Rob Freet Art

{"id":"16","title":"Grass Lawn Zen, Art in the Garden, Lawn Sculpture, Charlotte 2009","slug":"grass-lawn-zen-art-in-the-garden-lawn-sculpture-charlotte-2009","number":"37-615","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/u3x9s4al0yyom6qhokbi.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"1","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"15","title":"White Birches, Art in the Garden, Charlotte 2009","slug":"white-birches-art-in-the-garden-charlotte-2009","number":"39-615","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/jbaski1ibkk5u6307v81.jpg","story":"","media":"Acryilic on canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"2","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"151","title":"Daffodils on the Red Table","slug":"daffodils-on-the-red-table","number":"212-670","image":"media\/2024\/01\/20\/2c1wcp2kl66l9j4lke84.jpg","story":"We always cut a few daffodils from the yard when heavy rain is predicted to enjoy some of them before they are beaten down by the rain. I had signed the painting in the background. Once was enough.","media":"Oil paint on hardboard panel","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"3","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"45","title":"Night Trumpet Melody","slug":"night-trumpet-melody","number":"55-620","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/n1076vz6dgga64j3o0xh.jpg","story":"My wife held a flashlight on these night bloomers so I could take the reference photograph for the flowers. Previously the flash on the camera had proven useless as it lit everything. Daylight viewing helped me to add the night sky and trees. This is close to what we saw that night.","media":"Acrylic on cradled hardboard panel","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"4","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"73","title":"Sunset Over the Inlet","slug":"sunset-over-the-inlet","number":"57 -624","image":"media\/2020\/12\/02\/emwbsl8xbqrqym2h12x4.jpg","story":"This inlet is on the less populated West side of Lake Norman on the Catawba river chain. The light wind coming down the cove rippled the water. This inspired a very textured painting. I added the pebbly texture to the frame to further enhance the feeling.","media":"Oil on hardboard panel","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$325.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"5","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"56","title":"Stormy Sunset Over the Lake","slug":"stormy-sunset-over-the-lake","number":"58-622","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/gmprico466u86phlilho.jpg","story":"High winds disturbed the water reflection so I started at the tree tops.\r\n\r\nA pilot looking at this abstracted landscape said that it also looked like a sunset view of the Appalachian Mountains from an airplane, with clouds flowing down the valley.","media":"Oil paint on wooden panel","size":"8 x 10","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$215.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"6","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"55","title":"Orange Inlet","slug":"orange-inlet","number":"59-625","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/mgt0r5xdjg4rb40jxk41.jpg","story":"This painting was done \"in Plein Air\" (on site) on a western NC lake with a small amount of studio finish from memory. \r\n\r\nSometimes, when the painting just flows from the spirit, the texture of the paint transcends the representation and gives the impression and feeling without the descriptive details. \r\n\r\nWhat a joy painting this!","media":"Oil on canvas wrapped hardboard","size":"12 x 16","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"7","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"51","title":"Old World Footbridge","slug":"old-world-footbridge","number":"66-628","image":"media\/2019\/05\/23\/cjp76oayys4zb2qsnfph.jpg","story":"This one is clearly not in the Carolinas. It is a covered footbridge along a small dam in Switzerland. Where else can you take reference photographs when it rains on your vacation. It was painted back home in the studio.","media":"Oil paint on raised hardboard panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"8","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"18","title":"Johnson's garden, Art in the Garden, Charlotte 2011","slug":"johnsons-garden-art-in-the-garden-charlotte-2011","number":"81-637","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/sl9qlab5dff6jg25hug3.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"8 x 16 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"9","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"62","title":"Lone Pine Lake","slug":"lone-pine-lake","number":"97-631","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/djmp100y2ypu2e9z6oqc.jpg","story":"Memories of Crater Lake Oregon and Bristle Cone Pines inspired this studio painting.","media":"Oil over acrylic sketch on canvas","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"10","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"63","title":"Six Sunflowers","slug":"six-sunflowers","number":"104-639","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/3yzbxrokbv2lrw62okbv.jpg","story":"My attempt at raising sunflowers ended with these rather scrawny examples. But when I set up and easel in the yard and painted them past sunset lit by the streetlight they showed their own charm.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard panel","size":"11 x 14","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$325.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"11","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"33","title":"Coffee Shop Conversation","slug":"coffee-shop-conversation","number":"126-644","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/s6vc3k1oodh7goueb74m.jpg","story":"","media":"Oil paint on board","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"12","tags":[{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"65","title":"Dancing Light on Sailboat","slug":"dancing-light-on-sailboat","number":"129-645","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/ge1idyq3v65say15zhmo.jpg","story":"The hull of a docked sailboat danced with light reflected from the waves. This Western North Carolina lake scene was well worth photographing and painting in the studio.","media":"Oil paint on hardboard panel","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$225.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"13","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"20","title":"Gray's Garden, Art in the Garden, Sculpture, Charlotte - 2012","slug":"grays-garden-art-in-the-garden-sculpture-charlotte-2012","number":"135-647","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/zufkoyn9rz8zogpmw3ar.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"12 x 24 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$300.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"14","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"49","title":"Bright Afternoon in the Swamp","slug":"bright-afternoon-in-the-swamp","number":"137-645","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/ywqdklb2puc8mk45en8u.jpg","story":"It was surprising to learn that very calm brown swamp water mirrors the blue sky making an afternoon in this SC swamp bright indeed. A disapproving onlooking art teacher commented \"My, you do paint things the colors you would like them to be.\" \"Thank you\" I answered.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"15","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"19","title":"The Gazebo","slug":"the-gazebo","number":"139-647","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/6kmic51y2j5x5r0f9frr.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$225.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"16","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"67","title":"Three Turtle Swamp","slug":"three-turtle-swamp","number":"151-652","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/m5g2k1qjnijy845o68x0.jpg","story":"Sketches and photographs of two separate Carolina places were combined to make this studio painting. The Turtles were on the Catawba River and the Swamp was The Great Dismal.","media":"Oil paint on hardboard panel","size":"5 x 7","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"17","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"21","title":"Goodson's Garden, Art in the Garden, Charlotte 2013","slug":"goodsons-garden-art-in-the-garden-charlotte-2013","number":"165-656","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/3sb9o5on3vpuhoah1vds.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas on hardboard","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$280.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"18","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"66","title":"Number 4 Close Hauled","slug":"number-4-close-hauled","number":"170-658","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/c7ti7qq3iw1ir5gykgrn.jpg","story":"Early morning on a Western North Carolina lake, I was standing in an observation boat watching the small one designs head for the starting line. This man tacked close to shore before reaching right at me. He was a picture of poise, deserving the photo to painting effort.","media":"Oil paint on canvas on hardboard","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"19","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"46","title":"Double Scull","slug":"double-scull","number":"171-659","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/qy6m5txi9difxjz1jppr.jpg","story":"Cropping sometimes improves paintings. Turn this over to see how this canvas was stretched over a smaller frame to eliminate a close-up rower who did not add to the composition. The women's double is all that is needed to provide balance to the bold impasto suggestion of trees. I wanted to share with you my love of paint by letting each stroke on this tree peninsula show.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"8 x 16 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"20","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"34","title":"Teamwork - Launching a four","slug":"teamwork-launching-a-four","number":"172-659","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/9du3h9s64b6viwud001w.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"21","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"58","title":"Creek Sunset","slug":"creek-sunset","number":"174-659","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/d6qxbrwv99oeszw06brt.jpg","story":"This could have been any Western NC creek.\r\n\r\nThe painting is on a sealed and gessoed hardboard panel. In this case it was a great advantage because not all of the painting worked well, so I \"cropped\" the painting down to this size with a saw.","media":"Oil on hardboard","size":"6 x 8","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$165.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"22","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"94","title":"Winter Window #1","slug":"winter-window-1","number":"188-665","image":"media\/2021\/12\/19\/jk203suc6qwr1py6vjmf.jpg","story":"Our knotty pine attic room in the mountain lodge had only one window but it looked out on the newly fallen snow on the hillside and the small frozen pond below. I hope this simple, spontaneous oil painting conveys the joy of that view.","media":"Oil paint","size":"5 x 7 inch canvas on hardboard","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$195.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"23","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"61","title":"Ocean Waves - PA","slug":"ocean-waves-pa","number":"189-665","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/fe047ebo26cp6zkq3mil.jpg","story":"My brother, a professional photographer, sent some black and whites of Wrightsville Beach waves. This one was partially in the shadow of the pier. I left that shadow in. It adds a bit of mystery. The colors reflect my joy on seeing the ocean.