tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24558861568742013132024-03-15T18:12:50.252-07:00Thomas Cleon Britt, ArtistWatercolor Paintings by Tom BrittThomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-5516099888674088512024-03-14T19:03:00.000-07:002024-03-14T19:11:14.720-07:00HARMONY<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4h3q3Oq_prG6WOV4KTC3kuzMyAllj9weWMCxb3K9k41Urf4bo8zcq0aJg7Vy6hegKY3I1UUvl7K8qVDS4gApIyiUoxzgu9HFFk3rFJleto_49TZDfC-AdsZWBlOaqjxicnDk3RuKkhzLgSTyqdlLR4THOXjvBmhrT8dOkWBJuBy1nMRbM5eNKtEMJSNJ/s2000/0040%20Painting%20-%20Harmony%203-04-2024%20web%20ready%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2000" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4h3q3Oq_prG6WOV4KTC3kuzMyAllj9weWMCxb3K9k41Urf4bo8zcq0aJg7Vy6hegKY3I1UUvl7K8qVDS4gApIyiUoxzgu9HFFk3rFJleto_49TZDfC-AdsZWBlOaqjxicnDk3RuKkhzLgSTyqdlLR4THOXjvBmhrT8dOkWBJuBy1nMRbM5eNKtEMJSNJ/w506-h392/0040%20Painting%20-%20Harmony%203-04-2024%20web%20ready%202.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">12 3/4 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2024</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">framed original painting</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you received our Christmas Card for 2023, you have seen the sketch for this painting, which was done in charcoal. </span></span><br /></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-79660539542927448372024-03-14T18:52:00.000-07:002024-03-14T18:52:22.599-07:00DECEMBER 26th<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcCyIVpacdCx7tF_OwZxRnEIZ4FC_MdQTzXgJU0EkD38WMNrtNtAob_fedZE-QC1_fF_ZFxYTj3u2xgPZNGc1m2vIEWES9wv14KzIH6zvpzM0wS1myt02eh7VsJfTm8Aig6zFoYXuus2CXCN_fMjA-usNWv7RdzO-X-rggXg8MXyo-gHsL98zlkOoTB0B/s2000/0039%20Painting%20-%20December%2026th%2012-22-2022%20Web%20Ready%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2000" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcCyIVpacdCx7tF_OwZxRnEIZ4FC_MdQTzXgJU0EkD38WMNrtNtAob_fedZE-QC1_fF_ZFxYTj3u2xgPZNGc1m2vIEWES9wv14KzIH6zvpzM0wS1myt02eh7VsJfTm8Aig6zFoYXuus2CXCN_fMjA-usNWv7RdzO-X-rggXg8MXyo-gHsL98zlkOoTB0B/w517-h385/0039%20Painting%20-%20December%2026th%2012-22-2022%20Web%20Ready%202.jpg" width="517" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, watercolor, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">framed original painting $435<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">This was our Christmas card for 2022. </span><br /></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-84812682386796181862022-07-02T12:25:00.011-07:002022-09-02T18:51:07.302-07:00THE FOREST EDGE (Stevens Mill 4)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWPiUmBCtVaAjliORo7KbTf7e5y5k8gpCqFJ0sQmcx9fSsB_WRRNVPXrx8bi3gPITbAT0rCfuIl9iOEQeRrMV-K8beS3yKmqRbO5jr8ZjJk6wf3A1OVjrq25mepnTsc4DgMvVGDv5HqmUMrt5ZHK8LuACLoKcWqHj2Kh1s0L5PzCFsQWGvFLDrhVh_A/s2000/0038%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%204%20-%20The%20Forest%20Edge%206-28-2022%20web%20ready.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1098" height="959" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWPiUmBCtVaAjliORo7KbTf7e5y5k8gpCqFJ0sQmcx9fSsB_WRRNVPXrx8bi3gPITbAT0rCfuIl9iOEQeRrMV-K8beS3yKmqRbO5jr8ZjJk6wf3A1OVjrq25mepnTsc4DgMvVGDv5HqmUMrt5ZHK8LuACLoKcWqHj2Kh1s0L5PzCFsQWGvFLDrhVh_A/w526-h959/0038%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%204%20-%20The%20Forest%20Edge%206-28-2022%20web%20ready.