Artist Carol Labashosky

At the Foundry, Chambersburg, PA, these thoroughbred horse photographs are making their debut. One is of harness racing at the racetrack Pocono Downs. The other is of a horse eating some hay at the backside, at Churchill Downs -- home of the Kentucky Derby. The horses are beautiful animals and spirited, too! There are Christmas cards available for purchase at the Foundry with photographs and other Christmas themes as well. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Merry Christmas!

I participated in the Christmas Holiday Craft Fair at St. Paul's Church in Chambersburg, PA yesterday.  It was my first craft fair where I brought a body of work to.  I had half the table set up with my fine art greeting cards, and the other side of the table displayed my fine art and photographs. The race horse photos I took were on display and visitors to my table really like the racehorse photos. It was really neat to do a craft fair, and espcially nice to talk to all the visitors to my table. Pictured at left is my Christmas tree fine art piece which is for sale at the Foundry, Chambersburg, PA! Happy shopping.  Buy Local - Buy Handmade!

My fine art has been hung at the Foundry Artist Cooperative in downtown Chambursburg, PA. To the left of the pet portrait, pictured, is "Florence, Italy" scrapboard -- or collage -- made by me. It contains a 35 mm black and white photo of a beautiful bridge in Florence where I have visited. The Foundry is gearing up for the holiday shopping season and many new lovely works have been hung in its gallery. The Foundry is located at 100 South Main Street, Chambersburg, PA  17201. Buy local, buy handmade! You may also shop for my fine art and Christmas greeting cards at scrapboarding.etsy.com  -- or at The Foundry. Happy shopping and there is nothing like owning original fine art and hanging it in your home or business!

Greetings friends! Here, I am preparing two fine art pieces for hanging at The Foundry Gallery and Cooperative in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.  At left is Titanic Ship of Dreams and at right is Revolution. Titanic is a 3-D collage, a scrapboard. I invented "Scrapboarding" which means collage :)  Revolution is an acrylic painting on handmade paper.  Preparing artwork for hanging is a job in itself. Wires must be stretched across the back of the painting for a secure hanging. The pieces must have the name of artist, cost and date.  It's exciting to prepare pieces for hanging and there is a special group of artists who all work together to make sure the pieces look attractive to customers in the gallery and shop.

Greetings friends, On Tuesday I had the good fortune to meet some painters from the Chambersbug, PA arts association. We had an outing to go to the home of some generous folks who invited us to come to their farmland to paint outsisde. Plein air means to paint outside, and I had to be alert to the sunlight, shadows and perspective of the area I chose to paint. I first used a view finder which is a little grey frame I looked through to crop the scene into a smaller area rather than trying to paint to much on my canvas. Then, I did a sketch using blue mixed with red paint to get the main shapes and contrast onto the canvas as a guideline that I would make my painting from. Then I mixed colors together on my palette. The painting turned out with many interesting shapes. It was great to paint with fellow artists and enjoy the fall weather outside.

I made this painting while painting en Plein Air which means painting outside. I came upon a hilly spot while staying at the historic Summit Inn of Watkins Glen, New York. The sun was just setting and I got out my paints to try to capture the scene quickly. The light changes during sunset so I had to be observant of the changing landscaspe.

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Tonight I'm experimenting with cold wax painting. I take my palette knife and dip it into the jar of cold wax and then add some oil paint and mix the two together. The mix is like a buttery spread and has a consistency like toothpaste in a way. It has a wax like sheen. Then, I spread the mix onto some white paper. Sometimes, people use a brayer to roll the colors together or use a spreader. You can apply different layers of paint on top of eachother and then scratch down beneath a layer of color to expose the color beneath. This small piece was made during a "make and take" First Friday art walk at The Foundry arts co op in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Several people were set up at tables each experimenting with his or her own paints. I really like how the artist helped to teach us the technique and show us how to experiment with cold wax painting.

This is a view of Pennsylvania hills and valleys. I used oil paints to create the fine art piece.  I completed the painting in one sitting. Painting outdoors is called "en Plein Air" which is what I did. My palette was composed of pastels and different shades of green. You can see the road at the right of the painting. This one was such fun to paint at dusk. The size is 12 x 18 inches and it's available for purchase.

Today I and my husband worked hard to set up my new art studio and gallery. My studio is named Barking Dog Enterprises after my two Shetland Sheepdogs, Frosty Mugs and Dillon, who bark up a storm. They both have passed to Rainbow Bridge but I'm sure another Sheltie will grace the premises soon enough! Here is the beginning stages of assembling and relocating my studio from Louisville, Kentucky to Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.