Open House soon at the Settlement House in Sylvania, PA

Connie Sickler is getting ready for her annual Open House the two days following Thanksgiving - Nov. 26 and 27.  She will be open from 10 am until 5 pm both days.  Double-click the image to go directly to youtube and to have more control over the playback of the video. I'll be there one
of the two days - to make some Christmas gift purchases myself! 

Wall of Paul

Connie Sickler, of the Settlement House in Sylvania, PA, has an interesting basement in her place of business. There is a wall of my paintings which she calls "Wall of Paul."
Nearby is a water feature with a painted and a real breath of nature!

Also there is a tree part paint, part real and part manufactured.

Yesterday I delivered a batch of small textured paintings. Below you see the backs of the blocks of wood onto which I mount the paintings.

For some reason, I used the heart motif on many of these new paintings.

The Settlement House 1

The building is located about 15 miles east of Mansfield on Rt. 6 in Sylvania, PA. Connie Sickler's husband Greg originally made this "show house" to advertise his business. He makes post & beam homes and buildings. Connie left her position as an art teacher about six years ago and created the Settlement House - a gallery of many hand-made objects. There are weavings, pottery, carvings, jewelery, baskets, turned wood, quilts, maple syrup, prints, wall hangings and my textured paintings. And probably more things which I can't recall. She represents many craftspeople and artisans in the beautiful setting shown in the following two photographs.
Connie Sickler sells prints of her detailed and complex watercolor paintings. She works from "still lifes" that are set up in the basement room. If you visit, you might get to see a work in progress! The following example is titled "Caged Fears."