Bald Head Island

Old Baldy, From The Ferry, 6 x 6" oil on linen, ©2015, Fay Terry

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This has been a beautiful week end at the beach. Our beach season doesn't end with Labor Day, we will have many more days of hot weather and lots of good fishing and crabbing before  Fall weather arrives.

I did this quick little painting of the Bald Head Island light and I like the way it turned out. I will be spending some time on Bald Head with my good friend Teej in October. I always create a lot of  new paintings  when she invites me to her home on this beautiful island.

Hot Sun

Afternoon Sun, 16 x 20 " oil on canvas, ©2015, Fay Terry

Bald Head Island is one of my favorite places to be and to paint. There is plenty of variety in the landscape, the houses, and the vegetation.  Summer afternoons are often sweltering, but there are many spots where one can find a cool breeze and a shady retreat from the sun.

I have painted this scene a couple of times just because I love Captain Charlie's House. We are lucky to have lots of blue skies and balmy summer hours ahead. We can then pretend there is no such thing as winter!

Twenty Eight Of Thirty

Golf Cart Garage, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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I am back again to one of my favorite islands, Bald Head, with a painting of the golf cart garage of a home near Flora's Bluff. Palm trees have not been in my painting repertoire very long; I have found  that I love to paint them, it's such fun.

The main mode of transportation on Bald Head is by golf cart. Every home has at least one for going to the Maritime Market, the beach, restaurants, coffee shop, hardware store, etc.  Yes, people do walk but it is a long way to go sometimes and a cart is a must. The roads are all paved and wide so it's easy to get around.

Bald Head Island is one of the East Coast's most important nesting grounds for loggerhead turtles.

Above the door you can see the copper shape of the baffled light. BHI has had a lighting ordinance since 2001 to protect the female loggerhead turtles and hatchlings from dangers associated with exposure to artificial light. Lights must be shielded from horizontal view.

Fifteen Of Thirty

Nestled Behind The Dunes, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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The Sea Oats on our beaches are making a big difference in the amount of erosion we are seeing. There are several other grasses growing very well now and the dunes are becoming larger and more stable.

This house is oceanfront and has some good protection as long as we don't get a large, strong storm.

I love the bright orange life rings at every beach access on Bald Head Island. Hopefully they will not be needed by anyone in serious trouble in the ocean.

This was fun to paint; we all need a painting like this to remind us of summer as we move toward the cold weather months.

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Thirteen Of Thirty

Old Baldy, 11x14 oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

The great thing about islands is that many of them have lighthouses; the light on Bald Head Island is one of my favorites which  I have painted  many times from different angles.

I am fortunate that my good friend Teej invites me to visit her there and I usually get  a lot of painting done while on the island. It is a painting paradise.

The light is always referred to as Old Baldy. The first lighthouse was built in 1795 and was pulled down and replaced using many of the same bricks in 1817. It was covered with a plaster mixture of sand and lime. Old Baldy was built to light the mouth of the Cape Fear river and was not meant to illuminate Frying Pan Shoals, a dangerous area for ships, which is eighteen miles southeast of the island.

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Nine Of Thirty

Early Evening Ferry, 6 x 8 " oil on canvas panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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This is the ferry to Bald Head Island, North Carolina; the ride is about twenty minutes long and never fails to thrill me with its beauty and balmy breezes as we ride. I have painted this several times and it turns out very different each time. 

The ferry leaves from Southport and we soon pass the Yacht Basin where a couple of our favorite eateries are.  The Provision Company serves at the dock and has great views of the waterway and yacht basin, Frying Pan is a much taller building up on stilts with a magnificent view of Caswell Beach and also Bald Head. It is still summer here so there will be many visits to the beach before the season is over.

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Five Of Thirty

Peach Cottage, Bald Head Island, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

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One of my favorite things to see at the beach is colorful towels hung on the porch rails to dry. This cottage overlooks the water and is always full of activity.  The houses look so sad when they are all closed up for the winter. It's nice to know there is still time left to spend on the front porch watching the waves.

Hazy Day

Ferry Terminal, 6 x 6 " oil on panel, ©2014, Fay Terry

This is where we arrived back from the Island on Saturday after a week of fun and painting at Bald Head.  What a great time we had, as always, and accomplished a lot while there.  Now it's hard getting into the routine of the studio but with temps in the nineties, I think I'll stay indoors to paint for a while.

Summer Pathway

Island Marsh, 9 x 12" oil on canvas, ©2014, Fay Terry
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Love this long vista of water winding through the marsh. I can just hear the birds and insects making sounds of the summer afternoon. This is one of many beautiful views on Bald Head. It has been a great week!  Let me know if you are interested in this one.

I hope you have a great week-end.  You can pin this by moving your cursor over the upper right corner of the photo.

Studio Day

September Morning, BHI, 11 x 14 oil on panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

I spent the day painting in my studio on a rare pre-holiday, uninterrupted day.

This is one of two paintings I worked on today and neither of them is completely finished.

