Great Smoky Mountains No. 12 - Quench Mini and complicated relationships with their

and complicated relationships with their peers

This landscape is the debut painting in my new series

I refer to the latter approach as an "underpainting" because it supports the final work from behind-the-scenes

South Carolina

Great Smoky Mountains No. 12 - Quench Mini and complicated relationships with theirThis is the latest addition to my ongoing series of plein air landscape paintings from the Great Smoky Mountains. I actually started this piece a year ago (!) and then put it into timeout. Sometimes, that happens. I lose my mojo and I need to set something aside for a while. But when I came back to this subject, it just took a little finesse in my studio and I landed on a result that I really liked. I enjoy painting water because of its energy and