On the River in New Bern by Robert Rigsby, oil on linen
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| Skiffs by Brenda Behr, 8x10" oil on panel |
Also in May of 2012, Rob and I found our way to New Bern, North Carolina, the city where Governor Tyron, the last of the British governors, was living at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Part of the historic city’s big attractions are its two rivers, so we first found our way to the riverfront. There, I painted the skiffs you see here, and Rob painted a parked bicycle, backdropped by a docked sailboat. It would be several years before I learned that back, close to his college years, Rob had made a cross-country bicycle trip, surviving mostly on peanut butter sandwiches.
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| Backyard in New Bern, oil on linen |
We squeezed in time for afternoon paintings. I cannot remember our time restraint that beautiful day in May, just that we had limited time.
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| Street with Blue Shadows, 6x8" oil on panel |
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