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.