Skytop Apple Orchard (Another Conspiracy)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCHappy Birthday! I was commissioned to create this painting as a surprise birthday gift. It’s inspired by photos I took while picking apples on the most beautiful autumn afternoon. If you haven’t been to Sky Top Orchard in Flat Rock, NC it is worth the trip for the panoramic mountain views. […]

Location #82 + the Meaning behind my Paintings

Export to PDF | Export to DOC142 artists opened up their studios on November 6 & 7, as part of the 2010 Greenville OPEN STUDIOS Tour. All weekend long I heard people say “I wish we had time to see  ALL the studios!” So for those of you who didn’t get a chance to stop by location […]

done! (“pear orchard”)

Export to PDF | Export to DOCI finished this vibrant oil painting in April,but just finally put it on my website this week. If you make it to Open Studios on Friday or Saturday, you’ll get to see it hanging on a burnt orange wall… it’s a rather stunning combination if I do say so […]

Happy Arbor Day! (painting “pear orchard” part 3)

I wish I could have planted five pear trees in my yard today! But since we don’t quite have the room for that, I’ll have to be content to paint them. My painting called “pear orchard” shows just that… a row of 5 pear trees in full bloom!

painting “pear orchard” (part 2)

I was captivated by the pear trees when they were in bloom this spring. My next oil painting is piece with a row of five pear trees in bloom. It’s not completed yet, but here it is in progress.

Painting “pear orchard”

The pear trees were covered with fluffy white blossoms for a couple of weeks. I just had to capture their beauty so I created a large painting with a row of pear trees. This artwork is called “pear orchard.”