The Red Barn, Highland County

This is the first painting we did on our four day visit to Highland County. The one I posted yesterday was from the same spot but I had just turned around to the farm across the road. 12" x 12" $150, framed.  SOLD

Three Sheds

Well, I have been away for a while and have lots of paintings to upload, so will do one a day. (I am also changing from a PC to a MAC so have been delayed because of that.)
Four of us, Karen, Eileen, Polly and I have just spent four beautiful days in Highland County where we painted like mad, enjoyed great food, friendship, fruit rum drinks and lots of laughs . . . already planning another adventure!
Here is a small painting that was done in Highland County on the first day there. We were in a field near a road that got very busy with farmhands, trucks, hay and traffic. We thought we had picked a quiet place! 8" x 10" $125, framed.  Email Meg West about this painting.

The Red Barn

Well, we are back from two weeks out West, had a great time visiting my brother in Redwood City, our son in San Fran and taking him to Yosemite for 4 days, our 3rd trip there. We LOVE Yosemite! I have a show this weekend up at Wintergreen Resorts for Sat & Sun, so if you are in the area, stop on by!
Here is a painting I did before we left, with Karen and Nancy, that I will hold onto until next year's group show with them. We are saving one painting a month for the show! 10" x 12"

Nelson County Farm

This is a painting I did not long ago that is in the next county over and I loved this stand-alone barn. Didn't get to finish the painting we three did yesterday but will post when I get back. My husband and I are going to California for two weeks to visit family and see the sights around San Francisco  . . . and then spending 4 days in Yosemite National Parks. Will not paint while out there, but will be in touch when I get back!  12" x 12" on canvas $150.  SOLD

Chile's Peach Orchard IV

 

Here is another Peach Orchard painting I did not long ago that has the young trees in lines and the distant fields and barns. 12" x 12" on canvas, $150  SOLD

Chile's Peach Orchard II

This is the other painting I did when Eileen and I where there last Friday. The building is a new "stand" where they sell peach pies, peach frozen yogurt and of course PEACHES! They are so good!
8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed. $95  SOLD

Jarman's Gap Rd

Eileen and I went out the other morning and we didn't go far but to Chile's Peach Orchard right down the road from my house. We found a view with some shade and I painted this plus another that I will post tomorrow. 8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed.  $95  SOLD

The Pond

This is the pond across the way from my house, many ways you can paint it, so it keeps calling me back. Polly, Eileen and I went the other morning and this view looks over to the peach orchard in the distance.
12" x 12" on MDF board, will be framed, $150.  Email Meg West about this painting.

View for Two

Eileen and I went and painted at a friends home with a view onto Old Trails Golf Course. It was a bit overcast but still lovely to paint there. 8" x 8" MDF board, will be framed,  $95.  SOLD

Single Bale

This painting was done a while ago and I decided to post it. I love the way the blue tree line hits the sky and the simplicity of the composition. 8" x 8" on treated masonite. $95  SOLD

Laurel Fork Rd III

This is the last of the paintings I have from Highland County. Eileen and I did several from one spot but could turn and find another one to paint. Jenny has just bought this one for her daughters 8th birthday! I thought that was so sweet! They had both seen my paintings at C-ville Arts in Charlottesville, but I wanted to post it anyway. Thanks Jenny! 10" x 11" on MDF board.  SOLD

Mint Springs, Crozet

 

 This morning Eileen and I meet up early and painted together at Mint Springs which is a county run recreational lake. My children learned to swim here many years ago. This is just a small edge of the lake, and we want to go back to paint the rest of it! 8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed, $95. SOLD

Neighbor's Pond II, Crozet, Virginia

This was done near our home a few weeks ago, and we framed it this weekend. It is a very simple painting, and we were close to the pond's edge. A somewhat overcast day but enough sun to give a bit of a reflection.  8" x 10"  $125. SOLD  Thanks Donna and Rex! 

Near Hightown

I just finished this painting after much debate about colors! I did this out in Hightown, Highland County about a month ago. A wonderful spot . . . am planning a girls-painting-trip out there in September. Looking forward to it!  24" x 36" oil on canvas, will be framed.  $550.  Email Meg West about this painting.

Emily's Garden

We went and painted this morning but had to keep moving back to stay in shade . . . way to HOT! So I finished it at home. This is a gift to Emily and Michael for all the free mulch!! thanks guys!
10" x 11" oil on board, will be framed.

