Clarinet - watercolor+charcoal

mixed, 2011

original available, 15"x22" $350

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      Here's one from my instrument series. Most of these are done with charcoal and watercolor, an interesting mix that gives a wonderful amount of depth. I have a moderate connection to the clarinet as both of my older sisters played clarinet through jr. high and high school.

Hayden Place 1987 - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 11"x15" $200

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      This is from a photograph I took in downtown High Point NC when I was in college and spending a lot of time with photography. This block looks very different today. For those familiar with the area, the High Point city bus station is behind the viewer and the North State Telephone office is just across the street to the left. And, that's my 79 Ford Mustang on the far left, my first car and I loved it and cared for it like a newborn baby.

Sunday, Fall Market - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 15"x22" $300

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      Here's the second attempt on this image. As much as I liked parts of the first try, I like this one much better. I got a little more impressionism into this one. Check that first post for details on what "Fall Market" means.

Sunday Morning, Fall Market, High Point NC - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 15"x22" $300

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      Really stretching with this one -- and pretty happy with the result! It's looser than most of my previous paintings. It has an expanded color palette. It has a much expanded view of subject matter. And it has figures in a landscape. All of these are things I've been working on -- or trying/wanting to work on. And here they all are in what I consider a pretty successful painting. Having said all that, by the time this post went live I've already started -- and probably am nearly finished -- re-painting this one. The more I looked at it, the less I liked the inclusion of the hood of my Jeep at the bottom and some of the ads on that bridge structure between the two buildings. We'll see how the second attempt looks. Maybe I'll post it and leave this one up too.
      And for those who don't know, the International Home Furnishings Market (which was in full swing when I took the reference photo for this painting) is a twice-yearly convention of sorts in High Point NC where furniture and other home furnishing manufacturers host buyers from stores from all over the world. It's here that these buyers find the products that will fill their stores for the next few months. High Point's normal population of about 107,000 doubles during these two weeks each year (one week in the spring and one in the fall) and brings in more than $5 billion.
     And happy new year to one and all!

Westchester Work Trucks - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 11"x15" $200

prints also available

      I drive by this old gas station converted into a detailing shop once in a while. They always have a handful of trucks parked in a near-swampy field next door, some of which are for sale. I finally saw this arrangement that made me grab my camera to get a reference photo. I got a few other shots from different perspectives, close-ups, etc. So, you'll probably see one or two more paintings of these trucks. This is the same place where I found the 1950 Kaiser I've painted several times (50 Kaiser #1 and 50 Kaiser #3). Obviously, there's a 50 Kaiser #2 also that I haven't posted here yet.

Briles House - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 11"x15" $175

prints also available

     The Briles House is an older home of one of the movers and shakers of High Point NC from a period when they had large homes right on Main Street just outside of the bustling downtown area, i.e just after the turn of the 20th century. It now houses the Junior League. One of my wife's favorites -- the house, not the Jr. League.

     Staying loose, I'm fairly happy with the house itself. The tree and sky are a different matter entirely.

220 Elm - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 7"x10" $125

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