Introducing the series Road Trip 2007
My cousin and I have traveled life together since we were children. We spent summers on her parents ranch where we ran barefoot in the sun, shared all our secrets and giggled under the covers at night until our mothers told us to hush up and go to sleep. They were still telling us the same thing to our teenage years. And so it continues. She has just returned from a trip to the East Coast, cross country from ocean to ocean and I have "traveled" with her via e-mail and photos. I would like to share her trip with you as she shared it with me. I hope you will enjoy my paintings of the Road Trip With GG as much as I have. Yes, we still share our secrets and giggle into the night. Some things will never change.
This picture is a commission and it is a copy of a photo which I have taken some liscense with and it is not being sold in the market. I have had great fun with this picture as the water and reflection of the mountain gave the impression that I wanted. I will be back with Road Trip 2007 on the next picture and cannot wait to finish it.
11"x14" oil on gesso board Not For Sale.
GG's 2007 Road Trip
On the Old Valley Pike, aka Highway 11, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I always wanted to drive through the Shenandoah Valley ever since I saw that old Clark Gable movie many, too many, years ago. I love this!
Beautiful and prosperous looking farms with fields of young corn. I drove off to admire, drive through and take pictures of an old covered bridge; just one more addiction of mine. Corn fields on both sides of the road and across the valley where you can just see a big white barn. It's so quiet and pleasant. The cornfield behind me has a big sign: Maize Quest - The Cornfield Maze Adventure. Maybe I will have to travel this way in the fall. It might not be so quiet then.
6"x8" canvas board unframed, $100.00 postage prepaid.
GG's 2007 Road Trip
This is one of my favorites on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The cabin was built by Martin and Caroline Brinegar in 1885 and they lived there until 1935 when the Parkway was constructed. Just down the path is the old spring house. Caroline worked on a rare old loom, must be a century old now. They still do demos on it. Two couples were there at the same time I was, watching the ranger work on the loom and talk about the Brinegars. Carolines maiden name was mentioned and one of the men said that name was in his grandmothers family, an Uncle Thomas or something. Just think, he takes a pleasant weekend drive and ends up with a whole new set of relatives on his family tree. Exciting!
6"x8" on gesso board unframed, $100.00 postage prepaid.
Zion National Park plein air #1
Just throwing this one in and then tomorrow GG's 2007 Road Trip. When you put these paintings on the web you do lose some color but this was great fun. Hope that you enjoy.
9"x12" on gesso board, unframed. $175.00 postage prepaid.
Through the Thunderbird Foundation, Oil Painters of America sponsored a four day three night paintout. GG and I drove to Mt. Carmel in Utah and stayed in a neat little place called Mt. Carmel Motel. We could elect to paint in Dixon's studio or go out and paint plein air in the beautiful surrounding Southern Utah landscape. Of course we painted outdoors and we had beautiful weather and marvelous scenery. GG took 300 + pictures so there will be many paintings in a series after my ocean to ocean series.
I will be happy to get back to my painting daily so keep watching. I will be putting Utah paintings in every once in awhile.
Happy Trails from Joanne & GG
