ORIGINAL PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE PAINTING

Hey Friends,  The small painting done on the spot at Explore Park, here in SW Virginia is up for auction on Ebay.  CLICK HERE if you want to check it out.

And be sure to have a fabulous Monday !

Happy Trails

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND PEAKS OF OTTER AND RHODIES

 

Hey Friends, Haven't been blogging much but it's 'cuz I've been busy enjoying life.  And busy painting.  YAY !

 

Yesterday took a long ride up the Blue Ridge Parkway to see if any Rhodies were in bloom.  We saw a few but it seemed most were finished.  The mountain laurel were still blooming.

We found a creek on the back side of Abbot Lake and stayed for a bit to get some starts done.

This my first start above.

 

Just one of the views not far from the Peaks of Otter.  Looks like heaven to me.

 

Wishing all my friends a wonderful, thankful Memorial Day.

 

Happy Trails

"Rainbow" and Spring is Here !!

Hey Friends,  Here is my Babe swinging high over the mountains at Green Hill Park, here in SW Virginia.  And a rainbow suddenly appeared.  Ha.  Using the stale imagination here.  She is going to be at auction in Ebay.  Click Here to take a peek.

And here is the news of the day--"It's warm again here in the mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains"
Yay,  I jumped in the golf cart and rode down to the bottom of the hill where the crazy people live.
I've painted here many times.  It seems to change every winter.  And in the photos you can't see the little stream of water like you can in the painting.

This shot is the block in or start.  I made the base coat blue for a change but I still like the red base better.   I painted another after this one on a red base.  I'll show you that one tomorrow.

Here more colors are added.  As you can see the real scene isn't so pretty or maybe my camera was on the wrong setting.  I'm sure everyone knows you have to add your own panache to most scenery.  There is always something wrong.  Except today it was so nice to be outside I didn't even notice how dull and gray every thing still is.  The little green sprouts are bursting forth and soon we artists will be belly aching 'cuz everything is so green.

Tomorrow, Thursday, my painting group, the DLP will be painting in a vineyard north of here.  I will give a full report tomorrow night here and on the DLP blog.
Happy Trails
Travel Well

PleinAire at Jetters Farm No. One

Hey Friends, This was painted a while back (don't say anything but I can't remember) when we, me and my painting buddies, called the Double Line Painters of the Blue Ridge, were at Jetters Farm on route 220.  One of their colorful trucks out in the field.  I'm longing for warm days to return so we can go back.  None of us gals are real fond of the freezing temps we have had lately.  WE HAVE been out there painting in the cold and wind, mind you.  But we have grown smarter and don't see the need to torture ourselves too often anymore.
This beaute is up for auction in Ebay, Click here to check it out.
Happy Trails
Travel Well