Hidden Pond

Earlier this week Eileen and I went and painted by this beautiful pond, hidden between buildings at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. I suspect few people know the pond, with its two fountains, ample water lilies, and picnic table, even exists. Oil on stretched canvas, 16 x 20. SOLD

Riverview 2

This was done in part on a beautiful, sparkling day by the Moorman's River, out painting with Eileen in Sugar Hollow west of Charlottesville, Va. I was working on it about an hour before the famous East Coast earthquake (the oil I worked on during the quake will be posted as soon as it's finished). We were perhaps 50 miles from the epicenter and less than half a mile downriver from the 77-foot dam at Sugar Hollow Reservoir. Needless to say, the dam held. Oil on stretched canvas, 20x16

$360 framed, $20 shipping

Vineyard Road

Done on a September morning in 2010 at Seven Oaks Farm in Greenwood, Va. Not visible: fellow painters Meg, Karen, and Eileen, on the other side of the fence to my right, painting a gorgeous view of Mirador Farm in the distance. This painting will be in a group show, "Five Women Who Paint Together," Sept. 2-30, 2011, at the Gallery @ 5th & Water, Charlottesville, Va.

Learn more about us and our show — and RSVP if you'd like — at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138736469550243

Koi Pond 2

Meg West and I painted together the other day up at the koi pond at Serenity Ridge, different angles of the same subject. We started early but the oppressive heat soon set in. I returned the next day, and again later. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

$360 framed, $20 shipping

Guinea-Bean Arbor, Monticello

Climbing flowers of guinea beans, painted with late-afternoon sun in my eyes at Thomas Jefferson’s mountaintop garden at Monticello. One of several paintings now hanging at Java Dragon Coffee Shop in Charlottesville, Va. — the opening is tomorrow (Friday 8/4)! Oil on canvas, 14” x 11”, framed.

White Hall Vista

This was another painting outing with Meg and Eileen, on a cool spring day before all this hot weather set in. I was skeptical when Meg suggested we could paint from our cars to stay warm, but found it surprisingly comfortable. We were parked in the lot of the White Hall Community Center, looking out past fence and field to the house and mountains beyond. This is another one for the "Side by Side" show Sept. 1-30. Oil on canvas, 9" x 12".

View From Carter Mountain

A few weeks ago Meg West invited me to join her up at Carter Mountain Orchard for a painting outing. I set up on the back deck of the shop, and this painting was the result. If you're ever in Charlottesville, it's worth a visit to this orchard, one of my favorite views (and energetic centers) of a beautiful part of the world. In fact, it turns out that Carter Mountain Orchard's second annual Peach Festival, complete with free hayrides, is going on there today and tomorrow. See http://www.cartermountainorchard.com/; it's on the road to Monticello, look for the sign on the right.

This painting is one of several now hanging at Java Dragon Coffee Shop, Preston Plaza, Charlottesville. It's apparently a good representation — as soon as I hung it, a customer said "That looks like the view from Carter Mountain."

Oil on canvas, 16" x 20"