Double Barn, Highland County

This painting was done when I was up in Highland County, but just now got to do the finishing touches. Eileen and I were out painting and I had just finish the Ginseng Mountain Lane painting. So I was ready for a simple little one, I like how it turned out. 8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed.  $95.  SOLD

Rockfish Gap, Virginia

Eileen, Nancy and I went back up to the Rockfish Gap the other day on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We got there at 8 AM and found our shade . . . and I did this long painting and then finished yesterday. This shape is such fun to paint when you have a view like this!  It is 12" x 48" will be framed. $495  SOLD

Greenwood Home

Nancy and I went this morning and painted in the next neighborhood over, an old established farm area called Greenwood. I had been eyeing this house for a while and knew the morning light was nice. Got there at 8AM and once the barking dog settled down, the shade and quiet morning made it a pleasure to paint. Might go and show it to the owners before I take it to the shop.  8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed.  $95  SOLD

Rockfish Gap, Virginia

Eileen, Nancy and I got up to Rockfish Gap early this morning to paint the hazy view! We found shade, and a breeze! We want to go back tomorrow and do another one, it was a fun time.
8" x 24" on MDF board, will be framed. $200.  SOLD

Near Luray, Virginia

This painting was done two weeks ago and I just got back to finishing it. Karen and I went up to Luray to pick up a few paintings and had fun painting near by, along with a picnic lunch. We saw this barn and stopped by and asked the lady at home if she wouldn't mind us painting there, "you just go ahead and help yourself!" 
14" x 18" oil on canvas, $225.

Sugar Hollow Reservior

I painted this last week with Eileen at Sugar Hollow, and knew the water was going to be low, but now I really want to go back after some rain to see the pools fill up. This was close to where you park, next time we will hike up stream a bit.  7" x 10", no frame $85.  SOLD

The Yellow Shovel

Too HOT to go far to paint this morning so, I went to my husband's garden and loved the shovel look with all the vegetables all around. We are getting our first week of continued tomatoes and have lots of squash and beans. There is a price for these delicious treats, my husband hauls up 5 gallon buckets of water from the creek. Should go paint that next!
8" x 10" on MDF board, will be framed. $125  SOLD

Four Bales II

This painting is a very soft painting and the photo doesn't do it justice . . . I will try to re-shot it soon. I am up at Wintergreen Show for the 4th and having a great time . . . fire works tomorrow  . . . yippie!
8" x 10" on treated paper mounted on masonite. $125, framed

Laurel Fork Rd II, Highland County

This is the second small painting I painted with Eileen last weekend in Highland County. Beautiful morning, in the shade with a cool breeze, incredible new landscapes all around . . . what more could a painter ask for!  8" x 8" on MDF 1" board, will be framed,  $95.  SOLD

Laurel Fork Rd, Highland County

This was painted with Eileen this past weekend in Highland County on the informal Paint Out. We were parked off the road and in the shade but painting in someones driveway. The farmer came in and out a few times with hay equipment and finally got used to us and would smile and wave. Thinking were we nuts no doubt! 
8" x 8" on MDF 1" board, will be framed.  $95  SOLD

Running Deer Ranch

This is a small painting looking from Running Deer Ranch (we were in the shade) on route 640 looking West. This was the sheep barn we think. 8" x 8" on 1" MDF board, will be framed.
I am getting ready for my Wintergreen Resort show for the 4th of July weekend . . . busy, busy, busy! SOLD

Ginseng Mountain Lane

This is my favorite from this past weekend in Highland County. It was a very casual Paint Out with about 20 ladies painting the area. SOOO many places to paint, and a lot of long distant views. But the choices we made where where we could find SHADE. I was under a big ash tree for this one. Will be sharing a few more from the trip soon.  16" x 20"  $400. SOLD

Jarmans First Cutting

This painting I started a few days back but just finished it. I live on Jarmans Gap Rd and this is right across the road from my house looking up to the Gap. On the other side of the Gap is Skyline Drive where we hike sometimes and the Appalachian trail goes right through there too.
24" x 30" oil on canvas, $550.  SOLD

Evening in Crozet

This I painted the evening before last over at our neighbor's across the road. The farmers had already moved the bales that where there but I still enjoyed the cool night air as I painted.  7" x 14" unframed, 1/4 " MDF  $125. SOLD

Old Trails Golf Course

I painted this yesterday at a friends home that looks out over Old Trails Golf Course in Crozet. My friend Polly and I meet there before it got too hot.  8" x 24" on MDF board, will be framed  $150. SOLD
 I am going away to a Paint Out in Highland County this weekend. Will post what I do when I get back . . . looking forward to it! 

Two Boats

Someone had asked me about if I ever did boat paintings, and I had forgotten about this little one I did last summer on the Severn River. I went for a week of painting and stayed at a relatives home, great fun!
8" x 10" oil on canvas, painted edges, framed, $150.  Email Meg West about this painting.