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>6 x 11.25 inches, watercolor, 2022</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>framed original painting $359</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée</span> print $50</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Obviously Stevens Mill / Warrick's Mill is one of my favorite places to paint (from old photographs). In the 1950's, 60's, and 70's it had a picnic shelter and a pavilion with a diving board. It was open to the public, and was locally popular for picnics, fishing, etc. Our 1960 school yearbook has images of the senior "superlatives" artfully posed as couples having fun at the Mill. My memories and photos of the place are still inspiring me to paint, years later.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-68630753268633672192022-03-10T20:47:00.011-08:002024-03-14T13:40:23.219-07:00PAIR OF MOURNING DOVES<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9nvIvy3xVd-7rxNu5qkhoUvBu7qjwxrCSNn9Xh_6G0m5vgUqZWhkyZYEoGemqzq1hpqN_MwUKT6VtHyLzocPOk0cMCx5Ag5Wo0HritE5-UzUa3F0AWy7FgdemLLG3Z2hzUCyjiQLxPhsWDXndnzGVaJC20qBVVBv9pXCiNjNIVi3Hr8jmOIgsRR79VA=s2150" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9nvIvy3xVd-7rxNu5qkhoUvBu7qjwxrCSNn9Xh_6G0m5vgUqZWhkyZYEoGemqzq1hpqN_MwUKT6VtHyLzocPOk0cMCx5Ag5Wo0HritE5-UzUa3F0AWy7FgdemLLG3Z2hzUCyjiQLxPhsWDXndnzGVaJC20qBVVBv9pXCiNjNIVi3Hr8jmOIgsRR79VA=s2150" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QIeS4mc_NiRsrI1otO19cRODZz-j3h9mHJBtE1RVejOfAagViJ-vI4zdxnxerAYyL1x4shHw4pYiIQxNKUmy56pJOnEk7Umn-HTJnd6JtjAvI3nS8S4p8ZFHBYujmmOUQwydZSv8HM3e2zN2pLpg3nmI4VWf78lWmXLqEcjkyGbe9au6ff4Wez4D_-G-/s2150/0036%20Painting%20-%20Pair%20of%20Mourning%20Doves%2012-29-2021%20Web%20Ready%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="1801" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QIeS4mc_NiRsrI1otO19cRODZz-j3h9mHJBtE1RVejOfAagViJ-vI4zdxnxerAYyL1x4shHw4pYiIQxNKUmy56pJOnEk7Umn-HTJnd6JtjAvI3nS8S4p8ZFHBYujmmOUQwydZSv8HM3e2zN2pLpg3nmI4VWf78lWmXLqEcjkyGbe9au6ff4Wez4D_-G-/w350-h418/0036%20Painting%20-%20Pair%20of%20Mourning%20Doves%2012-29-2021%20Web%20Ready%203.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9nvIvy3xVd-7rxNu5qkhoUvBu7qjwxrCSNn9Xh_6G0m5vgUqZWhkyZYEoGemqzq1hpqN_MwUKT6VtHyLzocPOk0cMCx5Ag5Wo0HritE5-UzUa3F0AWy7FgdemLLG3Z2hzUCyjiQLxPhsWDXndnzGVaJC20qBVVBv9pXCiNjNIVi3Hr8jmOIgsRR79VA=s2150" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4 x 5 inches, watercolor, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">framed original painting $155</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The pencil sketch for this very tiny painting was for composing the painting below, called <i>Bird Sanctuary</i> (Look at the tiny black window high up on the silo). </span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-85960148991130733612022-03-10T20:31:00.007-08:002024-03-14T14:42:49.195-07:00BIRD SANCTUARY<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimBOHVNG__iuzaWY179lUfbsGcSGrw4mI8Lr-hjx3ly6MYEV2taCmWRO1txH7yQhPLck2uv-N7WO6wkFAAKrbSaGkysiNxL56Dni0VDMYLCiCPo37aoYOMrhr1hI86cQJj0GPbg75lw0kTTwTAySxV-LGAv9n4se31PQJSf6tJj5Ul2ub_jWI0WgMvOw=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimBOHVNG__iuzaWY179lUfbsGcSGrw4mI8Lr-hjx3ly6MYEV2taCmWRO1txH7yQhPLck2uv-N7WO6wkFAAKrbSaGkysiNxL56Dni0VDMYLCiCPo37aoYOMrhr1hI86cQJj0GPbg75lw0kTTwTAySxV-LGAv9n4se31PQJSf6tJj5Ul2ub_jWI0WgMvOw=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHGAzWKXdVJYkPx436Y2AwfrPpPXlavW244qhBnWZiUNP0yBB1HzL45oIM_6jo9yhDvRaaB_eBEmlrJI-0xOJfJxYlRb4Eu7c4S8zwSBQQvj36VJKAu9BVveNxSw6V9xryFAX04PohlWZ91nRkLi8bEJ8uksih4LqJz4TIh1cl4qnlwzm0qWTzc7-chC6/s2000/0037%20Painting%20-%20Bird%20Sanctuary%201-27-2022%20web%20ready-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1176" height="929" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHGAzWKXdVJYkPx436Y2AwfrPpPXlavW244qhBnWZiUNP0yBB1HzL45oIM_6jo9yhDvRaaB_eBEmlrJI-0xOJfJxYlRb4Eu7c4S8zwSBQQvj36VJKAu9BVveNxSw6V9xryFAX04PohlWZ91nRkLi8bEJ8uksih4LqJz4TIh1cl4qnlwzm0qWTzc7-chC6/w546-h929/0037%20Painting%20-%20Bird%20Sanctuary%201-27-2022%20web%20ready-2.jpg" width="546" /></a></div></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 