"Elliott Street" SOLD

SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel

My friend Leslie's favorite street downtown. This is where we decided to paint today while braving near record temperatures! It was still hot in the shade! But ah, despite the heat, what a lovely city we have offering us such beautiful vignettes! The colorful buildings and flowers, the dappled light through the large oaks and palms, it's all so captivating!

"Oak Tree Pathway" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on linen panel

SOLD

"City Skies"

8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel





I stood in the parking lot behind George Street and looked toward the buildings on King Street. The clouds were moving fast.

"George Street - near the College of Charleston" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel   sold

I was standing in front of the College of Charleston's Cistern at the southeast corner. The colors and dappled light always get my attention. Interesting are the conversations I hear standing in one spot surrounded by the various people passing by.

"Creek Marina Waterway" SOLD

SOLD

6"x10" Oil on Linen Panel

Funny story: this was painted a few weeks ago on a very windy day. My vantage spot was a dock on a boat house. I laid this little painting down to dry and started another one. Just like a little kite taking off in flight, it got caught up by a strong gust of wind! It landed right in the very water it represents! My friends with whom I was painting, Anne, Leslie and Susie ran to its rescue and scooped it up with a large paddle out of the drink. Thank God it is an OIL painting! It's as good as new and can boast taking a little dip in the intercoastal waterway!

"Atop The Mound - Ben Sawyer Bridge"

9"x12" Oil on Canvas Panel

A newer, "touched-up" version of the original. This was a wonderful find in the middle of Sullivan's Island behind the Fire Department. At the top, one can see all around the island!

"Cypress Line" SOLD

9"x12" Oil on Linen  SOLD

The first of three paintings today. I may go back into this one and "push" those Cypress trees a bit more.

In this vingette, I was drawn to the shapes of the tree line, the long picket fence at the edge of this yard and all the shadows created by these.

It was a perfect day to be out. And this neighborhood is one of the finest places to paint!

"Old Oaks" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen SOLD

I painted a similar one to this one a year or so ago but I was on another corner of this intersection. It was entitled "Center and Middle Streets" of the Old Village in Mount Pleasant. These oak trees are so massive! I love how they twist and tangle. The light was coming through their intertwining branches and leaves creating interesting shadows that laced clear across the street.

"Picket of Blooms" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen SOLD

The final painting of the day. Three, not a bad number. I wanted to express the cascading flowering bush being contained within this picket fence. I tried pushing into the background the property across from this one (you can see its own fence with cascading rose bushes) by keeping the value high.

"Sullivan's Station 21" SOLD

SOLD 8"x10" Oil on Linen I loved this day of painting! While executing this very painting, a dear friend I haven't seen in about 12 years came through this pathway to walk the beach. We shared laughs and a little bit of tears with promises of getting together again soon. It was a great reunion!

"Wild Dunes" SOLD

SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen

I painted this one last week. Found a new spot for a beach painting. The undulating dunes makes for interesting shapes of color.

"Field of Palms" SOLD

Just touched up this already posted painting.

8"x10" oil on Linen   SOLD

"Garden's Splendor" SOLD

10"x8" Oil on Linen   SOLD

April's Theme for the Charleston Artist Collective is "Bloom."

"Garden's Splendor" is my fourth submission.

Check it out:

www.charlestonartistcollective.org

"Secret Garden Steps" NFS

9"x12" Oil on Linen   Gifted

I painted this "En Plein Air" standing in the midst of a gorgeous garden designed by renowned Landscape Architect Mary Palmer Dargan. The following is but a snippet of her credentials.

Hugh Dargan, ASLA and Mary Palmer Dargan, ASLA are the principals of Dargan Landscape Architects located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia.
Great Garden SpeakerMary Palmer Dargan, ASLA, APLD
Design a lifelong landscape in four easy steps to produce food, healthy activity, social interaction and stress reduction. Enhance the quality of life at home with practical advice from this inspirational landscape architect with over 30 years experience.
Lifelong Landscape Design: Gardens for Health and Longevity is landscape architect, Mary Palmer Dargan’s current work. “Every homeowner can enhance the quality of their garden life on properties great or small. Fresh food, outdoor activity, events with friends and family and a refuge for recharging one’s batteries are my goal for every landscape. “
Thirty years of designing landscapes for private clients in exclusive places from the coast of California to the low country of the Carolinas has equipped Mary Palmer with a sharp eye for detail and a humorous, no nonsense approach to getting things done. “Form follows function, then beautify” is her mantra.
With an ear tuned to clients’ needs and her eye on the horizon, Mary Palmer extracts the best future use of a home landscape. Her best-selling design book, Timeless Landscape Design: The Four Part Master Plan was co-written with her design partner and husband, landscape architect Hugh Graham Dargan, and is considered to be essential kit for any homeowner or landscape designer.
Mary Palmer is a well-known expert in field of landscape design. For three decades, the Dargan’s gardens have appeared in hundreds of style magazines and in over 40 books. Dargan gardens appear regularly on television, such as Ground Breakers on HGTV. Numerous awards include those from The Garden Club of American and American Society of Landscape Architects.
Professional training with a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Louisiana State University, enabled Ms. Dargan to launch her design career in 1982, and she soon combined forces with Hugh Dargan in Charleston SC. In thirty years, Dargan contributed to hundreds of projects in over 20 states and is approved by the Council of Landscape Architectural Review Board. She holds licenses in eight states.

"Colorful Spring on Glebe Street - Charleston, SC" SOLD

SOLD

10"x8" Oil on Linen mounted on Board

The Charleston Artist Collective's theme for April is "Bloom" this is my second submission of four paintings.

http://www.charlestonartistcollective.org/

"Blooming Camellia" SOLD

SOLD 8"x10" Oil on Linen mounted on Gatorboard The Charleston Artist Collective's Theme for April: "Bloom" Here is submission #1

Artist Palate at the Woodlands Inn, Summerville, SC

The Woodlands Inn, a AAA Five Diamond; Forbes Five Star Resort in the heart of Historic Summerville near Charleston South Carolina, the Woodlands Inn has re-invented the Lowcountry Sunday Brunch. This sumptuous event features Lowcountry favorites, utilizing local produce and products, and a dazzling dessert display. Each dish is created by Woodlands’ Five Star culinary team, led by Executive Chef Andrew Chadwick, while live musical entertainment adds to the ambience.

Guests can also enjoy the “Artist’s Palate” feature, where a local artist takes up residence in the Dining Room during brunch and paints a Lowcountry landscape or feature.

I was invited to showcase my painting prowess and portraiture on March 20th.

"A View For Two" SOLD

SOLD 9"x12" Oil on Linen mounted on Birch board I've wanted to paint these chairs for years and yet couldn't find a good vantage point (since they are on private property) until today! That is Fort Sumter in the distance flying the American Flag.

"Field of Palms"

8"x10" Oil on Linen mounted on Birch Board

It was all about shapes today. The shapes of the horizon line drew my eye here. . . The clouds were moving in swiftly from over the ocean which made for interesting shapes as well. (A "no-see-um" got caught in my wet paint in the center of the sky. Ooops!!)

"Beach House Hideaway" SOLD

10"x8" Oil on Linen mounted on Birch Board   sold

While at Fort Moultrie I noticed this little sandy path leading out of the museum property toward a house tucked cozily in a mass of trees. The backyard property of this home overlooks the water. I loved how the large tree's shadow in the pathway made for interesting shapes of color.