Thursday, May 20, 2010

Southeastern Paint Out 2010, Day Three

Turrentine Shadows
20x10,Oil/Linen Panel

Day Three we painted in the Historic Residential District. Turrentine Avenue is noted for its variety of beautiful old Southern homes and gardens, with several of the gardens being open to the artists for the event.

When I pulled in around 7AM I was immediately taken by the way the morning sun backlit this house... deepening its Puce tones to a shadowed purple and casting dark shadows on the vibrant yellow green lawn. Purple and green in a landscape... what's not to love?

As I began painting I found myself being curious about the draped table on the front porch. I was happily surprised as I saw a group of ladies come out and start arranging pitchers, glasses, plates and flowers. I then learned that several of the homeowners were each having small groups of the painters in for lunch that day. As it turned out, this was to be my lunch spot... right on the front porch, complete with Sweet Ice Tea and Deviled Eggs! Southern Hospitality is alive and gracious in Gadsden, Alabama... Y'all...

ps... I did two paintings this day but forgot to photograph the second one!

2 comments:

Gina Brown said...

Sweet tea, chicken salad, deviled eggs, strawberries and strawberry ice cream :) I thought it was so nice the way folks treated us... this is a beautiful painting, Greg.

Greg Little said...

Thanks, Gina! Yep, another example to file in the "As Life Should Be" folder...