\r\n\r\nI was shocked when I asked him later \"How big were the waves?\" His answer; \"Less than a foot, I had to lay down in the sand to get that shot.\"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"12 x 16","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"24","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Seascapes","slug":"4sale-seascapes"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"64","title":"Walking on Water - Cormorant Take-off","slug":"walking-on-water-cormorant-takeoff","number":"197-667","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/qd4hcqc8aj2whotombfb.jpg","story":"Late morning on a Western North Carolina lake, I was amazed to see that Cormorants walk on water until they reach take off speed. I helps that heir knees bend backwards. A photo from a moving boat was the source for this little painting.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard panel","size":"5 x 7","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$165.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"25","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"44","title":"Heat at Hart","slug":"heat-at-hart","number":"199-667","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/h36c1r8sqmp11hshxlh3.jpg","story":"This man is firing an old fashioned ground hog pottery kiln at Hart Square, North Carolina. This town of actual 19th century buildings is reenacted one day a year. This was painted from my photographs of the event.","media":"Oil paint on canvas mounted on hardboard","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$225.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"26","tags":[{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"22","title":"Sheltered Bath, Art in the Garden, Charlotte 2014","slug":"sheltered-bath-art-in-the-garden-charlotte-2014","number":"200-667","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/apcdfli05dv0zmeawu5o.jpg","story":"The bird bath in a fountain makes sense in this Wing Haven bird sanctuary. This scene was sketched with acrylics \"in plein air\" (on site) until it rained. It was then finished in the studio in oils. This was the Charlotte \"Art in the Garden\" work from 2014. --- It was recently removed from Malvern Hills Bakery and taken to my home studio to replace a damaged frame.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic sketch on canvas on hardboard backing","size":"8x10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$225.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"27","tags":[],"location":false} {"id":"48","title":"Fiery Reflections #3 - Miniature","slug":"fiery-reflections-3-miniature","number":"203-667","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/i2b3xdt550n9n4zlf7mu.jpg","story":"A fiery sunset over Lake Lure inspired this studio painting done from memory and imagination. This third attempt captured the feeling of the dancing reflection on the water better than the larger works. This is especially surprising because this painting meets the criteria for a miniature, namely less than 25 square inches.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard","size":"4 x 6 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"28","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"57","title":"Left Behind (Canada goose)","slug":"left-behind-canada-goose","number":"211-669","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/8wu24b8ce2mx5sa5l316.jpg","story":"This could happen anywhere in Western North Carolina; a single Canada goose was left behind late in the season when the rest of the flock had already flown South.","media":"Oil on canvas on wooden panel","size":"8 x 10","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$225.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"29","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"150","title":"Blue Cow Pastoral","slug":"blue-cow-pastoral","number":"212-670","image":"media\/2024\/01\/20\/9c38jxvou856tkabx114.jpg","story":"This classic scene, somewhere in Western North Carolina, was perfect for trying some modern painting techniques usually done in abstract paintings. Pouring acrylic was used for the tree trunks when the painting was upside down. Then I explored playful colors for the brush and palette knife painting.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on canvas on hardboard","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"30","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"106","title":"Hawk in the rough","slug":"hawk-in-the-rough","number":"217B-746","image":"media\/2022\/05\/01\/y96leis51w6k4dk2g3ld.jpg","story":"An avid golfer friend shot this picture of a red-tailed hawk just off the side of the course. My wife, as she often does, named the painting. This was one of those paintings that flowed onto the canvas at first, but the hawk was troublesome. I wanted the hawk to be recognizable but when painted with big strokes like the landscape a friend thought it was a pigeon. It took several hawk painting studies based on other photographs to get this final version. Discouragingly an artist friend said, \"great painterly landscape but the hawk is too sharply defined.\" Encouragingly the \"pigeon\" friend told me it was much better. One of the hardest things to do as a painter is to know when you did a good job. ","media":"Oil paint on archival hardboard","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"31","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"43","title":"One Last Cast","slug":"one-last-cast","number":"220-670","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/01e0rugpgwj5hkcshcb6.jpg","story":"The sun setting on these North Carolina fishermen created a glass like reflection on the water. The rain and darkness were rapidly approaching as they made one last cast. Amazingly these colors are pretty and accurate.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic sketch on stretched canvas","size":"10 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"32","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"50","title":"Thank You Georgia","slug":"thank-you-georgia","number":"224-672","image":"media\/2019\/05\/23\/bbg2io57g4fi2o3x4rke.jpg","story":"Thank you Georgia O'Keefe for making me look deeply into flowers. A macro photograph helped to finish this painting after the original Iris was gone. There is something wonderfully calming about studying a bit of nature to this level of detail.","media":"Acrylics on a cradled hardboard panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"33","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"40","title":"Blazing Sunset","slug":"blazing-sunset","number":"226-667","image":"media\/2019\/04\/13\/m6o60rsdlsezpx5uwaph.jpg","story":"Looking at tree tops against a blazing sunset is almost indistinguishable from a deflagration.","media":"OIl paint on a gallery wrapped canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$50.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"34","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"39","title":"Above the Falls","slug":"above-the-falls","number":"227-677","image":"media\/2019\/04\/13\/3pyxdmre0y0p3y8ez60v.jpg","story":"From memory only.","media":"Oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"35","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"32","title":"Bird Dreams","slug":"bird-dreams","number":"231-677","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/702bzicdqafxyfsbooov.jpg","story":"","media":"Oil on canvas on board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$145.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"36","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"35","title":"Friends Painting","slug":"friends-painting","number":"239-677","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/djmld7c2o8xrervua2kz.jpg","story":"Saw two friends painting side by side on a park bench in Pritchard Park, Asheville.","media":"Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$65.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"37","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"38","title":"Mountain Lake Calm","slug":"mountain-lake-calm","number":"240-688","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/kgp87ca5lz057dfcuwmq.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas on board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$165.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"38","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"36","title":"Riverside Impression","slug":"riverside-impression","number":"242B-743","image":"media\/2022\/02\/20\/pky4czeb7nd5afedjzix.jpg","story":"This one started as a plein air painting at Glen Bridge River Park, Arden, NC. Originally, I was saddened by the struggle of this tree on the riverbank revealed by the shape of the remaining trunk. It fell into the river but bent skyward and thrived for years before being hollowed out at the base. Years later I overpainted the scene in brighter colors to better reflect the encouragement I have come to feel from this tree.","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"39","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"37","title":"Warm light on the trail","slug":"warm-light-on-the-trail","number":"243-688","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/5w120onvdplj7ehb7olr.jpg","story":"The summit trail at Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway rewards one with a 360 degree view. About half way up one encounters this amazing rock with trees growing out of it. A few sketches and a few photos later and five trials at color harmonies of the right emotion and finally, the feeling of the scene.","media":"Acrylic on canvas panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"40","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"41","title":"High on the Blue Ridge","slug":"high-on-the-blue-ridge","number":"244-689","image":"media\/2019\/04\/13\/mryka71uk2xc8bgbi57x.jpg","story":"I set up an easel and painted at a Blue Ridge Parkway overlook. The foreground flowers were just beyond the edge of the parking lot. The painting was further worked on in the studio.","media":"Acrylic on canvas on hardboard","size":"12 x 16 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"41","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"25","title":"No Traffic","slug":"no-traffic","number":"245-689","image":"media\/2019\/04\/06\/sprwoeie6phlwvg0q16t.jpg","story":"Late day sun on the Blue Ridge Parkway produced such beautiful and surprising colors that I painted the road itself. It is only fair since this road has carried me to so many wonderful scenes. To keep the emphasis on the fantastic color harmony, this was painted as flatly and simply as possible.","media":"Acrylic on canvas panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"42","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"14","title":"French Broad Serenity","slug":"french-broad-serenity","number":"246-689","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/lxc1mte76790zrsfsj3g.jpg","story":"This Plein Air painting (meaning that it was painted onsite as an immediate response to the view) was done from the viewing \"pier\" in the French Broad River Park, on the West bank in Asheville. ","media":"professional acrylic","size":"9 x 12 inch on canvas ","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"43","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"93","title":"Mingo Falls - Miniature","slug":"mingo-falls-miniature","number":"248-742","image":"media\/2021\/12\/19\/qpdm5frvlan46gofxoww.jpg","story":"This small painting was a studio experiment in intense multilayer paint texture added to a familiar subject, Mingo Falls on the Cherokee Reservation. It is painted around the edges so no frame is needed. It has a simple stand and a wall hanger.","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"4 x 4 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$65.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"44","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"26","title":"Duet on the Riverbank","slug":"duet-on-the-riverbank","number":"252-700","image":"media\/2019\/04\/06\/adk4fymntvhgkaitdj55.