Discovering Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
After moving to Southern Maryland, I discovered Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum (JPPM). My children spent many summers at its wonderful camps, enjoyed Children's Day on the Farm, Native American Heritage Days, the 1812 Grand Tactical Events, Celtic Festivals and more. I participated in these events also volunteered with staff and others in the Patterson House gardens at Point Farm. I also helped redesign the Children's Discovery Room at the Visitor Center.
This is not only a beautiful park with wonderful trails to walk and wonderful views, it is also home to major research and archaeological facilities.
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Jefferson Patterson
The JPPM series explores Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in paintings. It focuses on all the major areas of the park, and then subsequently on the many, many beautiful moments and wonderful occasions that happen here.
The series continues on this site. More work is in progress.
See below for those that are coming soon.
Beach Totem
22 x 28"
Acrylic on Canvas
$1,848
"Cornfield in Winter"
Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab)
18 x 56"
Acrylic on Canvas
$3,024
Breckinridge - Grand Tactical
36 x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas
Available at the Jefferson Patterson Park Gift Shop
$3,888
Morning on the Pier
9 x 12"
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection in Maryland
1812 Reenactment - Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 36"
Original in a Private Collection
Eastern Woodland Village
16 x 52"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Maryland
Fall Morning Pond
14x56"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Virginia
Cedar Lane
22 x 30"
Private Collection in Maryland
Sunset at the Point
15x60"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in New York
King's Reach
36 x 36"
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection in Northern Virginia
Show Barn
18 x 24"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Maryland
The Point
5x7"
Private Collection in Maryland
The following paintings are based on visual references collected over time with permission from the staff at the MAC Lab. They are not sized to scale, and objects are shown next to one another merely for the sake of creating a still life with found imagery. However, I welcome comments on the "little digs" set from the archaeologists working here at JPPM. From notes on provenence, whether or not the objects have it, to what they are or what they represent.
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Spoons
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Private Collection in Massachusetts
Rusty Lock
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Toothbrush
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Virginia
Bottle
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Arrowhead
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection in Maryland
Assembly Required
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Virginia
Assembly
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Massachusetts
Brown Shards
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Massachusetts
Key and Scissors
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Buckles, Thimble Shards and Such
Little "digs" at JPPM
8x10" with frame
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection in Massachusetts |
| Jefferson Patterson Park is home to over five miles of wonderful hiking paths. This little group shows some of the woodland scenes you will come across. These trails begin in the woods to the right as you exit the visitor center. You can also explore some that are near the eastern woodland village. Follow any path and you will end up walking through the woods by the shore and along the farm fields, and all the way down to the pier at the end of the cedar lined drive. Many of the paintings I am making have their origins from these hikes. The following group depicts scenes from the woodland walks. |
Woodland Hike 06
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Maryland
Cross Country
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
Private Collection in Maryland
Woodland Hike 01
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Woodland Hike 03
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Woodland Hike 04
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Woodland Hike 05
5 x 7"
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
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Check out the Children's Discovery Room
at JPPM Visitor Center
Inside the room:
• creative felt wall for storytelling
• coloring tableand wall galleryfor children's art
• colonial fireplacefor pretend dress-up and cooking
• seating for patient parents
• large muralshowing animals, trees and leaves
toname and identify
• eastern woodlanddwelling to go into and play
• play table with blocks and games
and wall postersabout archaeology
• a big tree full of birds and a game
for matching eachbird to its nest
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