OK...Three More Small Packages

Twigs and Berries #5

My friend and watercolor mentor, Fred Rawlinson, named a painting that I did several years ago, Twigs and Berries.  Since then, I have done four others and will probably add more.  This one  is a bush surrounded by rhododendrons in our side yard.  The berries are so vibrant this time of year...they are getting ready to call our mountain birds to dinner!

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Linville Falls

This is Linville Falls.  Whenever I go on hikes with my friend Barry Cook, I know I am going to see incredible paintings...here, the Linville River pours over boulders and rocks and winds it way down the mountain.  The boulders are really incredible.  The one in the foreground is green and black with moss that cover the yellow, brown, rust and deep blue minerals from centuries ago.  You know what they say about the color of moss?  If you are a wader...fly fisher or not...green means go...black, not so!

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Banner Elk Barn

I have painted this Banner 
Elk landmark several times...this time during fall.  Birches turn yellow, maples and burning bushes turn fiery red and mixed in the middle are orange variations and green-blue hemlocks, spruce,  rhododendron and other evergreens.  It is a glorious time of year in the mountains.  The leaves will fall...and it won't be long before this old barn will too.  I am glad I have lots of photos from front to back...spring to fall.  Now, I'm ready for snow.

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