Ride Times Two-6x6-SOLD

$8 s/h
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Just felt like doing some figures today since i've been on traveling/landscape painting tear for a while now. Took a bunch of photos yesterday on the Ocracoke to Cedar Island ferry. Got to hang out with Doug Hoover this week on ocracoke. he's the guy i got the idea for the ferry riders from. thanks doug!

Get this one before it dries and gets sent to the gallery!

Afternoon on the James-SOLD

4x5

A cloud study on the James.

Clouds have to be done quickly. best thing to do is mix the colors so they're just close (before painting), and then paint very quickly. you can always go back to color/value correct but at least you have the shapes and approximate values/colors for when they invariably change in just a few minutes.

Little Camper-8x10

SOLD

Ocracoke Bend-6x6

$100 plus $8 shipping

Clouds Over the River-4x5-SOLD

Around the next bend of the James River trip. Was trying to nail the light key and color harmonies in the short amount of time a 7 knot cruise allows.

Silver Lake at 10 a.m.- 8x10
$350 framed
at Down Creek Gallery- Ocracoke
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After a long day of painting on Ocracoke i jumped up and sat on top of "ole bessie" for this parting glimpse of the big yellow orb. Somewhere floating on the cool breeze was the sounds of somebody playing jimmie buffet on a guitar, at the marina bar, on the dock.

i started contemplating all the places i've seen sunsets from this year and thanked God for letting me do what i really love to do, where i love to do it. i've stayed and painted on islands from cape cod to key west this year, and feel exceedingly blessed. i've met some of the finest folks on the planet.
thanks to everybody who's ever bought one of my paintings, taken one of my workshops, let me stay at their house, or showed me all the cool places to paint (and eat, and have fun) on their island. i hope God blesses you for your kindness to me, and that He allows me to keep doing what i love, where i love to do it (on an island)

i've got saltwater in my blood, and dont want to get more than a few yards from it for very long.

hope it shows in every brushstroke i make.

River Trees-4x5-SOLD

A painting off the top deck of the houseboat going down the James before that ill fated night when we were shipwrecked.

Dont forget that my Morehead City workshops start this monday and go thru the weekend. the class is filling up so give me an email if youre interested in attending. i'll take the mystery out of plein air painting for you. then you can go on houseboats and paint going down the river! LOL

The Spell Bound-6x8-SOLD

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From a dock in Portsmouth, Va.

Dreamy Waterfront-6x8

SOLD

Well....the story i'm about to tell you is what i get for bragging in previous posts!

here's the short version..... (see previous posts for the background to this tale)

we're in the norfolk area on the houseboat and we decide to go up in a bay and anchor for the night when the wind decides to kick up about 20-25 knots. we throw the anchor only to find that it's not grabbing the bottom and we're being blown towards the shore. its real dark and all i can see is the black silohuette of the tree line when i get a bad feeling about things. closer and closer we go as we're trying to motor the boat toward the anchor to get slack on it where we can pull it up. no go! the capt decides to cut the anchor loose and gun the engines and try to get the boat out towards the middle. this boat we're on is like 70 feet long and 70 tons of steel. long story short we get beached on the rocks on shore with the waves slamming the boat into the rocks over and over. we were very worried that it might take on water and sink right there a few yards from shore. the towboat he called tried to pull us off but couldnt because the tide was going low and we were grounded good! Next morning they came out at high tide and got us off the rocks and back into the bay. no apparent holes, so we cruise off to norfolk to get the boat pulled out of the water and inspected.

Left this morning driving south from norfolk for the next leg of my adventure, painting my way down the outer banks and jumping on the cedar island ferry, back home.

i'd like to thank boardman and mary bell for a great cruise and another one of my great adventure stories! they are great hosts and you dont find better people!

Warm Sky on the James-4x5-$20

$5 s/h
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We've arrived downriver today, in the city of Norfolk, Va., after boating down the James River from Richmond. we ate supper last night on the top deck under the stars, with little light bulbs strung around the handrailings, out in the mddle of the river a mile or two from shore each way. it was amazing.

i'll probably get in some good painting of the shoreline from out on the water. i'll post whatever i do, as i go.

being on the water is the closest thing to heaven, this side of it!

James River Sparkle-5x5-SOLD

One of the top of the houseboat heading to norfolk.

Houseboatin' Trip to Norfolk

i'm on a painting adventure (again you say?)

when i write posts about my painting exploits, i dont intend to make people jealous on purpose, it just works out that way. LOL

Just left the docks on Capt Boardmans houseboat to tool along the James River from Richmond to Norfolk (about a nine hour trip) to hang out and paint along the way for a few days.

What a life, eh? its tuff but somebody's gotta do it! so it might as well be me, right?

i'll post paintings along the way as they're completed.

The lovely and charming Captainess Mary and First Mate Rich

Captain Boardman oversees the course as we boat down the James River on the way to Norfolk

Blue Skies and Blue House- 10x8

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did this one with my painter friend (in rhode island) Kathy Weber. its fun to look at her blog and see hers and compare it to mine.

Bald Head Cottages-8x6

My recent efforts....

