I call this one Rock of Ages, I started this one from a photograph of an area that we have been camping. We went back there this past weekend to fish and so I started working on this plain aire. What a great weekend we had, first we kept forgetting to pack things and had to go back to the house a couple of times. Then once we got everything set up and started to fish, the sky opened up and poured the rain for a good 40 minutes. We were soaked  lolol. We were determined to survive it though. I decided to pull this one out and start painting, the rain was still coming down a bit and the drips through the trees kept falling on my painting. So I thought what the heck, lets see what happens. Well I had a hard time finding somewhere for this to dry especially with all the humidity, but dry it finally did and I was very very pleased with the end results. Enjoy!

Tami Booher, Appalachian Nature Painter: Two new projects, these beautiful hummingbirds we...

Tami Booher, Appalachian Nature Painter:
Two new projects, these beautiful hummingbirds we...: Two new projects, these beautiful hummingbirds were painted in acrylic on Kentucky Red Oak. I am so excited about painting on this beau...

Two new projects, these beautiful hummingbirds were painted in acrylic on Kentucky Red Oak. I am so excited about painting on this beautiful wood. I love leaving the bare wood showing with these. I feel it adds another dimension to my work. I look forward to using other types of woods and seeing what I get from them.

Spent a wonderful day this past Saturday, trying out the new boat on the Little Sandy River. We decided to set up camp, and then I decided to experiment by painting a whole painting in less than 45 minutes. I wanted to lay down paint quickly without thinking too hard. To me this came across as a lonely man communing with nature. It is a 10"x12" acrylic.

We have these two adorable Southdown Old English Babydoll sheep, their names are Church and Concord. I spotted them one day out grazing and decided to get some pictures of them. In this shot they were both going after the same sumptuous greenery. I like to think that they were going to share this with one with each other. Raising these sheep and observing them on a daily basis is often a hilarious adventure.
 I cannot wait until next year when our females will be born and a while after I will begin the adventure of raising these sweet creatures for other to have....

Kayaks on the Little Sandy.

8 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Acrylic on board

Spent a perfect weekend recently on the Little Sandy river canoeing and kayaking. This was from a picture taken at our camp site. The weather and the water was absolutely magical. It was my second time out on a canoe and I have to say that I do believe that is my favorite way to get around on the water, it is a very pleasurable pace, which gives one time to enjoy the fascinating views and reflections on the water.

Finally got out and worked on a plein aire painting. This painting was done from a view on Brown Ridge, I spent two sessions working on this 12x16 painting.