Off I-40

This watercolor is of an old dilapidated barn off of I-40 going east to Nashville. It sat back away from the expressway off a small dirt road just out of sight, and I was so taken by its character that I had to paint it . I painted several versions of it as a matter of fact. All old barns tend to have their own personality, just as people do-as they become older, they look more interesting-probably because they've been thru so much. This old barn gave many animals shelter for many years. This is a part of Americana that is rapidly and sadly disappearing from our nation's landscape. Prints of this watercolor are available on the Gallery page. The lush colors and the dark blue sky echo that there was a thunderstorm just a few minutes ago.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size: 30 "x 4 0 "

Original / Price: $ 1000

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         East Tennessee Landscape               

A hot day, a hazy blue sky, a big barn, a hot tin roof, and a lone horse lazily grazing in the grass bring to mind those long summer country days we older Tennesseans have experienced at one time or another. John hopes "East Tennessee Landscape" brings back pleasant memories to you.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size 24 1/2" x 35"

Matted & Framed Size: 35" x 45"

Original / Price: $ 1500

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        Winter Awakening           

The early morning sun peeks over a mountain top as it blasts its rays thru the reddish-orange leaves of the oaks and reflects off of the blue-white shadows of the snow that silently fell the night before. As the birds start to sing and usher in a new day, there's a flurry of activity from nature's little creatures in the new-fallen snow.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size 16 "x 20 1/2"

Matted & Framed Size: 24" x 28"

Original / Price: $ 600

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 Country Road             Actual Framed Painting

The sunlight beams trough the tall oak trees with the annual changing colors of the leaves on a quiet, lazy fall day and there's a crispness in the air as a well traveled country road beckons us to come take a walk or a leisurely ride.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size: 16"x21"  / Frame Size: 24 1/4" x 29"

Original / Price: $ 600

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   The Old Wooden Wagon

This old wooden wagon sits alone bleached by the afternoon sun near a barn throughout the day. It has served it's purpose for many years on the farm. Long unused, now the wheels are rusty and it is the home to some barn wrens and a playground for it's owner's grand-children.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size 20" x 30"

Frame Size:

Original  / Price: $ 500

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      The Clearing

Deep in the woods there is a clearing beside a pond that all the animals come to to drink water and to catch up on all the animal gossip of the woods. Around the pond is a community of various sorts of wildlife.

Medium: Oil

Image Size 24" x 36"

Frame Size:

Original  / Price: $ 1500

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   Winterwood

One day I was out driving in the country and I noticed this old rotten tree stump out in a field and it had so much color and texture to the wood that I had to take some photos of it. I came back to my studio and painted the foreground in acrylic and the background in watercolor to give it depth. The rough barn wood frame I made for it blends with the weathered grey of the stump.

Medium: Watercolor & Acrylic 

Image Size: 30" x 40" / Overall Frame size:

Original  / Price: $ 1500

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  Mountain Stream

In the Ozark Mountains there is a very scenic, long and  narrow winding stream called " Little Red River". Trout fishermen from all over come there to fish for trout.

Medium: Oil

Image Size 18" x 24"

Frame Size:

Original   / Price: $1000

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11 x 14"Signed & Matted  prints are available on Galleries 1 & 2 Pages.

  Abrams Falls

Several years ago I took a hike with a friend in the Smokies to a remote spot in the woods called "Abrams Falls". There was a nice little waterfall there and some kids were jumping off the top of it and having a blast swimming in the water. This watercolor is a result of some photos I took of Abrams Falls.

Medium: Oil

Image Size 24" x 36" / Overall Frame Size:

 Original   / Price: $1000

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    First Light

The first rays of the morning's sunlight beams down to the lakeside trees and thru them onto the water as three mallards forage for their breakfast in the foreground.

Medium: Watercolor

Image Size 24" x 36"

Frame Size:

Original   / Price: $400

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11 x 14" Signed & Matted  prints are available on Galleries 1 & 2 Pages.     

  Foggy Mountain  Mornin

In the Smokies a winding road wraps around the mountain as the morning fog rises up to meet the new day.

Medium: Oil

Image Size 16" x 20"

Frame Size:

Original   / Price: $400

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      Landscape

This is a painting I did from a photo I took of an east Tennessee landscape- no particular subject matter, just wide open rolling hills out in the country with the Smoky mountains rising in the background.

Medium: Oil

Image Size 3ft. x 5ft.

Frame Size: Unframed

Original   / Price: $800

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