"Creekside Spring"

Walking along Monarcas Creek this past Spring.

                                                    9" x 12"
                                                    watercolor
                                                    SOLD

"Remembering Runnymede"

Every Spring a favorite destination to visit in our city is Runnymede Road.  The landscape burst forth with blooming azaleas and dogwood trees heralding the beauty of a new season.

                                          12" x 16"
                                          watercolor
                                          SOLD

"Long Summer Days"

While on a day trip in Watauga County (in North Carolina) this past summer, I captured this view of the New River.

                                                      9" x 13"
                                                      watercolor
                                                      SOLD

"Morning at the Creek"

This painting was done from my imagination.  Having spent many hours walking by woodland streams, I have lots of pleasant memories of the peacefulness and beauty of such a place.  My soul is restored in natural settings.

                                                    18" x 24"
                                                    oil
                                                    SOLD

"Poppy Field"

This painting is about the beauty of a clear sunlit day.

                                          16" x 12"
                                          watercolor
                                          SOLD

"Autumn at Mill Creek"

The sunlight streaming down through the trees highlighted the colorful leaves of these trees.  This created a bright spot at this woodland stream.

                                                      9" x 13"
                                                      watercolor
                                                      SOLD

"Our Patio Garden"

                                        
 This summer our garden has been a great source of inspiration for me.  It is ever changing with each new day bringing new plants blooming and others fading away.  Also, because of changes in the weather and time of day, the light seems to showcase differing aspects.  My joy is in interpreting these differences.

                                           30" x 24"
                                           oil on canvas
                                           SOLD
                                           bright sunlit blossoms
                                           basking in the morning light
                                           welcoming the day

"When the Rose Campion Blooms"

This one from our garden earlier this summer.

                                          15" x 9"
                                          watercolor

                                          SOLD 

"October Sunday Morning on the Ararat River"

Cooler temperatures have finally arrived.  It was nice to be back outside painting with a friend this morning.  We sat at the water's edge and looked downstream toward a bend in the river enjoying our plein air event. Later we picnicked at Riverside Park in Mt. Airy.

                                           9" x 6 1/2"
                                           watercolor
                                           SOLD

"Our Mid-Summer Garden"

Lately, watercolor has been the medium of choice for my creating.  Here's our garden in mid-summer at the peak of bloom.   

                                          15" x 9"
                                          watercolor
                                          SOLD    

"Reflections at Mill Creek"

I did this painting about a year ago when the leaves had started to turn. The water sparkled with the beautiful Fall palette.

                                                   12" x 16"
                                                   oil on canvas panel
                                              

"Six New Ducklings"

What is it about babies?  These six little ones are clustered to face their new world together.  One is larger than all the others.  Maybe he is going to be their protector.

 

                                          10" x 8"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Bobb's Orchid"

My friend has the most beautiful orchid!  I just had to do a painting of it.

                                          12" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas
                                          SOLD

"Enjoying the New River"

Quiet, calm day for this happy soul paddling down the New River in North Carolina.

                                          10" x 8"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Pink Hollyhocks"

Standing taller than almost all the other flowers in the garden,  these pink hollyhocks make a joyful statement!  The varying shades of pink delight the eye with some being very bright and others delicate in their tones.

                                                  8" x 10"
                                                  oil on canvas panel
                                                  SOLD

"Hydrangeas by the Fence"

The hydrangeas have been lovely this year.  It's always interesting to watch them change colors from blues to lavenders to pinks and finally to wonderful green tones as they mature through the season.

                                                 16" x 20"
                                                 oil on canvas panel
                                                 SOLD

"Poppies at Reynolda Gardens"

Poppies are always a delight to see!  I painted these using a palette knife.

                                          12" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Wetland Beauty"

At Reynolda Gardens here in Winston-Salem, what used to be Lake Katherine filled in over the years with silt and run-off from the surrounding landscape and was left to become this wetland.  One of my favorite times to see this area is during the early morning hours as the rising sun casts light across the landscape.

                                           12" x 12"
                                           oil on canvas
                                           SOLD

"Summer at Mill Creek"

Continuing with my Mill Creek Series of paintings, here's summer at the creek.  I liked the way the light was coming through the trees and  lighting the far bank.

                                                     18" x 24"
                                                     oil on canvas panel
                                                     SOLD

"Sky on the Fourth of July" (Wilkes County)

In a neighboring county on the way to my niece's house.  Lovely views across the rolling hills of farmland looking  toward the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Painted with a palette knife.

                                          30" x 24"
                                          oil on canvas

"Hallelujah! Hibiscus"

In my garden, the summer heat brings on brightly colored perennials like this hearty hibiscus.  It gets pruned down to the ground after the first frost in the fall and then in the spring comes back up again with new growth and attention getting color during the summer months.

                                                    12" x 16"
                                                    oil on hard panel

"Roan Highlands"

It seems like one can see forever from the top of Jane Bald in the Roan Highlands.  It's spring in this painting with rhododendrons and wild azaleas blooming.

                                          24" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas
                                          SOLD

"Late May Garden"

An abundance of rose campion and butterfly weed in my garden late in the month of May inspired me to create this very impressionist interpretation.  All painted with a palette knife.

