First Steps to Documenting the PA Route 6 Artisan Trail

This was written this morning by George Nowack in response to our conversation yesterday afternoon. He can say it much better than me.

Friends, 

I am delighted to share that Linda Barnicott has started the “homework assignment” which I suggested she follow. As indicated in the February, 2011 PA ROUTE 6 ARTISAN TRAIL NEWSLETTER, Linda will be following the Trail and creating original artworks representing various scenic/historic aspects of the Trail. All this is one part of the overall vision to develop the rich cultural and historical aspects of the entire region.

George P. Nowack

PA Route 6 Aritsan Trail Coordinator 

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THE TRAIL GETS A PAINT JOB

Nationally known artist, Linda Barnicott has chosen to capture, as her next series of paintings, various spots along the PA Route 6 Artisan Trail. Barnicott, best known for her nostalgic scenes of Pittsburgh, and most recently her rendition of Conneaut Lake Park’s Blue Streak, has captured with pastels, places which tug at the memories and heart strings of all who view them.

Her rendition of the Kaufmann’s Clock in 1989 started her on the road to notoriety. She was the official artist of the 1996 Three Rivers Regatta and since 1998 has been commissioned by the American Cancer Society of Greater Pittsburgh to create the painting used on their annual Christmas Card. Recently, she has teamed up with Wendell August to create ornaments of her Pittsburgh scenes, with three new designs minted each year from 2010 through 2014.    

Taking some well-deserved time off, Linda has begun work on what she calls “Plein Air Landscapes.” She has volunteered to produce a group of paintings depicting spots on Pennsylvania’s Artisan Trail, which will become a traveling exhibit, hosted by the hubs on the trail and eventually being exhibited in other states.

Linda is the first among a group of Artists who have volunteered their time and talents to develop the concept of a dynamic and all-inclusive documentary of the cuture, heritage, and Arts which flourish along the Trail (first mentioned in last month's Newsletter.

Follow her journey in the monthly newsletter of the PA Route 6 Artisan Trail.