https://www.johnbarberart.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/fd42c8ac-71bf-4334-bfa8-9a6e845cd832/Red.Sky.Night.RGB+copy.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1679426414047-JZ7SSO6HBS9H4L3MQ9WW/Dawn%252Boff%252BBloody%252BPoint%252B72%252Bx%252B1000.jpg Home - "Off Bloody Point" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1673144261500-VSXHO6CJTXS8VHBBK499/Gwynn%27s+Island+Ladies+72+x+1000.jpeg Home - "Gwynns Island Ladies" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1673144262295-HUD5S85Q6W06N5NC2POK/Hullabaloo+%26+Ubiquitous+72+x+1000.jpeg Home - "Hullabaloo and Ubiquitous" off Thomas Point Lighthouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680607641166-8ZDI0G64DWYNL6WQD7SI/Offloading%2Bthe%2BCatch%252C%2B72%2Bx%2B1000.jpg Home - "Offloading the Catch at Tilgnman Island" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1673144263099-PSWLYFL21DB9IOMU38NZ/Wyntje+Returning+Home+72+x+1000.jpeg Home - "Returning Home" Walter Cronkite's Wyntje entering Edgartown Harbor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680527184754-4CD1IOSRX17VRSZD4JJG/Annapolis%2C+Maryland+-+Circa+1900.jpg Home - "Annapolis, Maryland - C. 1900" https://www.johnbarberart.com/about daily 0.75 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/aef4c1bc-1da7-4d45-b2cb-611fa27e1444/Yellowstone_Montag+113.jpg Biography - Make it stand out Barber painting on location, Grand Tetons, Wyoming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/7c1dec2a-7a99-4228-b847-f959a866ac5a/50Year.png Biography - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.johnbarberart.com/limited-edition-prints daily 0.75 2023-07-23 https://www.johnbarberart.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-01-20 https://www.johnbarberart.com/gallery-1 daily 0.75 2023-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1693320374654-M8TQOTLWI2XI8TKEJSQW/River+Memories+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "River Memories" Dr. Scott Adams of Maryland contacted me and asked if I would do a painting that reflected some of his most cherished memories as a young man. Then he spent time with his aunt and uncle, Kay and Worth Higgins at their home on the Piankatank River a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay. Scott learned to sail under the tutelage of Uncle Worth. In the painting we see Worth at the helm of his Pacific Seacraft 37 sloop Kathryn Brown, the wooden vessel Ghost that he built, at the dock, and their beloved Kay Bird in the foreground with Scott at the wheel. I enjoyed spending time with Scott visiting the property by boat and we were both pleased with the outcome of “River Memories.” JMB Oil on linen 14” x 26” Framed 21" x 33" Summer 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690122886951-P6LRLH0JQV9QWIW1C1MK/Summerwood+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Summerwood” CHILDS POINT - ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND On my first visit to “Summerwood”, I passed through iron gates that I would later learn were of historic importance to the family. I was greeted by Mary Lee and Bery at their lovely home, the foundation of which was laid in 1953. While exploring the estate, I saw the cabin that Bery’s mother and father [Carla and King Gay] ordered from Sears and Roebuck in 1948. I enjoyed Coronitas at the Tiki Bar with Bery and admired their beautiful Downeast - style yacht Summerwood. Bery regaled me with stories of crab feasts, sailing, swimming, and watermelon seed-spitting competitions that the family had enjoyed over the years. It became clear to me that the property and all these wonderful aspects could not be captured in a single scene. Bery was right in that all that was “Summerwood” would require more than a single view and with his vital input I was able to assemble all these varied components into a tableau painting. Collaborating with Bery on the painting was indeed a pleasure. JMB, Summer 2023 Oil on Canvas 25” x 35” Framed overall 32” x 42” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995871969-VBM0YRIU6Y9A461P0RZV/The+Bugeye+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “The Bugeye” JOHN NORRIS CHILDS’ FLORENCE NORTHAM, CIRCA 1951, CRAB CREEK, MARYLAND The first painting in the series for the family was the home “Waters Edge”, owned by Carol and Bill Gay. From their home on Crab Creek, they enjoy a beautiful view across the creek and onto the South