HELEN & SPOOTY (CHRISTMAS)

 

 

 

10 3/4 x 13 inches, Watercolor, 2021

framed original painting $438

giclee print (tbd)

This was our Christmas card for 2021.  The big Horse "Helen" and her colt "Spooty" were owned by one of my friends, maybe 30 years ago.  I think they are properly called Belgian Draft Horses. 

FEDERAL POINT

 8 x 5 1/2 inches, watercolor, 2021

framed original painting $295

giclee print (contact artist)

STEVENS MILL 2: MILL & DAM

 

9 x 9 inches, watercolor 2019 (rev. 2021)

The framed original painting is for sale at the Water + Color Gallery, 

Wilmington, NC   Phone:  910-833-5393
framed original painting $424
giclée print $65

S'MORES

 

6 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, watercolor, 2021

original painting not for sale
giclée print $43

This painting recalls a 1987 car-camping trip in the Great Smoky Mountains, in a tree-scented, birdsong-filled, naturally beautiful setting, surrounded by a scary unknown that begins just over there in the woods.  Making s'mores as the twilight fades.  The good life.  A simpler time.

STEVENS MILL 3: MORNING FISHING

6 1/2 x 9 inches, watercolor 2021

The framed original painting is for sale at the Water + Color Gallery, 

Wilmington, NC   Phone:  910-833-5393

framed original painting $295

giclée print $50

I started this painting in 2019, but I recently made some major changes:  I cropped the edges to improve the composition, darkened the values, and added texture to the trees with a palette knife.   

CAROLYN'S CRANES

 

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

original painting SOLD

giclée print $54

This painting is called "Carolyn's Cranes" after my cousin Carolyn, who passed away peacefully on December 6, 2020.  Carolyn thought the Florida cranes were "so beautiful", and she was proud of how common they are in her Florida neighborhood, so she asked me to put them into a painting for her, to become a Christmas present to herself.  I wish she could have seen the final painting (she saw it about half complete) but I am grateful that the painting gave us a chance to become re-acquainted.  We shared many memories and revived some great family stories.  That's how she was, always bringing family together, and keeping memories alive.  May her memory last a long time in our family.  

BIRD DOG CHRISTMAS

 

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

The framed original painting is for sale at the Art Market in the Wayne County Arts Council Gallery, Goldsboro, NC   Phone:  919-736-3300

original painting $210

framed original painting $284

giclee print $42

Our boy Oscar, sitting on a frozen pond, contemplating his next move.  This watercolor was our Christmas card in December, 2020.  Oscar is a German short-haired pointer/ French Brittany spaniel mix.