O.T.W. On The Water THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER: A suite of seven archival digital prints of journal-paintings by James Lancel McElhinney> Official publication date: October 25, 2018.

Inspired by expeditionary artists, from Jacques le Moyne and John White to J.M.W. Turner, John-James Audubon, Seth Eastman and Thomas Moran, Delaware Valley native James Lancel McElhinney has revived the practice of journal-painting during trips to Europe, Hawaii, Ecuador, Peru, California, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest, the Hudson Valley, and now the Schuylkill River, as it flows through Fairmount Park.
Reviving practices employed by such traveler-artists as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William and Thomas Birch, Joshua Rowley Watson, Nicolino Calyo, James Lancel McElhinney now returns to Philadelphia to explore its Hidden River, call attention to its environmental priorities, explore its history and celebrate its beauty.
Works from the project O.T.W. The Schuylkill River will be featured in an exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will be on view for one year.

Preview of an animation by Graham White, featured in the forthcoming exhibition at Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, that will allow visitors to experience McElhinney’s Schuylkill River Sketchbook without actually handling it.

Click here to play the video: teaser_sample_a

Following the examples of these late-18th and early 19th-century artists, McElhinney’s works have been reinterpreted as suites of prints, which can be enjoyed in the form of an unbound book, or framed for display on the wall.
O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, the limited edition, follows the success of McElhinney’s Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One, which can be found in the following collections:

Albany Institute of History and Art
Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York
University of Denver. Library Special Collections. Denver Colorado
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York
Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California
West Point Museum, United States Military Academy
Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven Connecticut
Newberry Library. Chicago, Illinois
New York Public Library: Wallach Division or Art, Prints and Photography.

And private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

PREVIEW

Needlewatcher Editions announces the publication of O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, a suite of seven (7) numbered, signed and dated archival digital prints. Loosely bound in a fine cloth-covered Solander (clamshell) box, this suite of prints is accompanied by a descriptive chapbook, with an introduction by Adam Levine, historian and archivist for the Philadelphia Water Department. The limited edition, composed of 100% archival materials and limited to fifty (50) copies, was printed and bound by Brilliant Graphics of New York, New York, Exton, Pennsylvania and Shenzhen China.

Below is a selection of journal-paintings included in the deluxe limited edition.

You are invited to support this project with a subscription to the deluxe limited edition at $1200.00 per copy.
Subscribers who pledge prior to October 7, 2018 will be thanked in the limited edition, and acknowledged in the exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will remain on view for one year.
On October 25, 2018 (the official release date) remaining copies of the limited edition will be offered with tiered pricing, starting at $1,600.00 per copy. Personal check, PayPal and credit cards are accepted by Needlewatcher Editions. For further details, or to reserve a copy, please enquire at

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, or call 347-266-5652

James Lancel McElhinney with project manager Susan Trickle, at Brilliant Graphics

James Lancel McElhinney is a visual historian, author and publisher, known for his investigations of American rivers and battlefields. The Delaware Valley native attended Tyler School of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Yale.
He is a recipient of a 2017 Pollock-Krasner Grant., and an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
McElhinney is listed on the Master Artist Council of the Arthur Miller Foundation. O.T.W: The Schuylkill River will be on view from October 24, 2018, at Independence Seaport Museum, as the inaugural exhibition in a contemporary art-space complementing the museum’s new River Alive galleries. McElhinney lives in Manhattan with his wife, historian, author and curator Dr. Katherine Manthorne, and a feline named Maeve. His website is www.mcelhinneyart.com

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Greenwich Art Center is sponsoring a journal-painting workshop in northern Manhattan on October 16. This will be preceded by a lecture in Greenwich on October 10, at 5:30 pm.

After a hiatus of several years, James Lancel McElhinney is returning to teaching, with the world as his classroom. Developing a completely mobile painting practice, McElhinney has taken scenic plein-air painting to new levels. Apart from a purely visual response to terrain, light and weather, the landscape is explored in terms of history, science and environmental priorities–as an ongoing process of human intervention into the processes of nature

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October 2, 2018

O.T.W. On The Water THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER: A suite of seven archival digital prints of journal-paintings by James Lancel McElhinney due to be published October 25, 2018. Subscription sales have been brisk, but six days remain for you to support this project at the subscription level. Subscribers will be thanks on the acknowledgments page in the limited edition, and listed among the contributors on a wall-panel in the exhibition opening October 24 at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.

