

Day 12 Update...

 After a lot of discussion I decided to cancel the Guild Show at the Foundry in Lititz held this weekend. June 20-21.  I struggled with wanting to go and actually being able to sit there for 2 days.  I simply had to recognize it is too soon.  I look pretty good on the outside, well I am still purple on my shoulder! It is my  lower back and groin muscles that are still screaming!

I started painting.  I can sit at the table for an hour then need to take a little walk.  Then another hour and then hit the lazy boy with my feet up.  You do not recover the same at 73 as 37!!  Thank you for all your words of encouragement and prayers.

Update...

 Update...    Yesterday I rode in the car (Linda drove!)  all the way to UPS 2 whole miles. AND I (slowly) went inside and mailed a box.  For 8 days I have had baths from a bowl, today I took a shower, it might have been the BEST shower I have ever had!  I feel almost human.   Linda changed the bandage on my shoulder.  The road rash is healing.  Woohoo!  These are no small accomplishments!  AND I painted for an hour.  AND I am actually reading a book. "The Art Spy" by Michelle Young.  I am totally enjoying it.

I appreciate everyone who has checked in on me.  

update

 Update:  I am better... Yesterday the Ortho looked at my hand and decided to let it alone, no cast.  Just don't use it!  No lifting anything heavier than a coffee cup.  ( SO, packing the van is out) He changed the bandage on my finger, checked my stitches and checked for feeling.  I get the stitches out on the 17th.  My whole shoulder is a lovely shade of purple that I do not think is in my paint palette!  Back spasms have stopped but I am sore head to toe!  ( SO, sitting in a hard chair all day will not work)  I have not tried steps.  I am walking short distances without the walker.  I AM better and grateful it was not worse.

All that to say I will NOT be at Parkwalk in the Lititz Springs Park this weekend.  My spirit is willing but my body definitely is not.

I am going to try to hold a paint brush with that sore hand later today.

Wee mishap...

I am UNABLE to attend the Lititz Quick Draw on Friday..
Tuesday evening I had a wee bit of a mishap on my bicycle.  I did not see the car and the car did not see me and we collided. Actually, I am not sure what happened!  But I had a fast ride from Ephrata to LGH in an ambulance.  My 1st ambulance ride!  After poking and prodding and many tests the bottom line is a finger with 8 stitches, a broken bone in my wrist area of my painting hand, and a very nasty road rash on my shoulder.  I was having bad bad muscle spasms in my back, I am using a walker... BUT feeling very blessed it wasn't worse.  YES, I had a helmet!

A huge thank you to the Ephrata Ambulance crew that saved my bike clothing rather than cut them off me!  A thank you to the Ephrata Police who kept my bike indoors at the station until Linda could pick it up.  Thank You to the trauma team and the staff in the ER at LGH for 10 hours of care.  Thank you to our friend Betsy who drove Linda in and stayed hours and hours and hours.  Thank you to Linda for the hours of perfect care at home.  I know I scared her to death and I will probably have to beg to ride again!!   I have an Ortho appointment on Monday for the wrist.  I'm feeling a lot better today, off the oxy but still need a walker.  Resting and healing.  We DO NOT need anything!  I just will not be painting for a little bit.

2026 Still Life #22

 mini original watercolor  $225.

This is a really nice still life, there is even wax drips on the candle.  It is painted on some funky hand made paper called Indigo.   The photo exaggerates the paper lines, they are not so prevalent in the actual painting.

We were originally scheduled to wake up in London today for 15 days of touring.  Sadly one of our group found out she has breast cancer and is having a double mastectomy. She could not risk picking up Covid and then postponing the surgery.  Linda is one of her caretakers so we all decided to postpone the whole trip till next year.  That means I am now home to participate in...

Taste of Lititz Quick Draw
this Friday, June 5 • 10 AM - 12PM  I will be painting plein air!
My plan is to be near the Mueller House on Main Street.

01:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Display, Judging and Sales begin.
Artwork is on display/for sale as part of the Taste of Lititz Block Party. Event organizers will monitor and handle sales.

02:00 PM
Prize Winners are Announced

05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Taste of Lititz Event (click for more info)

All that to say...come to Lititz, watch me paint, buy my painting, and then enjoy Taste of Lititz!!

2026 Window #5

 mini original watercolor  $225.