The lighthouse on Bald Head Island is a commission and just needs a little more work. I painted this scene a couple of months ago in a 5 x 7 format. This larger one was even more fun.

I took a workshop this past week-end in Cary at Waverly Artists Group and had a wonderful time painting and getting to know some wonderful artists from around the state. Our instructor was Maggie Siner who presented us with challenging painting exercises. Maggie is an excellent teacher and a fantastic artist.

The sun just came out after a couple of days of rain so I am heading out for a walk.

Bald Head Island Light

Old Baldy, 5 x 7 " oil on gessobord panel, ©2013, Fay Terry

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This is a painting I did while I was on Bald Head Island. We had wonderful weather and I worked on lots of new paintings. This is one of my favorites because I have been planning to paint "Old Baldy" for quite a while and finally got around to it.  I am very pleased with the way it came out. I used Prussian blue in the sky which I consider to be a warmer blue than Ultramarine which I often use. It was also a good time to see the marsh grasses showing some fall color.

The Bald Head Island Light is the oldest standing lighthouse in North Carolina. It was built in 1817 so it will be having a 200th birthday soon. It is a hundred and ten feet tall and has five foot thick walls. It was built with red brick and then coated with stucco which was originally white. The stucco has been repaired many times giving it a charming patchwork look.

At The Beach

Captain Charlie's House, 24 x 20" oil on canvas,©2013, Fay Terry

I worked on a few revisions to this painting today and I am much happier with it.

This will be going to Sunset River Gallery for  a show where my group, Southeastern Artists, 

will be the featured artists from June 19th to July 27th.

Please stop by if you are in the area. Our theme is Life At The Beach.

Sunny View

Hilltop Cottage, 12x12" oil on wrapped canvas, ©2011, Fay Terry

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This is an old favorite of mine and on this stormy week-end it made me feel good to look at this house in the sun.

I hope you have a great week-end.

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Island Time

Houses On The Bluff, 12 x 16 oil on canvas, ©2013, Fay Terry

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This is one of my favorite places where time slows to an easy pace, days are full, views are endless sea and sky. 

This painting will be available at the O'Neal School Auction on February 2nd.  It gives me great pleasure to help with this fundraising event.

Bald Head Island Cottage

Sea Oats, 6 x 6 " oil on archival panel

This is one of my favorite houses and I have painted it before.  This time I really wanted to capture the brightness of the sun on the roof so I put a little more warmth into the roof and coolness into other areas.

Please let me know if you are interested in purchasing this, otherwise it will be going soon to a gallery at the coast.  It's that time of year already when I start on lots of beach paintings.

This is my painting for the thirty paintings in thirty days challenge by Leslie Saeta,  a wonderful artist who lives in South Pasadena, California.  Click HERE to see other paintings in the challenge.

Scene From Bald Head Island

The Essence Of Summer, 16 x 20 " oil on canvas, ©2012, Fay Terry

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

This is inspired by one of my favorite photos from Bald Head and is one of the most painted landmarks on the Island.  This is Captain Charlie's House.  It was once home to the namesake lighthouse keeper and is very charming. (The lighthouse is known as "Old Baldy".) It is also available as a vacation rental.

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Lazy, Hazy, Crazy, summer days

House On The Bluff, 12x12 oil on canvas, ©2011, Fay Terry

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I am posting one of my favorites from the past which I would love to paint again. This one is on Bald Head Island and sits high up looking down on the ocean. The next time I am there, I'd like to paint a different view of it because it is such a classic, ageless beach house. I love the many ways the sun hits it and changes the color of the siding. This was the first house at the beach that I ever painted so it's time to revisit it.

Family Adventure

Island Time, 24 x 12" oil on canvas, ©2012, Fay Terry

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I was feeling ambitious so I decided to try a beach painting in a different format. I always love doing long paintings which are especially good when your subjects are all moving in one direction. This family was just coming onto the beach at Bald Head Island when my friend and I were finishing our morning walk.

Everyone is loaded down with beach stuff except the excited little girl who can hardly wait to get to the ocean.

This painting is going to the Summer Regional show at Franklin Square Gallery in Southport, N.C.

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Afternoon Light

Afternoon Light

There is something about this little painting that I really love! I tried to figure out what exactly gives me such a good feeling when I look at it.  One of my favorite comments I ever received when I won an award in a juried show was from the judge who said "I felt like I was there!"  This painting so recalls the afternoon I was drawn to this scene that I feel as if I am back in that spot again. Paintings are powerful when they tug at our emotions, aren't they?

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Spring At The Beach

Spring At The Beach

This is the painting I worked on today.  I have painted this before in a square format but I  have been wanting to do it again a little larger. The seashells were difficult so I think when I go to the beach next week for a gallery meeting I will plan on painting more shells.  This is not quite finished but I don't have much left to finish-I want to make the spaces between the porch railings a little darker value and tweak one or two other things.

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Oh, I almost forgot-I am happy to say this is the 300th painting I have posted on my daily painting blog