A trip to the mountains...

A great trip to Fancy Gap, Va. with my friends, Georgia and Sasha. Despite the rain, we loved it all!

Wrightsville - my favorite beach

Staying at Wrightsville

Courtesy of Cyndi and Ron, I am doing many plein air scenes of Wrightsville Beach. Here are just a few from the first week.

A new favorite

This painting was done from a photo of a couple waiting for the Cedar Island Ferry to go to Ocracoke. They were charming and ask me to take their picture.

I love the light and immediate feeling of the painting. It is currently at Carolina Creations in New Bern.

Experimenting with a palette knife

This is something new for me, and I am somewhat diffident but doing it anyway. Here are two of the paintings--"Golden fields", a site near Plymouth I have done before, and "Meadow", a composite of many paintings in my head...I love to do wildflowers.

A visit to the Arboretum

On a recent visit to Wilmington, I stopped at the Arboretum, one of my most favorite places there. The day was rainy, but the rain was gentle, and I was totally overwhelmed by the beauty of the waterlilies. The koi eluded me; they moved so quickly.
The whole experience almost moved me to tears; it was that beautiful. Here are two of the paintings that resulted.

new favorites

The last ones are always the favorites....these two I really love. The beach towel was at South Beach in Salvo; the flowers belonged to Cyndi McNeill, who graciously lent me the use of her house on Banks Channel at Wrightsville Beach. What a wonderful painting time....

You may find them both at Pea Island Art Gallery in Salvo, which belongs to my daughter, Kim. Check out her new blog at: http://artonhatteras.blogspot.com