"Ceiner Garden Spring" (Kernersville, NC)

In this painting I was using a more controlled palette knife application.  I think I gained a bit more skill as I experimented with technique.

                                          24" x 18"
                                          oil on canvas

"Flowers by the Fence" (Reynolda Gardens)

With my renewed intrigue by the affects of painting with the palette knife I've continued in the same vein.  I did a bold under painting with a large brush laying in the major areas of the composition in acrylics.  After letting that dry, I created the visible layer of the finished painting using oils applied with my palette knife.

                                          20" x 16"
                                          oil on canvas panel
                                          SOLD

"Golden Day" (on the Blue Ridge Parkway)

Something new and different!
I was so unhappy with this painting that I was working on of golden rods that were growing in Julian Price Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  It seemed so blah.  Never being afraid to experiment, I decided to do something that I hadn't done in a very long time.  I started using my pallet knife and things begin to happen that pleased me.  I piled on the paint, I scratched into wet paint, and I enjoyed seeing what was being created.  The color is rich, the surface textures draw the viewer to look closer and the scratches lend an interesting hieroglyphic to the image  Now I am finished and happy with the results.

                                          34" x 24"
                                          oil on gessoed masonite panel

"Reynolda Path"

                                                  16" x 20"
                                                  oil on canvas panel

                                                  shadows crossing path
                                                  dapple sunlight on my face
                                                  woodsy excursion

"Garden at Strickland Place"

                                          8" x 8"
                                          oil on canvas
                                          SOLD

                                          A friend of mine designed this lovely little garden. 
                                          There's such a wonderful variety of plants with many
                                          different colors and textures.
                                          This was fun to paint.             

"Morning Light"

                                                    18" x 24"\
                                                    oil on canvas panel                                                 

                                                    high in the mountains
                                                    tallest tree in the forest
                                                    catching morning light

"Oak Tree Study"

I found beauty in this old oak tree.  The negative spaces were also interesting to me.

                                          8" x 8"
                                          oil on canvas
                                          SOLD

"Mill Creek Early Spring"

I enjoy walking in the woods.  This creek runs through the woods near Bethabara Park.  Such a peaceful and lovely place.  I can hear the trickle of water that often invites me to wade in the stream.

                                                  16" x 20"
                                                  oil on canvas

                                                  SOLD

"Near Artum Garden"

Another scene along the path by Artum Garden.  This one after the leaves have come out on the trees.

                                          8" x8"
                                          oil on canvas
                                          SOLD

"Cherry Trees Near Artum Garden"

                                         18" x 14"
                                         oil on canvas

                                         walking down this path
                                         sights and scents of early spring
                                         when cherry trees bloom