urban plein air painting - SOLD

Sandra and I met at 8:00 this morning in downtown Dalton, GA, to capture some colors - other than "North Georgia green green". We were in luck. Traveling along Hamilton Street, there are lots of quaint brightly painted gift shops. "The Yellow Bird" is owned by Sally, who paints bird houses and has many, many garden items in this wonderful little shop. Many years ago the building housed a shoe store, with its large front windows and inviting double glass doors. Stop in sometime and visit with Sally - she's defines Southern hospitality.

If you click the image, you can see the painting is in the blocking in stage. It's mostly finished now. It just needs a little tweaking and I'll post it soon. - this painting has SOLD -

Colors at the Crossing ---- SOLD

8" x 10" oil on stretched canvas - painted en plein air (with a few tweaks in the studio but within the definition of plein air) - $120 including shipping - SOLD, THANK YOU !

Painting structures in the studio with the help of a T-square, plotted vanishing points, etc usually doesn't pose a problem. However, I'm trying to stretch my painting abilities by painting these structures free hand and en plein air - winging it.

This painting features the historic buildings around the Tunnel Hill, GA, railroad crossing (hidden to the left). On the left in the forefront is the Tunnel Hill Historical Center. Then behind it (L to R) are the Tunnel Hill Church of Christ and the depot (made famous during the Great Locomotive Chase during the Civil War). The orange building was originally Griffin's Sundries - Toppie made the best hamburgers in the state and was always there with her Southern lady charm. The red building was the Tunnel Hill Baptist Mission, but in later years housed Playhouse 64 and featured well known country singers in concert. The two buildings to the right are small factories.

You might not have noticed, but I left out power lines which are such a distraction to the charm of this beautiful spot in NW Georgia. I love it here!
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Flavors of the South

12" x 9" oil on stretched canvas - painted en plein air, alla prima - $108 including shipping -

While mixing the paints for this one, I was musing about the delicious colors of this early morning scene. The sunlight hitting the second story porch was a wonderful orange sherbet or

peach iced tea. The deep red shadow side was raspberry jam or perhaps plum butter. The darkest shadows were licorice and the new grass was limeade. Mint julep anyone??

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