I did this one at the open studio at Art Mundo last night, it was lots of fun painting with everyone. I worked from a photo I took from one of the boardwalks at Pepper Park on Tuesday. I loved all the colors, the seagrapes look so pretty now. The paint is nice and thick on this one, I enjoyed piling it on. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. $100.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Daily Painting 1366 Windswept Skies Pepper Park view
I did this one at the open studio at Art Mundo last night, it was lots of fun painting with everyone. I worked from a photo I took from one of the boardwalks at Pepper Park on Tuesday. I loved all the colors, the seagrapes look so pretty now. The paint is nice and thick on this one, I enjoyed piling it on. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. $100.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Daily Painting 1365 Seagrape Splendor Plein air Alla Prima at Pepper Park
I painted this today at Pepper Park. This is on the Indian River side of the park. I started walking around on the ocean side, it was beautiful and I saw a lot of nice scenes to paint but it was very bright out with no shade where I would have to be.I did some editing of the scene, in real life there is a dark black asphalt drive where the sandy trail is. I also left out the trash can and dock. The sea grapes are gorgeous right now, bright red and orange, each leaf is a work of art if you zoom your sight in. It feels so much like fall now, our hickory trees are golden and there are red Virginia creeper vines all over.
The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Daily Painting 1364 Sailing the Indian River
I had fun painting this, it has lots of nice, thick textures. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Daily Painting 1363 The Bismark Palm at Heathcote Botanical Gardens
I painted this today at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. I have painted this palm before, it has grown a lot taller since I have been painting it. The fronds have changed colors too, when it was young they were a silvery gray. I took some liberties with the background, there are some white walls I didn't care for so I got rid of them. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. No brush used at all, its all the pallet knife and some blending with my fingers.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Daily Painting 1362 Sheltered Bay Indian River Lagoon
It was hard for me to get painting today, I wasn't feeling too inspired. I cut up an old T-shirt for paint rags and looked through my sketch book. I had a sketch that was sort of like this scene and started painting it. It was hard to stop once I got started. There is some glare on the right, I got busy and couldn't get a photo till tonight.The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite,
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Daily Painting 1361 Pelican Pair on the Indian River
This one took a bit longer than usual, I had started the painting and ran out of time, thought I just needed to tweak one of the beaks. I picked it back up today and 40 minutes more of more tweaking than just the beak I feel it is finished. Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches. I used one of my son's photos to paint from, his photo blog is here: http://garysphotog.blogspot.com/
Below is a crop of the painting so you can see the details better. To see even better, click the picture.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Daily Painting 1360 Night Blooming Cereus miniature oil painting
This is 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite. I started this painting months ago, it got put aside and I finally finished it. $100.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Daily Painting 1359 Winter in Heathcote Botanical Gardens Plein Air Alla Prima
Perfect day today, the main difficulty I had was there is so much to choose from to paint! Those are impatiens in the flower pot and some kind of begonia with huge leaves next to it. In the back is the bauhinia orchid tree which is in bloom too. The bright pink plant is a dracaena.The painting is in oil, nice thick texture. Its 8 x 10 inches,
Monday, January 09, 2012
Daily Painting 1108 Sandhill Crane Family
Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite, this family of cranes were in the Savannas. The middle bird is young, his top feathers are still fluff and have not turned red yet.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Daily Painting 712 Savanna Water Lily
This is one I did awhile ago, tweaked it a bit. I have been going through some of my paintings lately. This is a native water lily at the Savannas its growing wild there. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,
Friday, January 06, 2012
Daily Painting 1358 Diving for Dinner Pelican Oil Painting
This is a painting I did from one of my son's photos, he takes really nice ones. Here is a link to his blog:
http://garysphotog.blogspot.com/
The pelicans were diving into the Indian River. Click on the picture to see it larger. The painting is 8 x 10 inches,
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Daily Painting 1357 Oaks at Old Fort Pierce Plein Air Alla Prima
Here are some more of the live oaks at the old fort park. I love painting their squiggly branches, they go in every direction to reach the sunlight. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Daily Painting 1356 Indian River Live Oaks Plein Air Alla Prima
I painted this at the site of the original old fort that Fort Pierce is named after. There is a little park there on Indian River Drive and its a nice place to paint. Someday before I get too old and decrepit I have to work out a small plein air set up so I can climb down the river bank and paint from there, its really pretty down at the shore. The painting is oil on masonite, 12 x 16 inches,
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Daily Painting 1355 Fishing on the Saint Lucie River
I saw these girls fishing and thought they would make a nice painting. Its 6 x 8 inches, oil on masonite.
