A Day At The Beach

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These beachgoers are well prepared for spending time on the beach.  They have books, drinks, food, and a beach umbrella.

6 x 6 " oil on Gessobord

Pepper Jack And Plums

Pepper Jack And Plums
My friend Teej can sure put together a pretty snack plate!  This is one of those delicious red plums that I painted on Monday along with some cheese and grapes.  We have had a lot of fun this week and I really hate to leave Bald Head .  Below is a picture of me hard at work in my satellite studio.

6 x 6 in. oil on Gessobord

Rowboats

Rowboats

I loved painting all the interesting shadow shapes and reflections of these small boats. 

6 x 6 in. oil on Gessobord

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Hogsnapper

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This is my new favorite fish because of it's beautiful  coloration and the three dorsal spines.The Hogfish is very unusual in that it is protogynous, that is, it begins life as female and changes later to male.  The really large fish are probably male.  The Hogsnapper is a flavorful fish and can be found off the coast of North Carolina as well as other fishing spots.

6 x 6 in. oil on Gessobord



Beach Reading

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There's almost nothing better to have at the beach than a great new book to enjoy while you listen to the ocean.  I am looking for such a book so please let me know what you have read lately that you really liked!

6 x 6 In. oil on Gessobord



Plum Delicious

Plum Delicious

I am at Bald Head Island painting this week and we just went to the Maritime Market and found luscious plums.  They are the deepest shade of red and are really large.  Tomorrow I will have  a beach painting for you!

Peach Trio

Peach Trio

Here are some more South Carolina peaches. I love it when they still have some leaves on them. These have some interesting shadows which were fun to paint.

6 x 6 in. oil on Gessobord



Cookie Jar

Cookie Jar

This is the treat jar for my two dogs.  It stays on the kitchen counter and is a great motivator for Camden and Pixie.  If they are somewhere else in the house and I lift the lid, they come running.  I don't know how they always hear it, but they do.

6 x 6 in. oil on Gessobord

The Big Peach

The Big Peach

This was my snack this afternoon and I started thinking about the real "big peach".

When we travel to visit my son and his wife in Greenville, we usually head down I-85 from Charlotte, where our other son and his wife live. So we pass through Gaffney fairly often.  The "Peachoid" is a four-story(150 feet) tall water tower in Gaffney, SC that resembles a peach.  It holds one million gallons of water.  The peachoid was built in 1981 by Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of steel and concrete.  An overlay stem and leaf were laid across the structure, an emormous "cleft" was created with steel paneling, and Peter Freudenberg, an artist,  painted the structure to realistically pass for a peach.   

6 x 6 in. oil on gessobord

Pelican On The Dock

Pelican On The Dock


This spot beside the Provision Co. restaurant in Southport is a favorite place for the pelicans to hang out.  In North America, the brown pelican is endangered but populations are recovering to some extent.  These sea birds were devastated by chemical pesticides such as DDT, which damaged the eggs of pelicans and many other species.


8 x 8 in. oil on gessobord
This painting is available at 
the Woods Gallery, Bald Head Island, NC

The Surprise

The Surprise

It is so great to live with someone who brings home surprises to you for no special reason other than he thinks you would like it.  This orchid was one of those unexpected gifts and I am so happy to have it because all my other orchids I was growing are with me no longer. They all bit the dust.

Thank You, Bill!

Garden Study

Garden Study

This is a very quick painting of a tiny part of the garden, including some Basil in a paper cup that I have not had time to plant in the ground.  There is a big thunderstorm on the way so I really had to hustle to get it painted.

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Pink Zinnias

Pink Zinnias

It's always fun painting Zinnias from the garden-add stripes in the background and I'm really having a great time.  I love doing these daily paintings and learning more and more each day!

By the way, if you think you would love to paint-get started!  Anyone with the desire to do it can learn, so please don't think it takes any special talent-just time and DESIRE.

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Gull Watching

Gull Watching

This gull is so regal looking with his upright head and knowing looks.

He seems to be a regular on this beach.

