"York County Bounty"

Oil on canvas panel

18"x22" framed

2021

DONATED BY ARTIST

ARTIST STATEMENT
One of my greatest pleasures is picking up my paint brush and mixing colors on canvas or paper. Making the paint move, the colors interact, and the shapes relate to one another mesmerizes me. Because I hadn't painted in many years (while earning a living in the corporate world), I am remembering much about the crafting of a painting as well as learning many aspects new to me. As I am again exploring the basic genres of still life, landscapes, seascapes, the figure and non-representational composition, I am drawn to details and components, rather than the whole. All forms of water fascinate me from oceans to ice cubes! The sparkling splash of water on rocks is more interesting than the waterfall itself. The shadow of leaves on a tree trunk is more intriguing than the grove of trees. Through my art, I can share this magic and joy with the viewer.

This scene was inspired by the view from The Country Club of York toward Miller's Plant Farm.

ARTIST BIOFrances McCabe Polk is a native of York, Pennsylvania. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education at Carnegie-Mellon University and studied painting at York College of Pennsylvania and the York Art Association,

Polk taught art in the elementary schools of Washington, D.C. and York (City) Pennsylvania. Though she put painting aside while working in the corporate world for nearly 30 years, she actively supported the arts and public art as vital to our quality of life. She served as president of the Board of Directors of both YorkArts (now CreativeYork) and the Pennsylvania Arts Experience. She is a member of CreativeYork, the York Art Association and participated as a member of the Mayor's Task Force for the Arts District and the Women's Giving Circle Public Art Task Force.

Returning to her artistic roots, Polk has participated in juried art shows receiving awards at the York Art Association. Her work has been in solo exhibitions at the Off-Center Grill of the Yorktowne Hotel (09-2006), the Mason-Dixon Library (03-2007), the Sally Danyo Gallery of the York Art Association (02-2009), the Blue Moon Restaurant in September (10-2009), and November (11-2018), the Susquehanna River Gallery at Shank's Mare in Wrightsville (01 to 04-2011) and the Out Door Country Club (11&12-2019).

Her paintings, drawings, and pottery have been displayed at The York Art Association, Studio Gallery 234 in York, The Framer's Workshop, the Susquehanna River Gallery at Shank's Mare in Wrightsville, and H&L Stained Glass.