Daily Landscape Painting, "Blue Ridge Switchback" 6x8 SOLD

Today's daily painting is one of my favorites.  We decided to take a drive to Water Rock Knob, just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in beautiful North Carolina.

SOLD

It was a beautiful, clear October day and I tried hard to capture the clear skies and gorgeous fall foliage.

Living in Florida for 40 years, I miss the fall colors and smells I remember from my childhood in Ohio.  It is  the best part of my visits to North Carolina and I try to get there in mid-October every year.

As a child I loved to rake the leaves into a pile and take a running jump right into the middle.  In those days we would rake the yard and then burn the leaves.  There was nothing better than walking to school on a sidewalk covered with leaves, crackling under my feet as I shuffled along.  Evenings conjure up memories of hay rides followed by warm donuts and cider.  That's before the days of Dunkin Donuts, these were home made and covered in sugar and cinnamon.

I am sorry my grandchildren will never have those memories, but I know when they think back on their childhoods they will find something equally as pleasing to remember.

THE END OF SUMMER. 5X7, OIL, CANVAS BOARD

It's the end of summer

Its the end of it all

Those days are gone, it's over now, we're moving on

It's the end of summer

But we'll see it all again

So hold on to the moment till then

Theory of a Deadman - End of Summer

Maloy/Connolly/Brenner/Back

The end of summer in the mountains of western North Carolina, waiting for the cold, wet days to come.


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PUMPKIN AND BITTERSWEET VINE, 6x8, OIL

Bittersweet always bring back memories of childhood.  Wreaths were made, mantels were decorated.  It is the perfect fall symbol.  Fall is my favorite time of the year and a pumpkin covered in bittersweet  is very comforting when you live in a state that is more into surfing than changing leaves.