 Well, the promise of another "dry" run in preparation for the plein air paint out did not develop...the 30% that forecasters called for ...did. So, a back-up plan was implemented! I finished two paintings in studio today...the one on the left is "Buddy" my friend Carlo Oates' Golden Lab. He joined us up on Beacon Heights several weeks ago...and stood guard while we "took a pull on the Chardonnay." We did not see a single bear. You can also see Buddy in a co-starring role with his owner under New Paintings on this web site.  This one, Upper Creek Falls, is in Pisgah National Forest. It is about 20 minutes drive from here and spectacular. This particular scene had some incredibly colored boulders...the tops were a deep cobalt blue gray that were just damp enough to reflect the Carolina blue sky. The bottom of the rocks was almost rusty iron-colored and sank into what my friend and sometime hiking guide Barry Cook says is a swimming hole that kids have been coming to for decades (the tree to the left of the scene had a knotted rope attached, which I took the liberty to edit). He stopped short of telling me that Daniel Boone swam here. More to come from this hike where I only fell in one time...kept my Nikon dry...but got one leg wet up to my money clip!
Oh, and that plein air session is now scheduled for tomorrow, forecast permitting. |
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