“Parked at The Roast Grill”
6x8" oil on panel

Happy 4th of July fellow Americans! Hope you’ll find a hot dog today and a good spot from which to watch a fireworks display tonight.

Just in case you haven’t discovered it, I have another blog, On the Plein Air Trail, where rightfully, I should be posting this artwork. For the sake of continuity, however, I’ve been reserving On the Plein Air Trail primarily for my plein air watercolors.

Most of my paintings, this time of year are done en plein air. It was an unmercifully hot day in Raleigh two weeks ago when I painted this scene. As I recall, I positioned myself in the shade of my SUV. You may have already seen one of my watercolors of The Roast Grill, an iconic hole-in-the-wall hot dog joint in Raleigh. Love their wieners. I’ve found myself exiting the Interstate just to grab a hot dog at this place.