This painting was inspired by Thomas Moran! Thomas Moran is one of my favorite artists. I am amazed by his watercolor and gouache paintings. His oil landscapes are simply beautiful! One of his oil landscape is in the collection of NC Museum of Art. Sadly, NC Museum of Art does not have a single watercolor…
Durant Nature Park in Raleigh, North Carolina is one of my favorite places! I have done many watercolor and oil plein air paintings there. And quite a few studio paintings as well. I saw this beautiful view couple of days ago and had to paint it in my studio! I paint on variety of paper…
Plein air watercolor painting of my favorite location – Duran Nature Park in Raleigh! Early fall. There is something magical about the cool fall air. And mosquitoes which are still around! This is a rather tall painting at 22″x12″. I keep watercolor sheets of different sizes ready to paint and found this size right for…