Down East

Jim Phillips

Down East

Acrylic on 14”x11” canvas board

When you leave the center region of of North Carolina, which is the industrial part of my state and where the capital, Raleigh is located, and head east towards the coastal region (where I live), you drive through a less populated, farming part of the state that North Carolinians refer to as “Down East.”

Down East belongs to the following groups:

Acrylic Painting, All of North Carolina, First Things, Impressionism Café, Landscape Painting, Old farts of redbubble, RB ALUMNI, Scenery, Southern-Style: A Downhome Perspective , Symposium of Modern Realists, The Red Barn and United States Available for sale as

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Down East by Jim Phillips
Down East by Jim Phillips
  • ega39

    ega39

    This is so beautiful, I love the texture, the colors and all de wonderful details

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thank you Ega for a wonderful comment.

  • Fred Smilde

    Fred Smilde

    lets hope these areas remain as they are- unobstructed openess always aids in perspective (not referring to art)- always love how you balance colors-the yellow green floating about- the red of the roof appearing in the grass etc.- intentional or not aids in the sense of whole-

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Fred, I love your very keen observations and wonderful comments. Thanks friend.

  • Lynda Robinson

    Lynda Robinson

    WOW! This is really beautiful! Our worlds could collide Jim! This could be Australia except for the shape of the shed (oops! I think you would say ‘barn’) roof! Beautifully painted impression of ‘Down East’!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    We Americans just love to make the English language as confusing as possible. If this was not on a farm, but rather on a golf course or in my back yard I would call it a shed. LOL Thanks Lynda, love your comments.

  • kamaljeet kaur

    kamaljeet kaur

    beautifully done….the rich color tones are so nice :)...wow !!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Your comment are always so nice, thank you Kamaljeet.

  • Linda Callaghan

    Linda Callaghan

    beautiful painting Jim… colourful, inviting and happy….can feel the warm breeze from here…Down East is a lovely place!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Open countryside with farm land is just about the same regardless of what country you’re in. Thanks Linda.

  • Esther Boshoff

    Esther Boshoff

    Lovely, Jim! Superb colour and contrast balance!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Very observant on your behalf Esther. Thank you.

  • Mrswillow

    Mrswillow

    What a lovely walk in the countryside! From the detail in the foreground to the warmly lit middle distance and then onto the cooler colours of the far distant hills. A Great work Jim!
    P.S. i didn’t bob down to go under the beam across the gateway..I.Ieaped over it!!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Then I know there had to be some childhood memories involved here. LOL Thanks Sandy.

  • Gordon Beck

    Gordon Beck

    Beautiful work, Jim. Like the rich colors in this.

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Gordon, this wasn’t a very deep palette at all.

  • Lora Garcelon

    Lora Garcelon

    I really like the colors – we’re seeing a lot of those colors here right now – yellow soybean fields, red barns, and the cold weather coming in the blue-gray clouds – This makes me want to go paint them!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    This is kinda what it’s looking like here. You can tell fall is clearly on the way, but just hasn’t arrived yet. Still too much green, but alot of yellow-green.

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt

    excellent Jim, love autumn colors

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Luda, nice comment.

  • kjgordon

    kjgordon

    now if this were on a mountain of an island one would think you were in upcountry Maui….
    this is beautiful Jim…...........wonderful use of contrasting colors….......
    I like how you angled the sky…........
    nice detail…......
    You have a winner here brah’........

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Super comment kj, really appreciated brah’.

  • Hidemi Tada

    Hidemi Tada

    we have not such a pieceful spectacle. our main land on east coast, just city and town for 2,000 km long. another area is just mountrains. only north island has similar scean in countryside. then our film company made western movies in 50’s. japanese Western movie, its a funny. thank you for sharing beautiful landscape painting Jim.

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Nice that you shared what it’s like around you Hidemi. I always enjoy learning what other places and cultures are like.

  • Pamela Plante

    Pamela Plante

    Love this Jim, great job.

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Pamela.

  • Susan Bergstrom

    Susan Bergstrom

    Great colors and depth…you can walk right in!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    I know it’s a litttle different than your surroundings. Thanks Susan.

  • Shulie1

    Shulie1

    Beautiful work, Jim

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks for a very nice comment Shulie.

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback

    Lovely peaceful scene Jim…you are a master at these landscapes…

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Janis, that’s a nice compliment.

  • PPPhotoArt

    PPPhotoArt

    absolutely beautiful painting full of vibrancy!!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks for taking the time to give such a nice comment.

