Lowcountry Plein Air Paintings Part 2

Plein air painting of morning light on the North Santee Delta.

Morning Light, North Santee Delta. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Here is the second batch of my South Carolinian Lowcountry landscape paintings. These were all painted on a plantation in the North Santee River Delta about an hour north of Charleston.

Plein air painting of a road in a marsh in the South Carolina Lowcountry.

Road in the Marsh. 43 x 35 in., oil on linen.

While the weather was good most of the time, the biting flies made working impossible anywhere except out on the dykes in the marshes. And there I had a lot of alligators watching while I painted. It was also pretty windy, so I was using a 4×4 as a windblock for some of the larger pieces (and as an alligator block too as I don’t trust large wild animals, even if the locals all said it was safe).

Plein air painting of rice trunks in the North Santee River delta.

Rice Trunks. 31 x 39 inches., oil on linen.

Plein air painting of birdhouses.

Swallow Boxes. 12 x 8 in., oil on linen.

For the above painting I used a new rain-bonnet I made for my carbon fiber easel. When I have a second I wanted to do a blog post on plein air painting in pouring rain.

Plastic cover for landscape painting in the rain.

Rain bonnet for plein air painting in rain.

Plein air painting of an overcast day on Minim Creek, North Santee Delta.

Gray Day, Minim Creek. 8 x 12 in., oil on linen.

Plein air painting of sunset on Minim Creek.

Minim Creek Sunset. 11 x 14 in., oil on linen.

Plein air landscape painting of twilight in the North Santee River delta.

Twilight, Rochelle. 8 x 12 in., oil on linen.

These are all for my exhibition opening this Friday at Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston.

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