Daybreak Over Sutherland Cars Tennessee in the Great Smoky

Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains

It's then fun to see how passersby interact with the moment

living near the Great Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee helps with this because it is so stunningly beautiful year-round

really hard

Daybreak Over Sutherland Cars Tennessee in the Great SmokyThe first morning light over Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee inspired this painting. I don't consciously see a service station in this moment. In fact, almost every city subject that I paint is less about the actual "objects" in the composition and more about the placement of shapes and colors. In this instance, I loved the wide stretch of the moment and the play of reds and greens throughout the subject. Oh, and if I have an excuse to