Rural Barn Drive By

6 x 9 Oil on Archival Board

One of the things I love about Southwest Virginia is the abundance of old barns around every corner, everywhere you look. I'd like to paint them all. It might turn into a series, who knows :-)

Good Morning Rural America

8 x 10 Oil on Archival Board  

I have always loved seeing lit windows at dusk or early in the morning. I picture people settling in for the night or beginning their day. The cozy warmth of the security of being "home" and protected. For those of us who have that, we are lucky human beings. I ache for those who don't!

Bedford Farmland

8 x 8 Oil on Gessobord

SOLD

This is a quick study for a larger painting.  It was fast and furious and my brush never stopped moving.  I tried to convey the scene with a minimal amount of strokes.  Again, I worked from a very limited palette. I feel like I'm in the middle of a growth spurt, and I wonder where it will lead me.... 

Storm Front Moving In

5x 7" Oil on Gessoboard

$55, Unframed

This was the calm before the storm at Poplar Forest.  We had just gotten out of the car, looked over beyond the barn and saw it coming.  The colors against the storm front moving in were really beautiful.  I do love bright, sunny days, but, as I've said, what really attracts me is the gray, atmospheric weather. It's quirky; but I guess, that's me :-)

Hardy Road Vista

SOLD

This painting was done in the Fall before the leaves fell from the trees.  Growing up on Long Island in New York which is extremely flat, I'm always awed by the mountains.  This particular view is really beautiful.  I painted this quite a while ago when the barn was still kept up.  Now, it has deteriorated but remains mostly intact.  I don't know how much longer that will be the case.  I'd like to paint it again, now that I have a few more years of  painting knowledge and experience.