watercolor, 2016
available, 11"x15"
A scene from an old photo.
The way I see things in watercolor, gouache, charcoal, ink, graphite, pastels and a few pixels
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Showing posts with label store. Show all posts
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Local Eggs - watercolor
watercolor, 2016
available, 11"x15"
This is where urban meets rural in my hometown. Just to the right a modern retail area begins. Just behind those tree is an interstate highway. But turn left here and you head out of town into what's left of farmland between High Point and Winston-Salem NC. Years ago, I'm sure this store thrived as it's on what was then the main road between the two cities. Now, if you didn't live in that area, you'd never know it was still open.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Sidewalk Sale - watercolor
watercolor, 2015
available, 9"x12"
This is from a shot I took in Blowing Rock, NC. Actually, it's the same location as Daisy Shopping posted in July. I'm happy with several individual parts of this one, especially the scarves and bag hanging on the left. Overall, it's just loose enough, though I could have loosened up a bit more. But the rough paper gave me such a difficult time I'm rethinking my strategy for choosing rough over cold-pressed paper. I'll probably be using a lot more cold-pressed paper and reserving the rough stuff for very specific images.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Daisy Shopping - watercolor
watercolor, 2015
available, 11"x15"
Many people have seen the movie Driving Miss Daisy. If you haven't, you should. I think I've mentioned before that I often drive my wife, mother-in-law, mother, and two sisters - or any combination - around shopping on weekends. My wife has always liked for me to do the driving; I have a good sense of direction and usually remember how to get back to places we've only visited once. For years I have likened that to Driving Miss Daisy and over the years I've gathered more and more Daisies to drive around. That's where I got the title for this piece. I drove the Daisies to Blowing Rock, NC a few weeks back and got a shot of them at this little shop. I took the liberty of changing the flowers outside to a loose semblance of daisies.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Open, Asheboro - watercolor
watercolor, 2015
available, 11"x15"
I've been spending a lot of time in antique and consignment stores lately because I've been driving my wife, mother, mother-in-law, and sisters (or any combination thereof) around on Saturdays. It sounds a little odd, I know. But, they get a driver and I get lots of opportunities for reference photos like this one and that toy truck from last week.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Sidewalk Reader - watercolor
watercolor, 2015
available, 9"x12"
This is from a reference photo I took a couple Saturdays back in Asheboro NC. This one is on the small side because I painted it over the course of a few lunch hours at work. It looks a little empty to me now that it's finished. I left out some clutter behind the seated man because it was -- well -- clutter. I might try this one again in a larger size and leave in some of the clutter. I'm pretty happy with it otherwise. It's definitely a step in the direction I want to take. Prints, of course, are available here.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Corner Store - gouache
gouache, 2015
original available, 11"x15" $125
This is a piece that was finished the day before my recent inner ear trouble began. It took a few days to get it scanned and uploaded since I was out of commission for more than a week.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Shoe Repair - watercolor
watercolor, 2014
original available, 11"x15" $200
A scene in downtown Salisbury, NC I drive by every time I go through to my daughter's school.
Monday, November 25, 2013
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