Kentucky Artisan Center | Roger Snell

• Cumberland Falls

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. The mist rising from Cumberland Falls provides soft edges and great atmosphere for the trees in the background. See the detailed video of the making of this oil painting at rogersnell.com/blog. Cum…

• Bridge to Kentucky Capitol

  Pastel, Paper, 11 x 14. This view is from the Singing Bridge in Downtown Frankfort, looking toward the bridge to the Capitol. The Military History Museum is the distant structure on the hillside. The sky and water reall…

• Hydrangea

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. The best way to deal with winter is to paint a summer hydrangea in pastel. This painting is based on a photo I took in our back yard. Here's a link to the YouTube video. https://youtu.be/s3r6rOj0t…

• Kentucky River Limestone

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14. Limestone palisades line the Kentucky River at this Cummins Ferry campground. Framed, oil on canvas, with hanging hardware. This was painted on location with members of the Plein Air Artists of Cen…

• Harkness Edwards Vineyards

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Painted on location in pastel, there was a hilltop panorama of choices for a painting at Harkness Edwards Vineyards in Winchester, Kentucky. Here's the video about the painting, the vineyards and…

• Cove Spring Tower

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 7. Red buds bloom in early spring at Cove Spring Park in Frankfort, Kentucky, providing a great foreground for the stone silo. This little gem is 5x7 inches.

• Sunflower Farm

  Gouache, Paper, 8 x 10. Bright, morning light and the outer rows of the sunflowers all point down the lane and to the red barn. I love everything about this composition. Watch the video at rogersnell.com/blog.

• Kentucky Daylily Farm

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. One of my early attempts of painting outdoors with pastel worked so well with all the colors of this daylily field in eastern Kentucky. The story of the farm, the day lilies and the progress of me…

• Shaker Village Barn

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 7. The iconic barn at Shaker Village in Kentucky during fall. A 5x7 gem in oil (framed).

• Kentucky Farm

  Pastel, Paper, 9 x 12. Abraham Lincoln's grandmother lived on a farm just down the road from this Forkland, Kentucky farm. I painted this on the grounds of the Forkland Community Center where a museum honors Lincoln's l…

• Hay Roll Kentucky

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 7. This little 5x7-inch gem is of a favorite scene depicting when it's time for the hay rolls.

• Purple Henbit

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. Just outside Shaker Village, Kentucky, the first spring blooms of henbit make this pasture glow like the lavender fields of France. The beautiful purple flowers are considered a weed, but the bloom…

• Not Retired Yet

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 3/4. This old tractor is still in use on a Woodford County farm near Versailles, Kentucky. I painted this on location with other artists of Plein Air Painters of the Bluegrass. The price includes…

• Austin Kentucky

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. While making a Kentucky Proud farm visit at Kenny Mattingly's artisan cheese shop and farm, I caught this photo just down the road of an approaching storm. I would love to do a bigger painting of thi…

• Mustard

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Mustard blooms on this Kentucky farm.

• Tulip tree

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. The neighbor across the street has the most beautiful tulip tree, and the plein air painting was done from life in the shade of our garage.