Marsh Fishing

Marsh Fishing

This father and son are fishing at Bald Head Island on the marsh side on a small dock.  While we were there the little boy caught a fish and was so excited.  That was so much fun to see.

I think that I am done with fishing paintings for now so look for some new subject matter tomorrow.

6 x 6 in. oil on gessoboard
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Just Fishing

Just Fishing
This guy was really loving what he was doing and stayed at it for a couple of hours, catching a few fish, but mostly just enjoying the attempt.

6x6 in. oil on panel

This painting is available at the Woods Gallery,
Bald head Island, NC 

Waiting And Baiting

Waiting And Baiting

Sometimes, or maybe always, it takes patience to fish.  I love to go fishing but have not had the opportunity for awhile.  I think after the hot weather is over, I'm going to convince someone to fish with me.

8 x 8 in. oil on gessoboard

Striped Chair

Striped Beach Chair

I painted this because I love the stripes on the chair.  I'm becoming a little obsessed with stripes lately.  Actually I have painted this before and I wanted to try it again in the square format.

The first one is hanging in a beach house at Bald Head Island and the owner tells me she really enjoys it.  I put the sandals in this time and tried to recapture the great feeling of a morning on the beach, just reading the newspaper.


This painting is available at the Woods Gallery, 
Bald Head Island, NC

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Single Zinnia

Single Zinnia

It was a challenge to get the color of this flower just right.  It is a very bright and happy color.

I am having fun with stripes in my paintings.

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Runaway

Runaway

These tomatoes can't figure out where the fifth one got off to, leaving only an empty stem behind.

There is certainly no reason to suspect foul play, rather it is believed that a better job opportunity came along, something to do with a certain chef in a Paris restaurant.

6 x 6 in. oil on museum quality panel

Available framed at One Eleven Main, Aberdeen, NC.
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Sunflowers For You

I decided I wanted to paint these again, so I put them in a different vase and  put the light on them from the other side. I learned today that not only is the Sunflower the state flower of Kansas, it is also the symbol of the Vegan Society. But the best part is that sunflowers can be processed into a peanut butter alternative called "Sunbutter". Okay, how about a Sunbutter and jelly sandwich?

6 x 6 in. oil on gessoboard

Sunflowers From Chapel Hill

Sunflowers From Chapel Hill

I could not resist this bunch of Sunflowers on sale almost half price at Whole Foods the other night.  I put them in another Ben Owen, III vase, this one is Chinese Red.  It needs a liner if you put water in it for flowers.  This vase is about eighteen inches tall so I just included a small part of it in the painting.

8 x 8 in. on wrapped canvas

This one will be available at ONE ELEVEN MAIN.

Aberdeen, NC

Ready For Pie!

Ready For Pie

These are some of the blueberries I picked this morning from our yard ( while the birds protested). They are never happy when they see me out there with my basket because they know I leave no ripe berries for them.  I have actually just finished the pie and it is cooling.  Come on over and have a slice!

6 x 6 in. oil on archival panel 

Zinnias Picked This Morning

Zinnias Picked This Morning

The colors of my zinnias this year are a little more limited than usual but I am starting some new plants from seed to add to the color range.  I was looking for a container to put these in after I picked them this morning and I remembered this beautiful pitcher.  It was made by my friend, Ben Owen, III, and this is the first time I have used it. Ben had a wonderful show at the Campbell House this spring and Bill and I agreed we both loved this piece.

6 x 6 in. oil on archival panel

This painting is available at Franklin Square Gallery,
Southport, NC

Patriotic- July 4th

Patriotic-July 4th

This is from a photo I took in Maine last summer and I have been wanting to paint this for awhile.

It seemed like the perfect July 4th painting.

8 x 10 In. oil on gesso board

Stargazer and Stripes

Stargazer and Stripes

It's time to gear up for the holiday week-end and take on a patriotic mood to appreciate Independence Day.  I was thinking Stars and Stripes and other music while I was painting this. 

These lilies will be blooming for just a little longer so I hope I can paint a couple more of these next week.

6 x 6 in. oil on archival panel