x 17 inches, watercolor, 2022</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">framed original painting $528</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée</span> print $100</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The silo in this painting is based on a real, existing silo in Goldsboro, North Carolina (I made up the barn). Goldsboro used to be a "bird sanctuary", as posted on the city limits signs of that era. My father told me that the signs were probably a warning for little boys like me, who had received BB guns from Santa Claus; I believe he may have been right.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The painting was first completed as a lone silo in the middle of a field, which was later re-imagined as you see it here. The barn and most of the birds were added later. The laurel blossoms are gouache (opaque paint), but the white parts of the birds and the window were scratched in with a knife to expose the white paper. You could say they are carved as much as painted.<br /></span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-56881917124393335942021-12-30T10:53:00.018-08:002024-03-14T13:50:19.586-07:00HELEN & SPOOTY (CHRISTMAS)<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpX0U7at2HTXXQ7rfD0B6JTjl_1Jz-yIXTv2Z7YQGY1Nc71Mwo1E0pSwuNascs6DJVE9Bm-6qxJhCTfJKntuso_q5zt5XoX333duFHzAzVyzW6TmIJQUEyAUzR0Fy9tH-SdhMZHwYRE0qjBaAenc28Is3GUx72J1jPVp4DA8rtghJY0CGgP34cOu5pwbW/s2000/0035%20Painting%20-%20Helen%20and%20Spooty%2012-29-2021%20web%20ready-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1508" height="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpX0U7at2HTXXQ7rfD0B6JTjl_1Jz-yIXTv2Z7YQGY1Nc71Mwo1E0pSwuNascs6DJVE9Bm-6qxJhCTfJKntuso_q5zt5XoX333duFHzAzVyzW6TmIJQUEyAUzR0Fy9tH-SdhMZHwYRE0qjBaAenc28Is3GUx72J1jPVp4DA8rtghJY0CGgP34cOu5pwbW/w591-h784/0035%20Painting%20-%20Helen%20and%20Spooty%2012-29-2021%20web%20ready-3.jpg" width="591" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> 11 x 15 inches, Watercolor, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">framed original painting $438<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée</span> print ($100)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This was our Christmas card for 2021. Helen and Spooty (mare and colt) were <i>Belgian Draft Horses. </i>They were owned around 1990 by dear friends. Merry Christmas!<br /><p></p>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-76263422714175345772021-12-02T12:27:00.013-08:002024-03-14T13:52:19.872-07:00FEDERAL POINT<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivAHf1VLbpmHKARXuF0YEaAsctgeNtc47snKdQE91RTg_e8WNZeeSgmF0aHwIzlTzYUeWhRR7TGf7fuEU1ePXtOwVAYFzhCTmrhUbjMfSydhoTSIfuRw-qTEGeqPjWOXsDYsKlbgsRjkSpuABRlcbjq-VPP7fiZOpKI-L9uYyybGYddxG5nIGoTasu96ET/s2000/0034%20Painting%20-%20Federal%20Point%2012-01-2021%20web%20ready-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="2000" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivAHf1VLbpmHKARXuF0YEaAsctgeNtc47snKdQE91RTg_e8WNZeeSgmF0aHwIzlTzYUeWhRR7TGf7fuEU1ePXtOwVAYFzhCTmrhUbjMfSydhoTSIfuRw-qTEGeqPjWOXsDYsKlbgsRjkSpuABRlcbjq-VPP7fiZOpKI-L9uYyybGYddxG5nIGoTasu96ET/w587-h401/0034%20Painting%20-%20Federal%20Point%2012-01-2021%20web%20ready-6.jpg" width="587" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 3/4 x 6 inches, watercolor, 2021<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">framed original painting $295</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A view of the Cape Fear River, south of Fort Fisher, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">near the ferry landing at Federal Point.