SUNRISE REFLECTING ON THE SURF, SOLD 6x8, OIL DAILY PAINTING

I have not done a daily painting seascape for quite some time, so I ventured down to the beach just in time to see the sun come up.  It is beautiful to see the sunrise no matter where you are...but it is down right stunning when you are sitting on the beach.

I hope your day is as inspirational as mine was!

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GOOD MORNING, CAROLINA, 6X8, OIL

In Florida, when the sun comes up, daylight is everywhere. In the mountains of North Carolina, the rising sun bathes the sky with light and color while darkness cloaks the valley.

 Here early risers find their way in the darkness as the sun starts to climb the mountains. In a few minutes all will be light, but for now, the night holds on.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN, 9X12, OIL, SOLD

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I just can't wait to get on the road again

Willie Nelson

Heading east on 1-40, out of Asheville, North Carolina.

We travel from Florida to North Carolina and back from March to November, so this is a scene I am very familiar with.  This particular morning, in late August, the sun had just popped over the edge of the mountain and bathed the sky in light, while the valley below was still dark.

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RIVER SUNRISE, 6X8, OIL-SOLD

"I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river
Is a strong brown god - sullen, untamed and intractable."

From Four Quartets - The Dry Salvages

T.S. Eliot (1944)

A view of Florida's Indian River and part of the inter-coastal system that travels the east coast.

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7:15 AM, 18 SEPTEMBER 2010, MELBOURNE, FL, OIL, 6X8 SOLD

We are having the most unusual weather patterns this year.  September is not usually a nice month to be here.  It is still hot and muggy with lots of tropical disturbances which make for gray and windy days.
This year is another story.  Beautiful, dry, days that remind me of our October and November weather.  As a result, we are also having the most beautiful and colorful sunrises and sunsets.  You know what they say about silver linings..I guess this is it.

CARLA'S SUNSET, 11X14 OIL ON MASONITE, SOLD

Our friends, Bill and Carla, have just built the most beautiful house in North Carolina. It clings to the side of a mountain and has beautiful views year round. Carla e-mails the most wonderful photographs to me, naturally I have to paint them. This is my latest attempt to capture the awesome beauty of nature they are fortunate enough to view each day.

FLORIDA SUNRISE

This past week I have been enjoying working on several small paintings of the surf. This morning, my friend Donna and I drove to the beach at 7:00 a.m. to take photos. It has been many years since I was there that early and I forgot how peaceful and wonderful it is in the early morning. Only a few people were around, just the birds and the sun and the wonderful surf rolling in. We took many, many photos and I hurried home to see how they turned out. I painted two of them this afternoon. Donna and I made a commitment to return soon for another Florida sunrise over the surf.

This is one of my paintings from today. 8x10 oil on canvas panel. It is in my Etsy store available for purchase.

DAYBREAK, SOLD

We travel from Florida to North Carolina several times a year. Often, we get a late start, drive five or six hours and spend the night. We try to get on the road early the next day, as we are always excited and anxious to get to our vacation home in the mountains. This particular morning, we were driving through Georgia when the sun started to come up, and I caught this scene with my digital camera.

This is a 4x12 on stretched canvas. The sides of the canvas are painted so it is ready to hang without being framed.

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SUNRISE ON SPRING ISLAND, SOLD

One more view of our group, Pieces of Eight, on vacation. I had this wonderful (?) idea that we should get up at daybreak and go out on the deck in our pj's with coffee in hand to paint a grouping of trees as the sun came up. It sounded like a perfectly logical thing to do, to me. Of the eight of us, you can see how many agreed. When I staggered out there the next morning it was dark and wet as it had rained all night. The no-see-ums were out in force and trying hard to eat us alive, but then the sun started making it's journey up behind the trees and the sky changed rapidly, one formation after another. Glorious! This was pein air painting at it's best! This is my little 5x7 oil on panel that resulted. My the way, I'm the one in pink!

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Sunrise on Spring Island

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