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{"id":"66","title":"Number 4 Close Hauled","slug":"number-4-close-hauled","number":"170-658","image":"media\/2019\/11\/27\/c7ti7qq3iw1ir5gykgrn.jpg","story":"Early morning on a Western North Carolina lake, I was standing in an observation boat watching the small one designs head for the starting line. This man tacked close to shore before reaching right at me. He was a picture of poise, deserving the photo to painting effort.","media":"Oil paint on canvas on hardboard","size":"9 x 12","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"19","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"46","title":"Double Scull","slug":"double-scull","number":"171-659","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/qy6m5txi9difxjz1jppr.jpg","story":"Cropping sometimes improves paintings. Turn this over to see how this canvas was stretched over a smaller frame to eliminate a close-up rower who did not add to the composition. The women's double is all that is needed to provide balance to the bold impasto suggestion of trees. I wanted to share with you my love of paint by letting each stroke on this tree peninsula show.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"8 x 16 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"20","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"34","title":"Teamwork - Launching a four","slug":"teamwork-launching-a-four","number":"172-659","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/9du3h9s64b6viwud001w.jpg","story":"","media":"Acrylic on canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"21","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"43","title":"One Last Cast","slug":"one-last-cast","number":"220-670","image":"media\/2019\/05\/22\/01e0rugpgwj5hkcshcb6.jpg","story":"The sun setting on these North Carolina fishermen created a glass like reflection on the water. The rain and darkness were rapidly approaching as they made one last cast. Amazingly these colors are pretty and accurate.","media":"Oil paint over acrylic sketch on stretched canvas","size":"10 x 10 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$295.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"32","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"35","title":"Friends Painting","slug":"friends-painting","number":"239-677","image":"media\/2019\/04\/07\/djmld7c2o8xrervua2kz.jpg","story":"Saw two friends painting side by side on a park bench in Pritchard Park, Asheville.","media":"Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas","size":"5 x 5 inches","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$65.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"37","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"14","title":"French Broad Serenity","slug":"french-broad-serenity","number":"246-689","image":"media\/2019\/03\/29\/lxc1mte76790zrsfsj3g.jpg","story":"This Plein Air painting (meaning that it was painted onsite as an immediate response to the view) was done from the viewing \"pier\" in the French Broad River Park, on the West bank in Asheville. ","media":"professional acrylic","size":"9 x 12 inch on canvas ","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"43","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"24","title":"Orange House Inspiration","slug":"orange-house-inspiration","number":"260-708","image":"media\/2019\/03\/30\/txap3unre1cmcmw3vd6b.jpg","story":"I just had to paint this other Plein Air painter painting a colorful Asheville house.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"9 x 12 inches canvas","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$245.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"53","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"53","title":"Bunny Comfort in the Magical Garden, Art in Bloom, Black Mtn 2019","slug":"bunny-comfort-in-the-magical-garden-art-in-bloom-black-mtn-2019","number":"269-717","image":"media\/2019\/06\/18\/wh4g6e2rmfc96b521pjg.jpg","story":"Painting started \"en plein air\" (onsite) but slow progress and a bee sting meant that it had to be finished in the studio. This allowed the addition of the young girl from photos I took with her Mom's permission. She helps to create the magical feel of the garden.\r\n\r\nThe event was the 2019 Black Mountain Art in Bloom.","media":"Acrylic on stretched canvas","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"5","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"60","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"},{"title":"sold- Private Gardens","slug":"sold-private-gardens"}],"location":false}
{"id":"125","title":"Rounding the Mark","slug":"rounding-the-mark","number":"325-756","image":"media\/2023\/05\/04\/pel3hc908e8qrqfhn8qf.jpg","story":"Rob took photos from a boat observing this close sailboat race on Lake Norman. The challenge in this studio painting was to capture the soft billowy feel of the spinnakers. Many layers of translucent paint were used to create an encaustic effect on the spinnakers.","media":"Professional grade acrylics on archival hardboard","size":"5 x 7 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$195.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"107","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"141","title":"Cockpit Elation","slug":"cockpit-elation","number":"351-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/e5dihif51psdsryn7gq4.jpg","story":"Rob's photograph on Lake Norman on a friend's new sailboat. A view so familiar to any sailor.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"129","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"142","title":"Downwind Joust","slug":"downwind-joust","number":"353-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/j3yeav8znma4o8wdym3a.jpg","story":"Composite of Rob's photographs from a motorboat of a sailboat race on a local lake.","media":"Oil paint","size":"6 x 6 inches Gallery Wrapped canvas","framed":"0","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$125.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"131","tags":[{"title":"sold- Landscape: mtns, lakes, falls","slug":"sold-landscape-mtns-lakes-falls"},{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"145","title":"The Teal Guitar","slug":"the-teal-guitar","number":"357-760","image":"media\/2023\/11\/04\/upatnlrrfg89spt3qby6.jpg","story":"Abstraction of a fond memory","media":"Golden professional acrylics","size":"8 x 10 inches - cradled luan wooden panel","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$395.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"135","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
{"id":"177","title":"Impassioned","slug":"impassioned","number":"396-775","image":"media\/2025\/05\/01\/lem1izj7kir7zwipnhyh.jpg","story":"Inspired by a movie short of Jacqueline du Pre playing the Elgar Cello Concert in E Minor. When she tilted her head and closed her eyes she became the passionate passage. This is not a portrait. The figure here is a different model, the head tilt increased, the tossed red hair and the Modigliani long neck enhance the feeling I was responding to.","media":"Golden professional acrylics on cradled wood","size":"11 x 14 inches","framed":"1","exhibit_id":"0","price":"$595.00","sold":"1","homepage":"0","priority":"166","tags":[{"title":"sold- People: sports, activities","slug":"sold-people-sports-activities"}],"location":false}
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