Viola United Methodist Church in Viola Tennessee (watercolor 9x12)

The Viola United Methodist Church in Viola Tennessee. (watercolor 9x12)

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Sailor Tom Sharkey (gouache 9×12)

Sailor Tom Sharkey the boxer. 1871-1953 (gouache 9×12)

Quote from Wikipedia, “Thomas “Sailor Tom” Sharkey was a boxer who fought two fights with heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries. Sharkey’s recorded ring career spanned from 1893 to 1904. He is credited with having won 40 fights, 7 losses, and 5 draws. Sharkey was named to the Ring Magazine’s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.”

“Теплая грусть” pen and ink 8x10

“Теплая грусть” a saying in Russian that means “A warm sadness”  pen and ink 8×10

Morton-Brittain Historic Home in Nolensville Tennessee

Pen and Ink drawing of the Morton-Brittain Historic Home in Nolensville Tennessee.

Quote from Channel 4 News in Nashville…  “The Morton-Brittain House has been at its spot in Nolensville since a time it was surrounded only by farmland. Stagecoaches carried people by. It’s a survivor from a very different time. “It was built in 1870,” said Carroll Moore, president of the Nolensville Historical Society. “This house represents the former Nolensville.”

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Primm Owen House in Brentwood Tennessee (watercolor 16x10) SOLD

Primm Owen House in Brentwood Tennessee off Moore's Lane. Right across the street is the Building Springs school house and Indian mound. This is a watercolor. 16x20

Late Summer at Primm Barn (gouache 5x7)

A late summer day at the Primm barn and property in Brentwood Tennessee. Gouache 5x7
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Primm Barn in the Snow (oil $200)

 

You know it, and love the view on Moore's Lane in Brentwood. This is the Primm barn in the snow. Will probably be gone soon. Oil on masonite panel 9x12 $200

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Old Building in Bell Buckle Tennessee (pen and ink 8x10 $125)

 Pen and ink drawing of a historical building in Bell Buckle TN. Russ Faxon has his sculpture studio there now. Bell Buckle is a fine place to visit year around. Cool shops and nice people. The Moon Pie festival is held there every summer.
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Primm-Owen Barn in Brentwood TN (watercolor 8x10) SOLD

Old barn on the Owen-Primm farm house property in Brentwood. Across the street is the the historic Boiling Springs Academy and the Fewkes Site American Indian burial mounds. This is watercolor on Strathmore 400 Series Watercolour paper. Good stuff. 8x10

Lascassas TN Market (watercolor 8/5) *SOLD*

I like this little market in Lascassas TN, so I painted it last winter. It was cold that day.

Flowers on Front Porch (watercolor 7/10) *SOLD*

These were on my front porch here in LaVergne. I had to work today so I posted this one I did in 05.

Flowers on My Porch Steps (watercolor 7/9) *SOLD*

Some flowers on my porch steps I painted.

Abandoned Farm Home (oil 6/8) *SOLD*

Yesterday on the way home from work I found a shady spot and set up my easel in Nolensville TN and painted this old abandoned house. I did a watercolor of it last year while sitting in my car. Every time I drive by I expect it to be razed.

The Curve (watercolor 7/10) *SOLD*

Go round the curve down the hill and head on to Smyrna Tennessee. Plein aire here = Ousley as roadkill! A dangerous road as another curve was behind me, so it was back to the studio for painting. (Wm. Moore, I added the poles and wires just for you.)

Mainstreet McMinnville TN (oil 6/8) *SOLD*

A fall day in McMinnville TN. McMinnville is a great little town in middle Tennessee. I have met a lot of nice folks there.

Viola Tennessee Farm (oil 16/8) *SOLD*

A farm in the Viola Tennessee area. That mountain range is the start of the Cumberland Plateau. Fall Creek Falls State Park is pretty close by as is McMinnville and Beersheeba Springs. Word up to Middle Tennessee painters, This area is worth the short drive for some great subject matter.

3rd and Broad (oil 11/14) "SOLD"

Third and Broad on a crisp March Afternoon here in Nashville TN.

Lower Broad, Nashville (Acrylic 8/10 board) *SOLD

Late afternoon on Lower Broad in Nashville. The red building is the Decades club sans tacky sign.

Mrs. Donna Johnson (oil 9/12)

This is a portrait I did for Pastor Wellington Johnson and his wife Donna.

Carothers Road Barn (watercolor) 7x4.5

Carothers Road dairy barn between Nolensville and LaVergne TN. I painted this last year. Good thing I did because it's gone now. Progress razed it.

St Augustine FL House. (watercolor 8/9.5 SOLD

St Augustine FL is chock full of interesting buildings and homes. 

Federal Point FL House. (watercolor 11/8)

I liked this house in Federal Point FL. There is a neat white church down from it that I need to paint. My folks say they have a fish fry there every April. Alaskan pollack, yum. If interested in buying email me the title.

St. Augustine Cottage (watercolor) Sold

A lovely St Augustine cottage. Some nice folks and a spoiled cat live there.

Hume Fogg Niche (oil 11/14) SOLD

This is a little decorative detail on the side of Hume Fogg High in Nashville. The school was built in 1912 with another wing added in 1916. An illustrator named McCullough Partee (1900-1990) graduated there in 1918. I was able to meet him in "88 and he and his wife invited me and a friend over a few times to their home. He was happy that we loved the old illustrators and showed us his art, talked about the old days, old illustrators he met and gave us some sound advice. Also we both were volleyball players. He in the 20's and me in the 80 & 90's. I have the Hume Fogg 1918 yearbook. He is in it and did the drawings for it. He really liked Leyendecker when he was in school. Everytime I pass Hume Fogg I think of old Mac.

Brick Buildings in Nashville (oil 8/10 panel SOLD

Started the sketch outside (en plein air I think they say) and I finished it from memory the next day. It's behind the Lifeway building off 9th I think. I can't remember those road numbers. One of these buildings was an old piano store. I think they are abandoned or hobos stay in them. I did see a rat.