Waterfalls in my Studio

Graveyard Fields

I particularly enjoy plein air painting, but followed early guidelines for COVID​. After completing every possible household chore, packing up stuff for Goodwill, learning how to shop during COVID, and trying a dozen different masks, I was ready to get out of the house. 

​I went to Cashiers, NC to check out a beautiful waterfall in Holly Forest, but the path to Narrows Falls was washed out, and untrimmed underbrush prevented view of the falls. Checked Living Waters off 281 on the way to Blue Ridge - it’s a slippery slope down to the falls for a solitary painter. Tried Dupont Forest- jammed with summer visitors in cars circling for a space to Park. Bridal Falls? The access road was closed off.  A Rosman waterfall on private land where painters used to be welcome? sold and closed.  

So I went home, rifled through my photos of waterfalls, and painted Graveyard Field Falls and a rocky stretch of Little River with rills. I do love plein air, but must admit that my studio does not require a hike to a beautiful spot, it has a fridge for cold drinks and a comfortable chair. Anything I forget to lay out before I began is right there at hand, rather than a half-mile away.  There is a nice fan for air exchange and cooling.  What’s not to like?

Rocky Little River