48 Survivor - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

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      An old Jeep in a barn. What could be better?

Forgotten - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

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      I finally got a rusty truck in a landscape in which I'm happy with both aspects. The truck worked out very nicely. And, I'm very happy with the field and barn in the background. There's a pretty good blend of looseness and detail, combined with some nice aerial perspective to give the effect I was after. I'll call it a win.

On Edgefield Road - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

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      Just a quick field and barn. The composition here doesn't do much for me. But parts of it worked nicely.

Farm Truck - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

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      I painted this from a composite photo I put together from separate photos of the truck and barn. I'm very happy with how that process worked out. Too often the angles don't workout, or it's difficult to place the different objects on different planes so they don't look like they exist in the same space. And, then, of course, there's the lighting to work out. This one fell together nice and easy.

Edgefield Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

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      Just another barn somewhere. I made up Edgefield because the barn is on the edge of the field and I couldn't think of anything else. I may continue to use Edgefield as a fictional place where all sorts of art lives.

Red Barn - watercolor + ink

mixed, 2016

available, 9"x12"

      A quick, little ink and wash sketch of a barn in early fall. This one is actually 5"x7" on a 9"x12" sheet to help set off the image.

Wallburg Farm - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

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       This has nothing to do with the one from a couple weeks ago. The reference photos were taken 4-5 miles and 2-3 years apart. Still playing with leading lines and vignetting. I'm not sure the vignette works with this one.

Wallburg Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

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      I'm abstracting just a bit in this one leaning toward impressionism. But, not enough. I might need to return to this spot for more reference photos.

Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

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      This one went a lot darker than it should have. But, it turned into a study in pulling out all the stops and using all the tricks to save a failed painting. And, I'm still not crazy about it.

Goodrich Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

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      A fairly quick, loose and sketchy old truck.

Doghouse - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

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      Another old farm this week. Just a quick landscape of a place in eastern North Carolina. This one does a reasonable job of mixing realism and impressionism, I think.

Spare - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 11"x15" $175

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      I was drawn to this because of the abstract color-field look of it.

Wallburg Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $125

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      A small barn or shack I found just a few feet off the road in the Wallburg area.

Winter Farm - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $75

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     An old farm in Guilford County, NC slowly being surrounded and crowded by development and modernity. It faces a medical and office complex that's less than five years old just across the road. Fifty yards to the right of this view is a busy four-lane highway. Thousands of people rush by every day never knowing the peace and simplicity that's just out of sight.

Barn #4 - watercolor SOLD

watercolor, 2008

prints available

Tractor - gouache

gouache, 2013

original available - 11"x15" $175

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Unlatched - watercolor

watercolor, 2008

original available - 8"x10" $125

prints available