Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Daily Painting 1301 Fantasy Garden

I had fun with this one, I wanted lots of textures and colors. Its got very thick paint, 5 x 7 inches on plywood.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Daily Painting 1300 SOLD Hidden Pond

SOLD I did this one today at the Treasure Coast Art Association's open studio. Its fun to paint there, lots of interesting conversations. This is a miniature oil, its 4 x 6 inches on plywood. I had made a background awhile ago on it, used up some nice colors that I had leftover on my palette. I hate throwing paint away! I finally saw some hints of the coconut palm and developed the painting from there.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Daily Painting 1299 Three Ibis

These ibis were at the Savannas in Fort Pierce. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on plywood. Lots of nice thick textures on this one, I used a whole lot of paint.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Daily Painting 1298 Work in Progress Cowboy

I have been working on this for awhile now off and on, I have quite a bit of tweaking to do on it still. Its 12 x 16, oil on plywood. Not for sale at this time.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Daily Painting 1297 SOLD Pelicans at the Fort Pierce Inlet

SOLD Finished this oil painting today 18.50 x 22 inches on masonite, I have been working and waiting for days on it. I let the different layers dry on big or complicated paintings so if I mess up I don't have to fix too much. I was glad I had, I was resting my little finger on the painting to steady my hand and got it into the wet wing. Then it got into the sky. I was able to clean it up without messing up my sky because I let it dry.
It is from a park near where I live, its the Fort Pierce inlet to the ocean in the background. The inlet gets a strong current between the jetties. The rocks across the inlet in the back are just a row of big rocks and the ones in the front are paved so you can walk easy on them and go fishing. There is a fish cleaning station in front of the pelicans, they get scraps so there is lots of activity there. Free shipping.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Daily Painting 1296 Great American Egret by the Indian River

I just got into a discussion with my husband over the bird. I started to name the painting "White Bird by the Indian River." He asked what kind of bird is it and I told him its an American egret. He said I should name the painting with American egret instead of white bird.

Then he asked me if I am sure its the American egret and not the white heron. I told him I was pretty sure that is what it is, the heron has the long feathers on its head and yellow colored legs and lives South of us. Its getting really hard for me to name paintings for some reason. The painting is oil on plywood, 8 x 10 inches.

Monday, August 08, 2011

Daily Painting 1295 Restful Shore, Indian River Art

This is the Indian River, its 11 x 14 inches on plywood.

Saturday, August 06, 2011

Daily Painting 1294 SOLD Pink Lily Lagoon water lily painting

SOLD Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of textures on this one.

Friday, August 05, 2011

Daily Painting 1293 Savanna Sunrise

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I wanted to use some different colors for me to have a bit of a change. Its not showing up as well as in real life, the sky is more pinkish orange in the actual painting.

Monday, August 01, 2011

Daily Painting 1292 Midnight Reef

Haven't been here much lately, pulled my back muscle and was laid up with that for the last week. Its finally starting to get better! The painting is oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. $100.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Daily Painting 1291 Crab Dinner fish painting

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. I had this painted and a relative comes over and admires it. He points out some details and smears the painting so I had to fix it. Another painting that was hard to name!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Daily Painting 1290 View from the Beach Hammock

Its oil on plywood, my mind is a blank right now! Can't think of a title. Woke up with a horrible headache this morning, forgot to drink my usual evening coffee yesterday. I felt muggy all day, plus its 95 degrees out. This is the Indian River Inlet before all the condos grew up there. A bit of my imagination is there too. The painting is 11 x 14 inches,

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Daily Painting 1289 SOLD Teasing the Crab Undersea Painting

SOLD This one is 7 x 9 inches, oil on archival mat board.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Daily Painting 1288 SOLD Party Colors Fish Painting

SOLD Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. The background was pretty dark on this one so I thought I would get out some nice bright colors for the fish. Then I thought it looked like they had party colors on.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Daily Painting 1287 Fantasea Fish Painting

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. I had fun with this, did the background first and let it dry and then found the fish hiding in it.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

SOLD Daily Painting 1286 SOLD I'm Crabby are You?

