Visit my secluded woodland studio and garden and you will see
small watercolors, plein air pastels and large pastel paintings.
These paintings may be representative of several different and
on-going series.
The Tangled Garden Series has been vining its way around my studio
for more than three decades. Some paintings are large. Some are
tiny. Some are started and completed in the studio. Others are
plein air works (completely painted on location in the garden).
My love for all things horticultural is celebrated in these colorful
paintings.
Other series I have "in the works" are:
Susquehanna River
Nocturnes
Agricultural Architecture: Our Disappearing Barns
Backyards: Gardens & Wash Lines
My
newest series is The Fifty State Plein Air Painting Project. I've
visited 49 states but only recently started an online catalogue
of plein air paintings. It's just an excuse to visit most of them
again and do what I love to do; paint, travel, explore & drive
around looking at the land.
I
paint whatever I want, often not the quintessential landmarks.
Those have been done many times. I try for an unusual perspective,
intrigue or mystery, but most of all I want to make a good and
interesting painting. I am lucky to be able to rise in the morning,
head out in my traveling mini-studio/Prius and set up my easel
along the way somewhere…maybe in your back 40. It's a tough
job, but somebody has to do it. (big grin)
I
have been a professional artist for 41 years since leaving Moore
College of Art in Philadelphia. My work has been seen in nine
one-woman gallery shows and numerous group and museum exhibits.
It is held widely in corporate and private collections. Two of
my large pastel paintings received First Place Painting Prizes
in the regional juried Images of Susquehanna County Exhibit in
'04 & '06. I was invited for three years to participate in
the NYC Central Park Paint Out as an invited signature member
of the National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters. In
2004 I was the first Artist in Residence at Salt Springs State
Park. My pastel plein air paintings have been chosen twice by
the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to be presented as awards
for lifetime achievement. I achieved signature status in Pennsylvania
En Plein Air Society as well as International Plein Air Painters
and Landscape Artists INternational. I am a member of Pastel Society
of America. I occasionally am invited or juried in to plein air
events around the country. My full color magazine illustrations
have appeared in national magazines including Woman's Day and
Horticulture.
On
Monday, I will be painting a watercolor bouquet at 11am and a
pastel painting at 2pm…hopefully out in the garden, weather
permitting.
I look forward to your visit. My studio is located about 3 miles
east of Montrose just off route 706. Turn on McCollum Road. My
driveway is the second on the right. The studio is not wheelchair
accessible and is open all year by appointment. 570-278-2479
Visa & Mastercard accepted. Browsers always welcome.
My work can be seen year-round at Butternut Gallery in Montrose,
Gallery of Fine Art at the Portal Institute in Susquehanna, PA
and Orazio Salati Gallery in Binghamton, NY.
Rodrica Tilley - Landscape Painter: 
My
newest series is The Fifty State Plein Air Painting Project. I've
visited 49 states but only recently started an online catalogue
of plein air paintings. It's just an excuse to visit most of them
again and do what I love to do; paint, travel, explore & drive
around looking at the land.
I
paint whatever I want, often not the quintessential landmarks.
Those have been done many times. I try for an unusual perspective,
intrigue or mystery, but most of all I want to make a good and
interesting painting. I am lucky to be able to rise in the morning,
head out in my traveling mini-studio/Prius and set up my easel
along the way somewhere…maybe in your back 40. It's a tough
job, but somebody has to do it. (big grin) 
I
have been a professional artist for 41 years since leaving Moore
College of Art in Philadelphia. My work has been seen in nine
one-woman gallery shows and numerous group and museum exhibits.
It is held widely in corporate and private collections. Two of
my large pastel paintings received First Place Painting Prizes
in the regional juried Images of Susquehanna County Exhibit in
'04 & '06. I was invited for three years to participate in
the NYC Central Park Paint Out as an invited signature member
of the National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters. In
2004 I was the first Artist in Residence at Salt Springs State
Park. My pastel plein air paintings have been chosen twice by
the Pennsylvania Environmental Council to be presented as awards
for lifetime achievement. I achieved signature status in Pennsylvania
En Plein Air Society as well as International Plein Air Painters
and Landscape Artists INternational. I am a member of Pastel Society
of America. I occasionally am invited or juried in to plein air
events around the country. My full color magazine illustrations
have appeared in national magazines including Woman's Day and
Horticulture.
On
Monday, I will be painting a watercolor bouquet at 11am and a
pastel painting at 2pm…hopefully out in the garden, weather
permitting.