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Plein air artist inspired by history. Black Friday is coming! Follow the link below.

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If you missed Black Friday there is still time for you to purchase original artwork up to %20 off. Click on the link in my bio to view available work.

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Small Business Saturday. Visit my website for artwork available for purchase by clicking the link in my bio.

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Click the link in my bio to purchase these and other works on Black Friday. Free shipping on all purchases.

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Black Friday is here! Follow the link in my bio to purchase available artwork. Free shipping!

Instagram post 17886779554449158 $Splintered Light. 14x11. Oil on canvas. Happy Thanksgiving! This is based on sketches from a nature preserve near my home. I have always been fascinated by the way light filters through the trees and fractures or splinters into a million individual rays. This piece will be available on Black Friday through my website. You may follow the link in my bio to get there. DM me if you would like to reserve this in advance.$

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The Pyle Farm. 7 1/2 x 13. Oil on canvas. .
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The Pyle Farm dates to the late 17th century and is one of the oldest stone barns in Pennsylvania. This is my reimagining is the barn in lowlight or moonlight. The barn is not far from the studios of N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth in the Brandywine valley. This piece will be available Friday. Follow the link in my bio to visit my website. DM me if you would like to reserve this piece in advance.

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Summer skies. Oil on canvas. 20x16.
This plein air piece was painted on the backside of Pilot Mountain looking away from the mountain toward the surrounding farms. The area has a rich history and Pilot Mountain was once an important guide for Native Americans and settlers following the great wagon road. This piece will be available on my website for Black Friday. DM me to reserve it in advance. Pricing information is available in my story.

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Home Moravian Church. Oil on canvas. 11x14.
This is a plein air painting of the Home Moravian Church in Old Salem, NC. Many of the original buildings from the 18th and early 19th centuries have been preserved giving us a glimpse of colonial life in NC. This painting will be available for purchase on Black Friday. DM if you would like to reserve it in advance. See my story for more info.

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Barberini Palace Gardens. Gouache. 11x14.
A plein air gouache from Rome and the Barberini Palace. This is from the Gardens behind the palace and is refuge from the bustle of Rome. This painting will be available on my website for purchase on Black Friday or you may DM to reserve it in advance. More information in my story.

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Low Country Sunset. Oil on canvas. 24x30.
This piece is from my William Bartram series. It is from the area around Darien, Ga where Bartram explored in the 1770s. His descriptions of the American Southeast would inspire writers and poets, including William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge who would draw on his descriptions of the Georgia Coast for his poem Kubla Khan. This painting will be available for purchase on my website (link in bio) on Black Friday. DM to reserve it in advance. More info in my story.

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Roman cat. Watercolor. 11x14. Unframed.
When I visited the Palazzo Barberini to see Caravaggio’s Judith beheading Holofernes, I was greeted by one of the many feral cats that live in Rome lounging in the shadow of a pillar. This piece will be available on my website for purchase on Black Friday. Follow the link in my bio to view my website. DM me to reserve this piece before it goes on sale.

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On the banks of the Altamaha. Oil on canvas. 8x10.
This was painted at Fort King George the first British colonial fort built in Darien,Georgia. The garrison was sent from SC to act as a buffer to the Spanish. The area was then settled by highland Scots when Oglethorpe found the colony of Georgia in 1732. This view looks out onto the river that flows along the near the fort. It will be available for purchase on Black Friday. DM me for to reserve this piece in advance.

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Il Foro. Oil on canvas. 9x12
This painting is based off my sketches I completed while visiting the Forum in Rome. This painting will be available for purchase on Black Friday from my website by following the link in my bio. To reserve it in advance please DM me. More info in my story!

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December Snow. Oil on Canvas 24x20

The view from my yard in Greensboro during last years snow storm in early December. I was most fascinated subtle differences between the light colors of the house and the newly fallen snow. This piece will be available for purchase on Black Friday by following the link in my bio. DM me to reserve this painting. More info in my story!

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Black Friday is Coming!!! Be sure to follow me for the latest updates on original paintings available for purchase this holiday season. 🎄🎅 🕎

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It’s cold outside and I think I might be ready for a Snow Day soon!!! One of my plein air pieces from last December’s snowfall.

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“Owl is the grand and rather clever old man of the forest”
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“The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things!
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Close up 2 of 3

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Close up of Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin. 1 of 3.

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I think I might be ready for a snow day. Here is my interpretation of the 100 Acre Woods, inspired by Mr. EH Shepard and A.A Milne. 3 of 3

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