Jill Peckelun

Painting through the years. I am so very lucky to be so happy. 🩵🖌️🩵 www.jillpeckelun.com

Morning sketches at Lebanon Valley College's Peace Garden today. Thanks to the Hershey Area Art Association plein air group for introducing me to a place that is new to me. 🖌️✏️🩵🧚 www.jillpeckelun.com

It's always good when a traveler returns home to give an inspiring sermon. Welcome back! Derry Presbyterian Church morning sketches. www.jillpeckelun.com

White Cat, 8 x 8", oil with cold wax on cradled wood panel. Painted over the course of this month at our family farm. Every now and then we do a piece that isn't for sale...🖌️🩵 www.jillpeckelun.com

Frances Drost was the pianist and highlight of today's service at Derry Presbyterian Church I couldn't see her though from where I was sitting so I drew these other people. 😊 www.jillpeckelun.com

It was quite peaceful yesterday when I sat in our churchyard and sketched . Future painting shaping up well. 🖌️🩵 Derry Presbyterian Church www.jillpeckelun.com

It's tadpole time! Come to Mama my wee watery Ondines 🩵

"The Kiss", a 12,000-year-old rock painting at Pedra Furada in Brazil

Peace

I'm cold and my nose is running. Gathering future painting details like a squirrel gathers nuts. Morning sketches at Bullfrog Valley Park... www.jillpeckelun.com

Female cardinal, ink and colored pencils. Reference photo generously provided by Kathie Pateras. Drawing on a windowseat with Sunny snoring at my feet is such a nice way to spend the morning. Morning sketches... www.jillpeckelun.com

Morning sketches... It's been awhile since I posted drawings. Got caught up in deep cleaning the attic last month and the basement this month. I feel so accomplished and smug. www.jillpeckelun.com

Morning sketches at Derry Presbyterian Church Another on point sermon to help me navigate these troubling times. The phrase that stayed with me: "When you realize that the rabbit isn't real..." www.jillpeckelun.com

My attic. After weeks of labor it is cleaned out and tidyish. Accolades please.

SOLD! When it's Time for a Sip of Color, oil with cold wax. Thank you Lebanon Picture Frame and Fine Art. It's always a pleasure to work with Melody Vincent. Stop in to see much more work from local artists.

This “Fluffy. June 1951”. Photo from my collection. ❤️

Sketching by a creek to work out possibilities for an upcoming painting. The artist's life is a good one. Best part? Listening to the water whisper as it goes by me. www.jillpeckelun.com

When Movement finds You, 6 x 6", oil. Been enjoying making some small paintings lately. www.jillpeckelun.com

When it's time to Plant Seeds, 20 x 20", oil. I painted this earlier this season on location although I added the starlings in the studio. I went out today but it ended up being a "let's not waste any more paint on this" sort of effort and scraped it off. It happens. www.jillpeckelun.com

When All Roads Lead Home, 8 x 8", oil with cold wax on cradled wood panel. I painted this on location at Englewood restaurant. Thankfully they didn't seem to mind. Took a few compositional liberties. www.jillpeckelun.com

Winter people on their way to the beach with their summer people friends

When You Come to the Edge, 12 x 12", oil with cold wax on cradled wood panel (with bear). The weather has been perfect this week for painting outside. I didn't really see a bear but I was in some pine woods. www.jillpeckelun.com

Just a few days left for my exhibition with Louise Thomas at the Carlisle Arts Learning Center in Carlisle, PA. Who knew that an exhibition of black and white photographs and brightly colored abstracted oil paintings would work so well together? www.jillpeckelun.com

Another excellent sermon at Derry Presbyterian Church today. Morning sketches... www.jillpeckelun.com

Playtime. Photo reference generously provided by Keana Buckley. Morning sketches... www.jillpeckelun.com

Easily the most generous description of my work. Many thanks to CALC and fellow collaborator Louise Thomas. If you are in the area I hope you have a chance to see the exhibition. www.carlislearts.org/current-exhi...

Meerkat sketch on another rainy morning. Photo reference generously provided by MarkLuther Photos . Morning sketches.... www.jillpeckelun.com

America did not storm the beaches at Normandy alone on June 6, 1944. We had allies who fought with us. Allies from Britain, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and Poland. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

On Looking Back, 20 x 20" oil with cold wax on cradled wood panel. Sold! It is always reaffirming when a piece close to your heart connects with someone else. www.jilleckelun.com

Happy #MothersDay

Sparrow Hawk on the back fence. Photo reference generously provided by Donna Joyce Photography. Morning sketches... www.jillpeckelun.com

Highly suggested reading. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

When It's Time to make a Change, 12 x 12", oil with cold wax on cradled wood panel. I wrote a blog about this piece. Take a peak if you would like. www.jillpeckelun.com

"Just leave it, bro, he ain't worth it"

“Peace is found in the present moment. Even when the moments we find ourselves in are fraught, dangerous and perpetually chaotic.”

In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Northern Mockingbirds. Photo reference generously provided by MarkLuther Photos . Morning sketches... Jillpeckelun.com

Just a little itch...right there. Photo reference generously provided by MarkLuther Photos . Morning sketches... Jillpeckelun.com Check my blog out www.jillpeckelun.com/blog

I posted this piece not too long ago, but I got around to writing a blog about it just yesterday. Take a peek if you'd like. www.jillpeckelun.com/blog