Corolla Schoolhouse

Corolla has changed quite a lot in the 30 years I have lived on the Outer Banks. I remember riding on the beach in an open pickup to see the whale that was beached in the 80's. We had to get around the guard gate that was just above Sanderling. And in the 90's I sat in the tall shaggy grass to sketch the weather-beaten Whalehead Club and a guard came along to ask what I was doing. I was courteous and he let me stay so I could get some reference sketches. For awhile I sold ads for a company and went there monthly and watched as all of the old houses and the Whalehead Club were restored. Most recently, I went there to look at the new trail at the Coastal Reserve and also took in the sites such as the lighthouse, the hunt club and found this little schoolhouse nestled among the trees with the sun sinking over the sound. It is now a museum about wild horses but I took it back to its beginning days of white-washed wood, waiting for the children to learn 'readin', writin' and 'rithmetic. I painted this in a "painterly" style that I have been studying. It is not quite as yellow as you see here as the CFL's had an influence. This is an 8 x 10, oil on canvas, framed, SOLD