Saturday, August 1st

We will be painting at Red Clay State Park during the "Cherokee Days of Recognition". There will be dancers, drumming, storytelling, demonstrations, food and historical information. Gates open at 8:00 am and the event starts at 10:00 am. Admission is free.
For MapQuest and GPS, the address is 1140 Red Clay Park Rd., Cleveland TN 37311.
If you'd like to join us in this painting adventure, e-mail me at beejw@charter.net and I'll pass along further information.

Tuesday, July 28th

We'll be painting at Barnsley Gardens near Adairsville, GA, on Tuesday. Send me an e-mail here at bjw.papainter@gmail.com if you'd like to join us.
We'll be leaving Dalton around 7:30, heading south to Adairsville.
The main gate opens at 8:00am, so we'll begin painting around 8:15-8:30am. Check in at the gift shop. There's an $8 charge.

Friday, July 24th

We'll be painting again on Friday morning at Crown Gardens & Archives beginning around 8:30am. It's a beautiful place with lots of painting ideas. Come join us as we 'paint Georgia'. The address is 715 Chattanooga Ave., Dalton GA.

Thursday, July 23rd

On Thursday, we'll be painting in Chickamauga Battlefield park. We'll meet at the museum at 8:00 am and decide where we'll set up for our first painting of the day. The museum is located on Highway 27, just south of Fort Oglethorpe. If you'd like to paint with us, we'd love to meet you.

Wednesday, July 15th

We will be painting Wednesday afternoon at Chickamauga Battlefield on Highway 27 just south of Fort Oglethorpe. We'll probably meet near the museum around 6:00 pm. If you'd like to join us, we'll be painting some of the monuments, meadows and hay bales (if they are still there). Sunsets there are always wonderful.

Tuesday, July 14th

We will be painting at Crown Gardens & Archives on Tuesday, beginning around 7:30 am. We may venture next door to the Hamilton House also. If you'd like to join us: Location: 715 Chattanooga Ave. Directions: I-75, Dalton/Walnut Ave exit, go east 1.8 miles on Walnut Ave., turn left on Thornton Ave. At 6th traffic light turn right on Tyler St., then left on Chattanooga Ave. Second building on left.

Thursday, July 9th

We will be painting on Thursday morning at Crown Gardens and Archives (in Dalton) starting around 8:00am. If you'd like to join us:
Location: 715 Chattanooga Ave. Directions: I-75, Dalton/Walnut Ave exit, go east 1.8 miles on Walnut Ave., turn left on Thornton Ave. At 6th traffic light turn right on Tyler St., then left on Chattanooga Ave. Second building on left.

Wednesday, July 8th

On Wednesday, we'll be painting at Chickamauga Battlefield, just South of Fort Oglethorpe on Highway 27.

Tuesday, July 7th

We will be painting again early at the Tunnel Hill battlefield, near 215 Clisby Austin Dr (Tunnel Hill). We'll probably be there to begin around 7:30-8:00am. The hay bales will be picked up sometime this week and there won't be more until around the second week in September, just before the "Battle of Tunnel Hill" Civil War reenactment on September 19th & 20th. There are hundreds of bales scattered over the meadows.

Friday, July 3rd

We will be painting again early at the Tunnel Hill battlefield near 215 Clisby Austin Rd., Tunnel Hill. The hay bales are still scattered over the meadows and are beautiful in the early morning sun. We'll probably be there around 7:30am. If you'd like to join us to paint, let me know.

Thursday, July 2nd

We'll be painting again early Thursday morning at the Tunnel Hill battlefield near 215 Clisby Austin Dr., Tunnel Hill. We should be there around 7:15-7:30. Call if you'd like to join us to paint.

Tuesday, June30th

We will be painting early Tuesday morning, probably beginning around 7:30-8:00, at Crown Gardens and Archives in Dalton, GA.

Location: 715 Chattanooga Ave. Directions: I-75, Dalton/Walnut Ave exit, go east 1.8 miles on Walnut Ave., turn left on Thornton Ave. At 6th traffic light turn right on Tyler St., then left on Chattanooga Ave. Second building on left.

Thursday, June 25th

We will meet Thursday, the 25th, at 7:15-7:30am at Keith Baptist Church (1573 Keith Rd) in Tunnel Hill, GA. Sandra will lead us to a new painting site located about 2 miles from there. Join us if you'd like to paint before the morning gets too hot.

Wednesday, June 24

Wednesday morning we will be painting at the Tunnel Hill battlefield. The hay was cut a few days ago, and there are lovely bales scattered over the meadows. We'll get an early start...probably around 7:00 or before.

Tuesday, June 23rd

Sandra is painting at Crawfish Springs in Chickamauga, GA, this morning. This is an old photo made in the Fall of '06, but you can see how beautiful the spring is and all the possibilities for painting.

Thursday, June 18

The weather guy says "95 degrees" here in Tunnel Hill tomorrow. But if we get out early...very early...we can cover some canvas before we melt. So if you'd like to join us, we're going to meet at the Tunnel Hill battlefield early. They have cut the upper meadow hay yesterday and will be cutting the meadow near the covered bridge on Thursday.

Wednesday, June 10

Sandra and BJ will be painting at Barnsley Gardens near Adairsville, GA. This is a website showing some sites we'll have the opportunity to paint. http://www.barnsleyresort.com/about/history_overview.asp
Send me an e-mail here at bjw.papainter@gmail.com if you'd like to join us.
We should begin painting around 9:00am. Check in at the gift shop. There's an $8 charge.

Tuesday, June 9

Sandra is painting at Old Stone Church at the intersection of Hwy 41 and Georgia Hwy 2 in south Catoosa County beginning around 7:30am. The painting was "in process" at the time of the photo.

Monday, June 8th

BJ (and maybe Sandra ???) will be painting on Monday. It looks like Sandra has art students Monday morning. So BJ will scout out a good spot and paint solo...possibly along Dogwood Valley Road in Whitfield and Catoosa County. The hay is still uncut at the Tunnel Hill Battlefield...I'm looking for early Summer hay bales.

Saturday, June 6

BJ will be painting at the Tunnel Hill Battlefield, near the covered bridge, beginning around 8:00 am. Early morning light is also wonderful at Harry Griffin Park, less than a mile north of there. It may depend on whether they've cut the hay at the battlefield. We'll see in the morning.