Suncatcher No. 15 - High Octane Waterfall Late October foliage glows in

Late October foliage glows in this moment from western North Carolina

You can learn more about this painting and the series in my Studio Blog

just as the clouds were breaking and the sun was beginning to make an appearance

and this moment was magical to me for its simplicity and boldness

Suncatcher No. 15 - High Octane Waterfall Late October foliage glows inPeak November foliage glows in this moment from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near my home in east Tennessee. I committed the cardinal sin of wandering off of the hiking trail to get "just the right angle" for this subject and I paid the price a week later when I got poison ivy on my ankles while in New York City. Yup. You read that correctly. Even though I had laundered my pants before leaving to go to the city, there was apparently a