Fall at the Lake

"Oh it's a long, long while from May to December, but the days grow short when you reach September." - from September Song by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson

Fall at the Lake by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A plein air palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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I've always loved September Song. It has a sort of longing melancholy about it that I feel around my Labor Day birthday. That time of year when people head out their doors in jackets and return home peeled to their undershirts late day.
This one was painted outside near Burton Lake. Hot, cold, near, far, birthdays, transitions..."and these few precious days, I'll spend with you, these precious days, I'll spend with you." (September Song)
Joan

Road to Nowhere

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."

"I don't much care where -"

"Then it doesn't matter which way you go."

- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Road to Nowhere by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" panel
A plein air palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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State route 119 near Athens, Georgia meanders for about 82 miles into South Carolina, but around here, it's just known as Nowhere Road.

Now, sometimes when I'm riding around in the country, I feel as if I'm in the middle of nowhere, but I always seem to find my way home.

The Appalachian mountains are close by and sometimes I just head for the hills with no particular destination in mind. A recent wander took me by the scene depicted in Road to Nowhere. Seems like the same colors that show themselves in fall give us a sneak preview in spring.

Of course, if you divide the word nowhere, you end up now here, which is a pretty good place to be, and although you may be tempted to follow that yellow brick road, remember... it's only pollen.

Inspiration Point

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." - William Shakespeare, English writer

Inspiration Point by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

4" x 6" panel
A plein air palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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This is the view as seen from the end of a friend's dock on the lake that I've dubbed inspiration point.
Joan

Sunrise Appalachia

"Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise." - George Washington Carver, American botanist

Sunrise Appalachia by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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I'll admit it right here and now. True confessions. I see more sunsets than sun rises. Oh, not that I don't get up early. It's just I'm usually not waking up in the beautiful Appalachian mountains with a view like this within walking distance. When you see majesty like this in nature first thing in the morning, you just know that you're bound to have a great day,

Joan

Misty Mountain Meadow

"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air." - Georges Bernanos, French author    

Misty Mountain Meadow by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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I used to love sitting on my grandfather's porch in Hiawassee, Georgia. It was a big screened-in porch on the cool side of the house and had bunk beds for us kids. We loved sleeping in those bunk beds out on that porch, letting the crickets chirp us to sleep and the birds sing us awake. Imagine yourself without a care in the world, wrapped up in a blanket softened through a thousand washings, sitting in one of those big rocking chairs on that porch one morning, nothing to do but watch the world wake up.
Joan

Santa Fe Dancer

"Music is that universal language which unifies the spirits of mankind." - Paul Horn, American flutist

Santa Fe Dancer by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A brush and palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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Depicted in petrogpyphs on two continents, legend has it that Kokopelli is a flute-playing mischief maker. Didn't see this little trickster in the sunflower's center until this painting was signed. Now I know why it wanted to be painted in a southwest style.
Read the legend of Kokopelli here: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/kokopelli.htm

With a wink and a nod,
Joan

Outstanding in Their Field

"See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." - The Gospel of Matthew 6:28-29 (NIV)

Outstanding in Their Field by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

8" x 8" museum quality panel
A plein air palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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Thank you for everything. Rain, sunshine, people who plant flowers and share them with the rest of us.
Amen.
Joan

Wind Dancer

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” - Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American writer

Wind Dancer by Joan Terrell

An original oil painting on

6" x 6" museum quality panel
A plein air palette knife painting

© 2015 Joan T. Terrell

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On this day, my car's a/c was at 12 degrees below zero on the "Nanook of the North" setting. As I stepped to the back of my car to heft out my plein air supplies, my glasses fogged up and I felt something on my skin like a spontaneous dew. Of course, us southern girls don't sweat, we glow and oh boy, was it ever going to be a full-on glow day. While setting up, I heard the delighted squeals of children running in and out of the flowers, chased by moms with cameras. "Good luck," I thought.

Sometimes I wonder if lugging art supplies outside and painting en plein air (a French expression for "in the open air") is worth it. Just watching the people, bees, and butterflies interacting with the tall stalks reminded me. Yes.

Joan