When Erin McGee-Ferrell looks out the window of her third-floor studio, she doesn’t see train tracks. She sees art.

McGee-Ferrell, known for her bright, colorful portraits of Main Street landmarks, has a new show at the Nash Gallery/Artfully Yours that runs through Jan. 31. East Third Street Moorestown is a celebration of the artist’s neighborhood.

“When people think about Moorestown, they don’t think about East Third Street,” McGee-Ferrell said. “I wanted to highlight it and say this is a great place to be. It’s fun. I like living next to the tracks. I take pride in being an East Thirder.”

McGee-Ferrell and her husband Nathan and three children–Angus, 14; Sé, 13; and Fiona, 8–live in a historic home on East Third. They are just the second family to live in the home, which houses her studio. The home, built in 1889, was owned by a woman who passed it down to her daughter.

“I love the character of old houses,” said McGee-Ferrell. The walls of her house are lined with her artwork. In the third-floor studio she not only works on her paintings, but teaches as well. She offers classes in drawing and painting for children and adults.

She has been painting forever she said, noting that she has always been exposed to art. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts college, where she focused on art.

Ferrell, 38, moved to Moorestown about five-and-a-half years ago. She began painting en plein air on the streets of Moorestown, Collingswood and Riverside. In 2007 she began painting mom and pop stores in Philadelphia, documenting, she said, a piece of history. She currently has a show of her Philadelphia paintings at the Fairmount Park/Love Park Welcome Center through the end of January.

Her East Third Street works move away from what she terms her lollipop colors of the Moorestown Main Street works. She has moved onto more grays and ochers.

“I got bored working with those colors,” she said of the bright reds, blues and yellows of her earlier work.

She paints all types of genre–abstract, portraits, still life. Her neighborhood scenes are post-impressionistic, she said.

She is excited about her latest show for many reasons. One, it will be the last show at Nash Gallery/Artfully Yours current location. And two, the works are a return to painting Moorestown scenes.

“She’s well-known in Moorestown,” said Carol Nash about why she’s hosting the show. “People know her and like her.”

McGee-Ferrell’s one-woman show “East Third Street Moorestown” will be at the Nash Gallery/Artfully Yours through Jan. 31. Gallery hours are: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. For information about lessons, contact Erin McGee-Ferrell.