SOLD Actually I am relieved the painting is finished! I painted it and thought it was done. Hubby points out her one eye and claw aren't reading well so I get out my paints and tiny brush and poke and prod at it for awhile, seeing other things that need fixing too. So I get the camera out and then look at my photo of the painting and see some other stuff wrong, get out the brush and paints, made sure it was signed.

Painting this crab brought back some memories, when I was around 12 we went across the river to Little Mud Creek. We had some chicken parts and some nets, we would throw the parts into the river and the crabs would come to eat and we could net them up. My mother would cook them and we had them for dinner. Very sweet tasting.

The painting is 5 x 7 inches oil on archival mat board.

Monday, July 11, 2011

Daily Painting 1285 SOLD Angel of the Sea Fish Painting

SOLD I had a lot of fun with this one, I did the background and then saw a fish like shape in the textures so I painted an angel fish there. Click on it to see it larger. Its oil on archival mat board, 8 x 10 inches.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Daily Painting 1284 SOLD Violet Coral Fish Painting

SOLD I loved how the background on this one came out, I kept finding more coral to paint in. I did it awhile ago and finally figured out what fish to paint. It is a blue headed wrasse.

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches,

Friday, July 08, 2011

Daily Painting 1283 Rainbow Reef Fish Painting

I could have sworn I posted this one already, I was looking through my file and found it. I did it at the Art Bank on some of their open studio nights. I did the background first , let it dry, and then come back and see what I see in it. If I am lucky the fish hint that they are there and I just have to paint them the rest of the way in. They are fantasy fish, out of my head, the big ones look a bit like snook, haven't had any of that in years, snook are one of my favorite fish to eat. Maybe a bit of wishful thinking on my part.

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches,

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Daily Painting 1282 SOLD Clowning Around Clown Fish Painting

SOLD Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches,

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Daily Painting 1281 SOLD Turtle Territory

SOLD The cat let me finish it! Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. $100.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Daily Painting 1281 SOLD Turtle Work in Progress

Things have been hectic lately, had out of town company three times, the air conditioner died, it got fixed thank goodness. And of course the Fourth of July. So I haven't been painting much. I was going to try and finish the turtle tonight and the cat has taken over my painting table. The painting is oil on archival mat board and 5 x 7 inches, not for sale at the moment.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Daily Painting 1280 By the Lake

Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Daily Painting 1279 SOLD Showing Our Stripes Fish Painting

SOLD Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on archival mat board. This is one of those paintings where you see the fish and they just need some bringing out. These fish are totally made up, not sure if there are any just like this in the real world or not.

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Daily Painting 1278 The Disgruntled Octopus

The octopus thought he had a nice fish dinner coming but they swam the other way instead.
I had fun painting this, I do the eyes of an animal or person pretty early on in the painting, I can daydream about what is going on then as I paint. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on archival mat board,

Friday, June 24, 2011

Daily Painting 1277 SOLD Camouflage Fish Painting

SOLD I had a time with this one, I started it at the art bank. (they have an open studio on Wednesday nights) I had the background in and my studio partner said she saw a fish in it. I took a look and sure enough, I saw him too. So I started painting him in today, after turning the painting upside down so the sea fan would be growing in the right direction. (click the painting, you can see the texture of the fan better then.)

I started with a lion fish. Well, he didn't look good and there was a bunch of commotion going on in the house so I was distracted and I removed him. I put in the eye of the fish, it looked kind of like an eye there already and then the rest of the fish got painted with no more trouble.

