Auction Ending Late Sunday: "East Fall Blue Ridge No.4"
"East Fall Blue Ridge"
Auction: "East Fall Blue Ridge 4"
Auction announcement: Click Here to be taken to the auction.
This 8 X 10" on archival board oil painting is from a series, the first of which won the nationally acclaimed "ArtInPlace" competition and was reproduced into a 12 X 24' mural along a busy highway in Charlottesville, VA.
Can't get enough of the Blue Ridge mountains, especially in the fall. This view is from Skyline Drive, looking towards the east around sunset in the fall. I've painted it four times now, and that's still not enough! This particular painting is more luminous than previous works, as the technique evolves.
"East Fall Blue Ridge 2" Twomey Painting Auction
The Dailypaintworks Auction for the following painting begins Saturday, March 22. Thank you for your interest.
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| East Fall Blue Ridge 2 |
I perched along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park looking to the west, towards the Shenandoah Valley. Had my paints, easel and an outrageously gorgeous day to capture the fall colors. I loved the layers of mountains dissipating in the distance. And the colors! The blues next to the oranges - irresistible. This took longer than expected, I think because I didn't want the day to end.
Original oil, 6 X 4" on archival linen board, unframed.
This is how the painting would look, framed:
Advance Mills Hay Bales 1: Auction!!!
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| Advance Mills Hay Bales |
Auction listed at: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/200537
Advance Mills was an old mill town about two miles from my home. The road, Advance Mills, is one of my favorites - twisty, turny, on a ridge - the views along it are so spectacular you really have to focus to stay on it.
We looked at buying some of this land, so I spent a lot of time walking it and loved catching it at sunset. You can see why. I had to work fast, as that shadow in the background rapidly crept over the sun spots. The woods behind were already dripped in shadow, with sky holes poking thru. What a glorious day.
This original oil on archival linen board is 6" X 8" and is unframed.
The painting would look like this if framed:
Rural Landscape With Plantation Barn 1 Auction
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| Bleak House Plantation Barn 1
Auction listed at htt1http://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/198951
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The first in a barn series at the Bleak House Plantation in Earlysville, VA, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At this nitial painting stage, I'm there to understand the correct structure, lighting and "mood" of the building. This barn has it all. It's imposing, to be sure, and as the sun was slowly heading down, the barn's history ebbed forth.
I'm often at heightened state of, well - anxiety - at this stage. There is only so much time to get things painted correctly, and especially settle on the shadow's shapes. If you can imagine, what's calming are the barn sparrows and doves quietly having a conversation while an intruder (that would be me!) makes strange stroking motions on an easel and board.
This barn was built in the 1700's, when slaves worked the plantation's wheat, tobacco, corn and livestock.A dream-like glow seems to infuse the barn, much like the way I view the plantation.
This original oil on archival linen board is 7" X 5", and is unframed.
This painting would look like this if framed:
This painting would look like this if framed:
Red Barn Star
The painting below was just added to my gallery at Daily Paintworks.
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| Red Star Barn |
As a new member, I'm beginning to build my gallery there and have added this image to it. In addition, I'm offering auctions of original fine art, two of which are live now:
Bleak House Plantation Barn 3
Sedona Day's End
Hope you have a moment to visit and bid!
Bleak House Plantation Barn 3
Sedona Day's End
Hope you have a moment to visit and bid!
Rural Landscape With Plantation Barn Auction
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| Bleak House Plantation Barn 3 |
This gorgeous, symmetrical barn is just down Buck Mountain Road in Earlysville, Virginia, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was irresistible, it had to be painted; and what I like about this oil is how free the brushstrokes became. The structure became a dreamlike symbol of it's history, and it's history is deep.
The Bleak House Plantation was built in the 1700's and covered hundreds of acres planted in corn, tobacco, wheat and other crops.
This original oil on archival linen board is 7" X 5", and is unframed.
This painting would look like this if framed:
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| Bleak House Plantation Barn 3, Sample Frame |
Red Barn Star
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| Red Barn Star by Twomey |
Coming from the Midwest, it's still hard for me to believe how beautiful the Blue Ridge mountains are. Throw in the history here and I get all carried away.
This is an 8 X 10" oil on linen board.
East Fall Blue Ridge Sale
Sold a nice print of this mural today:
This 12' X 24' mural on aluminum can be seen live on Barracks Road and Route 250 in Charlottesviille, VA.
Vineyard on Buck Mountain Road in Virginia
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| Vineyard Along Buck Mountain Road, Earlysville. Virginia |
Driving along Buck Mountain Road as the sun was starting to head down, I suddenly pulled off the road when I saw this sight. The most stunning view of the day - the vineyard, the vines, the farrows, the mist in the Blue Ridge mountain valley's, the way the sun blasted the foliage.
No wonder I love this place - this landscape view is about five minutes from my house and has brought me great peace and happiness.
This original oil is going to be available at my upcoming show Twomey One Person Show Earlysville.
Would love to meet and talk!!