In 2019, I was fortunate to be selected to live on site at Weir Farm National Historical Park as Artist in Residence. Weir Farm was home to J. Alden Weir, American Impressionist, and is one of only 2 National Parks devoted to art. Weir bought the property in 1882 to serve as an escape from NYC for his family, and since that time has hosted an unbroken chain of working artists, including Weir’s son in law, sculptor Manhori Young. For a month I lived in the caretaker’s cottage on the park, walking out each day to paint a different site on the Farm. I powerfully felt a part of the unbroken chain of artists who lived and worked there. I returned to after my residency to give workshops incorporating nature, and most recently had the extreme honor of having one of my paintings chosen to represent the Park and acquired by the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum. Weir Farm is a magical place that radiates the history of the land and Farm, open to the public through the National Park Service’s excellent work of preserving nature for all to enjoy.
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