</span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-2882685396469281432021-08-26T12:19:00.016-07:002024-03-14T13:55:51.709-07:00MILL & DAM (Stevens Mill 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DuN5Ix7Gxairf7M-CRinN-XYh_ih2J-_zbBv3H6YqY2wlop1-kL2nC6jMSGSp8GAgr12MYQ_T_73rpYH2fRgeVd4jAb_yjfjYPIJIyPlZuUYY5SVcWWQmastHka-YenXUpJU7mtuE0sgxSx5vydVJfo3ailC0HD77OPF6Imvr8YoDSIxLI_gUTsFQcYs/s2000/0020%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%202%20-%20Mill%20and%20Dam%205-27-2019%20web%20ready3%20-%20rev%208-26-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="613" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DuN5Ix7Gxairf7M-CRinN-XYh_ih2J-_zbBv3H6YqY2wlop1-kL2nC6jMSGSp8GAgr12MYQ_T_73rpYH2fRgeVd4jAb_yjfjYPIJIyPlZuUYY5SVcWWQmastHka-YenXUpJU7mtuE0sgxSx5vydVJfo3ailC0HD77OPF6Imvr8YoDSIxLI_gUTsFQcYs/w613-h613/0020%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%202%20-%20Mill%20and%20Dam%205-27-2019%20web%20ready3%20-%20rev%208-26-2021.jpg" width="613" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9 x 9 inches, watercolor, 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">framed original painting $424<br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée print $65</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">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. </div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-53335458564348191332021-04-01T15:02:00.006-07:002024-03-14T13:57:53.677-07:00S'MORES<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxZDUUSjS7aKFKPeW-1qvy0FN7Uv8DrNZ9z55ViODRiJNn8uYC_tUXZi0vzAcBNEO80nfTmmAUpo1ouFk2iedqusid6lYfQ-aASV-r6WmHGdSwTS8UnrKkaFWjggfpP5rHBBa6twhsZkZxO8lx1x6dEnEQP-kypy-h8ubMfj-uwmPgansRhsCXuyfZpLu/s2000/0033%20Painting%20-%20S'mores%204-1-2021%20web%20ready-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="2000" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxZDUUSjS7aKFKPeW-1qvy0FN7Uv8DrNZ9z55ViODRiJNn8uYC_tUXZi0vzAcBNEO80nfTmmAUpo1ouFk2iedqusid6lYfQ-aASV-r6WmHGdSwTS8UnrKkaFWjggfpP5rHBBa6twhsZkZxO8lx1x6dEnEQP-kypy-h8ubMfj-uwmPgansRhsCXuyfZpLu/w646-h584/0033%20Painting%20-%20S'mores%204-1-2021%20web%20ready-3.jpg" width="646" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>6 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, watercolor, 2021</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>original painting not for sale<br /></span><span>giclée print $43</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">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.</span></span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-32599323207833491562021-02-12T17:22:00.010-08:002024-03-14T14:00:35.728-07:00MORNING FISHING (Stevens Mill 3)<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX02i3jgEtoDxwObi7oZd09Oyi4I55SsgKI0qk_9cGb-Jdl4cn7VmlNpAQNMjg_gWF1xu2JVYGjyw2fF8ODe3z78s31YcI-nxCVxqnYinwjkWa2gxqaWzSAbsLmmx-wJqMS0XDaa6KKg-MLz3TQXPrc1xPkPmYsoNgJdKRX89Y0TXZM5wR2pyoSZR9225s/s1600/0022%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%203%20-%20Foggy%20Morning%20Fishing%207-24-2019%20Web%20Ready%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX02i3jgEtoDxwObi7oZd09Oyi4I55SsgKI0qk_9cGb-Jdl4cn7VmlNpAQNMjg_gWF1xu2JVYGjyw2fF8ODe3z78s31YcI-nxCVxqnYinwjkWa2gxqaWzSAbsLmmx-wJqMS0XDaa6KKg-MLz3TQXPrc1xPkPmYsoNgJdKRX89Y0TXZM5wR2pyoSZR9225s/w571-h762/0022%20Painting%20-%20Stevens%20Mill%203%20-%20Foggy%20Morning%20Fishing%207-24-2019%20Web%20Ready%202.