Five College Art Mug

11 oz ceramic mug

I wanted to incorporate the 3 distinguishing features of the area:  the five colleges (Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire, Amherst, UMass), the Connecticut River (including the Oxbow) and the Holyoke Range.  I placed the colleges in their approximate locations along the river.

 Here is a full view of the image.

The buildings featured are:
Mary Lyon Hall, Mt. Holyoke College
Lyman Conservatory, Smith College
The Yurt, Hapshire College (home of the on campus radio station)
Johnson Chapel, Amherst College
W.E.B. Du Bois Library & Old Chapel, UMASS

If you are interested in additional Amherst sites, please visit the rest of my blog.  I also have several other art mugs:  The Emily Dickinson Art Mug and The Amherst College Art Mug.

Autumn View

11"x14" Acrylic on canvas
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I started this painted during the first day of Louise's workshop.  It was a chilly, windy autumnal day, so we stayed inside her studio to paint.  I like the abstract quality of the window on the right and the three little paintings on the left.

Cow at Rest

6" x 12" Acrylic on canvas board

I painted this at Cook Farm in  Hadley during Louise's workshop.  It was so fun to get out and do some en plein air painting again after such a long hiatus.