House Mountain, Lexington

House Mountain from my friend Susan's home in Lexington, VA where I stayed for most of a week with four other ladies. This is her view from the driveway, where I was under a deck to paint. Susan Veimister, the other Susan, took the photo from above as I was about to start the painting.  12" x 24" oil on canvas, framed $300    SOLD

Farm Land, Lexington, VA

I spent a wonderful week painting all around Lexington a few weeks ago. This is a farm that several of us painted, thanks to the farmer, David Chittum. 12" x 36" oil on canvas, framed $485  SOLD 

There were four of us painting, and we went back the next day too and painted a different direction. We are chasing the shade as it changed under the big maple tree!

Single Barn, Lexington, VA

Plein air from last fall @ the Nelson Gallery Paint Out, this is at Shag Hill. I was standing in the shade in the late afternoon, would love to go back and paint this in the spring. 12" x 36" oil on canvas, framed, $450  SOLD, thanks Mark & Cecelia!

Bales & Road

Painted last fall at the Plein Air Paint Out in Lexington, VA with Nelson Gallery, a five day event! They even found housing for us all, my 8th time going! 12" x 12" oil on canvas, framed $200  SOLD

House Mountain II, Lexington, VA

Painted this from Still House Rd, near the entrance and found some shade. I love the contrast of hillside and mountains, I don't know the name of this farm . . . 12" x 24" oil on canvas, framed  $300
SOLD thanks David & Pamela!

House Mountain, Lexington, VA

Had a ton of fun at the 'Lexington Paint Out' two weeks ago, and painted twelve paintings, some I am finishing up now. This one of House Mountain was painted from Susan Harb's second floor doorway, and her new studio and home! Thanks to everyone at the Nelson Gallery for hosting us, and a fabulous dinner and opening! 15" x 30" oil on canvas, framed  $450.

Shag Hill Barn I, Lexington, VA

Here is the first Shag Hill painting I did at the October Lexington Paint Out, I was with Elizabeth Sauder, we both painted two views of the same barn. 11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed  $245.

Buffalo Creek, Lexington, VA

Painted this during the Lexington Paint Out in October and was lucky to find a small shady spot by Buffalo Creek. I could have spent all day painting different parts of this wonderful winding creek. 8" x 10" oil on canvas framed, $145  SOLD

Shag Hill Barn II, Lexington, VA

Painted this with my friend Elizabeth Sauder in October for the Lexington Paint Out. We had a great day and painted this barn from two different directions, this is the second one. Thanks Elizabeth!  11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed  $245. Is hanging at C-ville Arts on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville. http://cvillearts.org/

Lexington Paint Out

The first two paintings in Lexington last Friday. Possum Hollow Barn, when it was very foggy in the morning, then it lifted . . . so hard to decide  . . . do I change or stay with that view? The back mountain is very pale because of fog, the foreground is in the clear!   9-1/2" x 12-1/2" oil on panel, framed at http://nelson-gallery.com/

This was painted on Plank Road and is of Buffalo Creek, a quiet spot to pull over and paint. Also at Nelson Gallery in Lexington. Thanks to everyone for all your work pulling the show together!

Shag Hill Barn, Lexington, VA

Here are two paintings on Shag Hill I did with my friend Elizabeth Sauder and sorry they are not very good photographs. When you are outside, the lighting that is there is what you get! The bottom one shows how bright it was that day and the top one the clouds rolled in just when I pulled out the camera. Both paintings are at the Nelson Gallery for the month of October. http://nelson-gallery.com/

Thanks to everyone who helped make it a great weekend!

Too bad we don't know how to have fun on these Paint Outs! Cheers!

Lexington Paint Out

Posting these backwards, this is the last painting I did of five (one not completed) in the two days of painting at the Lexington Paint Out with the Nelson Gallery as the host. Bottom photo is at the opening with 24 guest artists and the public invited to the opening. The barn photo was taken when a huge cloud rolled in so you can't see the beautiful light hitting the barn. Painted all day at this site with Elizabeth Sauder (below in pink).

Shag Hill Barn, 11" x 14" oil on canvas, framed $250  http://nelson-gallery.com/

Lexington Hillside 1

Here is one of the two other paintings I did with Elizabeth last week West of Lexington. The trees where wonderful and the day was warm, such fun!  8" x 10" oil on canvas, framed $145.

Kerrs Creek, Lexington

I went to Lextington last week and painted with a new painting friend, Elizabeth Sauder. She had permission to paint on a farm a few miles west of Lexington. I will post two other small paintings I did that day. This one was looking down on a complicated view but I LOVED the rhythm of the hillside. 12" x 12" oil on canvas, framed $200. SOLD

Red Barn, Lexington

Eileen and I painted at Possum Hollow in Lexington on Saturday morning with the wind blowing steadily. This is a simple painting of the barn in the distance but loved the basic colors against each other. I did a small one as well  . . . both at C-ville Arts    16" x 20" oil on canvas, framed $325. SOLD - thanks Julia and Vignesh!

Nelson Gallery Paint-Out

Eileen and I went to Lexington this weekend to do a two day Paint-Out at the Nelson Gallery with about 25 local painters. We had great fun and got to know several of the nice folks running the gallery and the painters . . . .  Above is one of Eileen's paintings of the Maury River and mine of Stonewall Jackson's Garden, with photo of the garden next to his house.