Jo Ann Pippin has been painting in watercolor for 15 years. Her primary studies were at the Art League School in Alexandria, VA, but she has also studied with other nationally acclaimed artists.

Her New England landscapes and close-ups of nature have appeared in galleries and juried art shows in New Hampshire, Maine, California, and Colorado. The Artful Things Gallery in Lebanon, NH, and the New London Gallery in New London, NH, exhibit her original paintings and reproductions.

She won First Place for her “Leaves and Reflections” in Art in the Park in North Conway in 2001; that work was also chosen by the National Watercolor society for display in the 2007 “All Members Show.” Her painting “Blue Flag by a Tidal Pool” was featured as the poster for the 2006 Portland Flower Show, and her New Hampshire landscapes have been recently exhibited at the River Valley Club in Lebanon, the Forest Conservation Building in Concord, the Lyme Public Library, and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital. KEARSAGE MAGAZINE featured “Daffodils in Profusion” on their spring 2007 issue, and the January 2007 page of the Musterfield Farm calendar is one of her works. A special series, “Boathouses of Lake Sunapee, ” was exhibited in the summer of 2006 at the New London (NH) Inn. “Plants on Edge,” was accepted for the 2009 National Watercolor Society 2009 All Members Show.

Reproductions of some of her paintings are available through her website: www.jlpippinstudio.com. To inquire about reproductions or to commission a painting of a place you are fond of, contact the artist at rj2pip@yahoo.com or 603 387-6766.

Visit JoAnn Pippin's web site at jlpippinstudio.com

 

Lake Sunapee Boathouse Series

Inspiration for the Boathouse Series: Somehow the inspiration to paint the boathouses of Lake Sunapee was intertwined with the boat-building project that my husband undertook in the past couple of years. His dream was to produce a very sea-worthy, trailerable, traditional-looking day cruiser with modern materials. I call it a poor man's picnic boat.

 

As you can imagine, this project took over the workshop and the garage for a much longer time than estimated, and he was feeling pretty guilty by the end of the project. So, to placate me for all the time lost and having to shovel out the car for two winters, he decided he had to launch it for the first time in the most beautiful and impressive lake around here--that, in our minds, is Sunapee.

It was a glorious midsummer day when we launched, the lake was sparkling clear, and we could go anywhere we wanted. I immediately noticed the many unique and colorful boathouses, and soon we were speeding from boathouse to boathouse, admiring their grace and character. It was then that he said, Why don't you paint a series of boathouses this winter?

The idea caught on, so we returned with my camera, and took many pictures. I spent most of the winter of 2005-2006 working on watercolor paintings of the boathouses.

 

I have not painted them all. I don't know if anyone has ever taken a count, but there are an astounding number of them. I randomly chose ones that were appealing. A lot are tiny, some are old and well-used, some are architecturally charming. There are still a few more I would like to paint, and probably some I haven't even found yet to photograph.