Great little window...

Over the weekend I finished a larger painting.  All part of beefing up my stock for the Zoar Show in Ohio in July.

"2026 Mixed Textures"     18X14       $900.

Save these dates, share with friends, come see me! June 13  Lititz Parkwalk   from 9am to 4pm  FREE!  rain or shine Held in Lititz Springs Park,  Rt 501 June 20-21  Fine Craft Fair  (PA Guild of Craftsman)  from 10am to 5pm    Held at Foundry 48   100 W. Millport Rd  Lititz Aug. 8  Big Lititz Craft Show   8 to 4   FREE!  I am on the square! Aug. 15-16 Bedminster Traditional Craft Show  Oaks, PA  Hall E Sept. 5-6   Heart of Lancaster  Manheim PA Nov. 20-22  Annual Open House in Lititz PA

At home for the weekend:  Linda put a few items on Facebook Marketplace.  If you want a FREE old juicer...its out on our curb!  She is also struggling with what to do with an antique iron crib, it served her Mom, Linda and our daughter; three generations. Not legal to sell as a crib, thinking about taking it apart and using parts as a trellis in the garden, OR... Free to a good home!

We spent some time in the flower beds and a Summer planting in the big planter box off the kitchen.  We needed tall plants to help distract from our neighbors unfinished house.  Joys of living in town! 

2026 Still Life #21

mini original watercolor   $225.
Band box on a shelf. 
I love these boxes, we have several plus a graduated stack. 
Some have fingers and some straight with nails.

I am a little behind showing my finished larger paintings.
This was finished a week ago.

"Pennsylvania"    framed 14x18     $995.

A fantastic piece from my home

I am concentrating on still life paintings for my show in Zoar, Ohio.  But they are for sale incase you cannot live without one!

Busy social weekend: good food, good friends, and a movie  Pizza night with friends and we also went to the movies to see Sheep Detectives.  Talking sheep, gotta love it.  Full of laughs and a cute story.
Linda is laser focused on cleaning out!  Our spare bedroom is clear of stored items.  Everyday there are new "free" items out on the sidewalk.

2026 Still Life #20

 mini original watercolor  $225.

I am concentrating on my still life subjects.

Next shows and in the news:

Lititz Parkwalk
Saturday June 13 from 9 to 4
Held in Lititz Springs Park Rt 501
rain or shine, free

The Zoar Show in Ohio has a nice website... Click HERE to see my page.
Please share with any friend near Ohio!

Andy Smith Artist demonstrates working on one of his hand-drawn, transparent watercolor paintings, in which he focuses on traditional subjects in a realistic style. Come meet Andy and see his work in person (as well as 60+ other fabulous artists) at the PGC Summer Fine Craft Fair June 20-21 at Foundry 48 Event Venue in Lititz, PA.

 

2026 Still Life #19

 mini original watercolor  $225.

A bunch of hanging bees wax candles.

Linda has moved on to cleaning out the house basement.
It is EMPTY!  A few FREE things on our curb...

We do have a vintage typewriter for sale and another sewing machine!

$30 or make an offer.  Needs cleaned but looks great setting around

Beautiful design and it works (electric) 

Make an offer!

2026 Window #4

mini original watercolor   $225.
Love this blue.  Another window from Gunston Hall in VA.

I have the Suburban half packed.  I have a double booth this weekend so thee is more to gather!

2026 Still Life #18

mini original watercolor  $225.

This paper fought me today...
Like it or not, the candle WAS falling over and I thought it made things interesting!


Just finished...
2026 Awaiting   14x18 framed      $875.

I had a hard time titling this painting because I did not want to steer the viewer into a direction. Is it coming or going, is it waiting to be placed or removed...Awaiting

2026 Landscape #7

 mini original watercolor  $225.

Check out these clouds...I worked HARD to get these clouds the way I wanted them to FEEL!

As you know, I often struggle with clouds but these...
This beautiful Landscape is the countryside of Ireland.

This Saturday, I am HERE!  Its FREE. Stop out



As we have been going through boxes stored in the attic, Linda found two sets of Abbeys baby shoes.  She was struggling with throwing them out.  So she threw out one of each and put succulents in each.  Turned out pretty cute.  They will last a while.


