North Carolina

Yep

Uh huh

Here are a few photos that I had also wanted to post from from my month long trip in North Carolina. Oh, also in other news

.. I'm engaged now!

North Carolina

"Barn on the Hill"

Oil on Canvas

11x14

"Old Vineyard House"

Oil On Canvas

12x16

"Flowers and Marble"

Oil on Linen

12x16

"Thin Air"

Oil on Canvas

12x16

"Red Door"

Oil on Canvas

11x14

"Queen Ann's Lace"

Oil on Canvas

11x14

"Tomato Field"

Oil on Canvas

11x14

"Sunset on the Tomato Fields"

Oil on Canvas

7x10

"Lake lanier"

Oil on Canvas

12x9

"BlackBerry Barn"

Oil on Canvas

11x14

I just got back from a month long stay in the foothills of North Carolina. It was an amazing time filled with hikes, reading, spiders, red ants and painting.

I posted only a few of the paintings I had done. All were painted "Plein Air" and involved holding a black umbrella over me as the 90 plus heat made my paint feel more like butter then margarine.
I was able see and paint so much, I had completely under estimated how beautiful the Appalachian mountains really are.
I am in debt to Rich Nelson for taking his time to help mentor me while I studied down their.

This is a ally scene that I painted in downtown Howell, probably the only ally in the city. I do love it thought. It is right behind a coffee shop and ice cream parlor(D.Q.). Perfect for a lazy summer day.

11'' x 14''
Oil on Canvas

This is a charcoal portrait of my mothers boyfriends mom. I particularly liked the photo I was able to work from because it was a early 1900's glamor shot. All faded and beautiful.

Private Portrait
16'' x 20''
Charcoal on Bond Paper

This was an in class life painting that I had done during last semester which I have yet to post. This was a fun painting to do because the whole time that I was painting it, I couldnt help but laugh because the model to me looked so much like Vigo from Ghostbusters 2 the movie.

"Chef"
Oil on canvas
30'' x 40''

Summer Painting

"Open land"
Oil on Canvas
9"x12"

"Spring Road"
Oil on Canvas
11"x14"

"Oriental Still Life"
Oil on Canvas
11"x14"

"Women portrait"
Oil on Canvas
11"x14"

"Ally"
Oil on Canvas
18"x14"

Here are a few more paintings I had done, all of which painted alla prima.
This summer has been very good thus far and I cant wait to continue to soak up the rays.
In one week I will be having a both in Ann Arbor at their artist market every other week on sunday mornings, where I will be trying to sell my paintings. If you want to learn more you can e-mail me. I do know that the fee for a booth is very cheap.

Summer Painting

This painting was done as a study while I was in North Carolina.
"Foothills"
Oil on Canvas
14"x11"

This painting was done in my back yard. There is a beautiful tree line back there which I hope to be able to capture in a large scale painting. I am particularly attracted to all the variations of green in the woods with the dancing of different colors on the grey trees.
"Spring Tree's"
Oil on Canvas
12"x14"

"Sky and Water"
Oil on Canvas
11"x14"

The last two were also studies done while in North Carolina.
"Brass and Pepper"
Oil on Canvas
11"x 14"

The last two paintings of the end of school

I done done this painting of my friend Joel shortly before we left school for the summer. The setting is in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
"30x50" Oil on Canvas

I had been meaning to up load a better photo of this piece I did prior to Joel's. Information is a few blogpost before.

Soon enough I will also be loading up some of the work I did while visiting North Carolina and some summer work.