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6 1/2 x 9 inches, watercolor 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">framed original painting $295</div><div style="text-align: center;">giclée print $50</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Based on a photo taken from Stevens Mill Bridge, around 1975. <br /></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-4175703993367276732021-01-02T17:57:00.007-08:002022-09-02T18:58:22.793-07:00CAROLYN'S CRANES<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu87zl4lhj8mve0D7i8RHG3uhNhlAGiVLdNRzPXTLTee5CcCBpeC1kn6YCyutoOwMFkHq_miXc1_PUKfS9Lf_dwC0fFWSDufYfaqLv1WxfTtYtLusvKWdtJYZ5IFmXD4w7J8n0ktR85u3l/s2000/0031+Painting+-+Carolyns+Cranes+12-30-2020+Web+Ready.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1296" height="839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu87zl4lhj8mve0D7i8RHG3uhNhlAGiVLdNRzPXTLTee5CcCBpeC1kn6YCyutoOwMFkHq_miXc1_PUKfS9Lf_dwC0fFWSDufYfaqLv1WxfTtYtLusvKWdtJYZ5IFmXD4w7J8n0ktR85u3l/w542-h839/0031+Painting+-+Carolyns+Cranes+12-30-2020+Web+Ready.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">original painting SOLD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">giclée print $54</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">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. We shared many memories and revived some great family stories. She loved to bring family together, and keep memories alive. </div><br /><p></p>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-88953072319841598322021-01-02T16:45:00.006-08:002022-09-02T18:59:09.978-07:00BIRD DOG CHRISTMAS<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMGs3hNseL5f-ZhQNwjeuLVE6g4NZiwwOoO-2QYWDyD7ybPwG1Sx-G9zRpz6iqsVC-cvOg7XkCrniiStsRbAr5QZnaCuu-zdySjFFN3ImWHq-VLNBLd9_hP7hIrg9mZW_DymUsxU-WRYi/s2048/0030+Painting+-+Bird+Dog+Christmas+12-21-2020+Web+Ready.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1681" height="696" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMGs3hNseL5f-ZhQNwjeuLVE6g4NZiwwOoO-2QYWDyD7ybPwG1Sx-G9zRpz6iqsVC-cvOg7XkCrniiStsRbAr5QZnaCuu-zdySjFFN3ImWHq-VLNBLd9_hP7hIrg9mZW_DymUsxU-WRYi/w571-h696/0030+Painting+-+Bird+Dog+Christmas+12-21-2020+Web+Ready.jpg" width="571" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">framed original painting $284</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée</span> print $42</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times;">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. </span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-27984399588109239282020-06-29T19:27:00.010-07:002024-03-14T14:04:03.957-07:00THE LITTLE TRACTOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaftBr6nO3zbQ1fETphQuTSyxUNy_cG34fxvUoc2YGTqcCUueYFxYlsz7vRcQo1QgsClxzElBF973CwrmHpXS60Up1_lPu-KI_k_7Vn5-78tpGiayvu1hm9KSUJJG-rM58pyFiaThmFE11G7hvmMm7xOUXbUtFyEaEqWNuccbr0pHsL5FWT0SQnvKD42U1/s1957/0029%20Painting%20-%20The%20Little%20Tractor%206-29-2020%20web%20ready%203%20-%202000x1510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1957" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaftBr6nO3zbQ1fETphQuTSyxUNy_cG34fxvUoc2YGTqcCUueYFxYlsz7vRcQo1QgsClxzElBF973CwrmHpXS60Up1_lPu-KI_k_7Vn5-78tpGiayvu1hm9KSUJJG-rM58pyFiaThmFE11G7hvmMm7xOUXbUtFyEaEqWNuccbr0pHsL5FWT0SQnvKD42U1/w621-h468/0029%20Painting%20-%20The%20Little%20Tractor%206-29-2020%20web%20ready%203%20-%202000x1510.jpg" width="621" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, watercolor, 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">original painting SOLD</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">giclée</span> print $75</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: times;">The "little tractor" was owned by my grandfather, who lived in the
