Vineyard's Edge

13 x 11, pastel Another wonderful view of the Shenandoah Valley at Rockbridge Vineyards. I did the underpainting in complementary colors to emphasize the dance of pattern and color that moved me to take this photo. You can see evidence of it beneath the grape vines.

Valley Wildflowers

17 x 11, pastel. I spent last weekend at a Pastel workshop with Greg Biolchini put on by the Southeastern Pastel Society. What an inspiration! Three days of painting without the interruption of soccer, football, grocery shopping or laundry. A great feeling! Greg's demonstrations focused on using a pastel/alcohol wash as an under painting. I have played around with this before, but it was beneficial to see someone else demonstrate it and explain their thought process while they were doing it. This was my first painting at the workshop. I actually ending up covering up most of the underpainting in this painting. This is from the wonderful trip our daughter and I took last summer to Lexington, Virginia while looking at Washington and Lee University. This is in the Shenandoah Valley.

Stonehenge Snowball Bush

9 x 12, oil. Painted during the Buford Plein Air Festival, this beautiful bush is in the back yard gardens of Stonehenge. Stonehenge is a wonderful victorian home located in historic downtown Buford. The owners of this lovely home were gracious hosts to all of the artists participating in this event...we all appreciated their generous hospitality and their sharing of their lovely grounds!

View Below Buford Dam

11 x 14, oil . Painted during the Buford Plein Air Festival, this is a view of the Chattahoochee River standing just below the Buford Dam at Lake Lanier. This painting is currently on view at the Buford Plein Air show at the Tannery Artist Colony in downtown Buford.

Green room, touch of red

12 x 15, pastel A more than colorful view of our den!

Chipping Practice

9 x 12, oil. From the 2008 Masters.....

Hall County View

5 x 7, oil. Lake Lanier view, just off highway 369 near Browns Bridge.