"Shaker Village Flower Garden" Fine Art Print nature It is near Red River

It is near Red River Gorge in the Natural Bridge State Park

This soft pastel depicts a freshly painted Cooper's Shop at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Kentucky

Available in an 8" x 10" print

The original piece was drawn with soft pastel

The original piece was an oil pastel

"Shaker Village Flower Garden" Fine Art Print nature It is near Red RiverThis soft pastel comes from a plein air painting I made while visiting the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill outside of Lexington, Kentucky. The Shakers were a small religious sect with a few communes that existed in the 1700 1800's and were a branch off the Quakers. They don't exist anymore, but some of their communities were preserved, like this one. I loved spending time in their flower gardens and walking around their peaceful hilltop property