THE BROWN DUCK, 6X8, OIL,SOLD

Sometime back I did a couple of duck paintings and promised to do another. One thing led to another and the project got put on the back burner. The mood finally struck and I painted this one. The ducks are in the mountains of North Carolina and the thing that attracted me to them was the beautiful water color. The lake is surrounded by thousands of trees and the water at the marina, where I took this photo, is a brilliant emerald green. So brilliant, it looks artificial. On this work, the sky is reflecting in the water and the green shows only in the shadow.

LAKE HOUSE, 8X10, OIL, SOLD

We were on Nantahala Lake when we spied this little lake house. The houses around this lake are either million dollar mansions or these little floating deck houses. The owners of the little houses are seem to enjoy theirselves, surrounded with all their toys. The houses are anchored to the trees. Some are double deckers with slides into the water and elaborate decks. This one was just big enough for two.

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THE IRENE, 8X10, OIL

When we were in the mountains of North Carolina last month, we spied this cute little boat tied up at the Alarka boat ramp. I don't know much about boats and have no idea what the proper name for this type of boat would be, but I can tell you it sparkled like new. It was named Irene which we all loved, because my 14 year old granddaughter, Courtney Irene, was with us.

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