I have enjoyed my time in the South putting on workshops, attending events on Hilton Head Island and Georgia, exhibiting my work in Sea Pines and at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Walter Greer Gallery, painting with my new friends of the Low Country Plein Air Painters while enjoying new scenic vistas.
This next week I will be in Darien GA for a workshop and Art in the Park, coinciding with the Blessing of the Fleet on April 13 and 14th, 2013. Being an exhibitor there will be a new experience for me. My set up took weeks in planning and preparation. Many of my new paintings from my visit will be on display.
Above is a study and final painting called My Old Fishing Hat. A compilation of my experience and visuals of the southern docks where shrimp boats and onlookers enjoy the waters with whatever travels are need. The study was painted on a 9 x12 inch board and the final completed at 18 x 54 inches.
Also included is one of my many low country marsh paintings. Not as simple as they look. Many attempts are necessary to capture the low country puff mud, marshy grasses and ever changing water passages as the tide rises and falls. Color is amazing in the early morning.
© 2013 Daryl Urig