Happy May Day to you. Thanks for your patience while I’ve been on hiatus. I’ve been sewing and doing volunteer work for Master Gardener certification, but have taken a break from writing. Have you missed […]
Category Archives: Plein Air
My Kind of Christmas Tree
I like my Christmas trees live and outside. This 80+ year-old deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara) at Clemson’s Sandhill Research and Education Center near Columbia, SC, is one of my favorites.
Plein Air Exhibit
FAIRFIELD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL and THE LOFT AT 115 INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF ART FEATURING THE PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE GROUP FROM ABOUT FACE AT THE COLUMBIA MUSEUM OF ART December 1, […]
Fort McAllister
On a recent trip to Fort McAllister State Park in Georgia with a group of artists, I had been under the weather for a few days and didn’t feel like lugging a heavy easel and […]
Mansfield Plantation (part 3)
The day after the plein air event in Georgetown, I painted the third painting in the Mansfield Plantation series in the morning before leaving to come home. I was inspired by the path and the […]
Mansfield Plantation (part 2)
After working on two paintings at the same time at Mansfield Plantation, I wasn’t completely satisfied with either. For this larger one, I used a limited palette of colors and large brushes. I liked the […]
Mansfield Plantation (part 1)
The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art in Georgetown, SC, kicked off with a plein air paintout on September 30, 2017. Barbara Yongue and I stayed at Mansfield Plantation, a beautiful antebellum rice plantation, now […]
Georgetown Boats
Over the weekend, Barbara Yongue and I travelled to Georgetown, South Carolina to participate in a plein air event. Although I planned to paint my contest entry in another location, I started the morning with a […]
Marsh Dreams
This week has been busy with activities related to Master Gardeners, church, and family. Although I haven’t done much painting this week, I’m planning some painting trips to the low country this fall, so I […]
Street Trees
Last Saturday, September 18th, I painted in Winnsboro, South Carolina at Barbara Yongue’s Plein Air Paintout, an event in conjunction with Oil Painters of America. 28 artists participated in the event and set up an […]