Tybee #2 - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

      Another painting from reference photos I took last summer on Tybee Island, Georgia. The three stair-stepped trees aren't inventions of mine. They're actually there. I just eliminated some of the background clutter behind the lighthouse.

Tybee - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

      This somewhat loose landscape of the lighthouse on Tybee Island in Georgia is based on a photo I took back in March. I changed the color of the small structure at the base of the lighthouse (I think it's the entrance). It's really the same dark gray/black that's on the lighthouse itself. But, I thought it looked better matching the other buildings. It's red roof helps draw the eye into the lighthouse as the focal point.

Big Red - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

      Big Red is a small lighthouse on Lake Michigan in Holland, MI. Being from North Carolina, it's odd seeing a lighthouse surrounded by snow. But it seems to fit.

Portland Bill - watercolor

watercolor, 2017

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      Just a quick landscape of the Portland Bill Lighthouse and a couple resting boats. I tried phthalo blue for the sky. In mass tone I hate the phthalo colors. But, when applied fairly thin, phthalo blue makes a nice sky. I'm also happy with how the ocean and surf worked -- and how easy it was. I usually struggle with believable surf.

Bodie Island Light - watercolor

watercolor, 2017

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      From my most recent trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Cape Spear - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

     Virtual Paintout is in Newfoundland this month. I couldn't pass up this view.

Hatteras #3 - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

      The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse as seen from the Keeper's House. I shot the reference for this during our trip to the Outer Banks last year. I'm quite happy with this one -- even the sky, though the scan washed out much of it. The only thing I would do differently is add a touch more warm color in the lighthouse shadow near the bottom. And maybe one more person closer to the foreground.

Sullivan's Island - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 11"x15"

prints and gifts also available

      I took a lot of reference photos during our September 2015 trip to Charleston, SC. When I took this one I knew it was kind of cliche. A photo of any kind of sailboat on the beach is on every real estate and tourism brochure for every coastal community in the world. But this one works, I think, since I framed the lighthouse in the rigging and I'm very happy with the looseness.

Formentor Lighthouse - watercolor

watercolor, 2016

available, 8"x10"

prints also available

      Virtual Paintout is in Mallorca this month. Not much to say about this one. I kept it quick and fairly loose.

Istanbul #1 - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

available, 7"x11"

prints and gifts also available

      Virtual Paintout is in Istanbul this month. 

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.

Currituck - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 11"x15" $125

prints also available

      This is from a photo I took a couple weeks ago during our trip back to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the first time in 24 years. We only had one day of good weather, the day I got this shot. So, I'll have to make the most of gray, cloudy reference photos. Overall, I'm happy with the looseness of this piece, though there are a couple things I could've done differently.

Oak Island - watercolor

watercolor, 2013

original available, 9"x14" $150

prints also available

Nobska Light - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available - 9"x12" $100

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