Under the Walkway

It's been several weeks since I have been able to paint for myself. Lots of commission work going on. I allowed myself for time yesterday and this is what spoke to me. This is a little alley in Savannah that runs between River Street and Bay Street. You get the great shadows cast by the walkways. It's very intriguing.

Autumns End

Painted this one afternoon in my mother in laws lawn. The lake is so beautiful and blue and I love the contrast between this blues and the oranges in those last leaves of fall. This painting will be used for s larger studio piece.

Olive Road, Tennessee

More plein air work just outside Paris, TN. Not too many places in the farmland to pull over, but I found a nice quit spot.

Creeping

Got to spend some quality time in front of one of my favorite southern monuments in Paris, TN

A Stream Runs Through It

Did this piece at our RV campground near Bennington VT during OPA Nationals... I was late for the opening.

In Between

Experimenting with the beautiful simplicity of a limited palette of yellow ochre, napthol red and cobalt blue. Love the colors and the harmony you get with a limited palette. Mine has gotten out of control with all of the earths grays and halftones I use.

Sunset on Lamar Potts Road

Layers

Layers, oil on linen, 12x16, palette knife, on hold, architecture

Still working on trying to keep my knife work from looking like knife work... Keeping the darks thick and rubbing the paint in with the knife in addition to laying it on. I'm really liking where this is going.

Cumberland Angles

While back on Cumberland we visited the church where JFK, Jr. got married. It has become a tourist attraction with daily tours. It's freshly painted and locked! Even though it was not my first visit, all of there charm had been removed. Luckily, the shack next door had enough charm for both of them.

Cumberland Angles, 12x16, oil on linen, architectural, $775

Sunflower Field

Sunflower Field, oil on linen, 12x16, $775, framed, landscape, sunflowers

Painter friend, Sue Christensen, invited me down to my old stomping ground in Gay, GA for a day painting at a private sunflower field. This was my best effort for the day.

Standing Guard

Standing Guard, 12x16, oil on linen, $775, framed, plein air, landscape, Big Bend

I became obsessed with the Century Plant, an agave that started to look like people out in the distance to me after a while. Sometimes they were in clusters, sometimes flying solo. They had just bloomed this sprint so they had these antennae like branches sticking out of the top. The seedpods and flowers that once adorned these naked branches could weigh up to 70lbs.

Towards Big Bend

Towards Big Bend, oil on linen, 12x16, $775, framed, plein air, landscape

Great view I found just south of Marathon on the way to Big Bend. I thoroughly enjoyed the the way the clouds were sitting on the mountains... while they lasted!

Socked in at Iron Mountain

Socked in at Iron Mountain, 12x16, oil on linen panel, $775 framed, landscape, plein air

This was the first piece I did when we got to Marathon, TX. It was cold, rainy and couldy... there were jackets involved in the making of this plein air piece.

Taos Mountain

Taos Mountain, 12x16, oil on innerglow panel, $775, landscape, mountain

Sunrise in Blood Creek Bottom

Sunrise in Blood Creek Bottom, 12x16, oil on linen, plein air, $775, landscape, hay bales

Summer's Field, Three Hearts Farm

Summer's Field, oil on aluminum, 12x16, NFS, landscape

Did this as a wedding present for one of my old students, Summer Wilson. This is the farm where she grew up. Her mother, Meredith, teaches at The Heritage School with me. Meredith teaches are to grades k-6 and I teach 7-12. Meredith is an inspiration to me and even let me use a beautiful studio space above her garage several years ago... Summer married yesterday. Good luck!!

Sunset on the Isle of Hope

Sunset on Isle of Hope, 12x16, oil on innerglow panel, $725, landscape

The Isle of Hope is one of my favorite places to visit around Savannah when I am back.

Cumberland Skyscape

Cumberland Skyscape, oil on panel, 12x16, NFS, landscape

Another study for the Cumberland Island Canopy show.

Good Morning, Sun

Study for larger piece that was entered in AIS National, hope to get into the show.

12x16, oil on linen, $400

Blue Springs Shade

Blue Springs Shade, 12x16, oil on linen, plein air, $775, landscape

Painted this one cool morning during the Callaway Paint Out at Blue Springs.