Summer Is Around The Bend

After some fairly nice days lately, the weather has turned cold again here in East Tennessee.
I'm kind of over it and ready for those hazy summer days.

In the interim, I suppose I can paint something summery and into my vault of reference photos I went. 

I was coming home from one of my painting jaunts to the Tellico River one evening  and pulled over and snapped a photo. Actually, I think I turned around and went back to this spot. I always hate myself when I fail to follow my gut and get a photo of something that caught my eye when I don't have time to paint it. So, I have tons and tons of photos of potential ideas for paintings.

Music plays a big part of my inspiration too and I've always loved this tune from the Ass Ponys, an Ohio indie rock band. Click this link and give it a listen.

I'm rolling on with these gouache paintings and really like it. I hope you are too.

"Around The Bend"
6"x8" gouache on illustration board