Summer begins 2012

Painting sunflowers in Falling Creek, NC

Sunflowers near Kinston by Robert Rigsby, 9x12" oil on linen

The above will always be one of my favorite photos of Rob and me. Summer solstice had just passed a week before and we had many promising days of painting ahead of us. We must have figured out by now that we would be sharing many plein air painting excursions. This location in Falling Creek, NC is just west of Kinston on Hwy 70. I know we returned to the same location a year or so later, but the sunflowers were never as glorious as they had been on this June day in 2012. We both did two paintings that day. Set up on the back of Rob’s pickup truck allowed us a deeper view of the field. Rob was always generous about sharing his large market umbrella.

Another Sunflower by Robert Rigsby, oil on linen

Good Morning by Brenda Behr, 8x16" oil on panel

Strength in Numbers by Brenda Behr, 9x12" oil on panel