Sugar Mill

24" x 30" Oil on Canvas SOLD

This view is from the Atchafalaya basin levee looking back toward the Franklin Sugar Mill. This was a bit of a challenge for me. It was initially painted over a two day period in the middle of the South Louisiana summer heat while fighting off mosquitoes and sporadic rainfall. The sporadic rainfall turned into constant rainfall for about 7 days so finishing touches had to be done in studio. 

Water Hyacinth

29" x 26" Oil on Canvas SOLD

This is a study I did from direct observation. It was painted in about a 3 hour period. My house backs up to the Bayou Teche and in the summer it becomes full of this water hyacinth. Not indigenous to this region, the water hyacinth has to be killed off using herbicides each year to get rid of it. Legend has it that one of the McIlhenny's (Tobasco Sauce Family) were given a gift of the Hyacinth for their ponds in New Iberia, but the Hyacinth quickly spread into the surrounding bayous and waterways.