"Triple Falls, DuPont State Forest (a study)"

Transylvania County, NC

(12 X 18, oil on canvas)

DuPont State Forest is the home of six beautiful waterfalls in the southern Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.  We made a trip to the falls of December 23, 2011 -- after heavy downpours that caused a lot of flooding along the rivers in low-lying areas.  The river feeding these falls, Little River, was really full and overflowing in some areas.  Normally you would see more rock and much less water.  We were there at the right time to catch this spectacular sight.

This painting is actually the top two falls of Triple Falls.  My challenges in doing this painting was to try and capture the power of this flow of water and give the falls depth that a camera does not show.  This turned out to be a study for the much larger painting (30 x 40) of the entire falls.
Framing by Blackbird Frame and Art of Asheville, NC