The Raleigh Big Garden Party. 13×19. Watercolor on Saunder’s Waterford 140 lb rough paper. Last year I had done a plein air watercolor painting of Raleigh Rose Garden (see one of my earlier posts). When I heard that Tobi Gowen was looking for artists to paint live at the Raleigh Big Garden party, I was excited! The Raleigh big…
First Friday at Raleigh City Museum. 11×14. Watercolor. Painted live. Raleigh City Museum is hosting an exhibition of Plein Air paintings. This is a juried exhibit which includes paintings of different parts of the Capital city. My two watercolors are part of this exhibit- “State Capitol, Raleigh” and “Raleigh Downtown”. The “State Capitol, Raleigh” was…
Marci and Brian. 12×16. Watercolor on Arches 300 lb CP paper. This is my recent studio wedding painting. I had photographed Marci’s wedding last year (when I am not painting, I do professional photography- www.iwpphotography.com). Marci was a wonderful bride. Many brides have their Bridal portraits photographed prior to the wedding. Marci opted to do…
Evening at Solas. 9″x12″. Watercolor. Noreen Allen of NCMA Contemporaries (contemporaries.org) had invited me to display my art at a wine tasting social at Solas. The North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporaries group is composed of young Triangle professionals whose goal is to promote the Museum and increase membership by sponsoring lively social and educational…