Beach House Grill

Thanks so much Linda. I appreciate your dropping by.

Hello Linda, I’ve been working with the scanned image a bit over the past hour. Having trouble getting it looking like the original, but I think the most recent upload is closest. This took forever. . .but I’m glad to have it done. Now I can move on to other ideas. Hard to convey the amount of detail in this painting by these small scans, but I’m still pleased with the overall impression. Glad you dropped by. Cheers!

I think you paint this well already Linda. We just approach painting differently. Guess that’s what I love about painting. . . we show some aspect of who we are even in the way we paint. : >D BTW, I’m doing ok. . . been frustrated with painting. But I suppose you never feel that way. LOL! Take care!

Hey Lynda. . .I figured any place that was situated in the mountains called Beach House Grill. . .well the food wouldn’t be so good. : >D

We opted for a drive back over the mountains in the background to a town within the Cherokee Nation, where we ate burgers at a Burger King that has picnic tables on a deck that sits 60 to 70 feet above a trout-filled mountain river.

Too bad I can’t find one of their rich execs to come take it off my hands for a decent price, eh? : >D Thanks for the kind comment Irene.

yep. . .I’m thinking about where to go to promote it to them. : >D

Thanks Vanessa.You are so busy, so it makes me appreciate youer dropping by to comment.

Thanks Janis. . . it has stuck in my thoughts that you’ve been able to see that I’m not a true photorealist, that I love to have some sense of just the wonder of life, even the parts that seem pretty mundane. So I deeply appreciate your observations. Have a good one.

Hey sulaartist. . . thanks so much for taking time to look at my most recent painting. Have a wonderful week. Cheers!

You are a real buddy Susan. Thanks for keeping me here at the Bubble long enough to see the possibilities. Have a great day!

Yes, some of my friend tell me how colorful my work is, but they often mean they don’t like it. LOL! But then again, they don’t say awesome job to follow it.. They just say “interesting.” So thanks so much for making me feel like I’ve created something of worth, webbie. Cheers!

Hi Catherine,

How kind of you to drop by to take a look at this painting. Means a lot to me and I appreciate your comment. Have a fab week. Cheers!

glad it brought back some good memories for you. I like recording the somewhat unspectacular parts of a trip because so often that’s when my thoughts kind of find a good place. . .things like being thankful to be out and about, etc.

Anyway, appreciate your dropping by Alexandra. Have a wonderful week! Cheers!

Thanks Vanessa. : >D

Hey Ann, thanks for the wonderful comment. I guess we think alike. I tend to imagine where people are going, wonder what their lives are about, etc. etc. Guess that’s why I like to paint images like this. They keep me interested for the long haul of bringing it together.

Hope you have a fabulous day. Cheers!

Hello Romo. . . nice to meet you. thanks so much for taking a moment to come look at my painting of the tourist trap in the mountains. Have a great day!

Glad to know that because that’s my intent. To get people to look at the commonplace things around them. To see that there are some really beautiful everyday, even mundane objects all around us that are pretty cool looking.

Right now I’m doing a portrait of an old “petrol” pump that has been rusting from neglect. So stay tuned. . .LOL!

Thanks Anna. Kind of you to say so. : >D

Hey Helen, thanks for saying so. . .I did enjoy painting this. And I learned how to paint a car.

That’s kind of you to say so Jim. Nice to know it keeps a person or two looking at it for more than a few seconds. .. since it takes so long to paint. : >D Thanks!

Hey Baird. . . now you’re getting dangerous wandering about on the Bubble. Glad you think it holds up here.

Later. . .

Hey Joyce. . . I’m wondering if the Beach House Grill is still there. I finished the painting about two weeks ago, but I worked from a photo I took three years ago.

Thanks for the wonderful comments. It helps to keep finishing the piece from being a let down.

Thanks Michael. I appreciate your saying so. . . and I hope the New Year is good to you!

Thanks so much Gail. I really appreciate your being such a loyal Bubble buddy.

Been so good to meet wonderful people like you here Gail. I have deep doubts about those first observations. All I know is that I feel humbled by the patience and loyalty of the artists I’ve met here. It has been amazing. Take care of yourself. Take some wonderful shots. And I look to see your work soon. Cheers!

Hey Joyce, I’ve been away from the Bubble for quite awhile, so I’ve finally come back to see what’s going on. Thanks for being so generous with your time to come by. I appreciate the comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Cheers!

Again, thanks Scott. Appreciating your dropping by the gallery. Cheers!

Hey Rita, thanks so much for stopping by the gallery. I enjoyed painting this one. Something about tourist traps that appeal to me as an artist. Hope you have a wonderful week.

Thanks so much for saying so Karon. I appreciate your stopping by.

Hello. Glad you enjoy this. I wish it reproduced a little better than this. For some reason the subtleties just don’t hold up in digital format. And the painting looks much cooler than it does in real life. All that to say. . . thanks for stopping by and taking a look. Cheers!

Thanks so much. It is hard to see all the detail in this piece at Red Bubble, but I’m glad people get a taste of it. Take care. Cheers!

Hmmm. . . we’ll see. : >D

Later

thanks so much Julie for dropping by to take a look. It was a challenge to pull together. That’s for certain. Have a fabulous week. Cheers! TPS

Thanks for dropping by the egallery to view this painting. It took a lot of time to make this one happen. : >D Cheers! TPS