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Jimmy Craig Womble II

Works in progress, with a new palette of colors

24x36” oil on canvas, wip As the sun takes up its place in the dome of the morning sky, the waves continue to roll in, and it seems every...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

WIP- 24x48” the ‘Patsy Carolyn’

I’ve been working on a new 24x36” oil on linen of a boat that was a fixture at my favorite spot, Radio Island. A victim of Hurricane...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

Sunrise in fog

I’m taking a moment to survey this 24x36” oil on canvas that I’ve developed from a small 6x8” piece. The goal was to use that mini as the...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

A new adventure awaits! Another sketchbook for the shelf.

It’s always bittersweet when you finish a sketchbook. There are usually months worth of sketches and ideas trapped within the wrinkly...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

Core Banks Kitchen #3- what’s old is new!

This painting was originally completed some years back, and has always been one I loved. But there was a problem I couldn’t quite put my...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

In the Night Kitchen

Ah, Maurice Sendak’s great children’s book is a favorite of mine, and the title popped into my head last night while taking a few minutes...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

Drawing as a Meditative Process

I’ve discovered something over the last year. We all need ways to empty our minds of the massive amount of stimuli that bombard us daily....

Jimmy Craig Womble II

Drawing and sketching. Some thoughts.

I’ve been “underground” for the past month, meaning not on my regular social media platform, Instagram. I’ve been deep in commission work...

Jimmy Craig Womble II

Thunder over Emerald Isle- almost done?

Here’s a piece I’ve been working on for a little while now, 22x28” oil on canvas, and I think I’m close on calling it- he struggle that...

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