Art for Life

I had the privilege to be invited to donate a painting for this wonderful organization at their biannual fund raiser. My painting sold at the live auction held at The Columbus Museum of Art. The piece was sold for $5,500. 

i was so excited! 

My work before the auction is on the right. 

My work before the auction is on the right. 

This was an elegant event. 

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"March Field"

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Just off my Easel.

Deep

Painting a winter scene was on my mind and in the last two weeks I completed this 36"x48" oil on Diabond. 

Painting a winter scene was on my mind and in the last two weeks I completed this 36"x48" oil on Diabond. 

"Headlights" 

Unfortunately photographing this painting has been difficult because of its dark subject matter but the original looks pretty good.

i was driving home on a back road when this cool lightening storm was stirring up! 

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Bridge in January

    Our home sits up on a cliff above the creek and for 10 years if we wanted to drop down to play, our transport was a heavy yellow rope tied to the big Maple tree.  Otherwise we could take a path that slowly descended to the bottom. The rope has been loved by the kids and not so much by me.  Last summer we had a bridge built the spanned a ravine and wooden steps taking us down to Big Walnut Creek. This has been a gift that has brought such joy to the whole family giving access to all who wished to be up close and personal with the fishys.
    

Fireflies and Stars

     The night before heading out on a weeklong backpacking trip in the Laurel Highlands in Pennsylvania I was restless in a second floor room in our B&B.   The night was beautiful and I look out onto an expanse of field between the home and the mountains. I was mesmorized by the seemingly continuation of the fireflies and this starry night.

Hay Bales

Hay Bales

Artist: Carolyn Heffelfinger
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 5"x7"
Price: $

 

   Hay Bales are so much a part of the landscape in the fields around our home. They add such architectural interest in the design of a painting.  
   Earlier on this hike it had rained and the going was quite muddy splashing our calves as we trekked but as we entered an open area the clouds were breaking up and we hoped that sun was in the forecast.

Retreat

Artist: Carolyn Heffelfinger
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 8"x10"
Price:

   It was February in South Carolina with colder than average temperatures so I put on a jacket, shouldered by easel and backpack and headed to a sunny location in the lowcountry marsh on a raised walkway. The wind was blowing my canvas but I think the painting looks like a warm summer day. Egrets and Heron fished while I painted.
 

The Blues Bar

Artist: Carolyn Heffelfinger
Medium: Oil on Board
Size: 10"x10"
Price:

 

  For 7 years i was an exhibitor at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition and during that great event in Charleston there was a blues festival  taking place in many venues around this wonderful southern city. The Home Team BBQ was one of our favorites with some great musicians performing almost nightly for two weeks.
  What fun to paint this scene along with my styrofoam cup in the foreground!!