Its oil on archival mat board

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Daily Painting 1276 Flock of Spoonbills

I have always liked spoonbills and I felt like painting them. These are on the North Fork of the Saint Lucie river, I haven't seen them very often there so I was thrilled to get to see them this time. This is a memory painting of a scene I remember from my childhood. I spent many happy hours boating with my dad on the North Fork. Its changed so much since then. The painting is a miniature, 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite,

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Daily Painting 1275 Catching up at the Reef

Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on archival mat board.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Daily Painting 1274 Striped Trio

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches,

Daily Painting 1273 Off to School

Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches, taking a little break from palm tree paintings!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Daily Painting SOLD 1272 Taking Flight

SOLD Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. Its an American Egret.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Daily Painting 1271 SOLD Royal Poinciana on Second Street Plein Air

SOLD I did this during the Souvenirs of Downtown paintout, I hadn't gotten around to posting it, I did tweak it a bit. In real life the trunk of the tree was behind a wall, I didn't think it looked too good that way in the painting so I changed it. I found out if I would moved over a bit, the wall wouldn't be in the way anyhow! Its 12 x 16, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Daily Painting 1270 The Gloaming

Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches. I was experimenting with some different backgrounds, I had fun!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Daily Painting 1269 Spoonbill Marsh

This was painted from a photo I took at Spoonbill Marsh. Its North of Vero, you need permission to go there. I am planning some paintouts there, and got to go on a tour of it. Its got a big long boardwalk. Vero's drinking water wells have some salt in them.

They are using the marsh as a big experiment, they pump the salt water from the Vero wells into it so it doesn't go into the Indian river too fast. They have rafts of mangroves planted and oyster beds. All seem to be growing well.

There is a show planned for paintings from the paintouts in the fall.

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite,

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Daily Painting 1268 Seagrape Lane Heathcote Botanical Gardens

If you have been to Heathcote Botanical gardens I think you will recognize this spot. I always thought the seagrape trees were so cool there, some of the largest I have seen. The painting was fun to do and took me a few days, there is lots of texture and thick paint. It is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite

Monday, June 06, 2011

Daily Painting 1267 Crescent Beach on the Indian River

The colors are kind of off on my monitor, it looks better in real life, its a sunset scene. Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches,

Thursday, June 02, 2011

Daily Painting 1266 The Storm Has Passed

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Daily Painting 1265 Tillandsia Pathway Plein Air Alla Prima

I painted this at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. This shows their new air plant garden or tillandsias. They were all in bloom when I was there, it was very nice. They are the gray plants to the left.
The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Daily Painting 1264 SOLD Purple Haze Jacaranda Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD I did this at the Heathcote Botanical Gardens, its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Daily Painting 1263 Giant Bird of Paradise

My husband saw my painting here and said,"Aren't they supposed to be orange"
These are the giant kind of bird of paradise, I believe I got their colors spot on. They are very cool, these were growing about 20 feet up and are at least a foot long. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Daily Painting 1262 Dinghy Made Fast Along the Indian River

This is a view from my neighbor's dock looking to the north. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Daily Painting 1261 SOLD Summer Colors Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD I painted this at Heathcote Botanical gardens here in Fort Pierce. Its oil painted on varnished plywood, you can see the wood grain, it shows up a bit too much to me in the photo, I think the painting looks much better in person. Not too long after I painted it, I had to pack up and go home, looked like rain and it was getting very dark out. Nice breezy day before that though, not too hot.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Daily Painting 1260 Shady Hideaway Miniature Oil Painting

This is 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite. Its loosely based on a photo I took out at Hackberry Hammock but I changed things around a bit. It was a fun little painting to do.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Daily Painting 1259 SOLD Reach for the Clouds Miniature Oil Painting

SOLD The painting is 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Daily Painting 1258 Elegant Departure

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. The bird is a great blue heron.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Daily Painting 1257 Grassy Waters

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I wish I could show this one in person, I think it looks much nicer in real life. It has lots of nice textures.

Monday, May 09, 2011

Daily Painting 1256 Hibiscus Fire Abstract Oil Painting

I had lots of fun with this one, it just flowed off my knife. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,

Friday, May 06, 2011

Daily Painting 1255 Morning Mists at Hackberry Hammock

This is loosely based on a photo I took out at Hackberry Hammock. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches.

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Daily Painting 1254 SOLD Iris Shadows

SOLD I have been playing hooky lately, felt wore out.

Allie at Hackberry Hammock made this nice still life when we were at the paintout there. I took a photo and then painted from it. Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,