River. We see in this painting the grandfather’s Chesapeake Bay Bugeye Florence Northam moored in the cove just off the family’s boathouse. It was a joy working with my long-time friends Carol and Bill and I helped hang the oil in their Richmond home. Also, we produced a very limited edition of prints on paper and canvas so that the Gays can share this painting with family and friends. Oli on stretched linen canvas 15" x 30" Framed 22" x 37" JMB Winter, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995868435-YFNH2X7YRYH7Z26BEF73/Creekside+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Creekside” A LAZY SUMMER AFTERNOON VIEW FROM CHURCH CREEK - ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND Tom Gay’s beautiful property is just off the South River near its entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The property drapes over a lovely hillside on the east shore of Church Creek. The painting shows the view from the creek as the afternoon sunlight floods the home’s facade with wildlife abundant on this beautiful day. This piece was a wonderful collaboration with the buyer in that he wanted specific elements shown in the painting and I was happy to accommodate his wishes. Tom adds this artwork to his magnificent collection of original paintings and sculptures housed in his Richmond home. Oil on linen canvas 15” x 30” Framed overall 21” x 36” JMB Winter 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680611140777-48YWKJ6KVQCM6LRBCTGR/Afternoon%2Bat%2BPirate%2BPoint%2BSS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Pirate Point Afternoon” In the spring of 2017 I met with a wonderful couple: Renn and Steve Ash, who own a lovely piece of waterfront property in Lancaster County, Virginia just off the Corrotoman River. I was familiar with the setting because my wife Kathy and I owned the place in the 1980s. The Ashs purchased Pirate Point in 2000 and made major improvements including a beautiful pool and pool house. The setting was as magnificent as I had remembered it when I visited them early on a spring day this year. Renn explained that this was the view they enjoyed while having their morning coffee in the sunroom. We discussed details of the painting that would hang in their Richmond home. I suggested that I return in the afternoon to make photos as the late day sun bathed the setting and we decided to have the couple walking on the sand beach across the water. I did small oil studies of both morning and afternoon scenes and the latter was chosen for the major oil painting. In addition to enjoying my work, I enjoy equally the fantastic people that I get to know such as Renn and Steve. And in this case I was able to return to one of my favorite places on the Chesapeake Bay. I hope that they enjoy “Afternoon at Pirate Point” for many, many years. JMB Summer 2017 Oil on linen canvas 21" x 40" Overall framed 28" x 47" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680608187686-IA16QDCRTA0XZ6WXNXG1/Hullabaloo%252B%252526%252BUbiquitous%252BSS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Hullabaloo & Ubiquitous" “Hullabaloo & Ubiquitous Rounding Thomas Point” ”Pat and Bill Garner have boated for 60 years and their three daughters: Melissa, Jennifer, and Susannah came aboard at very young ages. Most of their early boating was exploring the Chesapeake Bay. The family has owned multiple power and sailing vessels and they chose to have me paint the last two of their boats. They wished to have Hullabaloo and Ubiquitous painted in the northern Chesapeake at Thomas Point lighthouse. Using photos from their own archives I was able to recreate these two vessels under way. They have had wonderful cruises aboard Ubiquitous in the Chesapeake, down to the Florida Keys, Mexico, the Bahamas, and up to Maine. After selling “Ubiquitous,” Bill helped the new owner sail her from Bermuda to the British Virgin Islands, a 5-day, 1000-mile blue water journey. In 2012 Pat and Bill set off aboard Hullabaloo on a nine-month, 6,500-mile “Great Loop” adventure. From the Chesapeake Bay, they motored up the Atlantic Coast, through the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi, through the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida, and back up the coast back to the Chesapeake. In addition, they cruised Hullabaloo to the Bahamas and Florida. The painting “Hullabaloo and Ubiquitous Rounding Thomas Point” was a celebration of an adventurous couple’s