New Bern Strong, the completed painting

The painting is finished!

Here is the finished painting. I’m currently in the process of varnishing it. 

New Bern Strong, 24x36 in acrylic on stretched canvas
The house on the corner of new and East Front Streets in New Bern NC, shortly after Hurricane Florence hit the town in September 2018.

It depicts the house on the corner of New and East Front Streets in New Bern NC, shortly after being hit by Hurricane Florence in September of 2018. The owner refused to let the damage to his home get him down. He levered his heavy rocking chair up on what little was left of his porch, hung his “New Bern Strong” flag, and would sit there, playing his banjo.

The painting will appear in New Bern’s Bank of the Arts during the month of September, for their exhibition “Safe from the Storm.”

Author: Steve

After spending years as an IT professional, creating and supporting systems for designers, writers, and editors, I am now pursuing a dream: to be an artist. I have "drawing on the brain"--not only do I feel compelled to draw all the time, I enjoy thinking about art.