On October 9, 2014, I drove from the eastern shore of Maryland to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadsford, Pennsylvania. Again, there were many unpublished Wyeth works on display alongside the finished paintings on display. I saw a preliminary painting for his tempera, "Roasted Chestnuts."  I believe it was the only study that he did using oil paints....

"Chestnuts," tempera

Here are many other works I had the joy to study while I was there:

"Barracoon," tempera.

"Anna Christina," tempera.

"Faraway," drybrush.

"Racoon," tempera

"Garret Room," drybrush

Study of Tom Clark, pencil

From the museum I took a tour of Andrew Wyeth's studio:

The famous "Do not disturb" sign on the studio door.

Wyeth's studio

Wyeth's miniature collection 

The plus to the trip was to head down to Ring Road and view what is left of Mother Archie's Church just past the Kuerner's Farm:

Trip to the east coast to see The Wyeth exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Art in Washington D.C. on October 8, 2014.

I was amazed to see so many unpublished works. Most were preliminary studies for tempera or dry brush works. Apparently, Andrew did thousands of studies that were saved by his wife. I expect to see many more unpublished works in the years to come.

Here are a few that were in the show that we are familiar with:

Andrew Wyeth, "Frostbitten," 1962, watercolor on paper, Private Collection, copyright, Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth, "Evening at Kuerners," 1970, drybrush on paper, The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection, copyright, Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth, "Springfed," 1967, tempera on masonite, Collection of Bill and Robin Weiss, copyright, Andrew Wyeth