Artworks by Lyndi McNulty Reception at Birdies Café Friday Oct. 25, 5:30-7:30pm

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2013/10/artworks-by-lyndi-mcnulty-reception-at.html

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Artworks by Lyndi McNulty Reception at Birdies Café Friday Oct. 25, 5:30-7:30pm

You are invited to a reception to see Lyndi McNulty’s new exhibit "Seeing in Color" at Birdies Café on October 25, 5:30-7:30pm. Enjoy light refreshments and visit with friends.  We are having Birdie’s prize winning lobster salad, wine and American beer! Lyndi McNulty

Birdie's Café phone number: 410-848.7931

Location: 233 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157

http://www.birdiescoffee.com/

Birdie's Café

233 East Main Street

Westminster, MD 21157

Arts Artist Profile: Lyndi Steward McNulty of Gizmos Art By Kerri Gaither

http://westminster.patch.com/articles/artist-profile-lyndi-mcnulty-local-artist-and-art-advocate-9c3a863a

Local Award-Winning Artist and owner of Gizmos Art helps promote, encourage and support artists in any way she can. By Kerri Gaither

To learn more about this artist/art advocate – Lyndi McNulty - or to contact her, visit www.Gizmosart.com.

Related Topics: Art, Artists, Carroll County Arts Center, Gizmos, McNulty, Restoration, Studio Tour, and framing

Related links: Arts Artist Profile of Lyndi Steward McNulty of Gizmos Art and more from Westminster Patch

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/01/artist-profile-of-lyndi-steward-mcnulty.html

Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists Culture Westminster, Art Carroll Co Gizmos, Artist profiles, Media Patch Westminster, People McNulty-Lyndi

Gizmos Art:

1 New Windsor Rd

Westminster, MD

http://gizmosart.com/gizmosdirect.html

You must make an appointment

Call: 410-876-7939

Or contact us at: framing AT GizmosArt DOT com

Art of Kevin Dayhoff at Lyndi McNulty’s Gizmos

Lyndi Steward McNulty

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2010/09/lyndi-steward-mcnulty-september-16-2010.html

September 16, 2010

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37605575/Lyndi-Steward-McNulty-September-16-2010-brief-bio

Lyndi Steward McNulty September 16 2010 brief bio          

Gizmos - Lyndi Steward McNulty

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2010/09/lyndi-steward-mcnulty-september-16-2010.html

September 16, 2010

http://www.scribd.com/doc/37605575/Lyndi-Steward-McNulty-September-16-2010-brief-bio

Lyndi Steward McNulty, a prize winning artist, has been an artist since she was four years old. Her style has been the same since she began to paint in high school. Bright colors and abstract design elements are typical of her work.

She is most influenced by Theophile Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, Theberge and Franz Marc.  Her favorite subjects are animals and local farm scenes in Carroll County, Maryland.

McNulty has studied fine art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Middle Tennessee State University, and Southwest Craft Center in San Antonio, Texas and the Rochester Institute of Technology.  She holds and M.S. from The Johns Hopkins University and an M.L.S. from the University of Oklahoma.

She has also done design work professionally, both as an airbrush artist and as a commercial design artist.  She has worked as a museum curator, not only curating the collection, but also designing and installing the exhibits for three museums.

McNulty has owned Gizmos Art for nearly 30 years, a business started by her mother Betty McNulty, where she does custom framing and the restoration of paintings, paper, photographs, and frames and appraisals of all kinds.

McNulty is a member of the Art Deco Society of Washington D.C.; the Baltimore Museum of Art, The New England Appraisers Association and the Carroll County Arts Council.  She may be reached at www.gizmosart.com and 410-876-7939.

