"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