Lightning Flash, oil on wood

Ned Farrell is a Connecticut-based painter and calligrapher, as well as a beekeeper and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Ned’s extensive travels play a large part in inspiring his subject matter.

Ned started painting in a summer class following his sixth grade year. During his high school years Ned won awards in various competitions, including one from the New Britain Museum of American Art. In college Ned studied at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, NY, among the beautiful Allegheny Mountains.  It was at this time when Ned developed his wanderlust to experience different places and cultures throughout the world.

Ned owns The Bee Happy Co. with his wife, and together they have built a brand of luxurious skin care using products from the beehives. He has now moved on to also become a professional artist, focusing mostly on oil and acrylic paintings, and last studying under the tutelage of Eileen Eder. Ned always has something a little different up his sleeve. Mostly a traditional landscape painter, and every so often they will cross over to the whimsical and fun, translating the natural world into nearly a storybook fashion.  Farrell’s work is currently exhibited at Spectrum Gallery in Centerbrook, CT.