Tending Our Feathers

      It's been a while since I posted, sorry about that, but I finally cracked the code and got back into my blog.  I haven't been blogging, but I have been painting!

      This is an oil painting that I did on my recent painting vacation to the Buckhorn Inn with my family and good painting friends.   A wonderful week in the mountains, inspiring nature to paint, and wonderful food at the Inn!  Join us if you are a painter next year.

      The Inn has two resident swans on their pond.  I decided to paint them preening on the bank with the trees from the other side do the pond reflected in the water,  This is an 8X8" painting on a linen panel.  Must be out of practice, you will have to click on the painting to view the whole painting. :)

'Red Winged Blackbird' (Sold)

Another small (8"X8") oil painting in my bird series. He was fun to paint!  This painting has found a good home. 

Mountain River

This is the river I visit every year to paint. It is the Greenbriar Branch of the Little Pigeon River in Tennessee. A group of 15 or so painters gather each year to spend a week painting the beauty of the mountains. We stay at the Buckhorn Inn outside of Gatlinburg. The inn is located on a mountain side away from all city noise and distractions. It is an idyllic week. This spot on the river is a favorite place to paint because you can set up your easel on the flat rocks in the middle of the river and paint with the sound of the water rushing down the mountain all around you. I hope I have conveyed some measure of the beauty of this place to you. This is an oil painting, size 8" x 10".