This painting features a house and shed on the outskirts of Watkinsville, GA. This piece was so fun to paint and the interplay of the house with the foliage made for some incredibly  interesting edges. At places in the painting the two seem to meld together and at other spots they are as crisp as can be. Just such an interesting thing to explore. This painting was juried into the 2023 Southworks exhibit at OCAF and also was selected for the 2023 American Impressionist Society Associate Member Exhibit.

This painting is a larger version of a Plein Air study I had done earlier in the year. The light was so warm while I was painting and it was so much fun to capture that on a larger canvas. The Golden Road was recently displays at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) 2023 Member’s Exhibition in Watkinsville, GA.

Here’s a Plein Air piece featuring a field near Duluth, GA. It was painted as part of the Paint Duluth event in 2017. The odd thing about Plein Air events is that when the sun comes up you just go paint. There are really only two full days to paint and you’ve got to get out and make the most of the time.

The weather was threatening rain all day but I got my gear together and proceeded to try and get something in. Out of nowhere the clouds parted and for a nice two hour window it was just perfect painting weather. So I was literally trying to make hay while the sun shined.

This was one of those moments too where things just clicked. I had been working like crazy on painting in the months leading up to this and it was so refreshing to be able to let it flow out and onto the canvas.