Saturday, October 22, 2011

a looser approach to the landscape...acrylic..16"x20"
18"x24" acrylic...on the way to boone...
this is the road from marti's house in boone nc...24"x30" oil
just a path to somewhere....24"x30" oil...the mountains are really not aqua...more cobalt blue...gotta pay more attention to my photography 'skills'
this is delicious...glazes of acrylics...24:x36"...a stream on one of my hikes in these mountains...I love running water...facts+fiction+feelings=visual metaphor (robert burridge quote that I love)

another of those 16"x20"acrylic plein aire...zacchary tolberts'
Zacchary Tolberts historical home in cashiers nc did some demos in acrylic plein aire...16X20...acrylic
Laurel Park vista...16"x20" oil
24"x48" oil...vibrant water...added manganese to cobalt blue! wow! at end of cul de sac towards highlands nc
so we were walking through the woods...and voila! someone was there before us...and even in the woods doing laundry...can't we get away from laundry? 36"x36" acrylic
a detail...lot's of glazing!

up on black balsom...wow! 24"x48" acrylic

Black Balsom...off the blue ridge parkway...how heavenly---literally...24"x48"
:Pink skies...another 24"x48" acrylic of the french broad...this is an interesting, dynamic size to work with..so I did 5...of course

another in the 24"x48" series..all in acrylic..all lovely texture...french broad river..this painting actually factually is much more colorful

the three sisters...I used to have a baby raccoon when I was a little girl...when she grew up---well, let's just say you cant keep a big raccoon in the house! 24"x24" oil
another encaustic...on the way on state route 64 to Hendersonville...16"x20"
encaustic is a magical medium...this one is of a field in Mills River/NC..24"x24"

my favorite place in the whole world! Lake Toxaway River Walk...I've painted a zillion paintings..and probably a zillion more to come! this one is really square 36"x36"oils

36"x36" oil...french broad river....state road 64 on the way to Lake Toxaway..rather a pitiful photo..the water is much deeper blue
24"x48"...acrylic...rumbling falls..a lot of texture!
red fields...18"x24"...bad photo...very vibrant

Tuesday, October 11, 2011


ninth in the series...all together--thirty six feet!!!

EIGHT...ALWAYS EIGHT
seven...seven...seven
SIX!!!!
number FIVE

I need a glass of wine...this is the fourth on in the series
so this is #3 in series....

the second in the series 'irene'

the second in the series 'irene'
so this is the beginning of a series of 4'x5' paintings that I have done from my inspiration of hurricane irene...there are nine in this series...I usually paint in warm colors but because of the water/wind/interatction between the water and the land I began in cool colors....