Blue Ridge Mountains

'That's why they're called the Blue Ridge Mountains' I thought. I walked a long way with this bird, I wanted to leave it at Raven's Peak, close to Cheroke. There is nothing more to say when we see the view.

Wood Cabin

Perfection is not beauty. A painting I did taken from Pennsylvania and Maryland sketches. The dappled light that filters through leaves in woods finds gaps in country barn timbers.

Appalachian Trial

It's scarey to be lost in the night, sometimes things don't turn out how you expect. There is always a different way. I lost my money in Florida and had to Camp throught the Appalachian mountains back to Allentown, Pennsylvania. To be on the side of a mountain in the woods with bears and no people is not what we're used to in England. Sometimes there is no imagination, I've learnt to draw in the dark... (The dawn was so pretty).

Let it Brew

Bardstown Kentucky, is the place for bourbon. It's similar to Scotch in that, with the risk of sounding like a guiness advert, there are not many things left in life that are not simulated to save time. Wiskey, Wood Worries and Wisdom benefit from the eb and flow of seasons at work. I visited Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and Heaven Hill. After learning about yeast and burnt caskets I camped with my bottle of Elija Craig.

Porch Painting

I've always been welcomed in Nashville, is it a cliche because it is true. We painted on the Porch in the sun and there was nothing to think about.
Thankyou to my friend Ruby for being so hospitibal, she is a wonderful singer and songwriter. see myspace.com/samandruby

Bird Watch

The feeling is less, but still remains. To see the creature, its colours and its shape you have studied on a page, now with its own character, now alive. We can still be bird watchers just by noticing. On this East American drive Birds I saw that are not or seldom seen in Britain are. Redwinged Blackbird, Turkey Vulture, Cardinal, Red Tailed Hawk, Sharpshinned Hawk, Grackle, Mockingbird, Tufted Titmouse, Cormorant (looks different), Osprey, White Heron, Great Egret, Chickadee, Downey Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, White Pelican, Boat Tailed Grackle, Little Blue Heron, White Ibis, Spoonbill, Flamingo, Black Vulture.

Savannah Summer

Savannah, Georgia. A ghost town. What history. There is something you miss about age when you spend time in new cities, it is hard to define, but it is the same reason that trees and shorelines give peace, because our existence has grown with them. Thanks to my friend Summer Welch for showing me round. He is in a great band called Baroness and congractulations to John Dyer Baizley for his beautiful artwork.