Lyndi Steward McNulty September 16 2010 brief bio

Lyndi Steward McNulty, Dayhoff, Westminster, Maryland, Carroll County, art, artists, framing, appraisers, appraisals,

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“Color-Graphemic gustatory Synesthesia” by Kevin Dayhoff November 24, 2009

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/ra315 or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/260481081/color-graphemic-gustatory-synesthesia-by-kevin

The Thanksgiving holiday is always a mixed-up mashed-up confusion of words, colors, music, and taste.  It’s an arrhythmic cacophony chromaticism of atonal colors…  The holiday started several days early as I devoured each word in Hindi …  by Kevin Dayhoff November 24, 2009

[20091124 colorgraphemic synesthesia] Dayhoff Art

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“Color-Graphemic gustatory Synesthesia” by Kevin Dayhoff 24Nov09 http://tinyurl.com/y8stz35 #art #writing http://twitpic.com/ra315 The Thanksgiving holiday is always a mixed-up mashed-up confusion of words, colors, music, and taste.  It’s an arrhythmic cacophony chromaticism of atonal colors…  The holiday started several days early as I devoured each word in Hindi …

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Asymmetry and color-graphemic synesthesia

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Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/ “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

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Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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FW: Arts Center News & Notes

Our Website   ·   Coming Attractions   ·   Gallery Exhibits   ·   Classes & Camps  Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Registration for PEEPshow closes Friday March 15!   Click for On-Line Registration.        Click to view trailer  FLICC presents  "The Intouchables"  (France) Friday, March 15 - 7:30 pm 2012; Rated R; 112 mins The true story of two men who should never have met -- a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects who becomes his personal aid.  Sometimes you have to reach out into someone else's world to find out what is missing in your own! $6 Adults/$5 CCAC Members, Students & Seniors.        -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Teelin Irish Dance Co.  Saturday, March 16 - 3 pm & 7 pm They wowed the crowds last year with their amazing precision and imaginative choreography.  From graceful jigs and reels to thundering percussive dance, this high energy dance company puts on a great show that will have audiences mesmerized!  Please note that the matinee performance has already sold out, so do not delay if you want to enjoy the evening performance of this wonderful show!   Sponsored by Manchester Family Medicine. $12 Adults/$10 CCAC Members, Students & Seniors      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Now on Tuesdays! Poetry Evening Tuesday, March 19, 7- 8 pm   Featuring OneTree Series Poets: Alan Bogage Danuta E. Kosk-Kosicka Susan Stark Thornton Kevin Thornton Darcel Harris Hosted by artist/poet Christina Collins-Smith.  Come and listen to the evening's featured poets and bring a poem to share in this relaxed, casual atmosphere.   FREE.     Arts Center News  Members Only Priority Registration!  Summer Arts Camp To avoid disappointment, we offer our members the opportunity to register for our very popular summer camp offerings beginning March 1.  All sessions will be open to the general public for registration beginning April 1, so do not delay if you want your child to participate!    Click here for on-line registration information -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------      DepARTures Bus Trips     Friday, April 12  "Hello Dolly" at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC Departs 10:30 am/Returns 6:15 pm $80/$75 Members    Tuesday, April 30  Three Generations of Wyeths at the Brandywine River Museum Departs 9 am/Returns 5:30 pm $40/$35 Members    Wednesday, July 31 "The Book of Mormon" at Kennedy Center in Washington DC Departs 5:30 pm/Returns 11:15 pm $125/$115 Members Click here to print out a registration form and mail in with a check. Or call 410/848-7272 to register with a major credit card.     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------         Sign up Now for Spring Yoga!  Mondays or Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8 pm Tim Hurley leads our Gentle Yoga classes at the Carroll Arts Center. He is a gifted instructor and his classes fill very quickly.  Register today if you are interested in joining these sessions that begin Monday April 8 or Wednesday April 10.     Click here to register on-line.    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the  6th Annual PEEPshow March 28-April 7, 2013 We need dozens of volunteers to help with this major fundraising event.  If you are not already on our volunteer e-mail list, but would like to help with this event, please click here to provide Sandy with your email address and we will see to it that you are notified of shifts that require coverage.  Shifts are typically 3 hours long and volunteers must be at least 16 years old to work independently. Purchase Tickets On-Line Pre-payment is required to reserve tickets for all CCAC shows and films.  Purchase tickets on line at www.carrollcountyartscouncil.org.  A small convenience fee will be applied to all phone and internet credit card orders. No fees apply for tickets purchased in person at the box office. Our Website   ·   Coming Attractions   ·   Gallery Exhibits   ·   Classes & Camps Visit us online at:

