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 […]
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Saltmarsh Solitude
Solitude matters, and for some people, it’s the air they breathe. (Susan Cain) I wish people were all trees and I think I could enjoy them then. (Georgia O’Keeffe) I paint with other painters quite […]
Stormy Morning
On a recent trip to the South Carolina coast, a storm front moved through and brought scattered showers all weekend. I went out early one morning and painted on a dock over the marsh to catch […]
Early Morning Edisto
On a trip to Edisto Beach State Park on the coast of South Carolina in October 2015, our plein air painting group had cabins along the edge of the salt marsh. The morning was […]
Morning on Pitt Street
The Old Pitt Street Bridge in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, is an old bridge that has been converted to a park and fishing pier. I painted this view of the salt marsh from the bridge […]
James Island Marsh
This small painting was an early morning view from the fishing dock at James Island County Park. The tide was high so there was quite a bit of water showing among the marsh grasses. I […]
Marsh Edge
This painting is another in my series of low country marsh scenes. I had a lot of fun covering up an old painting that never quite worked. Tiny bits of the underpainting show through, adding […]
Noontide
This small painting is part of my recent series of low country marsh scenes. Midday light produces strong contrasts between shadows below the trees and sunlit grasses.
Marsh Sunset
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 […]
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.