"Lancaster County: An Art Exhibit," featuring pieces by local artist Joanne McIlvaine, will be on display at the Landis Homes Crossings Art Gallery through April. The exhibit is on display in the Crossings Gallery, located in the Calvin G. and Janet C. High Learning and Wellness Center on the campus of Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz. The gallery is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

McIlvaine is a graduate of Lancaster Mennonite High School and received a fine art degree from Goshen College in the 1980s. She did not start oil painting seriously until 2009, when she took a plein air painting class at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and learned how to paint outdoors on location.

"I've been painting outdoors with oil paints for over 12 years. Growing up on a farm in Lancaster County, I've always found inspiration in natural beauty," McIlvaine said. "My goal with each painting is to express beauty: to instill a sense of wonder, to marvel at the variety in nature, and to share a mood or feeling that the place inspired. I'm trying to capture the soul of the place on my canvas."

Proceeds from the art gallery support the Landis Homes Caring Fund. For more information, contact Deb Laws-Landis at 717-381-3583 or dlawslandis@landis.org.