Artist: LC Neill
Title: “The Turn”
Medium: Oil on Linen
Size: 14″ x 11″
Price: On Request
I loved the way these lush plantings complimented the Japanese Maple and the winding road above.
Painted at “The Turn” en plein air at Trump National Golf Course – Charlotte.
It’s close by at the Trump National Golf Course – Charlotte. Trump purchased the property a few months ago, and has been making some improvements to the course and facilities.
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: “Lilies II”
Medium: Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 14″ x 11″
SOLD
During my trip to Monet’s Garden, I had two hour windows in which to paint onsite – 7-9 am and again from 6-8 pm. Each day the light and surrounding gardens changed drastically. One morning cool and crisp another, cool and drizzling, and the rest of the days were equally different. This painting was an early morning visit.
Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Monet’s Water Garden”
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 18″ x 24″
SOLD
This painting is one of several I did after my trip to Giverny, France to paint in Monet’s Garden. Lush plantings in the foreground, water, lily pads, and plantings in the distance. More about my full trip in another post.
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Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Bantam Lake”
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 36″x48″
Original: SOLD
This painting was installed yesterday; a commission from Owners of the Andre Christine Gallery in Mooresville, NC. They lived in Connecticut for many years before moving to North Carolina, and had particularly fond memories of Bantam Lake. After reviewing years of pictures, they selected one favorite and provided it to me. It was of a vivid sunrise, back lighting some winter bare tree branches.
With just a few guiding comments from them:
I was able to work up a couple of quick proofs and discuss with them until they were happy with the general direction and concept. Then the painting began, and a couple months later it was completed.
Here is the painting installed. It looks wonderful against their butterscotch wall color. The hutch below is a deep, deep mahogany with undertones of red and black. Everything seems to be working together, even the reflections of light off the dark wood furniture. To my surprise, it’s a vivid blue.
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Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Waters Edge”
Medium: Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 14″x11″
Original: SOLD
At the water’s edge you’ll find all kinds of things – fish, small shelled creatures, rocks, and plants growing under the water to name a few. What struck me about this area was the red clay brilliantly coming through the water. The beach was sandy, but where the water met the sand you could visibly see new red clay silt washed in over the sand. A little farther out, you could see the ground drop off and the water turned to a deep green.
I did this painting “Plein Air” – here is a photo of my start. At one point I took a break to get out of the sun and have a snack. When I returned to the painting I saw the tree line needed to be changed, so I updated it. That’s the beauty of oil paints, you can smush it around until you get it where you want it.
Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Cottage”
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 8″x10″
I was out painting this morning on the Lake. I’m practicing my plein air skills getting ready to go to France and paint in Monet’s Garden. Below are a few pics of my set-up on the lake. It adds a whole new dimension to painting when you are bobbing and weaving with the waves. Ooops didn’t mean to make that stroke! Even though I am anchored, the wind blows the boat around, so I have to adjust constantly. It doesn’t bother me, I just put on some music – listened to a local station this morning – WDAV – and go with the flow. Painting outside is a much different practice than inside the studio. The light moves quickly and everything is so vibrant in the bright sun.
This little cottage sits right on the water. Today they require a 50 foot setback if you are going to build, but every now and again you’ll see an older cottage that has been grandfathered sitting literally on the water or within a couple feet of it.
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.
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Artist: LC Neill
Title: “Lake Sunrise First Light 23″
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 18″x24″
Original: SOLD
This is a commission painting for a collector in California. Every now and then I’ll post a photograph of a spectacular scene from the lake on Facebook. Grace happened to see the photograph of this sunrise over the lake and asked me to do a painting from it. Here are the results.
This Friday October 28 is my last drawing in October for a free art print. See details here – Fine Art Print Friday
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!