I usually do from 10 to 12 paintings a year. Carrot Island Alkyd Should you visit the beautiful coastal town of Beaufort, the island across from the waterfront and Front Street is Carrot Island. I have often used the island as a background for many of my paintings. This is actually a cloud painting. I think cloud formations are just endlessly fascinating to watch, to see how quickly a big cumulus cloud can change.
Clouds are full of interesting color and power.
Once I bought two pairs of mallard ducks. But each pair built a nest and laid about 30 eggs in it. Before I knew it I had almost 100 ducks in the yard. They would wake up at five in the morning and go into a mating ritual or something, make all kinds of racket. People would shoot pellet guns at my windows.