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"45","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"28","title":"Oldest Mountains","slug":"oldest-mountains","number":"253-700","image":"media\/2019\/04\/06\/henv1h23rfaeudzygr6l.jpg","story":"I heard a geologist lecture on the oldest mountains in the world, the Appalachans. They were once as tall as Everest but water had worn down to the one quarter as tall with rounded peaks that they are today. \r\n\r\nThese thoughts inspired this painting based on my visual experiences here in these mountains. It is an imaginative composition of rounded mountains and rivers. THIS PAINTING LACKED A CONSISTENT LIGHT AND WAS PAINTED OVER AS 253B. BUT FIRST A ROADWAY WAS LITERALLY CARVED INTO THE THICK PAINT.","media":"Acrylic on board","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$225.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"46","tags":[],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"95","title":"Patchwork Quilt in a Deep Mountain Pass","slug":"patchwork-quilt-in-a-deep-mountain-pass","number":"253B-743","image":"media\/2022\/02\/02\/q2fs731xw4izpui8sacr.jpg","story":"Sam's Gap Scenic Overlook on I-26 is 40 miles north of Asheville, just across the Tennessee border. This is a totally forested mountain pass. The Appalachian Trail crosses on the NC side. To avoid the road dominating the view, I simplified to a 2-lane road. This painting combines aspects of 5 photographs.","media":"Professional grade acrylic paint","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"47","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"29","title":"Mountains to Sea","slug":"mountains-to-sea","number":"254-706","image":"media\/2019\/04\/06\/1jh3ygffm0a8xcgp0k93.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"10 x 20 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"48","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"30","title":"Family Gathering","slug":"family-gathering","number":"255-706","image":"media\/2022\/02\/20\/1ru7e21r4toprc6gpsjm.jpg","story":"When approaching Heron Island nature preserve on Lake Norman, NC, one hears the cacophony of clacking of young birds before one can see the dozens of nests. Only a lighthearted painting can capture the experience of the awkward youth standing in the nests and the busy airport of parents returning with fish to feed them.","media":"Acrylic on board","size":"14 x 18 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"49","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"12","title":"Edge of the Corn Field","slug":"edge-of-the-corn-field","number":"256-706","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/fiwk8bd0ureumxompc1f.jpg","story":"","media":"","size":"","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"50","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"10","title":"Mt. Pisgah Reflection","slug":"mt-pisgah-reflection","number":"258-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/029vbuv4t8ynbu6ms9st.jpg","story":"A small lily pond in a park near Mt. Pisgah Flat Rock Park) reflected the mountain on a bright sunny day. What's not to love?","media":"Oil on Canvas","size":"9x12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"51","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"13","title":"Wind Swept Serenity","slug":"wind-swept-serenity","number":"259-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/k2vscevl9pi2sxrkqgpv.jpg","story":"It was a very windy day in Flat Rock park. The trees were just starting to leaf out. I was able to stabilize the easel long enough to paint this oil \"in plein air.\" It captured the effect of the wind so it was left sketchy.","media":"Oil Paint on canvas","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"52","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"24","title":"Orange House Inspiration","slug":"orange-house-inspiration","number":"260-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/30\/txap3unre1cmcmw3vd6b.jpg","story":"I just had to paint this other Plein Air painter painting a colorful Asheville house.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"53","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"11","title":"Tree with a View ","slug":"tree-with-a-view","number":"261-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/m2kppw5p2bp8h4vnmdu7.jpg","story":"","media":"","size":"","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"54","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"23","title":"Paradise from Above, Art in Bloom, Black Mountain - 2018","slug":"paradise-from-above-art-in-bloom-black-mountain-2018","number":"262-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/rmuo80mynhb653bfpq8w.jpg","story":"","media":"","size":"","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"55","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"31","title":"Gayle's Girls No. 1","slug":"gayles-girls-no-1","number":"263-708","image":"media\/2019\/04\/06\/wj0fvuo5w1z57rek5n6x.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on gallery warp canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"56","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"42","title":"High Bridge at High Flow","slug":"high-bridge-at-high-flow","number":"265B-762","image":"media\/2024\/01\/04\/0xobzxihv9723tpxyfzo.jpg","story":"The narrow Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge soars high above the French Broad River at Bent Creek Park. Days of rain brought this ripping high flow and flooded the banks..","media":"Golden professional acrylics on canvas","size":"10 x 10 inch","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"57","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"47","title":"Sunrise between the islands - Miniature","slug":"sunrise-between-the-islands-miniature","number":"266-715","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/j9a9jbd9mgxyv7fudnke.jpg","story":"This miniature was based on a larger painting by the same name. It was inspired by photographs I took from a moving boat on a North Carolina Lake early one morning. Boat wakes traveling between the islands reflected the rising sun in beautiful zig zag patterns.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard","size":"2 3\/4 x 3 1\/2 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$145.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"58","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"52","title":"Squash Blossom, Art in Bloom, Black Mountain 2019","slug":"squash-blossom-art-in-bloom-black-mountain-2019","number":"268 - 717","image":"media\/2019\/06\/18\/hbh82mfnkjsbowcozc4o.jpg","story":"Painted \"en plein air\" (onsite) in Becki's Bounty Garden in Black Mountain during the Art in Bloom 2019 event. Beautiful but also made me hungry.","media":"Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$135.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"59","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"},{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"53","title":"Bunny Comfort in the Magical Garden, Art in Bloom, Black Mtn 2019","slug":"bunny-comfort-in-the-magical-garden-art-in-bloom-black-mtn-2019","number":"269-717","image":"media\/2019\/06\/18\/wh4g6e2rmfc96b521pjg.jpg","story":"Painting started \"en plein air\" (onsite) but slow progress and a bee sting meant that it had to be finished in the studio. This allowed the addition of the young girl from photos I took with her Mom's permission. She helps to create the magical feel of the garden.\r\n\r\nThe event was the 2019 Black Mountain Art in Bloom.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"5","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"60","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"},{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"54","title":"Still Life - Matisse approach via Lillia Frantin","slug":"still-life-matisse-approach-via-lillia-frantin","number":"270-695","image":"media\/2023\/07\/10\/jru9r1a58odaktrfftbk.jpg","story":"A still life was arranged by world renowned artist, Lillia Frantin, using fabrics and objects often used by Matisse. Lillia studied Matisse for many years and often painted using his approach. She passed on this approach at her son's studio where I worked under her for three days on this painting.\r\n\r\nAfter I finished this painting, she challenged me to do it again, but in my own style. See \"Hydrangeas with Fruit\" number 310-745 for my sister painting.\r\n\r\nThe two sisters belong together, so combined they are $1595.","media":"Professional acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"18 x 24 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$795.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"61","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"98","title":"After Afternoon Tea","slug":"after-afternoon-tea","number":"272 - 650","image":"media\/2022\/02\/25\/47haivon6u1icv3tpdp2.jpg","story":"A few simple objects ... an afternoon color study ... but unlike most such studies which are just practice ... this one has that something special. Because I do studies on canvas panel, I have reinforced the back to prevent warping with humidity changes.","media":"Professional acrylics on canvas panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$345.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"62","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"68","title":"Lake Junaluska Sunrise - Yellow","slug":"lake-junaluska-sunrise-yellow","number":"274-719","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/gli4sx3xk341j6rwu098.jpg","story":"Mountain fog hung over the lake as I launched my kayak. A few minutes from shore and this wonderful sight appeared. The photographs of this trip became a series of three paintings as the colors shifted as the sunrise changed from red to orange to yellow..","media":"Oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"6 x 6","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"63","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"60","title":"Corner of an Appalachian Farm","slug":"corner-of-an-appalachian-farm","number":"278-721","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/8y8hctznxedx6yvgv1jy.jpg","story":"An open farm in Sandy Mush was the subject of this painting. It was started \"in plein air\" (on site) and finished in the studio from memory.\r\n\r\nThere is something special about farming on difficult terrain that speaks of humans' capacity to survive on whatever God has given them. I wanted to honor that effort in paint.","media":"Acrylic on archival hardboard","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"64","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"59","title":"French Broad Ledges","slug":"french-broad-ledges","number":"279-721","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/ww1dihx4n47lotljjlia.jpg","story":"This painting was started \"in plein air\" (onsite) in the Summer. A second visit in the Fall influenced the studio finish.\r\n\r\nThe French Broad slowly drifts tubing rafts through Asheville. Here the river speeds up over short rock ledges creating a playground for kayakers and a wonderful sonic background for a lucky painter.","media":"Acrylic on canvas panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"65","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"69","title":"Persistence","slug":"persistence","number":"280-722","image":"media\/2020\/01\/24\/m4cw5h6pnepriuyg3uc5.jpg","story":"This painting is a derivative work based on a previous painting called \"High Rock Connection\" which was from memory. On many trips along the Blue Ridge I have been amazed at the persistence of trees growing on rocks, roots seeking cracks for small amounts of soil and water.","media":"Acrylic on wooden panel","size":"8 x 10","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"66","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"70","title":"Clouds Rolling In","slug":"clouds-rolling-in","number":"281 B-758","image":"media\/2023\/08\/21\/2kold5eg520qpk0tnspt.jpg","story":"This painting is a derivative of my smaller work \"Dusk on the Blue Ridge.