Click on the following watercolors for a larger image.
Charleston Lights
Sapelo Light
Old Charleston Light on Morris Island and the new Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island across Charleston Harbour, as seen from Folly Island, the Edge of America
Lighthouse on Sapelo Island, Georgia
Sanibel Light
Singing Bird
Lighthouse on Sanibel Island, Florida
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
on American Holly Ilex opaca
Maxine
Aggie
Rottweiler mix
Lucky
Tigger
Lab mix
Great American Short Hair Tabby
White Ibis
Let It Shine
The following ink sketches were done to decorate a series of commemorative envelopes that I posted on our trip to Viet Nam.
They work better in context. Click on each sketch to see it on an actual commemorative envelope, or event cover, as they're called.
My favorites are the two ships, which commemorate laying wreaths in the Gulf of Tonkin for shipmates lost in the Vietnam war, and the "Quiet Mind, Open heart", which commemorates burning incense on the northern coast of Vietnam to ask the spirits of all who suffered in the war to be at peace now. (Some Vietnamese believe that butterflies are the souls of the departed.)
Tran Hung Dao
400 Dong Tran Hung Dao Stamp
(click on sketch to see it in context)
(click on sketch to see it in context)
Nha Rong Building, Sai Gon
Binh Tay Market, Cho Lon
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
Tet Fireworks
Year of the Monkey
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
Japanese Bridge, Hoi An
Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
HMAS Hobart DDG-39
USS Newport News CA-148
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
Fishing Boat, Cua Lo
Quiet Mind, Open Heart
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
Ha Long Bay
Ca Cuong Flavoring
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(click on sketch to see it in context)
Copyright 2004, 2005 Carl W. Cole
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. ~ Chinese proverb
