WNCPAP PAINT OUT

6X8 Oil  The Wood Cord Work Shop

WNCPAP Paint Out

 Earth Day At Warren Wilson

Spring Day

First Day of Spring

What a gorgeoue first day of Spring.  Painting oil on panel 8x8

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What A Day on Brush Creek

Two new small paintings painted on Brush Creek with

Painting on the Emerald Coast

 A demonstration painting
done on the "Emerald Coast"
 what a beautiful beach.

Surf City Paint Out

Back from a week of painting on the North Carolina coast at Surf City, good company and great sea food. 

A Visit

A visit from Colleen Webster, Colleen and I painted from my observation deck with our friend. Images above are of my block-in, the view and the finished 6x6 painting which I will join with the members on DPW Auction.

Painting on a spring day

A 9 X 12 O/P painted on a beautiful day.  This was a stopper on my way to deliver my paintings for the WNC Plein Air Painters show comeing up at The Design Gallery in Burnsville.

Western Plein Air Painters at Hickory Nut Farms

    Top photo is of Stuart Roper's painting of the Big House at Hickory Nut Farm and Colleen Webster starting her plein air painting.
     The Western Plein Air Painters had their paint out at the Hickory Nut Farm in Fairview, North Carolina this week Sept 25, 2010, the historic property is the former Sherrill's Inn built in the1800s, with fantastic views, apple orchards, farmland and a english style garden, the photo above is the front porch of the big house a good place to have lunch and relax before doing a another painting.  Peggy Taylor finishing up.  My small 6x8 painting of one of the bungalow on the property.

Paintout at 16 Patton

So, what is your goat's name?

 Sunday  was a beautiful day for a paint out  in down town Asheville, NC.  100 artist were on the streets with there set up.  PH Taylor and I were at 16 Patton Fine Art Gallery  for the day.

"Looking up 16 Patton".6X8 o/p

"Freedom" 4 th of July 2010

A painting for the 4 of July on the streets of Dillsboro, North Carolina "Happy 4th" .

Spring has gotten greener

This painting was painted on the
banks of the Cane River in Yancey
County Burnsville, NC home of
Mount Mitchell the highest peak east
of the Mississippi River.

April Virtual Paintout, Canary Islands

This is my first time contributing a painting (Bar Castillo,O/P 6X8) to the Virtual Painout a blog hosted by artist Bill Guffey.  Bill has set up a blog with the idea is just that , using Google Street View as a resource for traveling the world to find interesting locations and subjects for artist to come together in one area of the world, virtually, once a month with other artist and paint what they choose.  Next month Bill will choose a new location, this month it was the Canary Islands off the Western Sahara and Morocco, Africa.

Artless Critique, Scape-goats

Well well, well, the arrogate, artless, goat headed critics have arrived.

PAP-SE 2009 Plein Air Workshop at Leatherwood Mountain

The Plein-Air Painters of the Southeast invited The Plein- Air Painters of Western North Carolina to join the "2009 Plein Air Workshop" at Leatherwood Mountain,NC. Instructors were as follows: Paula Frizbe, Loryn Brazier, L.Diane Johnson, Dee Beard Dean, Perry Austin, Richard Oversmith and Larry Moore. Workshop students joined the visiting painters and after the reception/sideshow presentation "Creative Thinking in Art' given by the president of PAP-SE Larry Moore. We all enjoyed the Bluegrass concert on the Saddlebrook patio.

State Park

The Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters painted in the Dupont State Forest last week.

This is a 10x 10 en plein air, oil painting on panel of Hooker Fall in the Dupont forest. The rush of the water was so loud it was some time before I could hear normally again. The other painting is a 3x3 oil painting on canvas board, I worked up from the 10x10 painting. It will be on exhibition in the "3x3x3 Show" at Place Place in Asheville Art Museum for the next month.

TRAC-Paint out 2009 Burnsville,NC

Winner of the The Monet Award 12X12 O/P
For one day about 30+ artist were painting in the TRACO Paint-Out in Burnsville,NC, this was a rain or shine event and we were blessed with a glorious day. All juried artwork will be on display at the TRACO Gallery from May 30-June 27,2009

From start to finish

God, all nature sings thy glory, and thy works proclaim thy might. What a Day en plein air.