                                          20" x 16"
                                          oil on canvas panel

"Creekside Herbage"

It's always a treat to see the new plants that have emerged along the creek banks.  Areas that were bare of any growth during the winter months are now green and lush with many types of foliage. (Painted with a palette knife.)

                                                  16' x 20"
                                                  oil on canvas panel

"Small Footbridge" ( Early Spring at Mill Creek)

I slipped down into the middle of the stream to get this view of the bridge. The new spring growth was just beginning, bringing new life along the banks.

                                                   9" x 12"
                                                   oil on canvas
                                                   SOLD

"Marsh at Surf Watch" (Hilton Head Island, SC)

Every morning I walked on a boardwalk at our hotel to cross this marsh to get out to the ocean. The boardwalk was wide enough for me to set up my easel out of the way of pedestrians.  At times I did have some onlookers.  They were all very respectful of my concentration and those that did speak were very polite and complimentary of my painting.  Some even asked if they could take a photo of me painting!  I guess I was the local entertainment for the day.  The structures on the far distant left of my painting are the cabanas that were placed there by the hotel. The Atlantic Ocean is just on the other side of the distant tree line.

                                          16" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          GIFTED

                                     

"Broad Creek Marsh" (Hilton Head Island, SC)

There is a lovely new park along the Broad Creek Marsh called "Shelter Cove Community Park".  While walking around the park,  trying to decide where to place my easel, I saw two brown rabbits hopping in and out of tall grasses that grow along the edge of the park. There are more houses along the far edge of the marsh than I painted.  I chose to edit out all but this white one. Spent a little over two hours on this.  It was early morning and the sun was to my back.

                                          16" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Marsh at Burkes Beach" (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)

I walked along a path on the edge of Chaplin Community Park on Hilton Head Island and found this view looking toward the ocean. Clear, bright light for this early morning painting.

                                          16" x 12"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Mill Creek Violets"

Wild violets grow in many areas along the creek banks and in the adjacent woods.  They are such a welcomed sight in the early spring. (Painted with a palette knife.)

                                                    16" x 20"
                                                    oil on canvas panel
                                                    SOLD

"Above Mill Creek"

 Spring is bursting forth with great beauty here in North Carolina.  While walking along Mill Creek, I looked up the hill and saw these lovely Redbud Tress in full bloom at the edge of the woods. 

                                                  16"x20"
                                                  oil on canvas panel

"Last Show of the Day"

This commissioned painting just completed and hung in clients home.  I'm happy to say they are pleased and so am I!

                                           36" x 36"
                                           acrylic on canvas
                                           SOLD

"Sculpted by Nature"

                                                  16" x 20"
                                                  oil on canvas panel

                                                  beside the mill stream
                                                  natures woodland gallery
                                                  highlighted treasure

"Florid Fungus"

I'm constantly surprised by the beauty that can be found in the woods, especially in the middle of winter.  Highlighted by the sun I can see the subtle colors and patterns on each "fan" of this fungus,  growing on the bark of a tree.  I started this with the intentions of doing a very detailed graphite study.  However, I decided that I simply must render this in color.  So here it is in watercolor a medium that I haven't used recently.

                                                   8" x 10 1/'2"
                                                  watercolor on acid free paper
                                                  SOLD

"Above the Creek"

A group of trees on a hill above Mill Creek.  The sunlight on the bark and lovely moss always catches my eye.

                                                     16" x 20"
                                                     oil on canvas panel

"Mill Creek Beauty"

Afternoon shadows create striped patterns on the woods floor.  As I explore, this one tree in the light says  "look at me!".  The moss growing on the bark is such a bright green that it glows and embellishes the sculptural structure of this natural beauty.  Another day walking along Mill Creek.

                                                    16" x 20"
                                                    oil on canvas panel
                                                    SOLD

"Marsh Cedar"

Here's another scene from the same week as the last marsh painting that I posted.

                                          24" x 18"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Cold Windy Marsh" (Fort Fisher, NC)

 As I walked through the maritime forest out onto the marsh that lays between the NC state aquarium and the ocean at Fort Fisher the sky was constantly changing with the clouds rushing by.  The relentless winds never rested causing a constant rustling in the forest and marsh grasses.  Wow, it was so cold. I found the colors and textures lovely and wanted to interpret them as best I could.

                                                     18" x 24"
                                                     oil on canvas panel

"Hello Helleborus!"

The middle of winter is not a time when we expect to see bright warm hued flowers here in North Carolina.  There is however one plant variety that rewards the eyes with such beauty this time of year.  The helleborus.  Here's my interpretation rendered in oils using the palette knife.

                                               22 1/8" x25 1/4"
                                               oil on panel

"Beside the Ararat"

One more from my day along the Ararat River this past Fall.  My ever favorite subject of trees painted here in mid-morning light. 

                                                     12" x 16"
                                                     oil on canvas

"The Ararat River in Mt. Airy, NC"

Another walk this past fall was along the Ararat River in a small town about an hour north of here.  In the middle of the river there are these large rock formations that, to me, resemble the backs of whales.  Such a strange, interesting and unexpected geological phenomenon.

                                          24"x18"
                                          oil on canvas panel

"Footbridge at Reynolda"

There are many structures made with river rocks on the Reynolda Estate.  This past fall I walked down to the water's edge and looked back to capture this view of a footbridge.

                                                     18"x24"
                                                     oil on canvas panel