The Four Corners of Law

The Four Corners of Law
Charleston, South Carolina
23 April 99

For the life of me, I cannot remember where I sat when I painted this but I must have wrangled my way into someone's upstairs window though I seem to remember sitting outside. In any event, this painting depicts an unusual view of the Four Corners of Law (named by Robert Ripley as in, Believe it or Not!).

The Four Corners of Law describes the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets where you can pick up your mail (at the Post Office), pay your taxes (at the County Courthouse), buy your marriage license (at City Hall) and get married (at St. Michael's). In this painting you can see the roofs of all but City Hall, which sits to the left of the picture plane.

Because I had a mail box at the Post Office, I walked to this corner almost every day — one of my daily delights of living in Charleston.

The Four Corners of Law
Charleston, South Carolina
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
4 x 6", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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James Island

James Island
South Carolina
21 November 98

As I had several good friends who lived on James Island and had to drive down the island to get to Folly Beach, I spent a lot of time there. It is, after all, part of Charleston proper anyway.

This painting is a glimpse of what I passed on a stretch of Folly Road on my way out to the beach. I must have pulled the car over one day around sunset when I had my field kit with me.

James Island, South Carolina
Watercolor on hot press Lana paper
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Sullivan's Island

Morning Storm near Fort Moultrie
Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina
16 July 98

During the summer of 1998, I volunteered to scout for Sea Turtle nests on Sullivan's Island. I think I spotted one or two new nests over that summer. Sullivan's Island, Isle of Palms, Folly Beach and Kiawah all have Sea Turtle protection programs. Click on the link to learn more about Sea Turtles and the protection programs.

I brought my field kit out with me one day and sat down near Fort Moultrie to paint this after my scout walk as a storm was coming or going.

Morning Storm Near Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
3 ½ x 4 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Kiawah Island Nature Center

Kiawah Nature Center
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Summer 98

I made this painting after class one day in the heat of a summer afternoon. This shows the back entrance of the Heron Park Nature Center at Kiawah Island where I first taught my Basic Drawing and Watercolor classes.

Another painting with no pencil. During this time in Charleston, I was also teaching after school classes in architectural drawing, watercolor, and guitar at Ashley Hall where I eventually taught a sixth grade music class for one year. I did a couple of watercolors of the beautiful campus that the school purchased, alas, before scanners were readily at hand. But I will show below one more painting I made on Kiawah as a demo in class that demonstrated my release from pencil and signified a development in my ability.

Kiawah Island Beach
Charleston, South Carolina
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
2 1/5 x 4 1/4", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Kiawah Island Beach

Kiawah Island Beach
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Summer 98

I can't remember exactly how it all came together, but I was hired to teach weekly drawing and watercolor classes to guests at the Kiawah Island Resort. I could not have asked for a better way to workshop a class. The guests ranged in age from 10 years to 80+ with as wide a variety of backgrounds. We had a wonderful variety of scenes to draw and paint including this scene looking south from the board walk.

I looked forward to the beautiful and serene drive each Wednesday, down to Kiawah Island from Charleston. My two hour drawing class began at 8 AM at picnic tables on a deck surrounded by Cabbage Palms. Often, an entirely new group would meet for watercolor class from 10:30 to 12:30. After four hours of teaching, I'd eat some lunch, make a little painting (if I had it in me) and then take a nice swim and walk north of the stretch of beach shown in this painting.

One very important thing about this painting is that I left the pencil out of the equation. This was a natural result of my teaching and doing demos in class. For the longest time, I'd felt as though I was leaning way too hard on draughtsmanship in my paintings. Finally, I'd learned to fly solo with watercolors.

Kiawah Island Beach
Charleston, South Carolina
Watercolor on cold press Lana paper
2 1/5 x 4", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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