We also had a date night, went to hear Leonid and Friends, my favorite band.  Take a few minutes and click on the name and listen.  They are fantastic.

2026 Still Life #17

mini original watercolor  $225.
A candle with a snuffer from Stratford Hall. 


We have been BUSY here at the Smith house. Linda decided it's time to clean out 47 years of "stuff". If you follow me on Facebook you probably have seen items posted. We are trying not to throw anything away but to rehome it all. That takes more time and some effort. Over the weekend we hired two really great local boys to empty the attic. Over the years we managed to get it all up there...BUT getting it all down seemed too much. The boys were so good.  This is want an attic in an 1800's house looks like!

Now everything is either in our Living room or out on the porch!  Linda is making huge progress; gone are blankets, a sewing machine, stuffed animals, toys and old dolls, bed rails, a dresser and a 3pc furniture set!  Plus smaller items laid out on our sidewalk.  Feels pretty good to have this done.  BUT I cannot get too comfortable...the basement is next!

2026 Still Life #16

 
mini original watercolor  $225.
From a shelf at our Inn in Williamsburg, VA.

SAVE THE DATE...

I SOLD my latest "Cat on a Stack" that I posted yesterday.  It is going to a good home!

2026 Still Life #15

SOLD!  $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 5/1 the price goes to $225.

Look at that glass bottle...it's a watercolor!!  
  

I just finished a larger painting...
SOLD!!   2026 Cat on a Stack!    14x18 framed    $875.

This is from my own collection. A small wooden folk-art cat with a bird on his tail, sitting on top of a stack of Shaker boxes. I love the shadows on the wall.

From the Williamsburg Show, 
A clients recently purchased my blue jug painting (one of Linda's favorites)  and went right home to hang it. Looks great with her other print and a special bowl.

2026 Landscape #6

SOLD!  $145 (unframed) 4x6" mini original watercolor
Available to the 1st person to email
(framing 8x10". $35 - shipping available at cost)
If unsold by 4/30 the price goes to $225.

From the Isle of Skye, Scotland

We are back from 4 days in Williamsburg, VA.
On Friday, we met clients in Crofton, MD for lunch at one of our favorites, Nonna Angela's  Check out this antipasti!

 
Usually we rent an Air BnB but this time we stayed at the The Williamsburg White House Inn.  Beautiful Inn, well appointed with great staff.  Excellent breakfast.  They even packed a to go breakfast on our show morning.  Its about 1 mile from Historic Williamsburg.

Our show on Sunday was COLD!  thankfully we threw in jackets and honestly could have used gloves!  But at least the rain stopped.

2026 Window #3

mini original watercolor   $225.
A dormer view from Gunston Hall, VA

2026 Still Life #14

mini original watercolor  $225.
This has an inside still life AND an interesting outside view of an old water pump.  All from the Peter Wentz Farmstead in Montgomery County, PA.

Also over the weekend I finished a larger painting.
"Around the Corner"    Framed 14x18   $875.   

I need to gather up all the items for my first outside show of the season.  Linda has a list posted on the fridge.  At the moment the weather says morning rain...

2026 Landscape #5

mini original watercolor  $225.
Beautiful landscape from Bridge of Orchy, Scotland.

Williamsburg, VA...get this on your calendar
Williamsburg, VA  Art on the Square
Sunday, April 26 from 10am to 5pm
Duke of Gloucester St
Booth #79 near Bruton Parish Shop

2026 Landscape #4

mini original watercolor  $225.
The landscape in Dunblane Scotland. Love the shades of green.

Here is a clients start to her "Andy Smith Original wall"  The nice thing about a collection of mini originals is when you downsize you can easily spread them around.

Two larger Originals finished

I was working on this lamp at the Trappe show, finished it this past week and sold it yesterday.  It looks really good.  Your eye is drawn to the sunlight first then wanders over to the glass lamp.  I have several days work on just the glass.  I would not change a thing!

Oil Lamp  17x21 framed   $975. SOLD!

I also have this one and it is available!
I was drawn to the row of tiny nails and the beautiful woodgrain.

Grain Measure    14x14    $500.      available!



Over the weekend I had a nice visit with two artist buddies.  Feel free to check out their work.
Jose Sebourne and Dane Tilghman.

2026 Landscape #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 4/11 the price goes to $225.

A home from Scotland, I loved the blue door against the