Isn’t it amazing how we find inspiration from disparate places? This painting was based on a twilight photograph from one on my low country trips. Aside from a faint pink in the sky, there was very […]
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Bugville Afternoon
Ft. McAllister State Park (aka “Bugville”) is a favorite painting spot for our plain air group. Wild palmettos in many sizes surround the salt marshes and cast interesting shadows. The light changes with the time […]
Relax
Do you ever have one of those days when there is too much going on in your mind and you just need to relax? After a weekend of navigating South Carolina’s tax-free weekend to buy […]
Bugville Morning
This is a larger studio painting based on small watercolor paintings and photos from Ft. McAllister State Park in Georgia (aka “Bugville”). I was inspired by the palmettos silhouetted by the morning light.
Above the Broad River
On Saturday the plein air group had the privilege of painting at an old hunt club on the banks of the Broad River north of Columbia near Blair, South Carolina. We were on a […]
Ebbtide
The weather is still oppressively hot here in South Carolina, but I’ve recovered from my “Bah, humbug!” mood and have been working on some ideas for larger studio paintings based on plein air pieces, photos, […]
Seeing the Forest
Over the years, I have learned that there are cycles in my creative life. Inspiration comes easily in April and October when the weather is beautiful and the landscape bursts with color. But the summer […]
Edisto Marsh
Last fall, my plein air painting group spent a weekend at Edisto (say EH-dis-toe) Beach on the South Carolina coast about halfway between Charleston and Savannah, Georgia. This piece was painted from the dock […]
Spirit of the Trees
The roads to the South Carolina beaches are lined with old trees dripping with Spanish moss. This painting was inspired by a lane near Edisto Beach. When I started this piece, my intention was to […]
Rethinking
This painting was started a while back as a demonstration for Trenholm Artists Guild. but it was never finished. At the time, I planned to have the distant bridge as the focal point. I was […]