Belfast 55 - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 11"x15"

      This is from a photograph shot in Belfast back in 1955, hence the title. I loved the graphic nature of the monochrome shapes and thought a watercolor version might be fun.

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.

Empty House, Forest Street - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 9"x12" $100

prints also available

      This is a quick, loose painting I did over the course of a couple lunch hours at work.

Hayden Place 1987 - watercolor

watercolor, 2015

original available, 11"x15" $200

prints also available

      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

prints also available

      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.

Coleridge House - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 11"x15" $200

prints also available

      This beautiful old house is on NC 42 just across from what is essentially a ghost town. Literally, if you were standing in this spot and turned around, you would see the brick shells of buildings that haven't been occupied in many years and just around this curve is the shell of the abandoned textile mill that was the backbone of this town.. Coleridge used to be a thriving little mill town with a small textile mill, its own bank and a few other businesses. All that's gone now. But a few people still live in the area and either farm or drive to large towns nearby to work.

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.

Salem Christmas - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 11"x14" $150

prints also available

      Merry Christmas to all! This is another one from a recent trip to Old Salem just after they decorated back in early November. I usually don't do holiday-themed art. But, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to find some reference material. Unfortunately, this was the only Christmas-themed image I found. It'll have to do in a very Moravian-like understated sort of way.

Salem Leaves - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $200

prints also available

      This might just be my favorite from the recent Old Salem trip. Adding a figure to landscapes and urban scenes has been on my radar for a while now. I just haven't found the right scene. And, then I just walked by this guy raking one Saturday in November while strolling through Old Salem. The stars aligned and the angels sang.

Tractor #2 - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $125

Old Salem Tavern - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $150

prints also available

      From a recent trip to the historic Old Salem, a Moravian settlement/town that eventually became Winston-Salem, NC.

Wallburg Barn - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $125

prints also available

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

Lexington 55 #4 - watercolor+ink

mixed, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $125

prints and gifts also available

      Ink and watercolor is one of my favorite media combinations.

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.

Banner Elk - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $100

prints also available

     This one is painted from a photo I shot at the Banner Elk Winery here in North Carolina several years ago, so long ago, in fact, that it was shot on film. I shot several photos while we were there with an eye toward painting them later. This is the first -- and will probably be the only -- one I've actually painted. I hit it loose and more suggestively. I'm trying to move away from being a camera myself  - at least sometimes.

Lexington 55 #1 - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 8"x10" $150

prints also available

This is rusty beauty doesn't appear to have moved since 1993-94, the last year it had a state inspection. I see it parked in a small lot just off the highway every time I drive to Salisbury to visit, pick up, or deliver my daughter to college. After passing it for more than two years I finally stopped and shot some reference photos. This is only the first of many paintings I expect to get out of this one.

220 Elm - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 7"x10" $125

prints also available

Blandwood - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 11"x15" $150

prints also available

Home of former N.C. Governor John Morehead in Greensboro, N.C. I took a little license in making it more yellow than its rather "bland" beige. I may do another painting of it from a different angle and keep the color more realistic.