HELEN & SPOOTY (CHRISTMAS)

 

 11 x 15 inches, Watercolor, 2021

framed original painting $438

giclee print ($100)

 

The framed original painting is for sale at the 

Water + Color Gallery, 

Wilmington, NC   Phone:  910-833-5393

This was our Rockwell-inspired Christmas card for 2021.  Helen and Spooty (mare and colt) were Belgian Draft Horses.  They were owned around 1990 by dear friends we know. 

FEDERAL POINT

 

 

8 3/4 x 6 inches, watercolor, 2021
framed original painting $295
giclee print ($40)

A view of the Cape Fear River, south of Fort Fisher, 

near the ferry landing at Federal Point.

MILL & DAM (Stevens Mill 2)

 

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

This location below the falls at Stevens Mill is private now, but in 1975, more or less, I had about 5 minutes to sketch this view, which I have finally painted more than 40 years later.

 

The foamy water was painted with pieces of celluloid sponge dipped in liquid latex, removed later to expose the white paper.

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.  A good life.  A simpler time.

MORNING FISHING (Stevens Mill 3)

6 1/2 x 9 inches, watercolor 2021

framed original painting $295

giclée print $50

Based on a photo taken from Stevens Mill Bridge, around 1975.   

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 thought the Florida sandhill cranes were "so beautiful", and who asked me to put them into a painting for her, to become a Christmas present to herself.  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

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.