"Monteagle, Tennessee Paintings"

"Screen Porch"

11 x 14

oil on stretched canvas

sold

Have just returned from a wonderful week in Monteagle, Tennessee, staying in a friend's 1907 summer Victorian home at the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly (MSSA).  The entire area is filled with homes with these wonderful wrap-a-round porches with wicker furniture and blooming flowers, all nestled among these towering trees. If you ever get stressed, you can close your eyes and dream of "rockin" on one of these porches, a real step back in time! Following are the three paintings I did en plein air while at the Assembly.

"Hill Top Manor" painted en plein air

9 x 12

oil on hardboard

This house was near Moses Rock which was the original water supply back in the late 1800's, now I'm happy to say that there is running water in each house, along with air conditioning and all the other modern conveniences.

"Juniata Creek" painted en plein air

9 x 12

oil on canvas covered hardboard

These creek beds run all through the Assembly and have these wonderful old stone bridges that cross them for foot traffic as well as bikes and cars...oh yes, and golf carts.

"Millie's Garden" painted en plein air

9 x 12

oil on canvas covered hardboard

sold

The flowers throughout the Assembly were spectacular, a photograph or painting everywhere you looked.

"Texas Star"

8 x 10

oil on hardboard

sold

Texas is known as the Lone Star state, and I think the real star (besides the one on the flag) is the Texas cowboy.

"Stars, Stripes and City Rooftops"

9 x 12

oil on gessoed masonite

Another entry for Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from Different Folks site! Check out all the other artist's interpretation of her city rooftop photo. Where does she come up with these ideas? I'm always amazed at what Karin sees for a painting, especially this one. But it was a great challenge for dimension and perspective, values and shadows.