red-roofed house. My family lived farther up the sandy road beyond the cornfield and my cousins lived where the tractor is
headed. We all loved
the little tractor, and Granddaddy allowed us to use it for getting up corn, and vegetables, or to help him around his farm. The little
tractor had a loveable personality, like an old farm dog. </span></span><span style="font-family: times;">My cousin Gordy and my
sister JoAnn are pictured on the tractor and trailer, and Gordy's muddy-footed dog
Ginger is running alongside. Ginger has apparently found a muddy way to cool off.
The sandy dirt road is hot in the bright sun, but there is promise of
cool refreshment in the load of watermelons.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: times;">Granddaddy also had a "big tractor", which was the subject of one of my earlier paintings, posted June 18, 2018 on this blog.</span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></div>Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-69317996040444439942020-03-06T11:49:00.012-08:002024-03-14T14:06:16.622-07:00CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">16 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 7/8 inches, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">watercolor, 2018 (rev. 2020)</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">original painting SOLD <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>giclée</span> print with mat $107 </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, as seen from the river walk near the Cotton Exchange, just before a winter sunrise.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sea waves crash on sunlit boulders,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Out across the shining ocean,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Clouds are gray, a storm is nigh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Young gulls love the wind and water,</span></div>
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Twilight shadows, gulls on sand,</div>
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Tiny dancing feet,</div>
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Evoking dancers hand in hand,</div>
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Smiles from folks they meet.</div>
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16 x 13 inches, watercolor, 2020</div>
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This picture is an Azalea Festival fantasy that features some Wilmington icons. The beautiful horse is a rescued Percheron draft horse owned by Horse Drawn Tours of Historic Wilmington, NC, and the building in the background is Kilwin's Ice Cream, at 16 Market Street. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">--Children eating ice cream - ID 59148422 © Voyagerix | Dreamstime.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">--Azalea Belle - <a href="https://www.drugstoredivas.net/north-carolina-azalea-festival/">https://www.drugstoredivas.net/north-carolina-azalea-festival/</a> courtesy of DrugstoreDivas.net</span></div>
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8 x 10 inches, watercolor, 2019</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">6 x 6 inches, watercolor 2019</span></div>
