Autumn Lake Solitude. 18 x 24.
In September, my husband and I camped on this isolated lake. This painting was started en plein air but the wind and cold drove me off to finish it in an old battered canvas tent which had been standing on the site for many years. I shared the canvas tent with a pair of chipmunks and found they slept in one of pockets of my painting smock at night!!

Libby Parsons' Landscapes
Solo Art Show at the
Naramata Heritage Inn

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It was another great summer at the Naramata Heritage Inn. There were lots of visitors and good sales - thank you to everyone who left with a Libby Parsons original! The 1908 Restaurant was up and running this summer and getting great reviews

Artist Residency

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The month in Saskatchewan flew by. I had an incredible time familiarizing myself with the amazing landscapes of the eastern Cypress Hills and particularly the Frenchman River Valley - long roads that went on forever, interesting clay hills and badlands, huge skies which could change in a few moments from blue to stormy. I learned lots of painting with oils - a big learning curve and some frustrations along the way. I met wonderful local people who were so welcoming. At the end of my stay, I had an open house and sale of the paintings I had produced.

​If you are visiting Osoyoos, I have a display of some of my prairie art at the Okanagan Art Gallery at 8302 Main Street.