Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

September 2000 Show
Gallery at The Gamble Mill

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The Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association (BHCA)

Gallery at The Gamble Mill

presents

 

BROAD STROKES: A COLLECTION OF PASTEL PAINTINGS

 

Supported  by

The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the Borough of Bellefonte

 

September 16 – November 4, 2000

Opening and Reception, September 19

 

Carol Hicks (all works in pastel)

 

  1. After the Storm                                                                                          $800

  5. Days End                                                                                                  $350

  7. Am I My Brother's Keeper                                                                        NFS

11. Penns Valley Barn                                                                                    $800

15. Ebb Tide                                                                                                   $800

19. Solitary Tree                                                                                              $675

24. A Light for the Night                                                                                $675

26. Ausable Forks                                                                                           $750

27. One with the Universe                                                                              $675

 

Pat McDannel (all works in pastel)

 

  2. Nasturtiums and Paisley                                                                            $350

  3. Geese in Fog                                                                                             $400

  4. Lake George with Sailboats                                                                      $400

  6. Roses for Love                                                                                          $500

  8. Willows in the Pasture                                                                               $300

  9. Swampy Louisiana                                                                                    $350

10. Valley Barn                                                                                               $600

12. Quiet Stream in Fall                                                                                  $600

13. Early Morn on Spring Creek                                                                     $600

14. Alaskan Sun                                                                                              $400

16. Sheep and Gorse                                                                                       $300

17. World's End with Reindeer                                                                       $300

18. New Hampshire Mt.                                                                                  $500

20. January Thaw at Blacky                                                                            $400

21. Lake at Kodiak                                                                                          $300

22. Nasturtiums and Mums                                                                             $400

23. Pansies                                                                                                      $300

25. New England Barn                                                                                   $500

28. Thatched Roofs in Cottswolds                                                                  $500

29. A Penns Valley Horse Farm                                                                     $400

 

 

CAROL HICKS of Osceola Mills is a native of central Pennsylvania.  She is a Registered Nurse and graduated from Temple University.  She has always had an interest in drawing and painting.  After living in several states, she returned to Pennsylvania in 1972.  At that time she began to pursue her interest in art, but soon realized that her interest in painting was much greater than that of a hobbyist.  So she began an intensive program of study in a range of media and subject matter.  She has studied in several groups, but principally in workshops with Chuck Hall of Coburn.  As she began to paint, her studio work developed to a professional level, and she began to do portraits on commission.

     Ms. Hicks has exhibited in numerous area shows since 1974 and has won several awards.  She has most recently been accepted to a gallery in Cashiers, North Carolina.  She has works in collections in seven states and throughout Pennsylvania.  She is currently involved in a series of landscape paintings; she is also interested in the Civil War as a painting subject.

     Of this show she writes, "My paintings represent subjects that I find challenging.  I especially like to interpret rock formations and seaside scenery.  The use of pastels presents challenges as well, and I continue to master my techniques in this medium.  Application of many layers is required to achieve depth of color.  I find the transformation of reality to a painted image that will evoke an emotional response in the viewer very satisfying."

 

PAT McDANNEL of Treasure Lake (Dubois) was trained as an art educator at Edinboro University.  Over the years she has participated in many painting workshops, locally with Chuck Hall of Coburn.

     Pat spent some time as an art teacher in the schools of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and of Penns Valley.  Later she created the preschool program Paint & Play, which she directed and taught for a number of years.  She has also taught adult painting classes.

     She has won numerous awards for watercolor and pastel, and her work hangs in many private collections throughout Pennsylvania.  Her latest shows were in the Gawcheau Angel Studio in July 1999 and in the Art in Common show at the Southern Alleghenies Museum.  She regularly exhibits at the Clearfield SRAC shows as well as the Blair County Art Show.

     The paintings in this exhibit are all the result of her experience.  The landscapes are from places she has traveled, although she painted in the studio using personal photos as references.  She has been painting most recently in pastel, and she finds that medium gives the qualities she needs to achieve desired lush colors.  She has also included several floral paintings.  Gardening is one of her hobbies; most of the flowers were taken from her garden.