Tivat Church - watercolor+ink

mixed, 2016

available, 11"x15"

      Virtual Paintout is in Montenegro this month. This is as close as Google Maps Street View gets to this small church on a hill at the center of an island. But I liked the view with the walled dirt road leading in.

599 W. King St. - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      This is from a shot I took in downtown Boone, NC last month. There probably was a lot more worth painting there. But, I didn't really have much time to explore and we were at the end of a long day. This was the same day we spent a couple hours walking around Blowing Rock and were headed home. So we were tired and still had a two-hour drive ahead of us.

Estonia - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 11"x15"

      Virtual Paintout is in Estonia for June. I got the impression this once was a type of lighthouse. It was situated on a peninsula between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga.

Luxembourg #1 - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $125

prints also available

      Virtual Paintout is in Luxembourg this month and I'm becoming more satisfied with my landscapes. Below is a view of the same bridge from the other side.

whiskey painting, 2014

original available, 4"x5" $35
prints also available

      A whiskey painting is done with traditional watercolors, except whiskey or some other alcohol is used instead of watercolor. They also must be no larger than 4"x5". This one was done with Glen Fiddich.
      Yes, this is a thing. I was unaware of it until last week. But there is a Whiskey Painters Association that has been in existence for 50 years or so. I'll probably never join since you have to know and be nominated by an existing member. It's still a fun little time-killer.

Winter Farm - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $75

prints also available

     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.

Nobska Light - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available - 9"x12" $100

Done for Virtual Paintout - http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com