  • Marsha Elliott

    Marsha Elliott

    This looks just like a typical scene from around here right now with Autumn beginning. There’s the cool mornings & evenings with a bit of frost likely, & your painting depicts the warm, sunny afternoons with the blue/gray skies overhead with just the right amount of sun filtering through to cast a warm glow on fields ripe for harvest. Yeah, such a beautiful time of year. Great painting!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    And a great comment Marsha. Thanks so much.

  • thepaintedsoul

    thepaintedsoul

    Nice feel in this landscape, Jim. My roots are near LaGrange, NC. My great grandfather bought land near there and the land stayed in the family. But it’s shrunk to 30 acres or so from the over 500 acres great grandpa had started with just after the Civil War. That area has such a strong sense of place. But that is fading. Thanks for sparking my memories with this one. Cheers! TPS

  • Jim Phillips replied

    It’s always nicer when someone can directly relate to a painting as I know you can with this one. Thanks Michael.

  • doreen01

    doreen01

    I found in your work a perfect soothing.
    Atmosphere, color and light are wonderful!!!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    That’s really a nice comment Dorina, thank you very much.

  • Colin Cartwright

    Colin Cartwright

    This looks a good watercolour. I’m sure it captures your area perfectly. I like the colours and composition, Jim.
    I just painted my very first acrylic yesterday!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Colin, I saw and commented on your first effort in acrylics the other day. You do realize this one is an acrylic as well. Thanks again Colin.

  • Colin Cartwright

    Colin Cartwright

    Oops, didn’t read the description properly. Sorry, Jim. Too busy perusing the painting!
    This looks so like a watercolour. It’s hard to tell on the hard glare of the ones and zeros of digital!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    No problem Colin, your comment was very nice and would have applied to either medium. To comment or reply to a question you asked earlier, yes the digital process does effect how the looks of your work. It seems to effect that work on canvas or textured surfaces more. I do OK with the works on paper, but none of them ever look as rich as the originals.

  • Sinisa Saratlic

    Sinisa Saratlic

    Beautifuly done…it makes me feel very relaxed…

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks so much Sinisa, your comments are always so generous.

  • Carolyn Bishop

    Carolyn Bishop

    This is so beautiful, Jim! Wow!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks so much Carolyn.

  • Elizabeth Bravo

    Elizabeth Bravo

    This is a painting I could look at for hours…..You have done a great job in capturing that depth of the fields as they meander in the distance. I love the country roads!!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    That is truly a wonderful and observant comment Elizabeth, thank you ever so much.

  • Ellen Price

    Ellen Price

    Beautiful..Wonderful work..Jim :-)

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Well thanks Ms Ellen! This is quickly becoming one of my favorite groups. Ellen, I am always honored by a feature from this wonderful group. Thank you again.

  • gerardo segismundo

    gerardo segism...

    an extraordinary and inspiring piece…

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Super comment, many thanks Gerardo.

  • elenaoleniuc

    elenaoleniuc

    Very beautiful landscape, love the warm colors !

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Very nice comment, thanks so much.

  • Leslie Gustafson

    Leslie Gustafson

    This is wonderful work yet again from you Jim!!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    That’s very kind of you Leslie, thank you very much.

  • wendymcwilliams

    wendymcwilliams

    just out browsing, and came across your work, all of it is wonderful. i really like this one.

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Well then, I’m very thankful you were out browing around Wendy. LOL Seriously I’m pleased that you like it. Thank you very much.

  • Barbara Brown

    Barbara Brown

    Beautiful work! Such a lovely scene!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Thanks Barbara, I truly appreciate your kind comment.

  • photoloi

    photoloi

    Beautiful!

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Wonderful comment.

  • almeidacoval

    almeidacoval

    this is absolutely a magic wonderful painting..congrats in yours featured my friend..

  • Jim Phillips replied

    Many thanks.

  • Carolyn Staut

    Carolyn Staut 24 days ago

    Gorgeous. If I could take a walk in the countryside, this is where I would like to be.

  • Jim Phillips replied 24 days ago

    Very sweet comment, thanks so much Carolyn.

  • LorusMaver

    LorusMaver 19 days ago

    Nice work my Friend, that building look almost english with that roof thats what we call a sussex barn roof !

  • Jim Phillips replied 19 days ago

    Most of our American architecture comes from either English or European cultures, and in this part of the US it’s most likely to be English. Thanks for such a insightful observation Bill.

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