Chris Ousley's Blog

We enjoy our visits to Cumberland Gap TN. I the your historical Methodist Church in pencil and gouache as a winter scene in the old days. I edited the night scene in Photoshop. Prints and cards are available with both versions via Fine Art America. Links below each pic. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cumberland-gap-methodist-chris-ousley.html https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-cumberland-gap-methodist-church-chris-ousley.html

10 x 12 Pen and Ink of Pearcy’s General Store in Lascassas Tennessee with two old farmers loitering at the doorway.

Pearcy’s General Store in Lascassas Tennessee and a former house on Clovercroft Road. #lascassastn #clovercroftrd

Primm Barn and Property Series. Off Moore’s Lane in Brentwood Tennessee. Watercolor 16×20 (Sold) Preliminary Sketch Watercolor 8×10 (Sold) Oil 5×7 (Sold) Oil 5×7 (Sold) Snowy Day at Primm Barn (9 x 12 oil on panel) “Available “ Click to purchase. Onsite sketches Perspective practice

 A couple more Primm Property Sketches in Brentwood Tennessee. (On Moore’s Lane) Also some other things I have been working on. A church near Jamestown Tennessee, Cumberland Gap sketch etc. Primm Property Sketches in Brentwood Tennessee. (On Moore’s Lane)   Cove Baptist Church near Jamestown TN  Cumberland Gap   Field in Powell Valley near Cumberland Gap TN.… read more

A photo visit through Petersburg and Lincoln County Tennessee. November 2017 Gill Cemetery in Lincoln County Winston W. Gill had a long life!  Bustling downtown Petersburg on a Friday afternoon. That’s my truck! Inside the old Royal Theatre. Shows over I think. Royal Theatre and Dr. C. P. Marsh’s office.   Some local wildlife. The… read more

 Yesterday’s field sketches of Primm barn on Moores Lane in Brentwood. Took plenty of reference shots too for later works. Also of the house from the road with the zoom lens. Looks haunted. I need to do some perspective studies on the drafting table of the dormer. All those vanishing points on those things can… read more

 Old abandoned house on McFarlin Road in-between Nolensville and La Vergne TN. Looks like Tom Tansil payed them a campaign visit during his run for County Court Clerk. Found remains of this card in a corner on the floor. (inks and pencils) 8×10   Same house a couple years ago in the summer. (Gouache)  http://www.chrisousley.com/art/forgotten-shadows-abandoned-farmhouse/ … read more

 James Montgomery Flagg Pictures that were on eBay. Thanks Shaun Clancy on Illustration Magazine Facebook group for the find! 🙂                   Adios!   CO

McCullough Partee Watercolors of Old Nashville  Some watercolors by an old friend of mine McCullough Partee. 1900-1989 I was able to meet him in “88 and he and his wife invited me and a friend over a few times to their home. He was happy that we both loved the old illustrators and showed us… read more