It has been raining steadily since yesterday morning! So glad to see it! Cheers!
Tuggles Gap
More on Tuggles Gap on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and Radford Roosting Festival
My Art work
Near Tuggles Gap original oil painting 30″x40″ $2425.00
Prints on paper or canvas available at Kendall Kessler Art
My husband’s roots are deep in the Appalachian mountains and he has ancestors in Rock Castle Gorge and also in Tuggles Gap. His great-great-great-great grandfather Pryor Pendleton married Mary Tuggles in 1807.
I wanted to post another section of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Tuggles Gap. The Blue Ridge Parkway has so many gorgeous vistas. In Near Tuggles Gap I caught a section of the Blue Ridge with two churches across from each other. I think the structures makes for a great focal point in this paintings.
Park in Floyd Original oil painting has been sold
Prints on paper or canvas available at Kendall Kessler Art
In Park in Floyd I had originally thought of painting the scene without the truck but then I thought it was a great focal point and color accent. I’m sure the buyer of the painting at a gallery agreed!
Life with The Bird and Word Man – Clyde Kessler
I wanted to again mention the Radford Roosting Festival where my Bird man will be leading a bird walk. No admission charge!
Radford Roosting Festival
RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.
This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.
There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.
Scheduled presentations are:
12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU
‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’
1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz
‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’
2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy
‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’
Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.
Tuggles Gap on The Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway and The Radford Roosting Festival
My Artwork
Blue Ridge Magic 11″x14″ oil/canvas $313.00
Prints on paper or canvas available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Tuggles Gap
Another beautiful section of The Blue Ridge Parkway is Tuggles Gap. I especially like excursions there for the gorgeous scenery and for the Tuggles Gap restuarant!
I have done a number of paintings around the Tuggles Gap area and and especially pleased with Blue Ridge Magic. This painting certainly shows the viewer how the Blue Ridge Mountains got its name!
Tuggles Gap is sparsely populated with only 39 people per square mile. The nearest town larger than 50,000 inhabitants takes a little over a mile by local transportation.
Lighting The Ridge oil/canvas 11″x14″ $313.00
Prints on paper or canvas available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Beach Houses at Pawleys Island Original painting has been sold
Prints on paper or canvas available at KENDALL KESSLER ART
Yesterday I was so pleased to sell one of my popular beach paintings, “Beach Houses at Pawleys Island, to a great Maryland patron! This is one of my favorite paintings and one of my favorite places to visit. We have been going to Isle of Palms the last few years but this year we are going to Pawleys which is the setting for a number of my beach paintings.
Life with The Bird and Word Man – Clyde Kessler
I wanted to be sure to announce the Radford Roosting Festival where my Bird man will be leading a bird walk. No admission charge!
Radford Roosting Festival
RADFORD, VA -The Radford Visitor’s Center will be celebrating the 7th annual Radford Roosting Festival on Saturday, March 29rd in Bisset Park from noon – 3 pm. Families are welcome and there is no admission charge.
This year’s festival will include live birds, educational birding stations, a photo contest and children’s activities.
There are three scheduled presentations that are sure to be of interest to attendees.
Scheduled presentations are:
12:00 p.m.-Jason Davis/SELU
‘Flying family dynamics: Bluebirds, parenting and stress’
1:00 p.m.- Sarah Foltz
‘Town & country: How to be an urban bird’
2:00 p.m.-Jessica Zielske/The Mountain Lake Conservancy
‘Avifauna & geology of Mountain Lake’
Also scheduled is a not-to-be-missed bird walk prior to the festival with Clyde Kessler, local bird expert with Radbird, an outfitter and touring company that specializes in interacting with local birds. The walk sets off at 9 a.m. from the Radford Public Library, 30 West Main St.
Kendall Kessler Art 