\" The clouds rolling in reminded me of Hokusai's \"Great Wave of Kanagawa\" and the layered scene evoked thoughts of Maxfield Parrish's \"Daybreak.\" I painted this three years ago. A few days ago, I was able to see how to improve some things that have always bugged me about this painting. so, I stripped off the varnish and worked over the entire painting until I was happy with it. Hope you like it too.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival hardboard panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"67","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"72","title":"Hidden Creek Falls","slug":"hidden-creek-falls","number":"285 -730","image":"media\/2020\/12\/02\/trsk7z4m1d354gx40am6.jpg","story":"The trail to Catawba Falls is near Old Fort, NC. About 1\/4 mile along the trail a small creek crosses the trail requiring a half a dozen stone to stone hops to cross it. Off to the right nearly hidden is a small falls just a couple of feet high in each drop. The little falls sense of mystery and interior light inspired this painting.","media":"Acrylic on archival hardboard","size":"8","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"68","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"71","title":"Good Morning Sunflowers","slug":"good-morning-sunflowers","number":"286 -730","image":"media\/2020\/12\/02\/x0eelulcz1148uznprma.jpg","story":"This is a studio painting of a sunflower still life by morning light. The flowers were a birthday gift. A familiar subject; I have painted a sunflower still life outdoors and sunflowers in a moonlit garden. I am still passionate about them. I hope it shows.","media":"oil paint (alkyd) over an acrylic sketch","size":"16 x 20 inch - stretched canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$695.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"69","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"74","title":"Winter Sunset on Beaver Lake","slug":"winter-sunset-on-beaver-lake","number":"287 - 735","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/unmtembieupvhfaa98rw.jpg","story":"The fleeting moment of a flaming sunset above the snow covered trees deserved a quick photo and this textural studio painting. The very matte finish seems to capture the feeling of both the snow and the misty lake.","media":"Professional acrylic on hardboard panel","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$195.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"70","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"76","title":"Lake Logan Reflections","slug":"lake-logan-reflections","number":"288-735","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/4cwnzynjs4l3m1dwqmt3.jpg","story":"This small lake is a simple oblong shape. But it is surrounded by low , moutains, providing a dramatic view especially from the public bridge at the south end, This painting seeks a more classical style with the joy of Blue Ridge Mountain colors.","media":"Oil paint on canvas","size":"8","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"71","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"77","title":"Pitcher Plants - Hunting","slug":"pitcher-plants-hunting","number":"289-735","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/fz2df6w37wnap7zrszk6.jpg","story":"This painting started in plein sir too close to dusk. So m it was finished in the studio. The Pitcher Plant is North Carolina's other carnivorous plant. Like the Venus Fly Trap, it closes on the entering insects. Open like these are the plants are hunting.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on canvas","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"72","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"78","title":"Gotta be a seed in here (yellow finch)","slug":"gotta-be-a-seed-in-here-yellow-finch","number":"290-736","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/48ky4txe2af5vqt0rr9m.jpg","story":"Based on Rob's photos of local North Carolina birds.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic on GW canvas","size":"6 x 6 inch","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"73","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"80","title":"Serious Sentinel (red tailed hawk)","slug":"serious-sentinel-red-tailed-hawk","number":"291-736","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/ntc5ofqrwtfgdk8hp4va.jpg","story":"Based on Rob's photos of local North Carolina birds.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic on GW canvas","size":"6","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"74","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"79","title":"Tree Top Walker (great blue heron)","slug":"tree-top-walker-great-blue-heron","number":"292","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/43ir6agvqvwbb8ktjok3.jpg","story":"Based on Rob's photos of local North Carolina birds. This gallery wrapped deep stretched canvas can free stand. Or remove the peg and it will hang.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic on canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"75","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"81","title":"Building a Nest (osprey)","slug":"building-a-nest-osprey","number":"293-736","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/040i69z3bdqxro3lnczw.jpg","story":"Based on Rob's photos of local North Carolina birds.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic on GW canvas","size":"6","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"76","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"75","title":"Sunrise Between the Islands","slug":"sunrise-between-the-islands","number":"294-736","image":"media\/2021\/05\/13\/h91bo5rw41e2oexw9c5n.jpg","story":"Taking a boat out on Lake Norman at dawn, I snapped a photo of the sun rising the moment it was between the islands. This inspired an earlier painting in a pastel like flat surface, This time I explored adding impasto oil paint texture, viewing the older panting, not the photograph.","media":"OIl paint on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches ","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"77","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"82","title":"Looking Glass Rock and Pink Beds","slug":"looking-glass-rock-and-pink-beds","number":"295-737","image":"media\/2021\/06\/20\/pa9piep8wyt5yo068hl9.jpg","story":"I took photographs as the sun was rising from an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, about 7 miles South of Pisgah Inn. From around 6000 feet, one is looking down on the rock with the Pink Beds in the distance. This is the overlook with the trailhead to Skinny Dip Falls. Amazing. I never did hike into the falls. Oh well, something for another trip.","media":"Professional Grade Acrylics","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"78","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"83","title":"Moore Cove Falls at Dusk","slug":"moore-cove-falls-at-dusk","number":"296-737","image":"media\/2021\/06\/20\/egrlxxjge2wkaimfxop4.jpg","story":"Near Brevard, a \"short\" hike leads to this falls. Lesson learned, always look up on a guide about the details of the hike ahead. It was very muddy, and slow going so I did not get there until dusk, but it was worth it. There was not a large flow of water over this cliff but there was a magnificent cave behind. I actually watched the sunset through the falls. Incredible.","media":"Professional Grade Acrylics","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"79","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"84","title":"Lake Junaluska footbridge at sunrise","slug":"lake-junaluska-footbridge-at-sunrise","number":"297-737","image":"media\/2021\/06\/30\/2bi4eken7x90fzp41kqb.jpg","story":"This is a man made lake near Waynesville which reveals beautiful reflections of the mountains nearby. The best time to view is when the sun rises over those mountains, usually with lots Smokey Mountain atmosphere. This is my second attempt at showing the cut where the footbridge spans the lake. This time I tried matte acrylic paint instead of gloss oil paint. And it is also twice as big.. Does it still look wet? or foggy?","media":"professional grade acrylics on Gessoboard","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"80","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"85","title":"New Garden Fauvism","slug":"new-garden-fauvism","number":"298-738","image":"media\/2021\/07\/16\/6e0bkmtr5h7q4l98679p.jpg","story":"We artists got inspired by home gardens during this 2 day garden tour event in Black Mountain. This is a plein air work done the second day. This new garden inspired a Matisse like approach to all the interesting surfaces and angles. A cheerful outcome.","media":"Acrylic paint on cradled wooden panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$255.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"81","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"89","title":"Garden on the Corner with Alpenglow","slug":"garden-on-the-corner-with-alpenglow","number":"299-738","image":"media\/2021\/09\/26\/99uh707ddqedbzzgyvfs.jpg","story":"For 2 days, I placed my easel across the street from this picturesque little garden. This painting expresses my enjoyment of the efforts of a dedicated gardener's bountiful blooms. One evening there was a delightful bonus: the setting sun lit the gray and white building with a warm burnt orang alpenglow. This was the final touch to set off this delightful scene.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic sketch","size":"7 1\/2 x 14 inches cradled wood panel","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$325.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"82","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"},{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"87","title":"Tranquil Evening on the Blue Ridge Parkway","slug":"tranquil-evening-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway","number":"300-739","image":"media\/2021\/09\/26\/xg7rubvlsmqv2qdxmhf5.jpg","story":"The Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Stoney Bald is easily overlooked. This South side vista doesn't include the Looking Glass Mountain or the Pink Beds seen just a few mile further. But the tranquility of this evening view was inspirational.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on canvas","size":"8 x 8 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"83","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"88","title":"Undershot Wheel and Mill Pond Falls","slug":"undershot-wheel-and-mill-pond-falls","number":"301-739","image":"media\/2021\/09\/26\/r2jvll4juv3kv8xfclol.jpg","story":"Across the street from Lake Louise Park in Weaverville is the ruins of a mill powered by an undershot wheel. The mill pond on Reems Creek created this attractive overflow \"falls.\" The wheel and the falls are an eye catching combination. The sound of the water and the rocky foundation add to this inviting scene.","media":"Professional Grade Acrylics on cradled wood panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$300.