The Last Day of Winter
egg tempera on panel
24 x 30 inches

Available at Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery 828-733-3144

$150 Gift Voucher  Secret Code

I recently added an online store to sell selected artworks from my studio. If you’re on my mailing list, I value your being part of my art family, and in appreciation I want to give you a $150 voucher good towards an original painting in my web store or studio. I’ll be adding more paintings soon as I go through the studies in my studio,  I’ll notify you when new works are added.

If you are on my email list, you recently received a secret code word to claim your voucher. If you didn’t get it, please send me an email.

It’s good for at least a year, and if you can’t use it, you may give it to a friend, I’m cleaning out and moving my studio soon, so now might be a good time to use it. If you have any difficulty using the cart or coupon please email or call me. I value your feed back too.

No you can’t redeem it for cash.

New Egg Tempera in Progress

Summer Stream, egg tempera, 24 x 36 in.

Back in the Studio

I’m back in the studio after a painting trip to North Carolina to participate in the Blue Ridge Parkway Painting competition. My plein air painting Linville River won first place. Still working on paintings for my show next month at Crossnore Fine Arts gallery in North Carolina. The painting above is one I’m working on now. I’ll post the others on my website soon.

Event Updates:

August 5, 2010 Opening Reception
Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery
Annual Solo Painting Exhibition
For more information call Martha 828-733-3144
Email:artgallery@crossnoreschool.org

Commissions and Deliveries

After the show, between/during moving the studio, I’ll be working on commissions (can’t wait) and delivering completed works.

Okay, back to the easel.

Linville River , Oil on Linen, 6 x 8 inches

The National Park Service is celebrating the 75th year opening of  The Blue Ridge Parkway with year long events.  As part of the occasion,  artists are invited to paint this historic, scenic highway.

From June 24- 26 I will be painting along the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Linville Falls.  Immediately proceeding the event paintings will be for sale through The Crossnore Arts Gallery.  If your around that way then,  come on by.

More details on my Events page.

Spring
Oil on Linen Panel
24 x 36 inches

This scene is from a study I painted several years ago in Ormond Beach, Florida, in an area the local bicyclists call The Loop. The old natives like me know it simply as Tomoka, and jumping in the car we’d say we were going cruising through Tomoka.

It’s a beautiful natural area, an oasis in Volusia County with a variety of ecosystems and wildlife. The Timucuan Indians, Florida’s true natives lived here thousands of years ago. Thanks to the persistent efforts of people like Walter Boardman in the 1970′s, and the Florida Park Service much of it has been saved from encroaching development.

For me it represents decades of experiences and memories with good friends and family, many gone. Painting it is a way of honoring the land and all those who fought to protect it, a celebration of their achievements. Sometimes we forget the things we take for granted and enjoy were paid for at a great price.