Small things

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What a lovely and beautiful fall color season we have had. No great broad landscape images hit the home run list for me this year, but I really enjoyed trips …

Pride and Plumes

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Tradition. Can you feel it?
This is Homecoming week at the University of Tennessee. The football team is bursting with success, and the chests of alumna are swelling with pride.
The Pride …

Tree treasures

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You will find answers in the forest.
Trees, solid and strong, can give comfort. Gnarled and twisted, they offer wisdom.

Tennessee is predominantly trees with 52% of our landmass covered in trees. …

Looking for coffee

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One of the iconic sites of the Knoxville skyline was dismantled a couple of weeks ago. The mayor says the JFG sign is in storage and they are looking for …

Hay Day

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Painting En Plein Air gets me out early on backroads and rural locations of East Tennessee. Usually, that’s a winning combination resulting in mixed outcomes. Maybe hard to believe, but …

Transitioning

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With cooler temperatures this week, we know our beloved color season is soon upon us.
Looking for a fall image to highlight this week started with a search of the word …

Snow leopard searching

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Continuing with my trip to the mountains of India, here are more snow leopard images. Our trip was to the mountainous Ladakh Territory which borders Pakistan and China. I flew …

Going bananas

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Maybe the oddest painting I’ve done, or you have seen this week. Here I debut “Going Bananas.” Did this come about due to some brain shift, cultural statement or hidden …