Pen and ink artist Stan Gilmore to exhibit at Off Track Art

 October 24, 2012 Pen and ink artist Stan Gilmore to exhibit at Off Track Art

Please join us at Off Track Art on November 2, 2012 at 5:30 in the evening for a reception for our next guest artist, Stanley F. Gilmore, Jr.

Mr. Gilmore specializes in pen and ink drawings of various buildings and structures found in and around Carroll County. He enjoys this medium as it suits the character and structure of many historic buildings.

The drawings are all limited and numbered edition prints with each subject not just rendered in ink, but many are hand colored with watercolors as well. A few different subjects other than Carroll County scenes will be on exhibit and for sale as well.

In addition, Mr. Gilmore has also illustrated two children’s books for Old Line Publishing, found at Old Line Publishing.com, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble.com.

One book is “The Little Match Girl,” by Hans Christian Anderson, and the other is “The Birth of Christ,” as found in the gospel of Luke. These two books will be available for purchase and signing at the opening of his art show on November 2, 2012.

Mr. Gilmore is now a retired art teacher who taught elementary, middle school, and high school art for 38 years in various schools in the county.

He is presently teaching art at the Carroll Lutheran School K - 8, one day a week, and varied drawing classes in the evenings at the Carroll Community College in their Continuing Education Program.

He is a graduate of The Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Art Education, 1970, and Towson University with a MS degree in Instructional Technology, 2000.

“Off Track Art” is an artists’ collective and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in downtown Westminster, Maryland.

For almost 4-years, the ten partners in the coop have been dedicated to advancing the arts in Westminster as well as the careers, ideas, and artistic visions of its members.

The coop partners include, Kevin Dayhoff, Gail Elwell, Linda Van Hart, Judy Goodyear, Charlotte Laslo, Amanda Beck Mauck, Joyce Schaum, Carolyn Seabolt, Robert Waddell, and Gordon Wickes.

After discussions and organizational meetings in December 2008, Off Track opened its doors in January 2009 and had its grand opening on Feb. 13th, 2009.

Off Track Art’s hours are: Wednesday through Friday, 12 – 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m to 5 p.m.

Our opening reception for Mr. Gilmore is scheduled for November 2, 2012, 5:30 to 7:30 pm. For more information go to: www.offtrackart.com

/ Kevin Dayhoff Oct. 24, 2012 October 24, 2012 http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/10/pen-and-ink-artist-stan-gilmore-to.html Labels: Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists Culture Westminster, Art Off Track Art, Art Off Track Art guest artist, Dayhoff Off Track Art

Pen and ink artist Stan Gilmore to exhibit at Off Track Art

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Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/ “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” 1 Peter 4:10

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Show opens with a reception for the artist on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 5:30 to 7:30 at Off Track Art, [http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/] 11 Liberty Street – side entrance in the Liberty Building in historic downtown Westminster. The show will continue through October.

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

September 7, 2012 Labels: Ag, Ag art, Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry

Off Track Art is celebrating the art of Jerry DeWitt for its first opening of the fall season on Friday, Sept. 7^th, 2012 from 5:30--7:30, to show his beautiful watercolors from a variety of locales including Carroll County.

