Great Smoky Mountains No. 9 - Jade Nashville and when I paint these

and when I paint these subjects my mind is filled with the sound of the rushing freshwater

This was a fun painting to create

When fall arrives in east Tennessee

I was sorely tempted to call this "Soul Sauce" in honor of an old Verve jazz record label remix that I've been jamming to in my studio

As an upper Midwesterner transplanted to the southern Appalachians

Great Smoky Mountains No. 9 - Jade Nashville and when I paint theseWhen I was in elementary school, we had several outdoor recesses. That was good! The bad thing was that wed all come in wired up from subzero Wisconsin windchills and then our poor teachers had the unenviable task of calming us down to focus on the next lesson. My favorite teachers read to us for a brief interval. During those story times, I would pull out a sheet of paper and draw while listening to the story. To this day, Ive maintained a dual track