One of the questions I get asked most as a daily painter is how do you find something to paint everyday. And the answer is fairly easy. I live in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and am lucky enough to have a little cabin in the mountains of West Virginia on an old apple orchard so I see things everyday that I want to paint. And I never walk out the door without my camera. (Well, sometimes I forget and then I see something I need a photo of and I have to beat myself up for a while which is never any fun!)
This is a view we see almost everyday as we come across the Shenandoah River into our town. I snapped this while driving along (don’t tell Allen) so it’s not the clearest photo ever but it will work fine as a reference photo.
And Truman, Jed and I drive down miles of roads all over the old apple orchard in search of great views.
And Jed and Truman are both experts at sniffing out a great location to set up and paint!
And sometimes when you least expect it you drive around a bend in the road and there it is, serendipity! The thing you least expect to see but can’t wait to take photos of so you can preserve it to paint later. Or maybe because you just can’t believe your eyes…..
The Studio 