Cherokee Autumn

This is the painting that I will be putting in the window of our gallery  which is located in The Market Common, a new business area near Myrtle Beach, SC.  It will stay there the whole month of September.  I based this painting on a photo provided by Neil Empsall, then completely changed the season from summer to fall and the location of the stream to Cherokee, NC.  I decided on Cherokee since we had a stream very much like this running behind our hotel room.   Thanks for looking and comments always welcome.

16 by  20 oil on gallery wrapped canvas.

A Street In Charleston

      This scene is from one of my photos I took when I was in Charleston.  Sorry I don't know the street's name since I believe this was from the car window as we were driving through.  In the background you can see St.Philip's Episcopal Church, which is one of the oldest in this city.   I painted this for Workshop 23 
on the Complete Artist Site.   This workshop dealt with painting street scenes.  Thanks everyone for viewing. 
              Oil on canvas board 11 by 14

Seascape #1

 I had an older painting that I was not crazy about, so I put it back up on the easel and reworked it.  I completely changed the  whole painting starting with the sky, the water and the sand.  I have been taking photos of the waves and watching them when at the shore.  So with this knowledge I painted this picture and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  I hope this lets all of you have the feeling of a day at the beach and how enjoyable it is.   Thanks for viewing  and please comment.    

My Mothers Tablecloth

  I had an old painting that I did not like so I sanded it down as much as possible then gessoed over it.  I used some of a photo by Charlie Capuano from Paint My Photo and then my own cloths.   The blue and white one was my mothers so thus the title.   I was also in this painting playing with warm and cool whites.  Please enjoy this painting and thanks for viewing.  Also would love to hear from you.

 Oil  on canvas board   11 by 14