2016 Roan Mountain Painting Trip

During the second week of June I made my annual trip up to Roan Mountain along with several of my artist friends. First timers with us this year were Rich Nelson, Gary Cooley, Bryan Koontz, and Dean Remington. I also met Linda Apriletti from Florida while painting. Here are the paintings completed over the 4 day trip. I can't explain the experience of painting the grassy balds, so I hope some of these photos will give you of little of what I experienced.
Scott Boyle Roan Mountain Painting Trip Jun 7, 2016. I made this little clip from my phone of the 40+mph winds across Round Bald at Carver's Gap. Craig Richards expresses concern for a tree down on the road. For the first 2 paintings I ended up painting at Carver's Gap beside the shelter of my car as it was way too windy to go up to paint the balds.
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"Round Bald Winds"
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Bryan Koontz at Carver's Gap
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"Round Bald Cloud Shadows"
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Craig Richards at Miller Farmstead
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"Miller Barn Sunshine"
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"Morning Wind Blast"
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"Moving Clouds"
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"Looking Up"
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"Cloudland Shadows"
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"Roan Garden Pay Booth"
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Bryan Koontz and Scott Boyle
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"Bald First Light"
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"Morning Trail"
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"Roan Cloud Birth"
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Bryan Koontz and Dean Remington
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"View at Noon"
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Scott Boyle
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Dean Remington
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"Afternoon View on Roan"
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The Famous Resting Rock
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Resting
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Bryan Koontz
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Painting the Sunset
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"Roan Sunset"
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Campsite
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Linda Apriletti
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"Roan Southeast View"
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Rhododendron