Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Re-worked this painting a bit from up on the Parkway from last year . . . . it makes me want to go back soon! Will be at Art on the Trax, Creative Framing & The Art Box, Crozet for the month of November. Come by if you can! This is 24" x 36" oil on canvas, framed, $800   SOLD

White Hall View

Painted this two weeks ago with Chloe at the White Hall Community Center. The grape vines are in the distance of Grace Estate, which we are going to go paint this Friday!  8" x 24" oil on canvas framed  $300, SOLD

Miller School Paint Out!

From the second day last weekend up at Miller School Paint Out. About 18 people came out to photograph or paint all around their campus. 20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $395,  SOLD

Above the Blue Ridge Parkway

I am behind in my posts . . . here is a painting I did as a demo at the Crozet Arts Festival. This was from a photograph but a known location that I paint a few times a year. 8" x 24" oil on canvas, framed  $300  SOLD

Miller School Paint Out

Painted with a dozen others up at Miller School yesterday and going back today. The light changed about a million times . . . today is clear, blue skies and much cooler. The top photo I will re-take, the bottom one was at the mid-point. I love my new canvases that are 8" by 24", fun panoramic!  SOLD

Veritas Vineyards, Afton, Virginia

A Commission for a wedding present at Veritas Vineyards in early October, so I painted two to give them a choice. Always fun to paint there with my painting ladies. The second one sold last weekend at the Crozet Arts Festival. Here is the couple when they received their gift! Thanks Rebecca and Kelly!

Beaver Creek Reservoir

Two studies of Beaver Creek Reservoir with my friend Chloe. We have had five days of rain so it was nice to have some sun today. The these paintings are 6" x 12" oil on canvas, framed. I hope to do larger painting from Beaver Creek this Fall.  BOTH SOLD

My friend Chloe, who loves to go out painting with me  :  )

Crozet Bales

Today is Friday, and I am heading out to set up for the Crozet Arts Festival which run both Saturday and Sunday. This fresh painting will be there, still wet! Come out and enjoy live music, great food and wonderful ART! 20" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $395  SOLD

Lexington Paint Out

The first two paintings in Lexington last Friday. Possum Hollow Barn, when it was very foggy in the morning, then it lifted . . . so hard to decide  . . . do I change or stay with that view? The back mountain is very pale because of fog, the foreground is in the clear!   9-1/2" x 12-1/2" oil on panel, framed at http://nelson-gallery.com/

This was painted on Plank Road and is of Buffalo Creek, a quiet spot to pull over and paint. Also at Nelson Gallery in Lexington. Thanks to everyone for all your work pulling the show together!

Shag Hill Barn, Lexington, VA

Here are two paintings on Shag Hill I did with my friend Elizabeth Sauder and sorry they are not very good photographs. When you are outside, the lighting that is there is what you get! The bottom one shows how bright it was that day and the top one the clouds rolled in just when I pulled out the camera. Both paintings are at the Nelson Gallery for the month of October. http://nelson-gallery.com/

Thanks to everyone who helped make it a great weekend!

Too bad we don't know how to have fun on these Paint Outs! Cheers!

Lexington Paint Out

Posting these backwards, this is the last painting I did of five (one not completed) in the two days of painting at the Lexington Paint Out with the Nelson Gallery as the host. Bottom photo is at the opening with 24 guest artists and the public invited to the opening. The barn photo was taken when a huge cloud rolled in so you can't see the beautiful light hitting the barn. Painted all day at this site with Elizabeth Sauder (below in pink).

Shag Hill Barn, 11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed $250  http://nelson-gallery.com/

Somesville Sound, Acadia Maine

Very nice spot in the parking lot of The Gallery at Somes Sound to paint . . . I think several artist both from the gallery and ones like I who beg to set up there. Thank you to Tyra for the opportunity! 10" x 12" oil on masonite, will be framed.

Eagle Lake, Acadia Maine

Small study done at Acadia, Maine 10 days ago on Eagle Lake, a cloudy cool day. A wonderful trip!  6-1/2 x 6-1/2" oil on masonite, SOLD