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"84","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"90","title":"Mingo Falls","slug":"mingo-falls","number":"302-740","image":"media\/2021\/12\/19\/irsk4c5lojic0s9dszjd.jpg","story":"Mingo Falls on the Cherokee Reservation, NC is a 0.4-mile hike from the parking lot, mostly stairs. There is a perfect viewing platform for this stunning 120-foot cascading falls. The narrow valley seems to sweep down on you from both sides adding to the drama. I took photos and painted this in my studio.","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"10 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"85","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"91","title":"Hominy Valley Sunset","slug":"hominy-valley-sunset","number":"303-740","image":"media\/2021\/12\/19\/dmr3lzjf217rodokadiu.jpg","story":"Hominy Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway is 19 miles Southwest of Asheville. It is a favorite spot to see the sunset. Sometimes you can see to the Smoky Mountains. This studio painting was based on photos taken on 4 trips.","media":"Acrylics on canvas","size":"8 x 8 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"86","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"92","title":"Never Give Up","slug":"never-give-up","number":"304-742","image":"media\/2021\/12\/19\/79gqvztrhcnntb9gh45b.jpg","story":"A few weeks after heavy rains huge wind gusts and high river levels, I visited the park carrying my oils for a Plein Air painting, This blown over tree, with its top in the river, with a lot of roots showing had survived, The side branches had turned skyward and were flourishing. I hope I captured its Never Give Up inspiration.","media":"Oil paint on canvas","size":"10 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"87","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"96","title":"Distant Snow-capped Peaks","slug":"distant-snowcapped-peaks","number":"305-743","image":"media\/2022\/02\/02\/9avowondmjd4gjpfr6lb.jpg","story":"From the Hominy Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway one could see, on this evening, Rockyface Mountain (pyramid shaped) and Big Butt covered with snow, 11 miles away. The flat-topped mountain on the left side is Crabtree Bald 18 miles away. Amazing evening. - - -\r\nI tilted the middle ground like David Hockney's Garrowby Hill paintings to better show all the wonderful mountains between the viewer and the distant peaks. ","media":"Profession grade acrylics on canvas","size":"16 x 20 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$695.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"88","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"97","title":"Mountain Music #2 (Banjo girl)","slug":"mountain-music-2-banjo-girl","number":"306-743","image":"media\/2022\/02\/20\/lyl25fznbca96w68zrqj.jpg","story":"The model for Art Museum group studio session, in WNC, was bored after her first session. So she showed up for the second session with her banjo to practice while being painted. It captured the feeling of this mountain music town.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on canvas","size":"9 by 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"89","tags":[{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"99","title":"Turtle Repose","slug":"turtle-repose","number":"307-744","image":"media\/2022\/03\/12\/dgqrlfw2wn8d5qiua6r1.jpg","story":"This is a derivative painting based on an earlier small painting, \"turtle tranquility\". It was based upon photographs taken by the artist at the Western North Carolina Nature Center in Asheville.","media":"Alkyd oil paint ","size":"11 x 14 inch cradled wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$595.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"90","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"100","title":"The Love for 2 1\/2 Oranges (apologies to Prokofiev)","slug":"the-love-for-2-12-oranges-apologies-to-prokofiev","number":"308-745","image":"media\/2022\/03\/12\/ehxf92xltmwgwhfft5lo.jpg","story":"Several rainy days in a row, studio painting inspired by Prokofiev's \"The Love for Three Oranges.\" But the artist got hungry.","media":"Professional grade acrylics","size":"11 x 14 inch - archival hardwood panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"91","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"101","title":"Tablerock & Hawksbill Mtns (from Laurel Knob overlook on the BRP)","slug":"tablerock--hawksbill-mtns-from-laurel-knob-overlook-on-the-brp","number":"309-745","image":"media\/2022\/03\/18\/cyt6bw77iqc6wnf0u71s.jpg","story":"The Laurel Knob overlook is about 38 miles East of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It has an incredible 200-degree panoramic view. I was inspired by two familiar shaped mountains, TableRock and Hawksbill, that appear tiny on the horizon because they are still 20 miles away. The dead tree on the left and the windblow evergreen on the right were really there and representative of many in the area. I was delighted when the setting sun lighted these two peaks though there was heavy overcast. A pencil sketch directly on the canvas and mostly black and white photographs were the basis for this studio painting.","media":"Professional acrylics","size":"8 x 12 inches canvas on archival hardboard panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"92","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"102","title":"Hydrangeas with Fruit","slug":"hydrangeas-with-fruit","number":"310-745","image":"media\/2022\/03\/24\/wq38rqy0u7ehllp8lmgd.jpg","story":"The internationally known artist, Lillia Frantin, arranged this still life for her class on \"painting in the style of Matisse.\" First, I painted, with her wonderful coaching using the assigned approach. \r\n\r\nThe sister painting \"Still Life with Matisse approach via Lillia Frantin\" is number 270-695.\r\n\r\nThen Lilllia challenged me to paint it again in my style resulting in this painting.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe sisters belong together, so combined they are $1595. ","media":"Professional acrylics on stretched canvas","size":"18 x 24 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$795.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"93","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"103","title":"You talking to me? (Cardinal)","slug":"you-talking-to-me-cardinal","number":"311-746","image":"media\/2022\/04\/30\/o23r0ljjx1rtvadf12xc.jpg","story":"This cardinal with attitude was walking around a pole when I took the picture in my backyard in Western North Carolina. Consulting several other photos let me fill in the 2\/3rds of the bird I could not see.","media":"Oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas with peg stand or tooth hanger","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$65.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"94","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"104","title":"I see you! (Carolina wren)","slug":"i-see-you-carolina-wren","number":"312-746","image":"media\/2022\/04\/30\/00edl1tv7gbi62teb1na.jpg","story":"Based on photo in my Wester North Carolina backyard.","media":"Oil on gallery wrapped canvas with peg stand or tooth hanger","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$65.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"95","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"105","title":"Hairy Woodpecker (male)","slug":"hairy-woodpecker-male","number":"313-746","image":"media\/2022\/04\/30\/7oy63tlqmbeeshuzke77.jpg","story":"Based on photos of woodpeckers in my Western North Carolina backyard. I learned from a Birder that this one looks a lot like our Downey Woodpeckers, but the Hairy is larger and has a longer beak.\r\n\r\nA photographer praised my photographic skills capturing a \"bokeh\" background. It wasn't. I just couldn't tell him that the soft background was created during painting when I did not like the busy detailed background, so I scraped most of it off with a palette knife. I am confessing now.","media":"Oil paint on archival hardboard panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"96","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"107","title":"Roaring Flow (upper Cullasaja Falls)","slug":"roaring-flow-upper-cullasaja-falls","number":"314-747","image":"media\/2022\/06\/29\/upilb9abanxxx4komrf0.jpg","story":"Cullasaja Falls can be seen roadside, 76 miles SW of Asheville on route 64 near Highlands. Most pictures include the entire 200+ foot falls. Here the 70 ft wide by 50 ft high main falls are out of sight below the painting. This places the viewer in the middle of the roaring flow down the twisty cascades that feed the big drop falls.","media":"Professiona grade acrylics","size":"16 x 20 inch canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"97","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"108","title":"Relax. You are here.","slug":"relax-you-are-here","number":"R315-761","image":"media\/2024\/01\/20\/k1h4spw6gu1wvzj5ctf3.jpg","story":"This \"alla prima\" painting was done from a model at a group drawing \/painting open studio in Black Mountain. Being a slow painter, I usually only finish a sketch in one session, to be painted over and completed later in the studio. But upon reflection I liked the pastel, barely there, look and the soft feel it adds to the model's relaxed pose. So, I let it be.","media":"Golden Professional Acrrylics","size":"11 x 14 inches on sand coated hardboard","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"98","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"109","title":"Powder Coated Refuge","slug":"powder-coated-refuge","number":"316-747","image":"media\/2022\/07\/19\/dorjvn3kgq8yc2et4pd1.jpg","story":"Who remembers the days of these all-metal lawn chairs? These beauties inspired this garden and still life scene. The garden owners had them restored and powder coated. They told me that they were a refuge during the stay-at-home days of Covid. ","media":"Professiona acrylics on canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches -deep gallery wrap","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$150.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"99","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"110","title":"Franky Boy and the Rabbit","slug":"franky-boy-and-the-rabbit","number":"317-747","image":"media\/2022\/07\/19\/h7tkmcm7btk1jfb418oz.jpg","story":"Corner of a wonderful garden. The green thread plant on the left was labeled \"Franky boy.\"","media":"Professional Grade Acrylics on canvas","size":"6 x 6 inch- deep galley wrap","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$150.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"100","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"116","title":"Buck - the red bellied woodpecker","slug":"buck-the-red-bellied-woodpecker","number":"319-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/us0n6e1u3ipp45s9hqwn.jpg","story":"Based on my photographs of birds in my backyard plus a very small color study.","media":"acrylic on deep canvas with peg stand or hanger","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"101","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"112","title":"Study for Bill the pileated woodpecker","slug":"study-for-bill-the-pileated-woodpecker","number":"320-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/mvuoj8mqkmecakuyzrxu.jpg","story":"Micro painting as a color study for a larger painting based on my photos of birds in my backyard.\r\n\r\nSold on a small back easel.","media":"acrylic paint on hardboard","size":"2 3\/4 x 3 1\/2 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$35.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"102","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"115","title":"Bill - the pileated woodpecker","slug":"bill-the-pileated-woodpecker","number":"321-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/1kcz9i080g15b1zpu48n.jpg","story":"Based on my photos of birds in my backyard plus a very small color study.","media":"acrylic on stretched deep canvas with peg stand or hanger","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"103","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"113","title":"Study for Allen, the Peacock","slug":"study-for-allen-the-peacock","number":"322-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/j7x8wc425p08532uc6pg.jpg","story":"A color study for a larger painting based on photos I took driving by a neighbor's yard.\r\n\r\nSold on a small black easel.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard","size":"2 3\/4 x 3 1\/2 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$35.