Summer Art Show Exhibit of Paintings by Hudson Valley artist Doreen O'Connor

  The show included paintings of Croton Point and Riverside Park as well as scenes from Monhegan Island and Ms. O'Connor's family farm in Dutchess County.  Most of the new work has been painted en PLein Air or on site.  This mode of work has become the artist's favorite way to work when conditions allow.  There certainly are interesting challenges inherent in Plein Air from too much wind or paint drying too quickly to insects invading but it is also, according to Ms. O'Connor, a lot of fun.

     Ms. O'Connor first fell in love with the Hudson at Croton when she worked at Van Cortlandt Manor in the 1970s and later when she kept a small sailboat at Senasqua for over a decade before she moved north. All of the landscapes in the exhibit show her love of nature and serenity whether it is an old barn or a misty morning.

     All of the frames on the paintings have been made by the artist's long time partner, Andy Layer from salvaged barn wood or something with an interesting grain found while gathering firewood.