South Carolina Sky

South Carolina Sky___8x10 oil on linen panel___sold at SEWE

I painted South Carolina Sky yesterday as a demo for the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition here in Charleston. It was done from memory of the ACE Basin Wildlife area near here, a place where I have frequently gone to paint after the show. Last year there, I saw this lone palm on a narrow reach of land above the estuary...farther down the road I photographed the FULL moon's reflaction, and thought about a composition like this...I never got around to painting it till this morning! I usually do a demo with something more familiar in mind, so this was risky to try something I had never worked through. One of these days I will probably embarrass myself with this kind of "bravery". Unfortunately, I am the type person who doesn't stop for driving directons. I get lost a lot, but I do it with great confidence!
If you love South Carolina, you are familiar with this view of a palm tree with a crescent...the symbols on the state flag!

Luz de Espada_16 x 20__old, so it's SOLD

"Luz de Espada"____16 x 20 oil on linen...painted in 2005 0r 2006, so it's long gone...
All my little mission studies this week stirred up conversation with blogger fans of the San Antonio Missions. One friend said her favorite mission is Espada. It is one of the two at the south end of the Mission Trail and sometimes gets overlooked, because most visitors start at the north. I painted Espada a few years ago, so I dug up this photo to share. This was a larger work, 16 x 20 but was derived from a study like the ones I posted last week.