Here are the first two pages of an 8 page mini journal dedicated to the Low Country’s November Fall Colors. Please click on the image for a larger view. We don’t see the over all color noted in the North East or the Appalachian Mountains but, the Low Country doesn’t lack for wonderful patches of […]
Category Archives: Calligraphy
09.09.09 Velvetleaf
Given this special ‘number day’ in September, I had to sketch something so I’d remember where I was. Sketch I did, I just didn’t finish this page until yesterday 🙂 We had these plants all over our lot when we built our NY home. I remember how amazed I was at softness of the leaves […]
Blue Crab
I’ve been having fun with this little Blue Crab! Now it’s all set for the upcoming Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival show this coming weekend. Note cards are in the works 🙂 Y’all come by buy now 🙂
All Art is Local Column
Here is my final draft for the All Art is Local column for the upcoming issue of ArtNews magazine. You can click on the image for a larger view. The painting for the artist in residency piece for Cheraw State Park has been designed. It’s ready for paint 🙂 I’ll keep you posted.
Another Side of Wasps
Ah yes, wasps can strike instant fear into our hearts. I can remember my first experience of being stung by a wasp and that was many, many moons ago. So what’s this other side??? Like Heidi Van Impe’s story about the Bald-faced Hornet, there are many species in the Hymenoptera order that are non-aggressive, some even […]
Mature Climbing Nightshade
What a difference a few weeks makes! The once green plant with small purple flowers and green berries is now an eerie looking purple leaved woody branch with a few red berries. Very Halloween – Sleepy Hollow looking! If I knew nothing about this plant other than my field observations, my heart would tell me […]