The bluegrass painter is stretching a bit...but not too much. The core of my painting inventory has been built for a great part on my passion for Appalachian music and things related to it....it is reflected in the various series on our website (appalachianstudio.com) and has been the base of our gallery exhibitions.
So much of our Appalachian heritage (and, consequently music) is rooted in the music of Ireland and Scotland. Consequently, adding some of my paintings that are based on sketches made in Ireland seems to be a natural step for the Bluegrass Painter. I currently have a series of paintings of Ireland that I continue to add-to These are watercolor sketches (about 9" X 12") . At the same time, as time permits I'm using these sketches as a base for paintings of larger formats...both on conventional paper and on canvas. I'm going to use this blog to roll them out and I invite your comments...yea or nay.
This, The Last Rose of Summer, is the first of the series and is based on a session at a pub in Adare. I apologize to the owner and the local music shop owner who invited me to sit-in for a lapse in memory regarding names. It was a fun evening. One memorable moment was when one of the musicians asked me, "tell me friend, do ya know any Johnny Cash" from which point the session turned country and bluegrass. A real surprise for this yank.
