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.