Lacawac Artists' Residency | Barb Mowery | August 2019 | Artist in Residence | Lacawac Sanctuary
Maryland artist Barb Mowery was a 2019 Artist in Residence at Lacawac Sanctuary in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania.
I'm really a homebody at heart, but it's so important as an artist to go somewhere new, to refill the well, and get my brain excited about painting. I grew up in the woods in the home my great-grandparents built. So being in this 500 acre wild place with miles of trails and historic buildings felt very welcoming to me. My focus for the residency was the sky.
I thought I would be looking mainly at the night sky, but I found all of the skies irresistible. I could walk to the boat dock before dawn and watch the sun rise over Lake Lacawac and immediately carry those impressions back into the studio. In my paintings I approached the sky at different times and from different directions. I wanted to record the changing light, the reflections, the tiny peeks of sky and lake through the woods, the vast peacefulness... And there's something great about having the freedom to make piles and piles of new work.
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Barb Mowery is a Maryland landscape painter working in acrylics. She shows with Bishop’s Stock Fine Art, Craft & Wine in Snow Hill, Maryland, and Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in St. Leonard, Maryland. Mowery is largely self-taught but has studied with Nan Covert, Kirk McBride, Stuart Shils, and Carla Sonheim. Her paintings are in private collections throughout the United States and abroad. Mowery’s studio is located in Southern Maryland where she lives with her family.
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Lacawac Sanctuary's mission is to preserve the natural beauty of Lake Lacawac, its watershed and surrounding lands, to conduct long-term research on natural systems as part of a global effort to understand and protect the Earth’s biodiversity, and to increase appreciation of this effort through innovative, field-based educational programs for students, teachers, and the community. Nestled on five hundred fifty acres near the shores of Lake Wallenpaupack in the Northern Poconos, Lacawac Sanctuary is a mix between an environmental education center, nature center, and biological field station.
Roebling Bridge - Pocono Mountains (Poconos)
This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100 Year Anniversary. We have two national parks in close proximity to Lake Wallenpaupack that contain significant cultural resources. One of these national treasures is the Roebling Bridge located 20 minutes from Lake Wallenpaupack. This was the first suspension bridge (canal aqueduct) that was the model for bridges in New York City. Watch the video to learn more and to see the entire episodes of Wallenpaupack Life or to explore advertising opportunities on the show, visit WallyLife.com
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Kayaking the Delaware - Narrowsburg to Zane Grey Museum
The Delaware River Sojourn takes place every year in June and two to three days of the trip take place less than 15 minutes from Lake Wallenpaupack. This is one of the reasons that the lake region of the Pocono Mountains is a special place to live, in addition to Lake Wallenpaupack, the Delaware River is the largest free flowing river east of the Mississippi. With a world class lake, river, game lands, preserves, the Lacawac Sanctuary and many natural areas. Northeastern Pennsylvania is a great place to live if you love the outdoors. For more information on the Delaware River Sojourn, go to DelawareRiverSojourn.com.
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