Holy Comforter Painting

It has been a few years since I have painted Holy Comforter.  This is a beautiful church on Park Road in Charlotte.  This is the view recently on a fall afternoon.  I painted this as a wedding present for a couple being married at the church.  I took artistic liberty by removing a few tress in front of the church.  The asymmetry of the steeple, red doors, brick, stone, and the wonderful round stain glass window give the church a unique look.  This painting began a a mono-print from a photo.  I printed the photo to the paper using winter-green oil.   By drawing, I add details I saw with my eyes that were not captured by the camera.  Then I did a series of watercolor washes to give it the warm yellow tones of sunset in the fall.  I finally added details with color pencil. 

Portrait

This is a finished portrait I did for Rebecca Hollis.  It is watercolor with some color pencil.  This was difficult due to three people in one painting.  One is hard enough most of the time!  I am very happy with the background as well as the faces.   

Drawings of an old cemetery

I have been sketching recently from some photos I took at an old cemetery in Mecklenburg county.  It was in the woods next to a horse pasture.  It was over grown and neglected, but beautiful!  The fall trees provided delicate branches to improvise with in pencil. 

Visual Artist Statement

Paris: You Can't Get Enough!

This is Luxembourg Gardens.  The late afternoon sun was just magnificent!  A friend of mine took this photo and I could not resist painting it.

The gargoyles on top of Notre Dame.  My sister Mary Helen and I loved the top of Notre Dame Cathedral.

The Eiffel Tower as seen from the top of the Arc de Triomphe at sunset.

A close up of the Louvre.  Jim Kelly took this photo.

This is a pastel as opposed to my usual watercolor medium.  This is Versailles Palace.

Paris: Flat Series

I did a series of small watercolors that were flat, meaning they had no perspective.  This is Napoleon's Tomb from Rodin's garden.  I love the storm in the background of this one.

 The Louvre.

All the Paris monuments.

A Paris square a came upon while wondering around.

Windows

This is an abandoned house on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.  I was drawn to the image because of the shadow of the tree on the side of the building.

This is a window in Hungary on the Buda side of the city.  The word "Fortuna" is actually carved into the building.