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"104","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"114","title":"Allen - the peacock","slug":"allen-the-peacock","number":"323-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/tarmfd92o98u9fjyo674.jpg","story":"Based on photos I took driving by a neighbor's yard and a very small color study.","media":"acrylic on hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"105","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"111","title":"Sunrise Spectacle - Lake Junaluska","slug":"sunrise-spectacle-lake-junaluska","number":"324-750","image":"media\/2022\/10\/18\/8ts3ys3f1kkb0xbpm0ix.jpg","story":"Sunrises over the distant mountains, behind the footbridge, have inspired four paintings previously. But they were monochromatic compared to this multicolored spectacle. \r\n\r\n Currently in a gold plein air frame at the Inn to go with the decor. This black frame is also available.","media":"Oil paint on stretched canvas","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$345.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"106","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"125","title":"Rounding the Mark","slug":"rounding-the-mark","number":"325-756","image":"media\/2023\/05\/04\/pel3hc908e8qrqfhn8qf.jpg","story":"Rob took photos from a boat observing this close sailboat race on Lake Norman. The challenge in this studio painting was to capture the soft billowy feel of the spinnakers. Many layers of translucent paint were used to create an encaustic effect on the spinnakers.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on archival hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"107","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"117","title":"Cresting the Autumn Ridge","slug":"cresting-the-autumn-ridge","number":"328-751","image":"media\/2022\/11\/15\/ztrgvrqwrcptqezj3xsg.jpg","story":"There was a delightful shock of color from these few trees backlighted by a late day sun. But the biggest challenge was expressing this joy in super thick, bold paint strokes, sharing my love of paint and texture with the vision. The trees were off S.Tunnel road in Asheville. The hikers were in the Arboretum.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on cradled wooden panel","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$595.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"108","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"118","title":"Mist Filled Valleys at Dawn","slug":"mist-filled-valleys-at-dawn","number":"330-752","image":"media\/2022\/12\/10\/8x9ak2waq9l9bzpq8gwg.jpg","story":"Often the low spaces between these western mountains fill with a mist overnight from the water evaporated from the trees. This fog flows like rivers down the valleys spilling over into neighboring valleys.\r\nThis is the south Asheville area as seen from the Chestnut Cove Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway, 14 miles south of Asheville.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"10 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"109","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"119","title":"Hammered Copper and Fruit","slug":"hammered-copper-and-fruit","number":"331-752","image":"media\/2023\/01\/06\/l2dz7p7pt0cdiys6uda1.jpg","story":"Originally, I painted this still life arrangement in a Huntersville group studio. This subject deserved a larger, 233 paintings later work, derived from the original (#98-637).","media":"Professional Acrylics","size":"8 x 10 inch cradled wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"110","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"120","title":"Rhombic Sunset #3","slug":"rhombic-sunset-3","number":"332-752","image":"media\/2023\/01\/06\/ov37yv37xd3tk6hjtfof.jpg","story":"The distant mountains at the long end of Lake Logan 37 miles west of Asheville inspired this third interpretation of a sunset I observed in a long cove of Lake Norman, 200 miles east of Asheville.\r\nThe impressionist approach of using color opposites in dry brush strokes lets the under-color show through. Here the Cerulean blue over Magenta used in the clouds does indeed make them to vibrate. Dry brush technique requires relatively thin paint layers compared to my usual thick impasto.","media":"Professional acrylics","size":"8 x 8 inches deep wrapped canvas in a floater frame","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"111","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"121","title":"Warm Glow on the Blue Ridge (just after sunset)","slug":"warm-glow-on-the-blue-ridge-just-after-sunset","number":"333 - 753","image":"media\/2023\/01\/31\/g7icrs0zga2tl2t0s47y.jpg","story":"This is the view west from Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway 18 miles NE of Asheville. The peak on the horizon is Camp Creek Bald 29 miles away. The reflecting road is Interstate 26 with a rare overlook, 21 miles N of Asheville, providing a great view back to the Craggy Mountains. The large valley on the left contains Mars Hill, 13 miles away. My photos were used as reference to locate each mountain as accurately as I can. Texts and maps can identify many more of the peaks.","media":"Profession grade acrylics on cradled wooden panel","size":"16 x 20 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$695.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"112","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"122","title":"Winter Sunrise Shadow Puzzle","slug":"winter-sunrise-shadow-puzzle","number":"334-755","image":"media\/2023\/04\/14\/oil506uxf1nnqamcpdbi.jpg","story":"In a West Asheville private yard, the trees along the edge of the meadow cast blue shadows on the snow at an angle. This created a visual puzzle because the shadows look like reflections on water, but reflections would be toward the viewer, not slanted and the color would be more like the trees, not blue. Once one sees that they are shadows on snow, the puzzle is solved.","media":"Professional grade acrylics","size":"8 x 8 inched stretched canvas, gallery wrapped floater","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"113","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"123","title":"Memory of Venice","slug":"memory-of-venice","number":"335-755","image":"media\/2023\/04\/14\/bc3qn4m028z6qoybnpmz.jpg","story":"This studio painting is twice the size and detail of an earlier one (#85-638). Both were based on two family photos. The photo looking down the canal toward the bridge was significantly blocked by Nancy's other passenger (a stranger). The Gondola was one of many in a crowded scene. Extracting only the important parts for this painting created a scene more like the memory.","media":"Oil paint","size":"11 x 14 inch cradled wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"114","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"124","title":"Beaver Dam lake is just ducky","slug":"beaver-dam-lake-is-just-ducky","number":"336-755","image":"media\/2023\/04\/14\/1cuf317esuop2zmqlv3t.jpg","story":"Beaver Dam Lake in north Asheville is circled by a scenic path. This view is from the rowing boat launching pier. I loved the wonderful wavy lines the small ripples created in tree reflection. I added the ducks as foreground interest and compositional balance, based on a miniature painting done years ago (#181-661) which was based on a painter friend's photograph.","media":"Professional grade acrylics","size":"9 x 12 inch cradled wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$445.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"115","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"138","title":"Breezing UP","slug":"breezing-up","number":"337-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/79sobmzm0d1v5cv0v4ub.jpg","story":"Open ocean is sometimes terrifying. My photographs plus coaching from a very experienced sailor captured a rough sea with an approaching rogue wave (not in any of my photos).","media":"Oil paint ","size":"11 x 14 inches on cradled Luan wooden panelhardboard","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"116","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Seascapes","slug":"4sale-seascapes"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"126","title":"Peaceful Dawn (Lake Junaluska)","slug":"peaceful-dawn-lake-junaluska","number":"338-757","image":"media\/2023\/05\/14\/lt6h1zgpw5fa5z9xqi90.jpg","story":"Lake Junaluska, 28 miles west of Asheville, is a favorite subject. I have painted this lake 7 times before, but this is my first painting of this view. The best time to see this lake is sunrise. There is a perimeter walkway. This view was just so peaceful.","media":"Professional grade acrylics","size":"8 x 10 inch cradled wood","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"117","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"127","title":"Mountain Lake - Fiery Sky","slug":"mountain-lake-fiery-sky","number":"339-757","image":"media\/2023\/05\/18\/orkoj5t6jt9dx0in3wy6.jpg","story":"A perimeter path and footbridge provide great sunrise and sunset views over this mountain lake. This is my largest painting of this favorite subject.","media":"Professional grade acrylics","size":"9 x 12 inches, cradled archival hardboard","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"118","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"128","title":"Picture Perfect","slug":"picture-perfect","number":"340-757","image":"media\/2023\/06\/21\/6pzx5id3fx6yx1fp3dn7.jpg","story":"This scene was mostly painted (with permission) standing on the shoulder of the street in front of this small but endearing garden. Hanging a plant inside a picture frame was so creative, I had to paint it.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"8 x 10 inches - cradled luan wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"119","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"129","title":"Window on the Garden","slug":"window-on-the-garden","number":"341-757","image":"media\/2023\/06\/21\/sakzvk4vwq7ii57v1wk9.jpg","story":"This \"plein air\" painting was done at one of the gardens on the Black Mountain trail.\r\n\r\nI loved the creative use of windows hung outside a screened-in garden retreat. It makes you feel you are in a comfy living room in the garden.\r\n\r\n........ Remember half the sales price goes to the Arts Center fund raiser.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on cradled wooden panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"120","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"131","title":"Cheerful Cadets (daylilies)","slug":"cheerful-cadets-daylilies","number":"342-757","image":"media\/2023\/07\/19\/a53mllrbjdir5hfrd5ev.jpg","story":"I was excited to learn that Daylilies last a day as cut flowers, too. So, I tied a vase of them to my easel for close-up details. My photos of my garden provided the natural composition for this first painting of Cadet Lilies. ........ I later did a second, larger painting of 3 Cadets. See \"Sunny Cadets (Daylilies) number 343-747, currently at the Albemarle Inn.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"11 x 14 inches on cradled hardboard","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$595.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"121","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"}],"location":false} {"id":"130","title":"Sunny Cadets (Daylilies)","slug":"sunny-cadets-daylilies","number":"343-757","image":"media\/2023\/07\/19\/pquhidfb7iitjcjxw4r5.jpg","story":"This is my second painting of Cadet Daylilies from my garden. See also \"Cheerful Cadets\" number 342-757, now at the Cedar Crest Inn. This painting is larger and features 3 lilies in bright sunlight. The natural compositional photograph was a starting point. From there the positions were moved slightly to create a circular motion. A vase of lilies tied to my easel provided familiarity with the flower's details.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"16 x 20 inches - cradled luan wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$695.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"122","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Flowers\/Still Life","slug":"4sale-flowersstill-life"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"132","title":"Indian Yellow Sunset (Hominy Valley)","slug":"indian-yellow-sunset-hominy-valley","number":"344-758","image":"media\/2023\/08\/01\/ejpgu90f0kh7f8gv543r.jpg","story":"What a joy to paint this rare yellow sunset. This is the view from the Hominy Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway 20 miles SW of Asheville. The distant mountains on the right are Rockyface (pyramid shape) and nearby Big Butt. Both are 11 miles away. On the left, the highest mountain with the flat top is Crabtree Bald (18 miles away).","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"11 x 14 inches on stretched canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$595.