marsh in morning fog

Between travels, I came home to find some lovely fog rising over Eastman Creek. This is one of the paintings that resulted.

The Richmond show was very successful, and it was so great to reunite with all the painters. A great crowd and several sales. It will be up for a month at Gallery 5800, Libby and Grove, in Richmond.

Have a new gallery in Lynchburg, Artifacts. Great people and a lovely selection of work.

painting for the Richmond show

More finished paintings of Italy...brings back wonderful memories. One of my favorite places was Fonterutoli, and two of these paintings are from there. Will include some other finished works in the next post.

painting in Italy

Two new paintings resulting from a wonderful trip with ten other artists. We stayed in a beautiful old castle and painting in the surrounding countryside.

Ocracoke

Another new painting "Ocracoke blue" and another of the road to the beach "Roadside garden."
Headed to Italy to paint with ten other artists; it is very exciting!

favorites....

Every artist has his or her favorites (at least for three to six months....) These are two of mine. "Poles" is from a spot near Cedar Island, where you take the ferry to Ocracoke. It is in Tidewater Gallery at Swansboro.
"Summer" sold recently at Pea Island Art Gallery in Salvo. It was from a scene along Hiway 64 near Manteo.

Fall in Crozet

This is another favorite place, near Charlottesville. It is 18x24, oil on linen and is currently at Gallery 5800 in Richmond. I am fortunate to have a daughter and grandchildren in the area, and Fall is my favorite time to be there

Pulling in the crabpots...

Paintings that resulted from my day with my artist friend, Georgia, and her husband, Randy. Weather was beautiful and we had crabs for lunch.....

to the Outer Banks

Headed to Hatteras next week. Last year there were cosmos blooming along 64; this year they are gone, likely due to the economy. This painting was 24x30, oil on linen and sold at Handscapes in Beaufort.

Angel wings

Although I very infrequently paint boats, this was one I couldn't resist. It was a fishing boat nearby and was just beautiful. The painting was 24x30 and sold at a show for women artists in Chapel Hill. I was fortunate to meet the owner, John Willis, recently and give him a print of the painting. He is from one of the old fishing/boating families here.
The title came from the nets on the boat.

Next week...

...three of my grandchildren are coming from Charlottesville. We will swim alot, eat alot, go to the beach and laugh alot; it is always so much fun!
Attached are paintings I did after my trip to sit with them last fall, while Dave and Kerry had a get-away.
So there won't be alot of time for serious painting, but time for joint projects...which they love.

Silver blue morning.

Beaufort and Downeast (the area close by) are near sea level with lots of marshes. This is one of my favorite paintings, done from some morning research when the fog was dense in many places. I started out very early and ended up near Harkers Island.
The painting is 18x24, oil on linen and is at Kim's gallery at Salvo on the Outer Banks.

a work in progress

Probably the last large painting of Kim's gallardia, in front of the gallery. The painting is 24x36. I am very fond of her many wildflowers, and gallardia is prolific on the Outer Banks. It was one of the things I remembered from my first visit to Ocracoke in 1987.

Solo

A beautiful reminder of our trip to Disney World. The blossom was in a small pool at Epcot. It had the beauty of a geisha.

Soundside garden

Today I spent some time trying to remedy the damage in my yard and flowerbeds that resulted from about a month away from home. I am also working on a larger version of Kim's gallardia, and it makes me envious of her simple yard, which is a beautiful complement to her gallery.
This painting is an earlier version; one of many. It is in Gallery 5800 in Richmond and is 24x30. Most of the smaller versions have sold.
I will post the newest, and likely the last of these, sometime later this week.

other places to find my work...

As well as the gallery listings on my personal website, be sure to check out an AMAZING new website --Artquiver.com. This site makes it so easy to choose a painting, hang it on an onsite wall with other art, and they will even send you a black and white proof to try. You can return any art you are not satisfied with, even after some time.
This painting is included on their website. It is 18x24 and is oil on linen.

"beach shadows"

I am into cobalt blue right now, doing lots of shadows on the beach. Here is an 8x10 that Kim sold in her gallery. You can see some of the other "shadow" paintings at the top of my website, www.drobertsonfineart.com

"A favorite place" is the view from Kim's new Peapod. This painting is currently at Handscapes in Beaufort, but Kim has several smaller paintings of this spot as I often paint plein air from her bridge. What a great view of the Sound!

Hi to everyone...
and many thanks to those who came to my opening in Manteo in June. And a special thanks to Clair for the birthday cake!
Spent several weeks with Kim at Pea Island Art Gallery in Manteo and love watching her studio take shape, called, of course, the Pea Pod. I get first dibs on the loft...