Edisto Island in May

Ahhh..finally the semester is over and we hit Edisto for 10 days. What bliss. Good friends and good food. They had some wahoo in at Edisto seafood and we had a grill that worked! As  usual we had the watercolor sketching supplies so I was able to pull off a few between beach walks and cooking and chatting:

 

Ken's New Vase

12x16" Kilimanjaro wc block

Ken bought a new vase from the gallery that Ann is now showing her work, With These Hands Gallery on Edisto Island. This was the new challenge for this visit. Ken picked some wildflowers from the yard and its surrounds. I love the Coral Bean blossoms - hard to recreate the intensity of coral pink.

Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island

12x16" Kilimanjaro wc block

This is the beautiful Presbyterian Church , built in 1830 - Ken and I sat and painted one overcast morning.

 

Porch Rocker

12x16 (ish) Moleskin wc sketchbook

 From the deck of Palm Tree, the house we stayed in for the first time. This house was magnificently set in a grove of cabbage palms and live oaks drenched in spanish moss. Did I mention a functioning grill?

The One and Only Still Life

12x16 (almost) Moleskin wc sketchbook

It now seems as I have started a series of still lifes that include either wine or beer bottles. One night on an after dinner stroll on the beach I found this Sharkeye moonsnail shell. The Oleander was in full bloom - this sprig of yellow Oleander came from the corner of the house and was so tall that we could see the blooms from the bedroom window.

Palm Tree Deck View

9x12 Kilimanjaro wc sketchbook

What a view - eh? I was always trying to capture the light - what light we had on occasion, as tropical storm Alberto was doing a jig out on the Atlantic just off shore - made for some dramatic skies and at times some fun surf to play in.