Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Little Mountain”
Medium: Oil on Linen
Size: 14″ x 11″
Price: On Request

This painting was done from kayaking out to a small island with my painting supplies. It a challenge to pack all your supplies and put them into the kayak. I also had to watch out for the fire ants and waves lapping up against the shore.

Painting en plein air on a small island on Lake Norman.

Notice the paddle supporting my canvas. Fun work day for me.

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Glorious Sun”
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 48″x60″
Original: Available please contact me for more information.

I love the lake! It’s so special to be out there with friends. The evening I took reference pictures for this painting we were with John, Cindy, Stella and Marley. I happened to forget my point and shoot camera, but I had my phone with me so I took a few shots. With the motion of the boat and my little phone; at best, I was hoping for a blurry image that may have shown general shapes and colors….my expectations were very low. The photos were good enough to use, but the amazing thing about the new phone is (drum roll), it has location services on it – which means it knows exactly where I was when the reference photos were taken. I’m a bit of a “Techie” (that’s just a pleasant way to say “Geek”) and get a thrill from little things like this, so I thought maybe you would also be interested in where I was! Click here to see a google map.

If you would like to to zoom into the details of this painting and see brushstrokes and texture, Please send me an email.

Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Lake Sunrise First Light 22″
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 8″x10″
Original: Available please contact me for more information.

I’ve done a lot of sunrises and sunsets but this one is a riot of color. A few days ago, I was working in my studio before the sun came up. I looked up from my easel and saw these incredible colors, so I grabbed my camera and went outside to shoot a few pics. Autumn is definitely in the air. For some reason we get the best dusk and dawn when it’s colder out. It may have to do with the humidity and atmospheric distortions?? It was a bit nippy and I had lots to do back in the studio, but I had a chance to upload one of the images to Facebook from my phone. The image was blurry (probably from shivering) but I was so jazzed by it, I decided to paint it right away. It’s almost dry now, so I thought I would share with you.

Please don’t forget to enter my FREE Fine Art Print Friday where I’m giving away a signed print every Friday in October.

Reminder – Open Studio October 14, 15, 2011. See you there!