First Cutting

Sorry this photo is not better! I think when the canvas is so long it is harder to photograph. This was done the other morning with my friend Polly, and I have been working on it the last few days. It is at my neighbors farm, and they have already moved the bales of hay. I got out there last evening also and did one looking the other direction, practical while they were taking the bales I was painting! Will try to re-photograph it later.
12" x 48"  oil on canvas, $550. SOLD

Blue Ridge Parkway

This morning I was dropping a friend off to hike the Appalachian Trail behind our house where the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Shenandoah Parkway meet, and of course I took my paints! Here is the view of Rockfish Gap from the second pull-off going south on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  12" x 12" oil on canvas  $150.  SOLD

Two Barns, Afton VA

Today Nancy called when she went to a friends house to pick up her son, she had her paints, and asked if I could come join her for an hour! Not far from where we live, in Afton VA  . . . and there were these two old RED Barns! Great fun!  12" x 24" oil on canvas, $275.  SOLD

Neighbor's Shed

 

Well, this is at our friends home in Crozet, looking across to the golf course. The three of us went this morning. I was too distracted to do a larger one . . . and we will be back soon. There are about a dozen paintings to do just around their home and new big barn. They have an old red small tracker too that I HAVE to paint! 
8" x 8" on 1" MDF board  $95.  SOLD

The Inn at Westwood Farm

This was a fun painting that I did a few days ago up at the Inn at Westwood which is in Orange County north of here about an hour. It is owned by friends of ours Jay and Elizabeth. Sorry the color is not better in this photo. Great place to spend a weekend! http://www.innatwestwoodfarm.com/
9" x 12"  $150

Red Barn, Crozet

 

Painted this yesterday with Karen and Nancy just a few miles down the road at this old apple orchard. This was the packing barn. It is now owned by a new person and we are hoping to go paint there again soon. The three of us want to show our paintings together side-by-side next year, so we will hold onto one painting a month. This will be the first one, and I am delighted to house this for the year! Will let you know when and where the show is!  16" x 20" oil on board.

Whitehall Barn

Two painting friends and I went early this morning up to Whitehall and painted. The old house to the right of this barn had recently burned down. 8" x 8" on MDF board, will be framed.  $95.  SOLD

Chile's Orchard Barn

 

 This was painted this week up the hill from my house at Chile's Peach Orchard. I love that RED barn!
11" x 14" oil on canvas, will be framed. $175.

Veritas Vineyard, Afton

This painting was done last Friday with two friends also painting. Veritas is a fabulous vineyard, and we were up on a hillside looking down on the farm and vineyards. Fun day painting :-)  This can now be seen at Hot Cakes, in Charlottesville Virgina.
24" x 36"  $550  is framed in our Virginia cherry wood. SOLD

Garden Scene 1

This was painted last evening in my husband's garden, the first of many I hope. The bird house has a blue bird nesting in it right now.  8" x 8" on 1" MDF board, will be framed when dry.  $95  SOLD

Maryland Corn Field

I forgot I had this painting! It was from a photo near Parkton Maryland, where my cousin lives. I had painted it in 2009. I love how the sunlight is on the corn field and how it meets the road.
14" x 18"   $250  SOLD

Morning Pond

My friend Nancy and I went out this morning and painted at this little local pond near our homes.
8" x 8"  $95  1" MDF board, will be framed   SOLD

Evening Blue

This little painting I did the other evening near where I live of a neighbor's driveway. The light was great, a very simple painting on canvas.  8" x 10" will be framed when it's dry.  $125  SOLD

Afton Mountain, Virginia

I went back and relocated myself and easel to work on this painting that I wasn't happy with. It was the same time of day, and is on the Highland Farm off Ortman Road. Perhaps I need to make the road stand out a bit more. It is now framed in our standard Virginia cherry wood.
14" x 24"  $200.  SOLD

Catterton Lane 1

My friend Nancy and I were painting out near Free Union this Saturday for a "Wet Paint" show.
8" x 10"  $125  framed  SOLD

Garden Shed

This was painted at a friends house in Greenwood, Virginia, down the road form my house. It is on 1" thick MDF board.  8" x 8"  $95  framed  SOLD

Trees and Shadows

This was painted from a photograph that was taken years ago, somewhere in Virginia, I am afraid I can't remember. It was raining outside so this was a way to brighten up my day!
12" x 48"  $495  SOLD

Fence and Bales

Here is a studio painting from a photo I did yesterday when it was raining outside.
8" x 10"  $125  

Neighbor's Pond, Crozet, Virginia

Went out painting today with my friend Karen, and went to the pond across the road from my house. You will see more from there, different locations around the pond. The mountains of Wintergreen are in the background.
12" x 16"   $200  framed   SOLD