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!

Palm with a Mission_Concepcion_8 x 6

"Palm With a Mission"_at Concepcion___8 x 6 oil on linen study__$190 click image to enlarge.
My trip to the missions last week yielded a bunch of nice photos, but I worked this study up from a Daniel's photo! What you think, kid?...

Cove Harbor in Feb.

"Cove Harbor in February"______sold...sort of
If you ever come to my workshop in Rockport, TX, I can pretty well promise you that we WILL paint here. This area is on the way to Aransas Pass....on the left as you leave Rockport. There are ALWAYS pelicans here, fishermen, barges tugging by, and beautiful skies! The next Plein Air Workshop day is in March! I THINK March 17, but maybe the 31....please contact me if you are interested!....I hope you like this one, Caro and Don!!

Windy Rockport

"Windy Rockport" 6 x 8 $150

From the North side of the art Center in Rockport we could SEE the wind, but were sheltered from it! So we painted there, Saturday....a fun group of serious painters all enjoying a great plein air session. I teach there once a month and we try something new each session....this time we worked on SPEED....painting fast because sometimes you just HAVE to hurry outside. By the end of the day, we had a bunch of little quickies that I hope will be turned into BIG works by the artists! Tomorrow I will show you my favorite one!