I went here and painted today, perfect day out. My husband said there were some alligators near the fishermen and so I went to see, there is a photo of one below. Came back and found since I wasn't sitting on my chair and weighing it down the wind caught the umbrella. I was very lucky, as you can see, the umbrella just missed the painting. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite, 
SOLD I was in the mood for flowers so I painted a bunch of hibiscus. They are oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches,
SOLD One of my clients liked this view of the South Jetty with the ocean in the background so I painted it for her. Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. I painted this at the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park. Beautiful morning out, lots of sparkles on the ocean.
The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite. This is a view of the Fort Pierce Inlet looking towards the West.
4 x 6 inch miniature oil painting on archival mat board.
Its 4 x 6 inches, oil on archival mat board. I did the background first and then found the fish in it.
SOLD This was almost a plein air painting, its been stormy lately, 25-40 mph winds and tons of rain. I thought I would see what I could do in between rain showers so I went out and started and then it started pouring. I came back inside and looked out the window and worked on the painting that way. About half way through the painting the wind totally stopped, a nice rainbow came out and my light changed again. I didn't try to catch that and stuck with the way the painting started. Its 16 x 12 inches, oil on masonite, $500.
Its 8 x 10 oil on masonite. Another plein air I did at the Ft. Pierce Inlet State park, perfect day!
First time painting outside this season, it is finally cool enough! I went to the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, it was gorgeous out, nice ocean breeze. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite.
Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. This was another one of my paintings where I started the background and let it dry and then worked on top. The different texture on the palm fronds is from a color shaper tool, its a lot of fun to use.
Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. This was a fun one for me, I had started it awhile ago by putting the cloud glow in, I didn't want to throw away that nice bright color, it was some left over paint. Plus I like to have a start on a panel, it helps me think up something to paint.
Its 8 x 10, oil on plywood. I had this underway for awhile, I had it all finished except for the bird's beaks which were not showing up well. I had to let it dry and then paint over them. Of course then I tweaked here and there a bit more, I feel happy with it now.
Its 8 x 10, oil on plywood, I was trying to get lots of depth in this one.
SOLD I am real happy how this one came out, it looks big even though its a miniature, 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite, lots of nice, rich textures. 
Its oil on masonite, very nice textures, 5 x 7 inches,
Old time Florida, the clouds are building up in the afternoon. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite, lots of texture.
Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. Lots of nice thick textures in this one. $100.
Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I did the background and saw the trees, brought them out. I painted it at the Art Bank at the open studio and a new lady said they looked like the sea grapes at South Beach so I had my title.
I have been working off and on this one for awhile, its finally finished. Its 12 x 16 inches, oil on plywood.
I had no idea what to paint so I thinned my paints way down and made the background, letting the oil paints flow like water colors. I looked at the result and I could see the trees so I removed some paint and added more and started having fun.
Cool shade on a hot day. Its been hot and muggy here lately, I want to take lots of naps. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on plywood.
I don't know what these are, they look a bit like allamandas, but they are smaller. I painted this from a photo I took awhile back at Heathcote Botanical Gardens. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on plywood.
Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on plywood. Its been windy off and on all day today, we got the very edge of hurricane Irene, just enough to get our yard messy with palm fronds. We went to the beach and watched the kite boarders and big waves, it was a lot of fun.
I had fun with this one, I wanted lots of textures and colors. Its got very thick paint, 5 x 7 inches on plywood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is the Indian River, its 11 x 14 inches on plywood.
SOLD Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of textures on this one.
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.
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.
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!
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,
SOLD This one is 7 x 9 inches, oil on archival mat board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
SOLD Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches,
SOLD The cat let me finish it! Its oil on archival mat board, 5 x 7 inches. $100.
Did this awhile ago at the Jetty park here in Fort Pierce. The painting is 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas panel. It will be at our art sho...
