Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Charlotte - Art in the Garden Tour - April 2013

On Saturday April 19 and 20 of 2013 I participated in the Charlotte Garden Club's Garden Tour.  Most recently they have been a calling it "Art in the Garden Tour."  This is I think my third year for coordinating the artists.  This year we selected 12 artists painting in 6 gardens.


This year I was at Chipping Campden in Charlotte which is on Vernon Dr.  They are English style townhomes with the look of Cotswold of England.  


Here is a picture of the real Chipping Campden in England
Wikipedia says: Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English cēping, "a market, a market-place"; the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe 


This was my view in which I completed my 1st painting in the late afternoon on Tuesday after painting with the Plein Air Buds on the Catawba River. 


 10x8 oil "Chipping Campden #1" by Scott Boyle


This is a scene looking up Bibury St.


"Chipping Campden #2" 10x8 oil by Scott Boyle 
On Wednesday morning I painted this one at1550 High Street.  A lady was watering her window box upstairs.


I Saw a beautiful umbrella in the afternoon sun from the courtyard.


 "Chipping Campden #3" 10x8 oil by Scott Boyle


"Chipping Campden #4" 8x8 oil by Scott Boyle


 "Chipping Campden #5" 8x10 oil by Scott Boyle.  This one was in the second courtyard looking south in the 1pm-3pm sunlight.


"Chipping Campden #7" 14x12 oil by Scott Boyle.  I spent all Saturday during the event painting this one, which is the same view as #3


Joining me in the garden during the weekend was my good friend and great artist Jeremy Sams from High Point, NC



"Spring at Chipping Campden" 8x8 acrylic by Jeremy Sams


 Here is Jeremy's acrylic setup.


"Chipping Campden Courtyard" 8x10 acrylic by Jeremy Sams

If you are interested in purchasing any of these paintings contact Scott Boyle at 704-860-3803 or Jeremy Sams at 336-215-3202