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"123","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"133","title":"Looking Glass Falls after a major Spring Storm","slug":"looking-glass-falls-after-a-major-spring-storm","number":"345-758","image":"media\/2023\/08\/09\/qcdwd4vittcrvh6efop3.jpg","story":"This beautiful single drop waterfall is a few steps from the road. There are often waders enjoying the large pool below this six story falls. No waders this day because the falls was raging, covering you in mist as you approached.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on cradled wooden panel","size":"9 x 12 inch painting in a 3 1\/2 inch wide museum frame","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"124","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"134","title":"Your Little Deer, Dear","slug":"your-little-deer-dear","number":"346-758","image":"media\/2023\/08\/21\/xzsi7zl5xn0l98vrcfkz.jpg","story":"First week of August 2023 we spotted two spotted deer fawns in the back yard. I managed to get some photos of this one. I painted this one as a 77th birthday gift for my wife.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"125","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"135","title":"Tranquil Evening on Lake Logan","slug":"tranquil-evening-on-lake-logan","number":"347-758","image":"media\/2023\/08\/21\/ujqdciizkxj3qyc5vzv0.jpg","story":"This small private lake, 37 miles west of Asheville, is surrounded by low mountains. This view is from the boathouse (with permission). You can also enjoy the lake from the public bridge and pullout. This painting is in the classical style but with Fauvist color choices. My reference photo was all greens except for blue sky and water. I chose colors to reflect the feeling of the tranquil view.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"5 x 7 inches archival hardboard panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"126","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"136","title":"Stoney Bald View in Cool Colors","slug":"stoney-bald-view-in-cool-colors","number":"348-759","image":"media\/2023\/09\/07\/u67shneocpdjjz7212ro.jpg","story":"The view from the Stoney Bald Overlook, 19 miles down the Blue Ridge Parkway from Asheville, is of the eastern side of the ridge so it lacks the warm colors of western sunset views. Yet, at 3750 feet elevation, one sees over several mountains to Stoney Bald at 4563 feet elevation. I hope my Fauvist colors convey the tranquil feeling of this view.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on canvas mounted on archival hardboard - made by Rob","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"127","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"137","title":"Early Fall Colors by the Blue Ridge Parkway","slug":"early-fall-colors-by-the-blue-ridge-parkway","number":"350-759","image":"media\/2023\/09\/27\/bjqsookxaaol42iy9aiw.jpg","story":"One must be careful venturing downslope from the parkway. I have taken a few slides and big falls but the view can be rewarding; like this one.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"5 x 7 inch cradled Luan wood","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"128","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"141","title":"Cockpit Elation","slug":"cockpit-elation","number":"351-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/e5dihif51psdsryn7gq4.jpg","story":"Rob's photograph on Lake Norman on a friend's new sailboat. A view so familiar to any sailor.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"129","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"139","title":"Nailed the Landing (Osprey)","slug":"nailed-the-landing-osprey","number":"352-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/54ogh8fcakngejifcz2j.jpg","story":"Composit of Rob's photographs on a Western North Carolina lake of an osprey landing on a Channel Marker and an interesting sunset on the same lake.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$125.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"130","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"142","title":"Downwind Joust","slug":"downwind-joust","number":"353-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/j3yeav8znma4o8wdym3a.jpg","story":"Composite of Rob's photographs from a motorboat of a sailboat race on a local lake.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"131","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"140","title":"Peregrine Falcon on Alert","slug":"peregrine-falcon-on-alert","number":"354-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/h8hs37yraqvhyt5bdg7q.jpg","story":"Wildlife photograph by D. Smith, with permission.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"132","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"143","title":"Cold Day Vigil (Kestrel)","slug":"cold-day-vigil-kestrel","number":"355-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/f03f1p7b5sckt5xwa0f1.jpg","story":"Wildlife photograph by D. Smith, with permission.","media":"Oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"133","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"144","title":"Where's the Nectar? (female ruby throated hummingbird)","slug":"wheres-the-nectar-female-ruby-throated-hummingbird","number":"356-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/jcy9kpsj6no9kg5ii5d1.jpg","story":"Wildlife photograph by D. Smith with permission.","media":"Oil paint","size":"5 x 5 inch Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"134","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"145","title":"The Teal Guitar","slug":"the-teal-guitar","number":"357-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/upatnlrrfg89spt3qby6.jpg","story":"Abstraction of a fond memory","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"8 x 10 inches - cradled luan wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"135","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false} {"id":"146","title":"Fryingpan Mountain Lookout Tower","slug":"fryingpan-mountain-lookout-tower","number":"358-761","image":"media\/2024\/07\/18\/8coqcqcmxn5d0gq2v15i.jpg","story":"Rob's photographs from the Blue Ridge Parkway 22 miles South of Asheville just past the Pisgah Inn. This 70foot fire lookout tower, the only one close to the parkway and at 5340 feet elevation, can be climbed to just below the Lookout's Quarters for a 360 degree view. It is a 0.8 mile moderate hike.","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"9 x12 inches - cradled Luan wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"136","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"147","title":"Little Pisgah Ridge Tunnel","slug":"little-pisgah-ridge-tunnel","number":"360-762","image":"media\/2024\/01\/04\/s1czqokici2s058nbxoo.jpg","story":"There are 26 tunnels on the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. Nine of them are between Asheville and Mount Pisgah Inn. And all nine are on a curve.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$495.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"137","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"148","title":"Last Rays - Alpenglow","slug":"last-rays-alpenglow","number":"361-762","image":"media\/2024\/01\/04\/0pcet08z5xjsflc23z9d.jpg","story":"Temporarily lost on a back road near Asheville, with the sun setting, I snapped a picture of this scene from the car window. The last rays of the setting sun cast a warm glow on winter trees, on tall dry grass and even tinted the rocks. All were electric against the darkening purple sky. The path was inviting but this was a farmer's property. So, I remained in the car and drove off.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"138","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"149","title":"Rhythmic Light on the Blue Ridge Parkway","slug":"rhythmic-light-on-the-blue-ridge-parkway","number":"362-762","image":"media\/2024\/01\/20\/edf5y5cp054u5j0mu9yn.jpg","story":"Driving near Mt. Pisgah on the Blue Ridge Parkway, late in the day, the sunlight passes between the trees creating a mesmerizing rhythm of light flashes.","media":"Golden Professional Acrrylics","size":"16 x 20 inches on a cradled wood panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$695.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"139","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"152","title":"Fishing King","slug":"fishing-king","number":"363-763","image":"media\/2024\/02\/05\/lyf8dylj35kqlq8hokx0.jpg","story":"A nature photographer friend who likes to kayak on Lake Junaluska (28 miles West of Asheville) took the reference photograph. She gave permission for me be inspired from it. I jumped at the opportunity. The Kingfisher was my dad's favorite bird.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival gesso board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"140","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"153","title":"Looks like Spring in the mountains","slug":"looks-like-spring-in-the-mountains","number":"364-763","image":"media\/2024\/03\/02\/xgwvf1ka3sdm9b7v9sy8.jpg","story":"The subject and exact North Carolina location where it was painted is not recalled. But does it matter? I do remember painting this oil paint sketch (all at once) capturing in color and expressive brushwork the joy of the moment.","media":"Oil paint on canvas on hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$145.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"141","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"154","title":"The Minor Basilica of St. Lawrence - morning light","slug":"the-minor-basilica-of-st-lawrence-morning-light","number":"365-763","image":"media\/2024\/03\/02\/x3byji87pyb5e4tzmmv9.jpg","story":"This red brick Basilica took on a distinct orange glow when lit by the rising sun in uptown Asheville.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"142","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"155","title":"Barn Owl - early evening","slug":"barn-owl-early-evening","number":"366-763","image":"media\/2024\/03\/09\/fr7ma6e9ijp4klh0zrsx.jpg","story":"Studio painting based on the work of Asheville wildlife photographer, D. Smith as reference.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival clay board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"143","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"156","title":"Peak-a-boo Bear Cub","slug":"peakaboo-bear-cub","number":"367-765","image":"media\/2024\/03\/29\/0gxul65cbmyf9hpf1epq.jpg","story":"There was a black bear cub in the crabapple tree in a back yard in near Asheville. My wildlife photographer friend, D. Smith, snapped the reference photo and gave me permission to paint from it. But, as you know, I seldom use black, brown or gray. So, I chose purple, blue and yellow, a palette which captures the joy in this scene.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on stretched canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"144","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"157","title":"Reaching for Lunch","slug":"reaching-for-lunch","number":"368-765","image":"media\/2024\/04\/13\/dpdk021yreadc99nlwv8.jpg","story":"This bear cub, whacking crabapples, was caught in the act by local wildlife photographer D. Smith, near Asheville. Photo reference used with permission.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival clayboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"145","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"158","title":"Twins are so much work","slug":"twins-are-so-much-work","number":"369-765","image":"media\/2024\/04\/18\/5tgaf17syurfau529t79.jpg","story":"This pileated woodpecker family recently lived in an Asheville area yard. The reference photo was taken by local wildlife photographer D. Smith. (used with permission) The twins have since flown from the nest and were replaced by a Screech Owl family.