Inspired by expeditionary artists, from Jacques le Moyne and John White to J.M.W. Turner, John-James Audubon, Seth Eastman and Thomas Moran, Delaware Valley native James Lancel McElhinney has revived the practice of journal-painting during trips to Europe, Hawaii, Ecuador, Peru, California, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest, the Hudson Valley, and now the Schuylkill River, as it flows through Fairmount Park.
Reviving practices employed by such traveler-artists as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William and Thomas Birch, Joshua Rowley Watson, Nicolino Calyo, James Lancel McElhinney now returns to Philadelphia to explore its Hidden River, call attention to its environmental priorities, explore its history and celebrate its beauty.
Works from the project O.T.W. The Schuylkill River will be featured in an exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will be on view for one year.

Preview of a video display featured in the forthcoming exhibition at Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, that will allow visitors to experience McElhinney’s Schuylkill River Sketchbook without actually having it in hand.

Click here to play the video: teaser_sample_a

Following the examples of these late-18th and early 19th-century artists, McElhinney’s works have been reinterpreted as suites of prints, which can be enjoyed in the form of an unbound book, or framed for display on the wall.
O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, the limited edition, follows the success of McElhinney’s Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One, which can be found in the following collections:
Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York
University of Denver. Library Special Collections. Denver Colorado
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York
Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California
West Point Museum, United States Military Academy
Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven Connecticut
Newberry Library. Chicago, Illinois
And private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

PREVIEW

Needlewatcher Editions announces the forthcoming publication of O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, a suite of seven (7) numbered, signed and dated archival digital prints. Loosely bound in a fine cloth-covered Solander (clamshell) box, this suite of prints is accompanied by a descriptive chapbook. The edition is composed of 100% archival materials and limited to fifty (50) copies. Below is a selection of journal-paintings included in the deluxe limited edition.

You are invited to support this project with a subscription to the deluxe limited edition at $1200.00 per copy.
Subscribers who pledge prior to October 7, 2018 will be thanked in the limited edition, and acknowledged in the exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will remain on view for one year.
On October 25, 2018 (the official release date) remaining copies of the limited edition will be offered with tiered pricing, starting at $1,600.00 per copy. Personal check, PayPal and credit cards are accepted by Needlewatcher Editions. For further details, or to reserve a copy, please enquire at

ot*@ne***********.com











, or call 347-266-5652

James Lancel McElhinney is a visual historian, author and publisher, known for his investigations of American rivers and battlefields. The Delaware Valley native attended Tyler School of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Yale.
He is a recipient of a 2017 Pollock-Krasner Grant., and an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
McElhinney is listed on the Master Artist Council of the Arthur Miller Foundation. O.T.W: The Schuylkill River will be on view from October 24, 2018, at Independence Seaport Museum, as the inaugural exhibition in a contemporary art-space complementing the museum’s new River Alive galleries. McElhinney lives in Manhattan with his wife, historian, author and curator Dr. Katherine Manthorne, and a feline named Maeve. His website is www.mcelhinneyart.com

For more information, or to purchase, download this PDF:

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September 27, 2018

O.T.W. On The Water THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER: A suite of seven archival digital prints of journal-paintings by James Lancel McElhinney due to be published October 25, 2018. Continuing sales approach more than one-third of the limited edition of fifty.

Inspired by expeditionary artists, from Jacques le Moyne and John White to J.M.W. Turner, John-James Audubon, Seth Eastman and Thomas Moran, Delaware Valley native James Lancel McElhinney has revived the practice of journal-painting during trips to Europe, Hawaii, Ecuador, Peru, California, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest, the Hudson Valley, and now the Schuylkill River, as it flows through Fairmount Park.
Reviving practices employed by such traveler-artists as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William and Thomas Birch, Joshua Rowley Watson, Nicolino Calyo, James Lancel McElhinney now returns to Philadelphia to explore its Hidden River, call attention to its environmental priorities, explore its history and celebrate its beauty.
Works from the project O.T.W. The Schuylkill River will be featured in an exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will be on view for one year.

