A Summer Day on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Small Oil Painting, Giclee Print on Canvas, Daily Painting,

 

It looks like summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  As our lives change from day to day, Mother Nature is telling us,that all will someday be well.  The earth is surviving very well without us, thank you, and it is up to us humans to change our routines as life will go on, with or without us.

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I would prefer it went on with us!

Although the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed, for some time, it is now open and giving people in the area a place to drive and walk and enjoy nature.

This is an 11x14" original oil painting.  The 1.5" deep sides are painted black, allowing it to be hung with or without a frame.

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Carol Schiff
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www.CarolSchiffStudio.etsy.com

Mountain Landscape, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, Smoky Mountains 6x8" Oil Painting, SOLD

I have been in North Carolina for the past month, so naturally we had to take a few drives on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I always think it will not be so impressive this time, I have seen it many times.  But, I never fail to see a view that requires a quick intake of breath!

Trying to get the effect of the morning mist was the challenge here.  Not sure I pulled it off, but it is a good try.  Practice makes perfect.

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Carol Schiff

www.CarolSchiffStudio.etsy.com

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Daily Painting, "Smoky Admiration" 8x6", Oil

This is from an image that I have had in my files for many years.

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I was always drawn to this image because of the light striking the hats of this Mennonite couple  The fact that she is bare-footed only added to the quirkiness of the scene.

The couple are viewing the highest point at Smoky Mountain National Park.  I have been there many times and know that it is a long hike up a steep concrete walkway.  Where are her shoes!!!

Daily Painting, "Oconoluftee Barn" 6x8, Oil SOLD

This is not an old barn.........it's a replica of an old barn!

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This barn can be found at the Oconoluftee Welcome Center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Cherokee NC..  They have a great museum and replica of a farm from the old days, complete with chickens and pigs!  

After walking through the farm, you can follow a path, next to the river and through the woods.  The feeling is that you are in the wilderness, they reality is that cars are whizzing by just a few hundred feet away.  

If you are lucky, you will hear the elk calling in the forest, or maybe even spy one or two in feeding in the meadow.

All together, a great way to spend the morning and absolutely free to anyone who cares to visit!

Daily Painting, "Blue Ridge Barn" 6x8"

During the hot summer months, we leave hot and humid Florida and head for the mountains of North Carolina.

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I am always attracted to the many shapes and character of the old barns that are found around every corner.
This one is located in the Smokey Mountain National Park, at the visitor center next to the Cherokee entrance.

It is not an original barn, but a replication that stands on the "pioneer farm" that is behind the center.

I cannot wait to get back in the cool and beautiful mountains this year.  Where do you go for summer vacation?

Johnny's Barn, 6x8", original oil, canvas board SOLD

"I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing."

~ Johnny Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23, 2005)

This is not really "Johnny's Barn", but I kind of liked the idea of him sitting back there, trying to think up something unacceptable to do.

This is the final post for "Barn Week" at the studio.  I still have more barn paintings rattling around but I will save them for another time.  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping bye.

MOUNTAINS VS BEACH

I have just returned from a week in the beautiful and peaceful Smoky Mountains.  This is not a new piece, but one that  is near by heart.  This is a view about 1/4 mile from our home Western NC, called Childer's Barn.  We pass this each time we leave the house and I am always transfixed by it as we drive by.  The changing season just adds to the beauty of the scene.  Purchase here.

In my other world, I see the wonder of the ocean in all it's glory.  How lucky am I?

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MOUNTAIN SUNRISE, 5X7 OIL, SOLD

Smoky Mountains with morning smoke.  Usually it burns off by mid-morning. 

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VALLEY VIEW, 5X7, OIL,SOLD

Our summer home in North Carolina is in the valley. In the mornings, the smoke lays in the valley and as morning goes on, it burns off and the sun comes out, much like fog. It is quite like watching the ocean, an ever changing view.

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THE SMOKIES, 18X24, OIL

This is a studio painting of the Smokies, a vista in the park as you are driving from Cherokee, over the mountains to Gatlinburg, TN. I posted a small study of this a week or so ago. My husband has confiscated this for our mountain home. He is a type A personality and loves it, I am a type C personality and wish it were not so tight!

VIEW FROM CLINGMAN'S DOME

This is a quickie, 5x7 oil on canvas panel. It was kind of a warm up a few days ago. Little did I know I would spend twice the time trying to photograph it as I did painting it! I don't know how many photos I took, under different conditions and lighting, I STILL GET GLARE!!!!! and it is still there, and I give up.

It is a view from Clingman's Dome which is the tallest mountain in the Smokies.

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