The White Place - Abiquiu

Original Watercolor

4"x 6" matted to 8"x 10"

$50.00

Another of Georgia O'Keefe's favorite places to paint near Abiquiu.

Pedernal

Original Watercolor

4"x6" matted to 8"x10"

$50.00

 Painted on location during my painting trip to New Mexico this past summer, Pedernal is the mountain that captivated Georgia O'Keefe when she began her love affair with the Ghost Ranch and Abiqui area and of which she said, "God told me if I painted Pedernal enough, I could have it."

Church of St. Francis of Assisi - Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

Original Watercolor

4"x6" matted to 8"x10"

$50.00

An adobe mission church built before 1800, the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is a favorite for painting by artists, most notably Georgia O'Keefe, who said, "Most artists who spend any time in Taos have to paint it, I suppose, just as they have to paint a self-portrait.  I had to paint it - the back of it several times, the front once."

Abiquiu Morada

Original Watercolor

4"x 6" matted to 8"x10"

$50.00

I continue to be inspired by my painting trip to Santa Fe and surrounding area this summer with artist Carol Gardner.  I blogged that trip at Have Paintbrush Will Travel but I'll be posting all my artwork since return here.  The day after we arrived and got settled in Santa Fe, we immediately took off toward O'Keefe country, i.e., Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch and the likes.  This morada, now a private chapel, high on the hill of Abiquiu and overlooking the main highway, is one of the earliest moradas in New Mexico, built as a religious meeting place by members of The Penitente Brotherhood, a group of Catholic laymen.

Courtyard of The Confederate Home

11" x 14" Matted

SOLD

This painting of the oak tree in the courtyard of The Confederate Home in Charleston, SC was a commission for a wedding gift from the bride's sister.  The wedding was held here on a lovely afternoon in April and the wedding couple said their vows just to the right of the tree.  The Confederate Home was purchased in 1867 by 2 Charleston sisters who organized and opened it as a home for the widows, mothers and daughters of Confederate soldiers.  My grandfather's sister lived here for several years before her death.  Today the Home still has residents and also rents out space as artist's studios.  The building and the courtyard retain that gracious and unhurried ambiance prevalent in much of historic Charleston - a perfect setting for an outdoor wedding!   

Edisto Creek

Original Watercolor
5" x 7"

Spanish moss swaying in the summer breeze of a lazy July 4th weekend.