"Cherry Tree Outside My Studio Window"

This plein air (I'm calling it that!) painting was done looking out my studio window on a rainy day-then the sun came out!  So I couldn't resist including a bit of cast shadows on some of the limbs. This is exactly what all plein air artist tell themselves to do:  "Avoid chasing the light."  Oh well....

                                          8" x 10"
                                          watercolor
                                         
                                         blush pink blooms have passed
                                         graceful limbs dressed in spring green
                                         swaying to and fro

"Spring Morning in Hanes Park"

Another plein air painting.  Still "social distancing" while continuing to enjoy the pleasures of being outside painting close to home. Along the side of a curve in the walk in the park are lilacs, viburnum, and spirea all blooming at the same time.

                                                    12' x 16"
                                                    oil

Plein Air

With the past week bringing such beautiful weather and spring blossoms here to the Piedmont of North Carolina, I enjoyed painting outside.  Staying close to home, I walked to the park in our neighborhood.  I stationed myself a safe distance from people walking by.

The first day I painted this watercolor:

                                         "Yellow Azaleas in Hanes Park
                                           8" x 10"
                                           watercolor

The next day I painted this. A neighbor walking by bought it!  I'll deliver it when it is dry.:

                                         "Flame Azaleas in the Park"
                                           12" x 16"
                                           oil
                                           SOLD

"Trees at Crow Top"

Recent commission-  a pair of woodland paintings.

                                                        20" x 13"
                                                        watercolor
                                                        SOLD

"Outcropping"

Another "found" creation while continuing to let the paint show me what's there.  My imagination takes over as I experiment with the medium.  I wonder into and around the landscape discovering plant life and outcroppings of rocks as the painting develops.                  

                                          9" x 12"
                                          watercolor
                                       

"White Fence Garden"

A painting that I did last summer.

                                                    20" x 16"
                                                    oil
                                                    SOLD

"At the Top of the Rocks"

Playing with watercolor.  This is a "found" vignette while experimenting.  I'm enjoying letting the paint show me what it wants to do and am fond of the results.

                                                       12" x 9"
                                                       watercolor

"Down East Pines"

The warm hued late day light shining on the trunks and limbs of these pine trees really caught my eye. 

                                          9" x 15"
                                          watercolor

"Mountainside Trees"

After the sunlight popped over the top of the mountain and lit the sides of the trees:

                                                          9" x 15"
                                                          watercolor
                                                          SOLD

"Below the Dam"

Last Monday was such a beautiful spring-like day.  While visiting C. G. Hill Park here in Forsyth County, NC, I walked down into the woods below the dam and painted this scene.  The two small trees on the right side of the stream projecting out of the bank side by side caught my eye.  Painting time about 2 1/2 hours.

                                                    6 1/2" x 9"
                                                    watercolor