Last Trip to Serendipity (SOLD)

I'm never comin' back.

I may add a bit more paint to this, but it is all but finished.

 A lot of painters do a detailed sketch in pencil or chalk to define the shapes before they add paint. Not me. I muck right in and then wipe it off and then muck in some more. This leaves my canvases pretty oily before I find the shapes. I will probably have to let this dry some or use a very soft brush. I decided to push my luck and paint this wonderful house on Hatteras Island one more time in its old location. They moved it this spring. If  you did not get to witness the move, here is a youtube video. (Sidebar) The house moving contractor is the same company that moved the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse a few years ago. 

click HERE to watch it.

Oil on canvas 18"X24"

This painting is sold.

Later that same evening in Rodanthe(SOLD)(Serendipity)

My mate Mick spends his nights mostly in Rodanthe these days. I asked him to take a picture of Serendipity, the house in "Rodanthe Nights". It has been an icon on Hatteras Island for as long as I can remember. The first oceanfront home after about 25 miles of National Park Service Property. From the very top of the Oregon Inlet Bridge you can see Rodanthe in the distance. Its really RodantheWavesSalvo.  "Richard Gere frolicking in the surf". Ahhh. Good Times.

Oil  on canvas 14"X10"

I am going to officially call this my 500th  painting.
(SOLD) to a repeat collector