…………………….I have found choosing paintings for a room is totally random. There is no great plan as to what will work or look good with the other….If you like it…somehow it all harmonizes….Starting at the left is a painting of an Egret. The artist is John Carrol Doyle. That is one of his books of his work below the painting. He was a Charleston, born and raised, gentleman. We were fortunate to meet him in his gallery before his untimely death at the age of 71. We own five of his paintings……..The landscape second to the left we bought at a local antique gallery. We thought it would look great above the fireplace in the Green Room, and it was just the right size. Jac always pointed out that she though Maggie, our Westie, was in the painting. At the bottom, just right of the center, is a white fluffy mass on the rocks….that Jac said was Maggie, and so it is…….The Whippet dog was a Christmas present from Jac. It is painted by a very well know English painter of the 19th century…..she’s very regal….Below the Whippet is a hunting scene, also painted by a very famous English artist circa 1870….I got that when I was putting the room together for the HG Magazine shoot….Below that are the “Three Row Boats” painted by my friend Steve Kuzma. He also painted the “Wind in the Pines” painting hanging in my living room……..The strawberries in the basket Jac and I picked up at an antique gallery. We just liked it…..The marble obliques I bought in Florence, Italy, and had them shipped home. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but they found a place. For me that’s what collecting is about………..Everything eventually finds a home.