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Cottages in the Sun-8x10

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Eastern NC Morning-8x8

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Looking Down-8x10

SOLD

Low Tide Green Boat-8x8

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Flowing Bride-7x5-SOLD

Did a bunch of these bride paintings last winter and had the itch to do another last night. love how you can see thru the gauzey dress where she's pulling on it.

October Morning Glow-22x28

SOLD

Today was an awesome day to paint this one outside. cool temps and no humidity. i did this small at the beginning of the summer and have wanted to do this bigger since. the light was fantastic.

Tending Roses-5x4-SOLD

$45

in this one i'm doing a high key painting meaning the darkest darks are maybe a tad darker than a medium value. the range of values is severely narrowed and gives the piece more of a feeling of atmosphere and light bouncing around. one of the tools in the impressionists of old's toolbox. alot of claude monet's stuff was high key. he was after that elusive light effect where everything looks sun-filled.

Shimmering Water- 6x8

$390 framed

at Woods Gallery on Bald Head Island

Love this area of the island and always see something to paint. did an overcast painting from here last time i went. it looked totally different today with the sun reflection coming out from behind the tree and the clear, early morning skies after the previous days Nor'easter.

Skiff with a Yellow Rope-6x8-SOLD

Still on Bald Head Island. Landed a few commissions to paint of a previous marsh scene, a house portrait, and another persons ocean view from their back deck.

The demo went well saturday even tho' we had a Nor'easter blow thru with high winds and soaking rains all day. thanks to shawn for the invite over. its a great island and the vibe here is wonderful for painting. i'll post what i did in future posts.

there's not a cloud in the sky today so i'm off to paint some more!

Falmouth Curve-8x10

(note: the pictures a little off kilter- the water doesnt go down hill in the painting LOL)

SOLD

This one is from the cape cod trip. it was getting overcast but the sun was shining thru that one hole in the sky and backlighting the building. i thought i was going to have to work on it some in the studio but ending up liking it, as is, after being away from it all this time.

what a great week i've had. spent two days waterside near corebanks in Gloucester two days, and finished it off with three days on Bald Head Island, off mainland Southport. there arent any cars over here and you have to go everywhere by golfcart. i was doing demos all day at their Food and Wine Festival and decided to stay on to paint for my gallery over here. the suns just now trying to come out after rain and clouds all day yesterday and this morning, so i'm off to do my thing! as one of my friends always says,....."enough frivolity!"

Marshallberg Waterway-5x7

Private collection- NFS

That house was the site of the Gloucester workshop i taught yesterday, and it was something to behold. we convered the basics of value, how to mix colors and i did a talk in the morning about how to pick out subject matter for a painting, and alot about the in's and out's of the process.
i did this painting for Faye, our gracious host as a thank you gesture.


Conch Point Houses- 16x12

contact me if you like it and we'll work something out

Trying to mix all the colors on the canvas and keep it very Cape School with the emphasis on the light, making even the ordinary subject "painting worthy". the light's the star.

Overcast Sailboat-6x8-SOLD

What Dreams Are Made Of-22x28

SOLD

Here's one i did yesterday for WH in Fayetteville. Cant keep these marsh scenes here lately. better do as many as i can before they go into their fall colors until next summer

Shows my easel and palette setup and the painting about in the middle of the process.


Here's how it started out. i underpainted my big shapes in the proper temperatures.

Wellfleet Boat-6x6-SOLD

One from Wellfleet Harbor, Mass.

i could almost imagine Charles Sovek (one of my hero's) painting out on this same dock when he was doing his thing! God rest his soul.

SOLD-Small Town Shadows-6x6

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This one from Selma NC this past sunday morning. something intriguing about the way awnings throw that huge shadow on the sidewalk, and the building's in shadow.

the key is to keep it colorful. i use these little vignettes to train my eye to see the colors in the shadows. at first glance they look like grays but look harder and see what color gray. Blue-gray, purple-gray, yellow gray.

the cape school technique of "full color seeing" makes you realize that there's nothing out there that's neutral gray. everything has a color identity.

Also... there's a blogpost on the Bald Head Island blog about the workshop i'm holding there at the end of october. go check it out!

Sunday in September-SOLD

8x6-oil on canvas board

Sold this one right off the easel this morning while painting on the street in a little town off 70 west business called Pine Level. it hasnt changed much in 40 years. thats why i like painting there. time seemed to have passed it by just like all the major highways over the years. no traffic, no growth.

its right down the road from Hinnant Winery where i painted the rest of the afternoon. i'll show you that one tomorrow. i've never been to italy but in my mind, its how i would think it looks. maybe i'll get to italy to paint in the near future, but for right now there seems to be plenty of places to paint where i dont have to leave "ole Bessie" at home. she loves a road trip as much as i do!

Dont forget that the deadline to sign up for the October Morehead City NC workshops on the 12-14th and 17th and 18th is fast approaching. the deadline to sign up is Midnite on Oct. 10th. Email me for the address to send the deposit check to if you'd like to come.

Topsail Cottages-6x8-$100

$8 s/h
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This was the second one from my daring bridge session. The paint flies when your a foot or two from large trucks and SUV's flying past you. until one hits me, i really do forget that theyre there!



Riverfront Shadows-10x8

$275 unframed (for a limited time only)

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Headed to Carolina Creations when the frame comes in