Following the examples of these late-18th and early 19th-century artists, McElhinney’s works have been reinterpreted as suites of prints, which can be enjoyed in the form of an unbound book, or framed for display on the wall.
O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, the limited edition, follows the success of McElhinney’s Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One, which can be found in the following collections:
Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York
University of Denver. Library Special Collections. Denver Colorado
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York
Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California
West Point Museum, United States Military Academy
Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven Connecticut
Newberry Library. Chicago, Illinois
And private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

PREVIEW

Needlewatcher Editions announces the forthcoming publication of O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, a suite of seven (7) numbered, signed and dated archival digital prints. Loosely bound in a fine cloth-covered Solander (clamshell) box, this suite of prints is accompanied by a descriptive chapbook. The edition is composed of 100% archival materials and limited to fifty (50) copies. Below is a selection of journal-paintings included in the deluxe limited edition.

You are invited to support this project with a subscription to the deluxe limited edition at $1200.00 per copy.
Subscribers who pledge prior to October 7, 2018 will be thanked in the limited edition, and acknowledged in the exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will remain on view for one year.
On October 25, 2018 (the official release date) remaining copies of the limited edition will be offered with tiered pricing, starting at $1,600.00 per copy. Personal check, PayPal and credit cards are accepted by Needlewatcher Editions. For further details, or to reserve a copy, please enquire at

ot*@ne***********.com











, or call 347-266-5652

James Lancel McElhinney is a visual historian, author and publisher, known for his investigations of American rivers and battlefields. The Delaware Valley native attended Tyler School of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Yale.
He is a recipient of a 2017 Pollock-Krasner Grant., and an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
McElhinney is listed on the Master Artist Council of the Arthur Miller Foundation. O.T.W: The Schuylkill River will be on view from October 24, 2018, at Independence Seaport Museum, as the inaugural exhibition in a contemporary art-space complementing the museum’s new River Alive galleries. McElhinney lives in Manhattan with his wife, historian, author and curator Dr. Katherine Manthorne, and a feline named Maeve. His website is www.mcelhinneyart.com

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September 25, 2018

O.T.W. On The Water THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER: A suite of seven archival digital prints of journal-paintings by James Lancel McElhinney due to be published October 25, 2018.This weekend’s sales pushed the number up to 20, more than one-third of the limited edition has been sold.

Inspired by expeditionary artists, from Jacques le Moyne and John White to J.M.W. Turner, John-James Audubon, Seth Eastman and Thomas Moran, Delaware Valley native James Lancel McElhinney has revived the practice of journal-painting during trips to Europe, Hawaii, Ecuador, Peru, California, the Rocky Mountains, the American Southwest, the Hudson Valley, and now the Schuylkill River, as it flows through Fairmount Park.
Reviving practices employed by such traveler-artists as Benjamin Henry Latrobe, William and Thomas Birch, Joshua Rowley Watson, Nicolino Calyo, James Lancel McElhinney now returns to Philadelphia to explore its Hidden River, call attention to its environmental priorities, explore its history and celebrate its beauty.
Works from the project O.T.W. The Schuylkill River will be featured in an exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will be on view for one year.

Following the examples of these late-18th and early 19th-century artists, McElhinney’s works have been reinterpreted as suites of prints, which can be enjoyed in the form of an unbound book, or framed for display on the wall.
O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, the limited edition, follows the success of McElhinney’s Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One, which can be found in the following collections:
Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York
University of Denver. Library Special Collections. Denver Colorado
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York
Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, California
West Point Museum, United States Military Academy
Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven Connecticut
Newberry Library. Chicago, Illinois
And private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

PREVIEW

Needlewatcher Editions announces the forthcoming publication of O.T.W. The Schuylkill River, a suite of seven (7) numbered, signed and dated archival digital prints. Loosely bound in a fine cloth-covered Solander (clamshell) box, this suite of prints is accompanied by a descriptive chapbook. The edition is composed of 100% archival materials and limited to fifty (50) copies. Below is a selection of journal-paintings included in the deluxe limited edition.

