"Nantucket Cottage"

I don't know where the month of May went - it's all a big blur. We had our annual Plein Air trip last weekend in the wonderful town of Granbury, Texas. 14 of us showed up and stayed at The Iron Horse Inn, a local B&B that treated us like royalty. This is one of the cottages on their property. I fought the flies and HUGE mosquitos to paint this!!

"Dove House" Plein Air

This is a plein air painting done at Mayfield Park of the old dove house. The doves are not there any more, but the house remains. I'll bet they had some great parties in this bird mansion once upon a time.

"Walled City Residence"

The little town of Monteriggioni is a walled city perched on a high hill with towers all around. The town was definitely built for war and seeing the enemy coming. It's very small and pretty treacherous getting a car up the hill and into the city, however, there are many residences there. I don't know if some or all of them are the shop owners. The public is not allowed to drive in - they must WALK up the hill, but somehow the residents get their little cars up the giant hill and down the very narrow streets. It's so small that it was hard to find a vantage point to paint. This painting was done from a park no larger than a back yard.

"The Villa Next Door" - SOLD

This was the villa directly next door to us. Not to drop names or anything, but this is where some very famous people vacation. This is a little plein air done in the morning before leaving for the day. I love the architecture and especially the working shutters. They are all solid wood which open and lock up for privacy/security. Every morning I loved being the first one up and throwing open the shutters to see the new beautiful day.