Randolph Pitchford

Nothing could beat the gas station Fried Chicken in East Tennessee back in the 1950s.
No finer eating anywhere.
#watercolor #landscape #UrbanSketching #FriedChicken
#Art
#Tennessee

North fork of the Holston River East Tennessee

Memories of the North Fork of the Holston River in Tennessee version 2
#watercolor #Tennessee #Holston River #landscape #art

Holston River, Tennessee

Memories of the Holston River in Tennessee
#watercolor #Tennessee #Holston River #landscape #art

Turkey Creek Knox County Tennessee

Jefferson City Tennessee

Jefferson City Tennessee

Memories of rural roads through East Tennessee to Knoxville before the interstate came through.
Starting with Turkey Creek, a backwater of the Tennessee River impoundment in Knox County
#watercolor #Knoxville #TennesseeRiver #art #landscape #Urbansketching

Swoopes Virginia Augusta County Jonesboro abandoned church

memories of the now abandoned and decaying Civil War era Mount Chapel Church and cemetery in Jonesboro near Swoopes in Augusta County Virginia.
If it still stands, only reachable by a dirt road and a 4x4
#watercolor #Jonesboro #art #landscape #Urbansketching

Chamberlayne Swamp and Beaverdam Depot Hanover County Virginia

Chickahominy Swamp and the Beaverdam Depot in Hanover County Virginia
#watercolor #Beaverdam #Hanover #art #landscape #UrbanSketching

Willis wharf Virginia

Willis Wharf, eastern Shore of Virginia
#watercolor #Sketching #Urban
#art

The Tarr Mansion Talbott Tennessee

Memories of Haunted Houses of East Tennessee
The Tarr Mansion in Talbott Tennessee just down the road from my Grandpa's tobacco farm
#watercolor #Urbansketching #art #landscape

I hope the check the stoners to make sure they're not giving out candy laced with the devil's lettuce

Caruthers House, Lebanon Tennessee
#watercolor #Urbansketching #Lebanon #Tennessee #landscape

Halloween in 1957 in Knoxville Tennessee

Memories of trick or treating with cousin Patsy and Christine while visiting relatives in Knoxville Tennessee in the 1950s
#watercolor #UrbanSketching #art #Halloween

The word of Donald stands against the world.
The noblest man that ever lived.
Now in the name of all the gods at once upon what meat does this our Donald feed that he has grown so great.

Battle of the crater Petersburg Virginia

All that was left of the massive Civil War crater in Petersburg Virginia around 1963
Much less left today.
# landscape #art #landscape #watercolor

Floyd Virginia

Memories of small towns in rural Virginia
This one is Floyd
#watercolor #Floyd #bluegrass #Urbansketching

Church of the Lord Jesus with signs following," Jolo West Virginia

Big Spy Mountain,Blue Ridge Parkway Virginia

Celebrating visits to "Church of the Lord Jesus with signs following," famous for their snake handling worship services and "Big Spy Mountain " overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia
Visited both in another life.
#watercolor #UrbanSketching #Jolo #SnakeHandling #BlueRidgeParkway

Hidden valley lake Southwest Virginia

The ice house at Monticello

Davy Crockett's Tavern and museum in Morristown Tennessee

Hidden Valley Lake in Southwest Virginia, the Ice House at Monticello and the Davy Crockett Tavern and Museum in Morristown Tennessee. #watercolor #UrbanSketching #art #landscape

The Palace of Gold in moundsville West Virginia

The Light of Truth shrine in Buckingham Virginia

Memories of the "Palace of Gold" in Mountville West Virginia and the Light of Truth shine in Buckingham Virginia.
Wonder if they still exist?
#watercolor #pencils #UrbanSketching #landscape

The Famous 800 Year Old Yew Tree in Fairy Stone State Park Virginia.
A gathering place for root workers for over 200 years
#watercolor #Urbansketching #landscape #FairyStones #Art

Iron Truss Bridges from the 1800s that are still standing in the Commonwealth of Virginia
#watercolor #Urbansketching #landscape #IronTruss

Memories of Zion's Crossroads in Virginia before the Interstate came through
And a couple of memories from a trip to Paducah Kentucky, around 1986 or thereabouts.
#watercolor #pencil #UrbanSketching #landscape #art

My days of road tripping are over so I have to enjoy the Fall colors via my memories.
A tour across Virginia and East Tennessee with a visit to Grandpa Bishop's tobacco farm in Hamblen Country Tennessee c1957
#watercolor #pencils #landscape #UrbanSketching #Art

Grandpa Bishop's farm in East Tennessee.
Around 1957
#watercolor #Japanese #pencils #Urbansketching #landscape

Continue to go nautical with my experiments with cheap pulp paper and #Japanese #watercolors.
The Susan Constant, Godspeed and little Discovery, #Jamestown Virginia 1607-1957
#pencils #MarjneArt #UrbanSketching

"in 1493 Columbus sailed the Deep Blue Sea"
My interpretation using #Japanese #watercolors, pen and Dr PH Martin's Bleed Proof White on cheap pulp paper (two versions)
#pencils #fountainpen #Marineart #UrbanSketching

Memories of Wachapreague, "The Flounder Capital of the World", the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Japanese watercolors on pulp paper. #watercolor #IslandHouse #MarineArt #EasternShore #UrbanSketching

Ruins of the Fort at Jamestown Virginia, with the replica of the little ship "Discovery" anchored in the swamp in the background 1957
#watercolor #Jamestown #pencils #MarineArt

The abandoned lighthouse in Exmore on the eastern Shore of Virginia (no longer in existence)
#watercolor #pencils #urbanSketching #Japanese #MarineArt

Sailor's Creek Battlefield Park, Rice Virginia
3 versions of the Old Mill
#watercolor. #CivilWar #Urbansketching #Virginia #landscape #pencils #art

Night comes early in the Shenandoah Valley Virginia in the Fall
#watercolor #pencils #landscape #rural #Urbansketching

Fall comes to the Blue ridge mountains of Virginia
#watercolor #pencils #Urbansketching #landscape #art