boating lives with their three daughters. We had giclee prints on canvas created for the girls as a reminder of wonderful times aboard with Mom and Dad. JMB Spring 2020 Oil on linen 17” x 29” Framed overall 24" x 36" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680611359557-7RV71U88MYJIGRCCH49U/Blue%2BRidge%2BRetreat%2BSS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Blue Ridge Retreat” Last year a friend from Deltaville, Virginia asked if I would be interested in creating a painting of his mountain home as a surprise gift for his wife. Even though most of my paintings are of boats and of a maritime nature I still enjoy painting landscapes and architecture, so I readily agreed to a visit to the property. I drove up to Charlottesville to meet Lew Grimm last spring in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and we toured his beautiful home and discussed the painting to come. He felt that his wife Onna would like to have an oil painting of the home showing the face of the buildings and seeing her favorite peak in the background. With a slight adjustment of the terrain, I was able to create the piece as Lew had hoped. Here we see the Grimm’s beautiful home in the mountains of Virginia, and I am grateful to have been allowed to be a part of the project and the surprise! Oli on stretched linen canvas 13" x 25" Framed 17 1/2" x 30 1/2 JMB Summer, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995867151-LI9UGMV5TDPSD8D5PL1N/Callis+Wharf%2C+Gwynns+Island+SS.jpeg Wet off the Easel - “Callis Wharf- Gwynn’s Island” For many years my family and I have spent much time in Deltaville, Virginia which is near the confluence of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay. The area has been known for its local boat-building culture. This scene is from nearby Gwynns Island “Callis Wharf” and shows a typical deadrise used in the local business of crabbing, oystering, and fishing. JMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690404760510-DSTBRH0OIL9L1KFWXV2A/Offloading+the+Catch%2C+72+x+1000.jpeg Wet off the Easel - "Offloading the Catch" - Tilghman Island, Maryland In 1980 I sailed on my first skipjack in order to see firsthand how these graceful, old vessels caught oysters on the Chesapeake Bay. My first day of oystering was aboard Elsworth, built in 1901, with Captain Darryl Larrimore. At that time there were about three dozen of these boats dredging for oysters in the Maryland waters of the bay. Today only a few remain. In the painting, we see Elsworth [dredge # 22] tied up at Harrison's oyster house at Knapps Narrows on Tilghman Island, Maryland. She has caught a load of oysters on the nearby Choptank River and now her crew is unloading the day's catch. Other workboats fill the harbor. I was compelled to create this painting to record those early days, over 30 years ago, when I frequented the island, sailed on many of the skipjacks, and painted these graceful old vessels at work. JMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995869584-NORUQBKHJ7T6MMZH3VU7/Flat+Cam+SS.jpeg Wet off the Easel - "Flat Cam" These skipjacks were designed in the 1800s and built expressly for oystering in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay. They are still used due to Maryland’s restricting powerboats from dredging oysters. There is no propulsion aboard the sailing vessel but they are allowed to use the motorized yawl boats to "push" the skipjack out to the oyster beds. Here we see two of the boats on the Choptank River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore awaiting a breeze so they can begin to dredge oysters. These watermen, many descendants of the first settlers arriving in the mid-1600s have retained their Elizabethan dialect that is apparent in phrases like “Soon the wind’ll wind dine” [wind down], “It’s com’in on hoi toid” [it’s approaching high tide], and “The water’s flat cam” [flat calm]- hence the painting’s title. JMB Winter 2020 Oil on linen 10” x 8” Framed overall 17 1/2" x 15 1/2" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995873290-ZPHZZNG0Y7HY206U2OPK/Vernazza%2C+Cinque+Terre+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy” Cinque Terre or "Five Lands" is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the region of Liguria, in the northwest of Italy. These villages still give a true sense of how Europe was before the automobile as paths, trains, and boats connect the villages, and cars cannot reach them from the outside. The fishing village of Vernazza, founded in 1000 AD is the subject of this painting as seen from high above. The nearby terraced slopes nurture vineyards and olive orchards. Pastel-hued houses and shops line narrow alleyways that meander down to the main street, which opens into a small square and Santa Margherita d’Antichia church by the harbor that is filled with fishing vessels. Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This painting was created from research done by the artist in Italy in July 2018. JMB Fall, 2018 Oil on Linen 12" x 24" Overall Framed 19" x 31" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1676995868825-DBIY0JCQ2PGQ39RHJKKD/Drudgin+Arsters+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - “Drudgin' Arsters” These are the last fishing vessels to work under sail in North American waters. They are called skipjacks and were designed and built expressly for oystering in the shallow water of the Chesapeake Bay. Beginning in the early 1980s I spent much of my winters on the eastern shore of Maryland working with and getting to know these boats. This research was critical to my being able to properly paint them. This remote area of Maryland was settled by English colonists by the mid 1600s and they brought along their Elizabethan tongue. Even today many of these descendants speak with a dialect all their own. The boats are dredging oysters but the sailors would say they are "drudgin’ arsters". This vessel, the Elsworth was the first skipjack I sailed aboard. She was built in Hudson, MD in1901 and still sails with the Echo Hill Outdoor School from Chestertown, MD. I have many fond memories of these times some 40 years ago. JMB Fall 2019 Oil on linen 9” x 12” Framed Overall 15” x 18” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1680798318266-SHUQW7BQGQEWR32P37SP/Chesapeake+Relic.jpeg Wet off the Easel - “Chesapeake Relic” Over my 40 years of exploring the Chesapeake region, I’ve often seen these once- proud vessels reduced to derelicts. Called deadrises, due to the configuration of their hulls, they are well suited to the bay’s short, choppy seas and shoal waters. Constructed of native wood and built by local craftsmen, they are perfectly suited for harvesting the bounty of the Chesapeake. They could easily be adapted for fishing, crabbing, clamming, and oystering and were beloved by their owners. In 1988 Virginia voted to make these vessels the official state boat. After many years of working the water many are rendered exhausted and unseaworthy. Their youth and strength behind them, they may rest where they sank or perhaps were dragged upon a nameless muddy shore - what remains of their soul slowly drifting away with each ebbing tide. JMB Summer 2019 Oil on linen 16” x 20” Framed Overall 23” x 27” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684608791568-01NUVN891XSPJMVDQ690/Sunburst+Major+CC.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Sunburst - off Stingray Point" Long-time sailing friend Baxter Phillips of Richmond and Deltaville, Virginia had a magnificent little sailing yacht built a few years ago by master shipwrights in New England. The Alerion 28 Sunburst was constructed following the lines of famed American naval architect Nathaniel Herreshoff’s personal 1912 daysailer. Baxter moors the boat at his home on Broad Creek in the town and asked me to create a painting of her. The setting would show her sailing in the mouth of the Piankatank River just off the Chesapeake. In the painting, we see Phillips at the helm with his son Trip also in the cockpit. Trip owns a home in Deltaville also and it can be seen just ahead of the bow of Sunburst. This peninsula is called Stingray Point referring to the story that Captain John Smith, while surveying the Chesapeake Bay in 1608, was stung here by a stingray and nearly died. Creating this painting for Baxter and his family has given me the wonderful opportunity to sail with him and to relive some of our earlier adventures again. JMB Winter 2022 Oil on linen canvas Canvas 12” x 18” overall 18 ½” x 24 ½” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684621466202-5113AYR8WWMP2K3HE0L2/Wyntje+Returning+Home+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - Walter Cronkite's "Wyntje Returning Home" In the spring of 1999, I was invited to sail with Walter Cronkite, aboard his beloved yacht Wyntje in order to gain sufficient knowledge of the vessel to