You are invited to support this project with a subscription to the deluxe limited edition at $1200.00 per copy.
Subscribers who pledge prior to October 7, 2018 will be thanked in the limited edition, and acknowledged in the exhibition at Independence Seaport Museum, opening on October 24, 2018. The show will remain on view for one year.
On October 25, 2018 (the official release date) remaining copies of the limited edition will be offered with tiered pricing, starting at $1,600.00 per copy. Personal check, PayPal and credit cards are accepted by Needlewatcher Editions. For further details, or to reserve a copy, please enquire at

ot*@ne***********.com











, or call 347-266-5652

James Lancel McElhinney is a visual historian, author and publisher, known for his investigations of American rivers and battlefields. The Delaware Valley native attended Tyler School of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Yale.
He is a recipient of a 2017 Pollock-Krasner Grant., and an artist fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
McElhinney is listed on the Master Artist Council of the Arthur Miller Foundation. O.T.W: The Schuylkill River will be on view from October 24, 2018, at Independence Seaport Museum, as the inaugural exhibition in a contemporary art-space complementing the museum’s new River Alive galleries. McElhinney lives in Manhattan with his wife, historian, author and curator Dr. Katherine Manthorne, and a feline named Maeve. His website is www.mcelhinneyart.com

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Reviving the historic model of expeditionary travel, drawing and painting in books, later unpacked as books and prints in limited editions, James Lancel McElhinney is one of a growing number of living artists producing new works in dialogue with history, science and literature. In this talk, McElhinney shares his experience, research, practice and insights, as an historian, visual artist and publisher.

We hope to see you there. Please share.

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In August and November, 2014 Kathie Manthorne and I made two trips to the Andean region of South America. The first trip was to Lima, for an academic conference at the Catholic University, with an excursion to Cusco, the Valle Sagrado and Macchu Picchu. Against the advice of our handlers we hired a private driver who delivered us to the ruins of Pachacamac, along the coast just south of Lima. In November we took a holiday to Imbabura, in the northern part of Ecuador. Both Alexander von Humboldt, and the American painter Frederic Edwin Church had passed through the area, decades apart. Humboldt’s great epiphany came to him as he scaled the volcano Cotopaxi (19,347 feet of elevation). Inspired by his writings, Church retraced Humboldt’s Andean travels, but never saw Cotopaxi without its peak shrouded in clouds. We had the same experience with Cayambe. On our last night in Quito, we finally saw its snowy peak–a dot on the horizon.

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Founded by civic leaders and literate working-men as a book club and adult learning center in 1826, the New Haven Young Men’s Institute Library is the oldest private reading-room and membership library in the United States. During its heyday in the nineteenth century the Institute Library featured speaker such as Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Everett, Grace Greenwood, and Herman Melville.
With the founding of the New Haven Free Public Library, the Institute Library entered into a long period of decline. Revitalized and renovated in recent years, the Institute Library also hosts exhibitions featuring living artists in The Gallery Upstairs.

Curator in residence and host of the radio show Live Culture , Martha Willette Lewis, has organized an exhibition entitled Wish You Were Here: Journals, Journeys and Expeditions, which runs from June 2 to August 31, 2018.
A public reception will be held on Thursday, June 7 from 6-8pm.

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The exhibition includes six original painting-journals by James Lancel McElhinney, together with Hudson Highlands: North River Suite Volume One. Needlewatcher Editions. New York, 2018. Copies of the limited edition now reside in the following collections:

Albany Institute of History and Art
Avery Fine Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University
Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, New York
University of Denver Library. Special Collections. Denver. CO.
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers New York
Huntington Library, Museum, and Gardens. San Marino, CA
Newberry Library. Chicago, Illinois
West Point Museum, United States Military Academy.
Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. New Haven CT

And private collections in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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