Mr. DeWitt, a Smallwood, Carroll County Maryland artist, has just returned from Montana and Michigan. Earlier in the year, this past March, Mr. DeWitt was the featured artist in the Babylon Great Hall at Carroll Community College. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/jerry-dewitt-discusses-his-farm.html] The highly successful show was well-received and the opening was packed. It has been reported that Mr. DeWitt sold a large number of painting at the Carroll Community College show…

“Jerry DeWitt was born in Michigan in 1933 and has been painting, primarily watercolors, since his teenage years,” according to information provided by the artist…

“Over 300 paintings hang in homes and businesses from Alaska to Florida. His work has been shown in galleries in Washington, DC; Montana; and Maryland. Mr. DeWitt’s Montana paintings were featured in American Artist magazine. 

“Mr. DeWitt enjoys traveling, and has series of paintings from Maine and from Frederick and Carroll Counties. His subjects are often old farm buildings or homes, as he strives to capture and retain the spirit of American places of the heart.

“Viewers may be drawn to tranquil scenes and transported to a quieter, more peaceful time. He has a special affinity for birds and has painted many species. Jerry has framed many of his paintings in old barn wood, sometimes from the very site portrayed.

“Most notable of these paintings is his award-winning portrait of the Wye Oak, framed in the wood from that famous tree.

According to an article about Mr. DeWitt’s work by critically acclaimed Carroll County artist, photographer, and writer, Phil Grout, “When Jerry DeWitt paints a barn, there's a bit of the gentle clanging of cowbells mixing in with the watercolors. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/smallwood-artist-jerry-dewitt-draws.html]

“That sound echoes back to his grandfather's Depression-era farm at the end of a lane in Bedford County, Pa. He was just 2 years old when his father left home for good and the youngster was uprooted from Lansing, Mich., to live with his grandparents.

“And in between trips to the pasture to the hand-dug well for another bucket of water, or out to the shed for an arm load of firewood, the sights and sounds and smells of farm life wrapped themselves around Jerry's memory, eventually finding their way to paint and paper more than 30 years later…

After Mr. DeWitt served in the Navy during the Korean War, “became a house carpenter building houses in Maryland and Florida.

“Years later, with his wife, Kris, and four children, Jerry answered his calling — back on the farm, with paints and brushes instead of water bucket and firewood. The family went to Florida for a visit to his wife's parents. Jerry stayed behind in Hagerstown.

“He had a week all to himself. So he went to a five and 10 store in town and bought a set of watercolors and some brushes and then headed out to a barn he'd spotted many times along Interstate-70 on his way to a house construction site.

“DeWitt was 37 when he sat out there on the east side of Cosen's Barn with his new set of paints.

“‘That was it. Time disappeared,’ he says. ‘Something was opening up inside of me, and I could hear those cowbells. I could smell my grandfather's barn.’”

For more information and photographs of Mr. DeWitt and his work, see Phil Grout’s article, “Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt draws creative inspiration from his farm past,” in the Baltimore Sun on March 17, 2012, about Mr. DeWitt’s work and his well-received and highly successful show at Carroll Community College. [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life]

Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Writer Phil Grout contributed to this article.

Related: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012, Jerry DeWitt discusses his farm paintings art his opening Carroll Community Coll… Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry, Colleges Carroll Community College, Colleges Carroll Community College Art

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“Off Track Art” is an artists’ co-op and gallery located in the historic Liberty Building at 11 Liberty Street – next to the railroad tracks, off of the Sentinel parking lot at the corner of West Main St and MD 27-Liberty St - in historic downtown Westminster, Carroll County Maryland. 

Open: Wed-Fri. Noon to 6 PM , Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM. http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/ 

 For news and information on Off Track Art previous to December 15, 2011, you can go to http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Art%20Off%20Track%20Art

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt to display critically acclaimed rural farm paintings at Off Track Art in Westminster.

Show opens with a reception for the artist on Friday, September 7, 2012 at 5:30 to 7:30 at Off Track Art, [http://offtrackart.blogspot.com/] 11 Liberty Street – side entrance in the Liberty Building in historic downtown Westminster. The show will continue through October.

