GSWS and Hilltop shows

     October was a busy time.   I showed at the annual Garden State Watercolor Society show in Princeton.  The most fun was the day I gave a demo in the storefront window of the gallery.  For the exercise I did a typical barn scene from the Augusta Road area of Sussex.

I sold two small framed pieces, one shrimp boat and one of a winter stream.

On October 21-23  Hilltop Montessori School held its annual show and fund raiser.  I sold a framed piece--my painting of the barn on Garrison Road in Lafayette.  Here are two others that I hung.  One is the Lafayette  Antiques Mill. and the other is of some cows on the Vernon Valley Farm.

Sparta Station--Opening Day

Despite intermittent showers at the event the opening day was a festive event.  There was music, food and the museum itself with historical photos and replica engines.  I had to work inside to avoid the showers.  I incorporated the hay bales and wooden barrels that were set up to replicate the days when the station was an active passenger and freight depot.

In this view of the station I ran the tracks in more of a slant so that the facade facing the rail bed is featured.