Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings: May 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Lil' Feet Program

Thirteen Art Mundo artists volunteered to transform retired St Lucie County Fire District fire boots into works of art, to be placed in Sea Coast banks

to collect money for Lil' Feet, a program run by the St. Lucie County Fire District to raise money to provide shoes for kids starting school.

The boots will be on display at Art Mundo until June 22.

An reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. June 13.

The exhibit will be located in Art Mundo's Underground North Wall Gallery at 111 Orange Avenue, in Fort Pierce.

"Lil' Feet" was Founded nearly 18 years ago, the program gives about 1,800 free pairs of shoes to students each year. Donations can be placed in the boots.

I painted one of the boots, mine is in oil. It was a very nice surface to paint on! Here are the two sides of my boot.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Daily Painting 1415 Gordy Road Preserve Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this one a while back, it was out at Gordy Road Preserve. There are some nice trails there. Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.

Friday, May 25, 2012

I think this one is finally finished!

You can scroll down and see where I started this one. There was more tweaking to do than I thought, managed to spend the whole morning on it. Darkened her clothing, little more highlights on the jewelry, did some more work on both their eyes, noses, etc. My husband said to finish it up, you only have five minutes of work on it.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Daily Painting 1414 SOLD Royal Poinciana in a Field oil painting

SOLD There are a lot of these trees blooming here in Fort Pierce now, we have a big one in the yard and I think it will have its best bloom ever this year. It has lots of flowers and many buds. Its one of my favorite trees, the flowers are gorgeous, like red and orange orchids. I used mainly one of my palette knives, the painting has plenty of textures. My painting is oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Daily Painting 1413 Moonlight Palms

I felt like painting a moonlit scene so here it is. Its oil on plywood, 5 x 7 inches.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Daily Painting 1412 Neon Banyan

I started out with an abstract background with this one and picked out the tree trunks and branches to make a jungle forest scene. Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite. All brushwork for a change, no painting knife and not much texture. I felt like doing something different for a change, it was a fun painting.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Daily Painting SOLD 1411 Serene Sands Indian River Scene

SOLD This is by the Indian River at the Old Fort Park site. There is a stream of water that flows under Indian River Drive and goes out into the river, this is that spot. Its interesting because you can often see large fish in the stream. This is looking towards the bridge and downtown Fort Pierce but I went back in time before all that and left out the bridge and town. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Daily Painting 1410 Hibiscus Glow Abstract Expressionism

This was one of those fun ones to do, it just flowed. I splurged on some new paint; manganese blue and I like it, I am going to be using it a lot from now on. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Daily Painting 1409 Oak at Oxbow Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this awhile ago and forgot to post it. Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches. I painted it at the Oxbow Eco-Center in Port Saint Lucie. Its a nice place to go, good hiking trails.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Daily Painting 1408 Swirling Leaves

I was in the mood for something light and free, this was one where i had put an abstract background in and then later on picked out the leaves. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,

Monday, May 14, 2012

I finally got a chance to work on this again, it is pretty much finished, just need some minor tweaking. Its not for sale, its for some relatives. If you scroll down you can see the beginnings of the painting, Daily Painting 1401 on April 27.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Daily Painting 1407 Orange Delight Miniature Hibiscus Oil Painting

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mothers out there! :o)

I started this one awhile ago, a lot of times I do an abstract background with left over paints. Then I let it dry and every now and then take a look at it and see if I am inspired by it. I was beginning to think I would never see anything in this one and then all of a sudden I did and here is the result. Its 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Daily Painting 1406 Bright Waters Impressionistic Palms

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite, lots of nice textures. I wanted to capture a nice sparkly day on the river.

Monday, May 07, 2012

Daily Painting 1405 Hibiscus Bouquet

Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. Its got lots of texture, I enjoyed painting it.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Daily Painting 1404 SOLD Orchid at Immokolee Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I had been looking at this spectacular orchid since I arrived and didn't think I could paint it, finally got my nerve up and here it is. Its a huge plant, I never saw one that big.