By Kevin Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

September 7, 2012 Labels: Ag, Ag art, Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry

Off Track Art is celebrating the art of Jerry DeWitt for its first opening of the fall season on Friday, Sept. 7^th, 2012 from 5:30--7:30, to show his beautiful watercolors from a variety of locales including Carroll County.

Mr. DeWitt, a Smallwood, Carroll County Maryland artist, has just returned from Montana and Michigan. Earlier in the year, this past March, Mr. DeWitt was the featured artist in the Babylon Great Hall at Carroll Community College. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/jerry-dewitt-discusses-his-farm.html] The highly successful show was well-received and the opening was packed. It has been reported that Mr. DeWitt sold a large number of painting at the Carroll Community College show…

“Jerry DeWitt was born in Michigan in 1933 and has been painting, primarily watercolors, since his teenage years,” according to information provided by the artist…

“Over 300 paintings hang in homes and businesses from Alaska to Florida. His work has been shown in galleries in Washington, DC; Montana; and Maryland. Mr. DeWitt’s Montana paintings were featured in American Artist magazine. 

“Mr. DeWitt enjoys traveling, and has series of paintings from Maine and from Frederick and Carroll Counties. His subjects are often old farm buildings or homes, as he strives to capture and retain the spirit of American places of the heart.

“Viewers may be drawn to tranquil scenes and transported to a quieter, more peaceful time. He has a special affinity for birds and has painted many species. Jerry has framed many of his paintings in old barn wood, sometimes from the very site portrayed.

“Most notable of these paintings is his award-winning portrait of the Wye Oak, framed in the wood from that famous tree.

According to an article about Mr. DeWitt’s work by critically acclaimed Carroll County artist, photographer, and writer, Phil Grout, “When Jerry DeWitt paints a barn, there's a bit of the gentle clanging of cowbells mixing in with the watercolors. [http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2012/03/smallwood-artist-jerry-dewitt-draws.html]

“That sound echoes back to his grandfather's Depression-era farm at the end of a lane in Bedford County, Pa. He was just 2 years old when his father left home for good and the youngster was uprooted from Lansing, Mich., to live with his grandparents.

“And in between trips to the pasture to the hand-dug well for another bucket of water, or out to the shed for an arm load of firewood, the sights and sounds and smells of farm life wrapped themselves around Jerry's memory, eventually finding their way to paint and paper more than 30 years later…

After Mr. DeWitt served in the Navy during the Korean War, “became a house carpenter building houses in Maryland and Florida.

“Years later, with his wife, Kris, and four children, Jerry answered his calling — back on the farm, with paints and brushes instead of water bucket and firewood. The family went to Florida for a visit to his wife's parents. Jerry stayed behind in Hagerstown.

“He had a week all to himself. So he went to a five and 10 store in town and bought a set of watercolors and some brushes and then headed out to a barn he'd spotted many times along Interstate-70 on his way to a house construction site.

“DeWitt was 37 when he sat out there on the east side of Cosen's Barn with his new set of paints.

“‘That was it. Time disappeared,’ he says. ‘Something was opening up inside of me, and I could hear those cowbells. I could smell my grandfather's barn.’”

For more information and photographs of Mr. DeWitt and his work, see Phil Grout’s article, “Smallwood artist Jerry DeWitt draws creative inspiration from his farm past,” in the Baltimore Sun on March 17, 2012, about Mr. DeWitt’s work and his well-received and highly successful show at Carroll Community College. [http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-03-17/explore/ph-ce-dewitt-and-wisdom-0318-20120317_1_oil-painting-smallwood-farm-life]

Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com. Writer Phil Grout contributed to this article.

Related: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2012, Jerry DeWitt discusses his farm paintings art his opening Carroll Community Coll… Labels: Art Artists Culture, Art Artists Culture Carroll Co, Art Artists DeWitt Jerry, Colleges Carroll Community College, Colleges Carroll Community College Art

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Patuxent Publishing Co., The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO
The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
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