Local artist Art Tyndall began the new year with new digs, but his knack for capturing the beauty of Beaufort County on canvas has remained the same.

“I like to paint local stuff, I like to paint what I know,” Tyndall said. “I want to paint local scenery, like Bill’s Hot Dogs and the Dairy Palace, just stuff around town.”

Since 2005, Tyndall has been a fixture on the Washington art scene, painting and selling his work in a small studio on Water Street. But late in 2016, he received notice that he would have to relocate. And so he did, moving less than half a block away to a new space at 141 South Market Street, near Harding Square.

“I’ve been here about three months,” Tyndall said of his new studio. “I’ve got some great benefits here; I’ve got heat and air and I’ve got a bathroom. But I do miss the old storefront.”

Tyndall has kept busy since the move, painting daily in order to keep up with the demand for his work. He also had to choose paintings for his current show at the Turnage Theatre; the exhibition, hosted by Arts of the Pamlico, features approximately 40 of his paintings and runs through the end of January.

Tyndall was 50 when he first became serious about painting while taking an art class offered through Beaufort County Community College. When he retired from Crisp RV Center years later, he devoted all his free time to painting.

He paints in oils and his specialty is capturing life in Beaufort County as it is today. Some of his favorite subject matters are churches, barns and other buildings in the area, but he also enjoys recreating scenes from Washington’s past, including Castle Island and the Pamlico Point light.

“If I don’t like it, I won’t paint it,” he said. “I’ve turned down a lot of commission stuff because I just didn’t want to paint it.”

Tyndall frequently posts works-in-progress and his latest completed paintings on his Facebook page, and he has a blog. He opens his studio to the public Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“But I paint seven days a week; I paint something every day,” he added with a laugh. “My wife says I have a short attention span so I paint quick!”

Tyndall may be contacted at 252-943-8573.