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival gesso board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$245.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"146","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"159","title":"White Barred Owl","slug":"white-barred-owl","number":"370-766","image":"media\/2024\/05\/16\/sg9sqckyes4ilb0701od.jpg","story":"A rare albino barred owl was photographed by D. Smith, a local wildlife photographer. Used as reference with permission.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival gesso board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"147","tags":[{"title":"sold- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"sold-birds-wildlife"}],"location":false} {"id":"160","title":"Winter on Lake Tomahawk","slug":"winter-on-lake-tomahawk","number":"371-766","image":"media\/2024\/06\/01\/s5o5clhz29n66d18zstf.jpg","story":"Late in a winter's day I visited this Black Mountain, NC lake. The lake is partially drained in the winter for shoreline maintenance. The exposed shoreline added a sculptural shape to the water not there at full pond when it is nearly round. The duck pair did not seem to mind the low water level.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"148","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"165","title":"Seven Micro Birds","slug":"seven-micro-birds","number":"372-767--378-767","image":"media\/2024\/08\/08\/hy89rne2q332jaxawrfu.jpg","story":"For the table-top show at Black Mountain that accompanied the Plein Air show at the \"Art in Bloom\" event- 2024, I painted 7 birds from earlier paintings of mine (often much bigger) that were in turn based on my own bird photographs.\" Two sold at that month long show.\r\nThe other 5 are available. The price below is for one bird and micro easel.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on hardboard","size":"2.75 x 3.5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$50.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"149","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"167","title":"A Peek t Seven Sisters' Peaks","slug":"a-peek-t-seven-sisters-peaks","number":"379-767","image":"media\/2024\/08\/08\/2kzfotoujk200hmbanlp.jpg","story":"With my easel at the very front of the yard, I could see this view and painted it plein air as part of the 2024 Black Mountain \"Art in Bloom\" event.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wood","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"150","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"},{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"166","title":"Trident Maple - Imagined Autumn Colors","slug":"trident-maple-imagined-autumn-colors","number":"380-767","image":"media\/2024\/08\/08\/i4rtc7qco4ai581uq4r4.jpg","story":"This mostly plein air painting was painted in the front yard of a Black Mountain home as part of the 2024 Art in Bloom. I did not finish it that day. The leaves had to be added in the studio from the cell photos I took. Back in the studio, the actual green leaves did not work with the painting. Instead, I researched the appropriate autumn colors and added imagined leaves.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled hardboard","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"151","tags":[{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false} {"id":"161","title":"To the Looking Glass","slug":"to-the-looking-glass","number":"381-768","image":"media\/2024\/07\/13\/cfnz4zekwlcuehh8xdtj.jpg","story":"This is a summertime view of the Looking Glass Rock and the Pink Beds from the Pink Beds Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway about 27 miles SW of Asheville.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"152","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"162","title":"Priceless evening on Price Lake","slug":"priceless-evening-on-price-lake","number":"382-768","image":"media\/2024\/07\/14\/4h5fyza7mcfkft8ekkir.jpg","story":"Setting sun and rising moon glow created these wonderful colors on Price Lake, 94 miles northeast of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Painted from Rob's photographs.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on stretched canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"153","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"163","title":"Quiet Sunrise Sail","slug":"quiet-sunrise-sail","number":"383-768","image":"media\/2024\/07\/28\/ie377tqkcnjf0qo5f7v7.jpg","story":"Early sunrise pinks share moonlight blues as he secures the jib sheet and she holds a broad reach in light air. Based on my photographs from another boat on Lake Norman, 100 miles east of Asheville.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"154","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"164","title":"Soft-hued autumn on the French Broad River","slug":"softhued-autumn-on-the-french-broad-river","number":"384-768","image":"media\/2024\/08\/04\/9mpv57tfxvo4ru816lud.jpg","story":"As the French Broad River flows north through Asheville it changes from a placid tubing river to small rapids. These can be viewed from River Road and the bridges. This painting was made from memoires of those views and an imagined high vantage.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$245.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"155","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"} {"id":"169","title":"Peaceful Cove Sunset","slug":"peaceful-cove-sunset","number":"385-769","image":"media\/2024\/09\/16\/6b0cbxae1pxslyqw4tb8.jpg","story":"This studio painting was mostly from fond memories of a cove on the Western side of Lake Norman about 100 miles East of Asheville. A few snapshots reminded me of the colors.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"156","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"170","title":"Edge of the Blue Ridge","slug":"edge-of-the-blue-ridge","number":"386-769","image":"media\/2024\/09\/16\/8v9o1gl2axnqky2nkdm0.jpg","story":"Dirt road memories fueled this imagined landscape of the views from the Eastern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, typical of 30 or so miles East of Asheville.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on gallery wrapped stretched canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"157","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"168","title":"Watershed Moments","slug":"watershed-moments","number":"387-769","image":"media\/2024\/09\/16\/zqha7rhmfetjsgw4ka09.jpg","story":"From the Craggy Gardens visitor center (20 miles East of Asheville on the Blue Ridge Parkway) at the top of the Craggy Mountain ridge, you can see Graybeard mountains which form the other side of the protected Asheville watershed. The Beetree reservoir holding Asheville's drinking water is below. In the distance are the Hickory Nut mountains.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wood","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"158","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"171","title":"Stormy Evening on the BRP","slug":"stormy-evening-on-the-brp","number":"388-773","image":"media\/2025\/02\/18\/cefqntwk7v1pa9lwuz47.jpg","story":"A through-the-windshield photograph inspired this painting of the beauty of an evening storm rolling in on the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Asheville.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"159","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false} {"id":"172","title":"Cracked not Broken","slug":"cracked-not-broken","number":"389-773","image":"media\/2025\/02\/18\/0p9p7q2uyuqn8ohuks2f.jpg","story":"Our mountain forests were cracked by hurricane Helene. But they are not broken and will flourish again. Based on my time here and not on any specific visual reference.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"160","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"173","title":"Warm Sunrise - Cool Morning","slug":"warm-sunrise-cool-morning","number":"390-774","image":"media\/2025\/02\/18\/73eozj1iibvsmeln6zg6.jpg","story":"A short paddle on Lake Junaluska near Waynesville reveals this view of the footbridge. This time, bold brushwork was my focus on a favorite view.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"9 x 12 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"161","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"174","title":"Sacred Waters - Mingo Falls","slug":"sacred-waters-mingo-falls","number":"391-774","image":"media\/2025\/02\/18\/jupcoc6gzrwwr12qo6w9.jpg","story":"A short 0.1-mile hike up 160 wooden steps brings you to the base of this 120-foot falls on the Cherokee reservation. The foreground \"beholder of the beauty of nature\" is an idea borrowed from the Hudson River School artists. 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(Do not get too close to the edge, please)","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wooden board","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"163","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"176","title":"We can definitely ski this","slug":"we-can-definitely-ski-this","number":"393-774","image":"media\/2025\/02\/18\/f9fas51qtza3tcsixg3q.jpg","story":"Sometimes deep snow completely covers both the paved and unpaved roads in the forests west of Asheville. 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Then I overpainted it with bold strokes to highlight the kinetic and airy nature of the bird.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"165","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"} {"id":"177","title":"\"Impassioned\" (Cellist)","slug":"impassioned-cellist","number":"396-775","image":"media\/2025\/05\/01\/lem1izj7kir7zwipnhyh.jpg","story":"Inspired by a movie short of Jacqueline du Pre playing the Elgar Cello Concert in E Minor. When she tilted her head and closed her eyes she became the passionate passage. This is not a portrait. The figure here is a different model, the head tilt increased, the tossed red hair and the Modigliani long neck enhance the feeling I was responding to.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wood","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"166","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"} {"id":"181","title":"\"Swinging at Beaufort House Inn\"","slug":"swinging-at-beaufort-house-inn","number":"398-779","image":"media\/2025\/09\/17\/g43g2nfrtcewlupzpn3b.jpg","story":"This started as a Plein Air demo painting of one of the views from the veranda of the Beaufort House Inn. Originally it included an empty swing. When the demo was over a young girl staying there enjoyed the swing. Her parent gave me permission to take a cell phone photo of her and include her in the painting. This added a charming center of interest to this landscape painting.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on gallery wrapped stretched canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$495.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"167","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"4sale- People: sports, activities","slug":"4sale-people-sports-activities"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"} {"id":"180","title":"LKN Rhombic Sunset #4","slug":"lkn-rhombic-sunset-4","number":"399-779","image":"media\/2025\/09\/17\/fktwfskmjdg9bcabqnae.jpg","story":"This Lake Norman Sunset was seen on the shore across from this inlet. I love this scene so much that I have painted it several times. Each time I try to make it better. 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Then I noticed a leaf float by and was inspired to paint it. This small beauty captured the color feeling of fall.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on gallery wrapped stretched canvas","size":"6 x 6 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$95.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"170","tags":[{"title":"sold- Flowers \/ Still Life","slug":"sold-flowers--still-life"},{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":false}