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Lincoln Marsh paintings on display at McDonald Farm

Original paintings from a unique art exhibit showing the beauty and diversity of Lincoln Marsh in Wheaton are on display at The Conservation Foundation's Clow Education Center at McDonald Farm through Friday, June 22.

Wheaton College art professor Joel Sheesley spent a year en plein air chronicling the changing landscape resulting in more than 60 oil paintings for the exhibit, Landscape the Knowable Mystery.

Sheesley said he worked outside no more than three hours at a time due to lighting conditions.

"In that amount of time, the Earth's rotation puts the sun in a completely different location and all shadows and highlights change drastically," he said.

The Conservation Foundation has been involved in efforts to acquire land and preserve the 150-acre Lincoln Marsh nature refuge since the 1970s. TCF President/CEO Brook McDonald began his career in conservation as the resident naturalist at Lincoln Marsh.

The exhibit at Clow Education Center is among 11 locations exhibiting the paintings throughout the area. They can be viewed during the Farm's regular business hours from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. McDonald Farm is located at 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd., Naperville 60565.

The paintings are available for purchase. For more information on the artist, the exhibits, and how to make a purchase, visit the website at lincolnmarsh.org.

The Conservation Foundation is one of the region's largest and oldest private conservation organizations, with more than 4,000 members and donors, and more than 500 volunteers who contribute 20,000 hours per year.

Work is focused in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties to preserve and restore nature in your neighborhood. Find out more at theconservationfoundation.org.

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