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Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-18356072221657123842019-06-30T18:12:00.007-07:002024-03-14T14:17:03.302-07:00WIND, WAVE, WOOD, and CLOTH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrI2_sq3ldye9-Tv3U47-KX2TjUINgmRPdQqR2I3y6hCqDvj8v0GUiAKqOFUesMcLyuQ8JT37zGEXb9KifsqI37pPoy4BhsCPBg39P3B213qF9Eeyk84rOfnDlZlemc1grkuR6pKeOekqdMSMl6q0w5iH-pfNagGNeBYwanK0UmcY4T5__KNmxiyCXUOk/s2000/0021r%20Painting%20-%20Wind,%20Wave,%20Wood,%20and%20Cloth%206-30-2019%20Original%20rev2021%20web%20ready%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrI2_sq3ldye9-Tv3U47-KX2TjUINgmRPdQqR2I3y6hCqDvj8v0GUiAKqOFUesMcLyuQ8JT37zGEXb9KifsqI37pPoy4BhsCPBg39P3B213qF9Eeyk84rOfnDlZlemc1grkuR6pKeOekqdMSMl6q0w5iH-pfNagGNeBYwanK0UmcY4T5__KNmxiyCXUOk/w611-h814/0021r%20Painting%20-%20Wind,%20Wave,%20Wood,%20and%20Cloth%206-30-2019%20Original%20rev2021%20web%20ready%202.jpg" width="611" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">6 3/4 x 9 inches, watercolor, 2019</span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The boat is a gaff-rigged six-meter canoe yawl, named "Eun Na Mara" (Scottish Gaelic for "Bird of the Sea"), and designed by Iain Oughtred. I started building her in the '80s - I still have the molds and the lessons she taught me, and the friends I made. This version was made in Australia (looks kind of like me at the helm).</span></div>
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This is the first of a planned series of four or five paintings called "Steven's Mill", which was an actual mill in Wayne County. The series will be based on photographs and a sketch that I made around 1975.</div>
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This is one of our dogs, and his name is Felix. He and his brother are German short-hair pointer / French Brittany spaniel mix. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This composition is based on the "Terror of the South" exhibit in the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. For more about the exhibit, go to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://naturalsciences.org/exhibits/tours/extinct-tour">https://naturalsciences.org/exhibits/tours/extinct-tour</a>. The dinosaur skeleton is an Acrocanthosaurus.</span></div>
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original painting - SOLD<br />
limited edition giclée print $125<br /><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">In 2018, this brown pelican was a regular attraction at the Kure Beach Fishing Pier. He liked to sit on the small shelter at the end of the pier, waiting for fishy handouts. </div>
<br />Thomas Cleon Britthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16913891514073029901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455886156874201313.post-90074655442538909752018-06-18T14:16:00.002-07:002022-09-02T19:16:53.051-07:00GRANDDADDY'S TRACTOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwcUJP1dLGg5JGcIVjK7Hl-Utu-3863GCHV7H-5dIohgN_uCKApeERtYSFMpjiyG-RVQWQlT8k0GcvubXFnNrHXe07nlqbLS5Gr6YxaxkizrdShmZvTGA7U5rS2_7h3tSy1VCVCpUwvIcSbu4etVfd7JFpZsBWATbZwRX-S6GaHtt1HsY0v1F2Y6t7pw=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2000" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwcUJP1dLGg5JGcIVjK7Hl-Utu-3863GCHV7H-5dIohgN_uCKApeERtYSFMpjiyG-RVQWQlT8k0GcvubXFnNrHXe07nlqbLS5Gr6YxaxkizrdShmZvTGA7U5rS2_7h3tSy1VCVCpUwvIcSbu4etVfd7JFpZsBWATbZwRX-S6GaHtt1HsY0v1F2Y6t7pw=w640-h470" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">11 x 15 inches, watercolor, 2018</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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My grandfather, Cleon Blackmon, bought this Case tractor brand new in 1951, the year I was born. As a child, I rode on the fender with him for hours at a time, while he worked the fields.</div>
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