Appalachian Mountains | Carra Artis

• October Morning, Nolichucky River Gorge

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. Painted plein air in the Cherokee National Forest near Erwin, Tennessee. This is a popular rafting area that was flooded by hurricane Helene. The owner of USA Rafting is making improvements an…

• Fall Colors, Foothills Parkway

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted plein air in late October at an overlook along the Foothills Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered framed at my gallery. Unframed price is $362 plus tax and shipping.

• September, Cades Cove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. Painted plein air at the end of September. This is the view from the parking area on Sparks Lane in Cades Cover, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I liked the swooping tree branches. Offere…

• The Chimneys

  Canvas Panel, 11 x 14. A view painted plein air on Highway 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This mountain is a popular hike. It is also where the devastating 2016 fire began.

• Pink Barn, Wears Valley

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 11 x 14. Painted plein air on a November day in East Tennessee, I was struck with the faded old barn against autumn trees. Was it originally painted red? This is offered framed at my gallery, Unframed…

• Oconaluftee Valley Vista

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. Painted plein air from a popular view in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is offered framed at my gallery. Unframed it would be $260 plus tax and shipping.

• Burn Pile

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 11 x 14. I painted this plein air on a February day in East Tennessee. I was attracted to the wisps of smoke coming from a fire against the muted colors of the winter mountains and golden fields. Offe…

• Foothills Parkway Overlook

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. Painted plein air, this was painted at an overlook on the Foothills Parkway in the Great Smoky Mountains. I was looking down the valley towards Walland, where Blueberry Farm inn is located. Thi…

• Elkmont Dappled Light

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. Painted at historic Daisy Town at Elkmont, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I was attracted to the sunlight filtering through the trees onto the side of a restored cabin.

• Becky Cable's House

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. I painted this plein air on an outing with my weekly painting group. This house is in the Cable Mill area of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered framed at the Townse…

• Horses Grazing in Cades Cove

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 9 x 12. This was painted plein air on a spring morning from the Cades Cove loop looking towards Sparks Lane. While I was painting, horses appeared in the scene. I just had to include some of them, fin…

• Mountain Daffodils

  Oil, 9 x 12. Painted plein air, these daffodils in Cades Cove announce that spring is on the way!

• Headed to the Mountains

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. A barn one passes when driving to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Line Springs Road in Wears Valley, Tennessee. The building has had many purposes, including a country music dance…

• Daffodils in Cades Cove

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 10 x 8. This scene is on the Cades Cove loop across from Hyatt Lane.

• Mountain Overlook

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 8 x 10. View near Newfound Gap, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered in an inch-wide black frame.

• Fall Afternoon, Cades Cove

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 8 x 10. Late fall shadows and light in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

• Last Color

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 11 x 14. Early November day view of farm under English Mountain, Sevier County, Tennessee. This is offered framed at my gallery. Unframed it is $430 plus tax and shipping.

• Side View, Elkmont Cabin

  14 x 11. This cabin is one of the restored cabins in Daisytown, Elkmont, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered framed. Unframed it is $370.

• Blue Ridge Morning

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 8 x 15.75. This plein air painting is available framed at Daffodil Designs, Gatlinburg, TN.

• Kuwohi Sunset

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 12 x 16. Painted with my painting group, Tuesday Painters, at the Kuwohi parking lot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered framed. Unframed price is $500.

• Cataract Falls

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 16 x 8. Painted plein air in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with artist friends capturing the scene whilst many tourists were also viewing the waterfall. This waterfall is a short distance fr…

• Partly Cloudy, English Mountain

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 8 x 10. Clouds parting after an earlier overcast morning in Sevier County, Tennessee. Painted plein air with my painting group in early June. Offered in a muted gold frame. Unframed it is $250.

• Roaring Fork Cascades at Ely's Mill, Gatlinburg

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. This is near the Roaring Fork Motor Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

• March in Cades Cove

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. I paint on many gray days, as it was this early March day in Cades Cove. I was especially attracted to the colors and shapes of the layers of hills and mountains. Began as plein air, I adjuste…

• Troll Bridge, Elkmont

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. This is a stone bridge located in the former "Millionaire's Row" section of Lost Elkmont, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It crosses Bearwaller Creek and led to a cottage that is n…

• Rocks and River, Chimneys Picnic Area

  Oil, Linen Panel, 8 x 10. I began this plein air along the Little Pigeon River at a popular fly fishing and picnic spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Offered framed in a wide black frame.

• Red Cabin at Elkmont

  Oil, Linen Panel, 11 x 14. One of the restored cabins in the Elkmont Historic District in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The cabins in Daisytown were built as summer homes by wealthy Knoxville residents in the…

• Oconoluftee Overlook

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 24 x .675. Painted en plein air near the Tennessee/North Carolina border on Hwy 441 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This view has a mesmerizing atmosphere showing the various smoky shades o…

• Oconalufftee Valley, Cherokee

  Oil, Linen Panel, 9 x 12. I attended the Plein Air Convention and Expo in Cherokee. This was painted on one of the paintout days. The park rangers warned that painters would have to leave if elk entered the field. And t…

• Morton's Overlook

  Oil, gallery wrapped canvas, 20 x 24. I painted this beautiful view of Morton's Overlook along Newfound Gap Road, Great Smoky Mountains National Park "plein air" in two sessions. I finished it in my studio. Its painted…

• Oconaluftee Valley Overlook

  Oil, Canvas Panel, 12 x 6. Painted plein air at pull-off right past Newfound Gap. Offered framed.

• Tremont Road Riverbank

  Oil, Linen Panel, 12 x 9. I sought to capture the light on the tree trunks overlooking the river at a popular swimming hole on the Tremont Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This is offered framed. The unf…

• Spring in the Cove

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 12