LC Neill

This daily painting was painted by North Carolina artist daily painters LC Neill

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Paper Curl III”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″

This painting was commissioned so sorry, it’s already sold. If you enjoy one of my other paintings and would like something *similar, please contact me and let me know.

* note: Each painting is an individually crafted original piece of art therefore no two will be exactly alike.

This daily painting was painted by North Carolina artist daily painters LC Neill

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Paper Curl II”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″

This painting is sold.

This daily painting was painted by North Carolina artist daily painters LC Neill

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Paper Curl I”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″

I 2007 I did a painting called “2D, 3D, 2D” – I took two dimensional paper and constructed a ball making a three dimensional object, and then I made a still life painting from it returning it to a two dimensional representation.

This is further exploration of the simple idea that a flat object can change dramatically if you alter it a bit.  It gains height, width, depth, – ie. volume.  The changes are profound, a curl and a tuck and you’ve built a cylinder that can support weight.  The ball in my earlier painting altered it’s properties so it could easily move across a surface.

I’ll be doing a few more of these because they intrigue me, and I like the shadows they cast once they become a 3D object.  This one is suspended in the air.

This painting is sold.

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Handcrafted Mug”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Ceramic Artist: Barbara Ballesty

There’s usually a story behind every creation, and this one was inspired from a friend of mine – Barbara Ballesty. She is a fantastic ceramicist and this is one of her creations. Her studio is on Artist Alley in Blowing Rock, North Carolina….charming little town if you have a chance to visit.

Barb hand crafts a variety of functional ware including creamers and sugars, honey pots, doggie biscuit jars, as well as mugs. These mugs were of my favorites as the glaze was fantastic, it reminded me of the blue ridge mountains with a little fog rolling in at night.

A couple of times a year Artist Alley opens their studios to the public.  It’s a small street so they encourage you to park your car and stroll from studio to studio.  There you will find resident and visiting painters, ceramic artists, glass blowers, sculptors and more.  You will be delighted to to meet the artists/hosts while you  sip on refreshments, and enjoy the spectacular views.

I’ll make a post before the next open studio, but in the meantime, if you are in Blowing Rock, you can find Barbs mugs at the Blowing Rock Market in town.

This painting is sold, but if you would like to know more about anything in this post, please send me an email.