create a painting of her for Walter and wife Betsy. I jumped aboard the boat in Annapolis, Maryland for the leisurely spring sail to Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard from her wintering in the British Virgin Islands. Upon arriving at the Vineyard my wife Kathy joined me for a stay with the Cronkites in their lovely home where I made numerous sketches and photos of the boat and harbor. After doing several sketches and oil studies, Walter chose this view from which I painted the final version shown here. JMB 1999 Oil on canvas16″ x 26″ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684617230111-RUN0GXIQTUFFT9YEXRPI/La-Bella-Venezia.jpg Wet off the Easel - "La Bella Venezia" A canal scene in beautiful Venice, Italy. Oil on Linen. Art 15″ x 11″ Overall Framed 22-” x 16″. Artist’s Collection JMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684616655155-81OOQDC15VI2R5K6Q06V/Our+Flag+was+Still+There+EAGLE+.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Our flag was still there" The 2012 Virginia OpSail event took place in Norfolk, Virginia.. In June of that year tall ships from many nations sailed into Hampton Roads Harbor and up the Elizabeth River to the waterfront of Norfolk. I was commissioned to create a painting of the Parade of Sail that would be lead by the USCGC Eagle followed the remaining tall ships. The fleet would pass by our country’s modern fighting ships at the Norfolk Naval piers. USCGC Eagle is our nation’s training sail vessel for future officers for the US Coast Guard. Susan Constant, also pictured in the scene is a replica of the original flagship of the English Virginia Company that was captained by Christopher Newport on their famed voyage to establish England’s first permanent colony in America at Jamestown, Virginia. Oil on canvas, 24” x 36” JMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684618942448-R9CL76NKPYMSQ21H3OOJ/Morning-Light-.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Morning Light" A lovely English Tudor-style home in Richmond, Virginia. Oil on Art board 6 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ Framed 16″ x 21″ JMB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684621755177-Q37Z9UHO76IT6KMHNPW0/F.D.Crockett+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - ” ‘F. D. Crockett’ and Steamer ‘Piankatank’ off Stingray Point CIRCA 1930 – CHESAPEAKE BAY” Ah! The age of sail and steam on the Chesapeake – glorious times! On this bright summer morning, we see the motor vessel F. D. Crockett and the passenger steamer Piankatank approaching one another off Stingray Point at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. In the early 1930s, the Crockett ran cargo and freight around the Bay and the Piankatank ferried passengers from Baltimore to landings on the Bay and its rivers. Vessels such as schooners, skipjacks, and bugeye ketches worked local waters under clouds of sail. The hexagonal lighthouse marks Stingray Point at the southern mouth of the Rappahannock River in the Chesapeake just offshore from Deltaville, Virginia. The light was built in 1859 and dismantled in 1965. F.D. Crockett was built in 1924 for Ferdinand Desota Crockett of Seaford, Virginia, and is now owned by the Deltaville Maritime Museum. Citizens interested in the maritime heritage of the area established the Museum in 2003. Beautifully presented in a custom-made “Antwerp” style, hand-rubbed black and gold frame. As with all originals purchased directly from me, this piece comes with a handsome “House of Troy” painting light attached complimentary. [$60 value]. In addition, a gilded and hand-lettered nameplate. JMB 2013 Oil on linen canvas. Art 17” x 29”. Overall framed 24” x 36”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684674263119-TK7OS9FJMKQ847YGKN7B/Dawn-at-Bloody-Point-WP.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Dawn off Bloody Point" Bloody Point is located off the southern end of Kent Island which is found on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The bridge from Annapolis touches down there. The skipjack is the Esther F that we see sailing up from Tilghman Island to the south in search of oysters. The lighthouse was first lit in 1882 and still warns mariners off the shoal there. The origin of the name Bloody Point is lost to history with explanations such as pirates being hanged there or the massacre of Indians by colonists in 1652. The skipjack was built in 1954 and dredged oysters in the Chesapeake until she was broken up in 2009. I saw her working in these waters in the early 1980s. JMB Oil on canvas [14″ x 22″] with an overall framed dimension of 20 1/4″ X 28 1/4″. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684674693245-LDBRXH6XB4L6S16JCVIS/a-fair-breeze-and-a-full-moon-copy.png Wet off the Easel - "A Fair Breeze and a Full Moon" Skipjacks at Thomas Point Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684675443403-3G6B1L77DVQ0N2ZSA6FW/In+The+Garden+EM.jpg Wet off the Easel - "In the Garden" The Virginia House, Richmond, VA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1684676597032-D6HL644A0OAJ3G2U3HOO/IlCampoSienaItaly.jpeg Wet off the Easel - "Il Campo" Siena, Italy [Plein air - Painted on location] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1685398526194-X04NAB58HHDLZOWYXLCN/Old+Town+Alexandria.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Old Town Alexandria, Virginia" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690323605202-38SJWHMKTOXSIBC2XK9O/La+Torre+della+Ore%2C+Lucca+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "La Torre della Ore", Lucca, Italy [Plein air - Painted on location] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690323909586-C1A315LILXUYUJQNHQMR/Tribute+to+a+Generation.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Tribute to a Generation" World War II Memorial, Washington, DC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1691869407702-3O4C0DRVHZ8QTJC1QAQG/Kenmuir+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Summer Afternoon at Kenmuir" Long-time and very dear friends recently came to me with the request that I do a painting of an old home on their property in Louisa County east of Charlottesville, Virginia. The estate began as a King’s Grant of 2,000 acres in the early 1700s to George Webb, who sold part of it to William Ragland Jr. William and his wife Agnes built a small two-story home on the land between Foster’s Creek and Camp Creek about 1775. William died in 1792 with Agnes following in 1807. The home then went to their son William until his passing in 1850. Kenmuir, just fifty yards west of the Ragland House was built in 1853 by Wellington Gordon, who had acquired the property. He was the son of the Gordon family who lived at Kenmore Plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Gordon named his home Kenmuir after his family’s ancestral castle in Scotland. This Victorian house has Gothic motifs of double front gables and diamond pane windows on all three levels in the front. Shortly after completing his new home, Gordon used it as the site of his Green Springs Academy, a school to prepare boys for admission to the nearby University of Virginia. Oil on Canvas. Raglands and Kenmuir are now privately owned. Anonymous Collectors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690396703218-5CLE39332INR59KICCSG/Diamonds+on+the+Water+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Diamonds on the Water" Urbanna, Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690397024498-DT6GWY2UICOHY63DSIV1/Annapolis+Circa%2C+1900+SS+.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Annapolis, Maryland Circa 1900" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1690398243901-WVTXGFJ5QWNNZIEQGQB9/Summer+Memories+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "Summer Memories" - Carters Creek, Virginia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62334affd6c2185ba3566387/1691869453105-N3D4683Q7N7595HB1FTR/Lakeview+Farm+SS.jpg Wet off the Easel - "The Phillips’ 'Lakeview Farm' - Early Fall 2014" More than a year ago Tom Phillips of Ashland, Virginia contacted me and asked that I do a painting of the home that he shares with his wife Claudia. I enjoy painting architecture and landscapes as well as maritime subjects and readily accepted the opportunity. Last fall I visited Claudia at Lakeview Farm and we walked around the property and discussed the project. It became clear that both Phillips enjoyed the 15 horses on their farm; Touchy, being Claudia’s favorite. Tom is an active member of Deep Run Hunt Club, in nearby Goochland County. The couple is seen here with Touchy in the paddock of their beautiful Georgian home in Hanover County. Tom is also very fond of his fully restored 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air parked on the drive to the right. 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