Tunnel Hill paint out

Cathy Cooksey working on a painting of historic downtown Tunnel Hill (GA).
Several members of the Art Alliance of North Georgia participated in a paint out during the annual "Battle of Tunnel Hill" Civil War reenactment. This painting sold the next day.

"Tunnel Hill Battle Paintout"

As part of the annual "Worldwide Paintout" publicized by International Plein Air Painters, we had a wonderful weekend at the "Battle of Tunnel Hill" Civil War reenactment in Northwest Georgia.
pictured front row (l-r) are Gretchen Allen, Allison Doke, and BJ Wright
back row - Phyllis Franklin, Cathy Cooksey, Cecil Warfel, Patti Vrobel, Shane McDonald, John B. Guernsey and Sandra Babb. We couldn't find Tim West - he was somewhere painting on the 83 acre property.
Both days were in the 90+ degrees, but we found plenty of shade and lots of interesting subjects for plein air painting. Everyone had such a good time that there's already talk about next year.

Peaceful Morn at the Battlefield-Tunnel Hill , GA

Cathy Cooksey- This is the view over the battlefield at Tunnel Hill , Ga. in early morning. It's hard to imagine the brutality that occurred here during the Civil War. It is so peaceful here in the mornings, however there is definetly a presence here. You can feel it.

This was my first attempt at Plein Aire. I had experience painting outside, because I paint outside at my shows, but this was the first time I was painting what I was looking at around me. It was amazing how much I learned from this one picture. I'm Hooked. I can't wait to do it again. We painted in morning and at noon. I definitly preferred the morning.

This is a 10 x 14 acrylic and it sells for $100. To purchase contact me at cookseycathy@aol.com

Memories in the Weeds

Cathy Cooksey

This is the type of work I normally do. I am a self-taught artist and I have not been able to find an instructor to help me improve on what I already know. They want me to start all over again. I do this for an income and I certainly don't want to mess up what I already can do.

I think Plein Aire may be a way for me to learn more without doing damage to my own technique.

I had my first try at it a few days ago . See the post dated June 12th. It was fun.

I will try to post it tommorrow.

painting in Tunnel Hill on Tuesday

This is Cathy's second painting of the day. It was afternoon and the sun was right overhead. She's catching on really fast. She works in acrylics but she knows what it takes to keep them workable in the sun and wind. You can see her website at http://www.cathycooksey.com/.







Sandra works at capturing the light in the trees overhanging the creek. She did a great job!