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{"id":"64","title":"Walking on Water - Cormorant Take-off","slug":"walking-on-water-cormorant-takeoff","number":"197-667","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/qd4hcqc8aj2whotombfb.jpg","story":"Late morning on a Western North Carolina lake, I was amazed to see that Cormorants walk on water until they reach take off speed. I helps that heir knees bend backwards. A photo from a moving boat was the source for this little painting.","media":"Acrylic on hardboard panel","size":"5 x 7","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$165.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"25","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"}
{"id":"57","title":"Left Behind (Canada goose)","slug":"left-behind-canada-goose","number":"211-669","image":"media\/2019\/11\/24\/8wu24b8ce2mx5sa5l316.jpg","story":"This could happen anywhere in Western North Carolina; a single Canada goose was left behind late in the season when the rest of the flock had already flown South.","media":"Oil on canvas on wooden panel","size":"8 x 10","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$225.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"29","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"}
{"id":"150","title":"Blue Cow Pastoral","slug":"blue-cow-pastoral","number":"212-670","image":"media\/2024\/01\/20\/9c38jxvou856tkabx114.jpg","story":"This classic scene, somewhere in Western North Carolina, was perfect for trying some modern painting techniques usually done in abstract paintings. Pouring acrylic was used for the tree trunks when the painting was upside down. Then I explored playful colors for the brush and palette knife painting.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on canvas on hardboard","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"30","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"}
{"id":"106","title":"Hawk in the rough","slug":"hawk-in-the-rough","number":"217B-746","image":"media\/2022\/05\/01\/y96leis51w6k4dk2g3ld.jpg","story":"An avid golfer friend shot this picture of a red-tailed hawk just off the side of the course. My wife, as she often does, named the painting. This was one of those paintings that flowed onto the canvas at first, but the hawk was troublesome. I wanted the hawk to be recognizable but when painted with big strokes like the landscape a friend thought it was a pigeon. It took several hawk painting studies based on other photographs to get this final version. Discouragingly an artist friend said, \"great painterly landscape but the hawk is too sharply defined.\" Encouragingly the \"pigeon\" friend told me it was much better. One of the hardest things to do as a painter is to know when you did a good job. ","media":"Oil paint on archival hardboard","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"9","price":"$395.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"31","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Albemarle Inn"}
{"id":"30","title":"Family Gathering","slug":"family-gathering","number":"255-706","image":"media\/2022\/02\/20\/1ru7e21r4toprc6gpsjm.jpg","story":"When approaching Heron Island nature preserve on Lake Norman, NC, one hears the cacophony of clacking of young birds before one can see the dozens of nests. Only a lighthearted painting can capture the experience of the awkward youth standing in the nests and the busy airport of parents returning with fish to feed them.","media":"Acrylic on board","size":"14 x 18 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"7","price":"$595.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"49","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Beaufort House Inn"}
{"id":"105","title":"Hairy Woodpecker (male)","slug":"hairy-woodpecker-male","number":"313-746","image":"media\/2022\/04\/30\/7oy63tlqmbeeshuzke77.jpg","story":"Based on photos of woodpeckers in my Western North Carolina backyard. I learned from a Birder that this one looks a lot like our Downey Woodpeckers, but the Hairy is larger and has a longer beak.\r\n\r\nA photographer praised my photographic skills capturing a \"bokeh\" background. It wasn't. I just couldn't tell him that the soft background was created during painting when I did not like the busy detailed background, so I scraped most of it off with a palette knife. I am confessing now.","media":"Oil paint on archival hardboard panel","size":"8 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$295.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"96","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"}
{"id":"139","title":"Nailed the Landing (Osprey)","slug":"nailed-the-landing-osprey","number":"352-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/54ogh8fcakngejifcz2j.jpg","story":"Composit of Rob's photographs on a Western North Carolina lake of an osprey landing on a Channel Marker and an interesting sunset on the same lake.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$125.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"130","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"},{"title":"4sale- Landscapes: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"4sale-landscapes-mtns-lakes-falls"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"}
{"id":"158","title":"Twins are so much work","slug":"twins-are-so-much-work","number":"369-765","image":"media\/2024\/04\/18\/5tgaf17syurfau529t79.jpg","story":"This pileated woodpecker family recently lived in an Asheville area yard. The reference photo was taken by local wildlife photographer D. Smith. (used with permission) The twins have since flown from the nest and were replaced by a Screech Owl family.","media":"Golden Professional Acrylics on archival gesso board","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"6","price":"$245.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"146","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Cedar Crest Inn"}
{"id":"165","title":"Seven Micro Birds","slug":"seven-micro-birds","number":"372-767--378-767","image":"media\/2024\/08\/08\/hy89rne2q332jaxawrfu.jpg","story":"For the table-top show at Black Mountain that accompanied the Plein Air show at the \"Art in Bloom\" event- 2024, I painted 7 birds from earlier paintings of mine (often much bigger) that were in turn based on my own bird photographs.\" Two sold at that month long show.\r\nThe other 5 are available. The price below is for one bird and micro easel.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on hardboard","size":"2.75 x 3.5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$50.00","sold":"0","homepage":"0","priority":"149","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"}
{"id":"178","title":"\" . . . of Happiness\"","slug":"----of-happiness","number":"395-779","image":"media\/2025\/09\/17\/fpkpojve477mlhrclhf7.jpg","story":"Asheville wildlife photographer D. Smith took the reference picture for this studio painting. After painting the bluebird as an accurate copy of the photograph. I was disappointed because the painting lacked feeling for the subject. Then I overpainted it with bold strokes to highlight the kinetic and airy nature of the bird.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"0","homepage":"1","priority":"165","tags":[{"title":"4sale- Added recently","slug":"4sale-added-recently"},{"title":"4sale- Birds, Wildlife","slug":"4sale-birds-wildlife"}],"location":"Home Studio"}
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