"Break in the Storm" Sullivan's Island light house - SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel   sold

It rained all day Wednesday here in the Lowcountry; but I managed to capture a break from it all just as the sun was setting.

"Church Street Bend"

9"x12" Oil on Linen/Panel

One of my favorite walking streets in Downtown Charleston, this particular spot is most beautiful!  The usually straight Church Street has a section that bends drastically revealing a most quaint corner.

"East Bay Entrance"

10"x8" Oil on Linen/Panel

The corner of Water and East Bay Streets is one of many beautiful entryways.

"Shuckin' Shack" SOLD

Sold

"Just Gathered" Framed

13.5"x39.5" framed Oil on Canvas

Refreshed a still life of green, brown and white eggs

produced on a friend's Johns Island farm

This will be going to a show in the near future

"Autumn on East Bay & Eliott Streets" SOLD

10"x8" Oil on Linen Panel   SOLD

 

My inspiring painting friends picked out a wonderful corner of Downtown Charleston at which to paint.  It was lovely!

"Little Red Scooter (on Church & Broad Streets)"

10"x8" Oil on Linen Panel

Morning light sparkles on Church Street near the corner of Broad Street. 

 I saw that there was a special concession made for the owner of this little red scooter: it has it's own parking square!

"Entry to Little Red Cottage" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on Linen Panel   SOLD
Another painting from the Charleston SC Plein Air Paintout. . . a fellow painter pointed out this lovely house and its driveway off of quaint Bedon's Alley.   So I just had to paint it!

"Ol' Glory" SOLD

9"x12" Oil on Linen Panel   SOLD

I recently participated in a Saturday Plein Air Paintout in Downtown Charleston, SC.  This was one of the three I painted that day. 
The Charleston Artist Collective's next theme is RED and my thought is to use this as one of my entries; the red stripes of the American Flag next to St. Michael's Church could be considered the focal point, or is it the Glory that the Church represents?

"Three Palms" SOLD

9"x12" Oil on Linen Panel   sold

Another exercise in painting the negative shapes.  My vantage point where I painted this was standing on the beach at low tide looking up at the hilltop dunes.  There is a sheen or shine on the image so I may retake the photo.  All in all it was a spectacular day to be outside painting!

"Beach Rocks"

9"x12" Oil on Linen Panel

Fort Moultrie beach was the site for this painting.  The rocks were making gorgeous patterns of light and dark as the tide was ebbing out.

"Elk Lake Sunset"

11"x14" Oil on Gessoboard

This is a Lake in Michigan . . painted for a friend from a photo taken at sunset.  I would like to retake this image as it has a "shine" from the light reflecting off of the oil paint.



"Old Time Shrimpers" SOLD

16"x16" Oil on Board   SOLD

Shem Creek and its surroundng marshes have loads of shrimp boats of the large variety.   I imagined just how many cast net loads of shrimp these small old, rusty boats have seen over the years.

Portrait of Emma in Progress

20"x16" Oil on Linen panel
Almost complete. . . this one is a work in progress

Portrait of Isabella in Progress

20"x16" Oil on Linen Panel

This is only the beginning of this portrait but I like how it started out.  I'm painting one of her sister, Emma, as well.  Emma's is nearly finished.

"Tree Study" SOLD

5"x7" Oil on treated 400 lb. Watercolor paper   SOLD

I had such a fun time painting this.  The weather and painting conditions were so perfect that I just didn't want to stop painting!  This view is part of the distant tree line at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island.  Trees here are so wind-blown from years of the ocean's breezes that even on a calm day, they appear frozen in a perpetual "blown-over" state.

"Palm Sentries"

9"x12" Oil on Linen Panel
Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island offers so many beautiful views from which to paint.
I was standing in the shade of a huge Palm Tree when I painted this.  The ocean is just beyond the row of distant trees and the cool ocean breezes kept me nice and cool on this warm, sunny day.

"Observation Post" SOLD

16"x16" Oil on Board   SOLD

Inspired by an earlier post, "A View For Two"

This one will be in an upcoming show in Downtown Charleston, SC on October 26th at "Stems" located on Coming Street.

This was painted today, and what a perfect day it was to be out painting!  Perfect!

"Ashem At High Tide" SOLD

8"x10" Oil on GessoBord   sold

I was one of a half-a-dozen painters who had privileged access to a little known 55 acres of pristine beauty right in the heart of Charleston, SC.

This was painted en plein air ~ alla prima

"Peaches"

8"x16" Oil on Board

The Charleston Artist Collective is celebrating its One Year Anniversary with an Exhibit/Art Show October 26 in Downtown Charleston, SC.  This is one piece that will be there.  Hoping you will too.