Monday, January 02, 2012
Daily Painting 1354 Plein Air Pair
I painted this from a photo I took of fellow artists Julie Lounibos and Sherry Horton while they were painting in the garden at Hackberry Hammock. I painted it awhile ago and never got around to posting it. The painting is 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas.Friday, December 30, 2011
Daily Painting 549 Pelican Politics
I did this one awhile ago, tweaked it a bit, its 6 x 8 inches, oil on canvas. $150.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Daily Painting 1353 Double Trouble royal poinciana painting
Not much is nicer than a royal poinciana tree unless its two of them! The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Daily Painting 1352 Savanna Waters
Finally getting back to posting, its been a hectic Christmas season. Lots of company and visiting, its been busy but nice. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite, lots of nice textures.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Daily Painting 1351 Sunny Breezes at the Beach
Nice path to the beach on a breezy day! Those are sea grape trees in the back, I love how the leaves get pretty reds and oranges in them. Its 11 x 14 inches, oil on plywood.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Daily Painting 1350 Poinciana in the Field
The shadow on the left is from the frame, I have a nice wooden gold colored frame for it like the paintings below. I got busy today and didn't do so well with the photography. The painting is 6 x 8 inches. The painting is oil on canvas. The frame is 11 x 9.50 inches. If you are interested in the painting alone please contact me and I will give you the price without the frame. Free shipping in the USA.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Daily Painting 1349 Golden Hibiscus framed painting
The painting is 6 x 8 inches in a nice wooden gold colored frame. The painting is oil on canvas. The frame is 11 x 9.50 inches. If you are interested in the painting alone please contact me and I will give you the price without the frame. Free shipping in the USA.This painting and the last one with the red hibiscus make a beautiful set, I have them hanging on my wall now. I painted them at the Backus Museum on Saturday, just now got around to posting it as I haven't been feeling that perky. I'm better today!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Daily Painting 1348 Red Hibiscus framed painting
The painting is 6 x 8 inches in a nice wooden gold colored frame. The painting is oil on canvas. The frame is 11 x 9.50 inches. If you are interested in the painting alone please contact me and I will give you the price without the frame. Free shipping in the USA.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Painting at the Backus Museum
They asked me to come paint today at the museum, I brought some panels and frames, frames were to the right of me out of the picture, I had done two other paintings they are in the top corner. This lady comes up and asks me what my "craft" is. I told her I paint. She said she thought I was a framer. Now I had the paint on my knife, etc. etc. ??Lower photo is the show from last night, its going to be up all month. One sale so far! :o)
Friday, December 09, 2011
Daily Painting 665 Rain Lilies Florida Native Plants
I tweaked this one a bit, its one I did awhile ago.Rain Lilies or zephyranthes. Zephyranthes means “flower of the south wind” the definition of zephyr means "mild wind" and zephuros in ancient Greek means “west wind.” Another name is fairy lilies. They are a very nice little plant, they bloom right after it rains and in my yard need little care. These plants can be planted in Florida as low ground covers, they make fine borders and need no care. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Come join me at the Backus Museum!
I will be at the Backus Museum at the opening tomorrow night and I will also be painting there on Saturday morning 11 to 2.
Free admission and open to the public on Friday and Saturday.
I know some of the other artists, you will see lots of great works of art!
The museum is at 500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida.
I hope you can come!
Happy Holidays!
Free admission and open to the public on Friday and Saturday.
I know some of the other artists, you will see lots of great works of art!
The museum is at 500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida.
I hope you can come!
Happy Holidays!
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Daily Painting SOLD 753 Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
SOLD Its oil, 5 x 7. This is one I did awhile ago, tweaked it a bit so I am re-posting.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Daily Painting 1347 Perfect Morning in the Savannas Plein Air Alla Prima
It was really nice today, perfect temperature and I got to paddle around in the kayak too. The clouds changed a lot while I was there, this is about how it was when I arrived at 9 am and when I left around noon it was clouded over. The painting is 12 x 16, oil on masonite.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Daily Painting 1346 Morning at the Savannas
I have been working on this one for awhile, its 12 x 16 inches, oil on masonite.Thursday, December 01, 2011
Daily Painting 1345 Savannas Winter Plein Air
Beautiful day out, started out cloudy but by the time I got to the park it cleared up nice. The painting is pretty big for a plein air, 12 x 16. I painted it at the Savannas Recreational area off Midway road.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Daily Painting 1344 Purple Happy Blooms miniature oil painting
I did another little one, its 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite.
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