Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Daily Painting 1388 Tree Fern at Hackberry Hammock plein air alla prima

I painted this today at Hackberry Hammock, it was at a paintout sponsored by Art Mundo. It was really nice out, so much to see its very hard to settle down and paint somewhere. It was fun seeing everybody again to paint with. The painting is mostly done with a palette knife, has lots of textures. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Daily Painting 1387 Breezes on the Inlet Plein Air Alla Prima

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches. I painted this at the Inlet State Park awhile ago, put the painting aside and forgot I had painted it. I remember it was a nice breezy day.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Daily Painting 1386 Heathcote Gardens begonias traveler palm plein air alla prima

I have been going through my paintings, this one is an old one from 2005, I don't believe it ever got posted on my blog since I started the blog in 2005 and I didn't see it back there in the archives. This was done at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. There is this huge clump of white begonias, big huge leaves on them. There are some smaller ones growing around the big ones. This was done all with the painting knife, no brush. Its got some nice textures.
The painting is 8 x 10 inches,

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Daily Painting 1385 SOLD Big Seascape Painting With Fisherman and Great Blue Heron

SOLD This is what I have been working on lately for days! It was a commissioned painting, 40 x 60 inches, oil on gallery wrapped canvas. The fisherman is 5 inches tall to give an idea of scale. I enjoyed painting it, it was nice to do something so big for a change, nice to get it finished too! Below are the great blue heron and fisherman.

The client saw one of my smaller paintings, Daily Painting # 1367, "A Calming View" and wanted to know if I could make a big one for her with the birds and her husband fishing. So here it is.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Daily Painting 1384 Bunch O'Biscus Hibiscus Painting

I was in the mood to paint flowers, lots of texture with these, its almost all palette knife. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Click on it to see it bigger. If you would like to purchase it, you can just click on the yellow PayPal button.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Daily Painting 1383 "Colors of the Day" Chunky, Thick, Palette Knife oil Painting

I was in the mood for something different, started this with golden brown paint sort of sepia. I was painting at Treasure Coast Art Association with some of my friends and the one walked by and said it looked like sh--! Well at that point it did, it was all brown. I was thinking, "this does look really bad, I hope I can pull it off."
I added a whole bunch of other colors and here it is. I didn't use a brush at all, its all painted with the painting knife. Lots of fun to paint. Click on it to see it better, its got lots of thick texture. Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches, to purchase just click on the yellow Paypal button.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Daily Painting 1382 Wetlands Cabbage Palms puddles and ponds

Its 8 x 10 inches oil on masonite. I have been wanting to take a walk out in the country in a place like this. To purchase, just click on the yellow Paypal button.

Friday, March 09, 2012

Daily Painting 1381 Path to Paradise Jacaranda Tree

I painted the tree green to start with and then thought it looked kind of boring so I made it into a jacaranda tree. Its 8 x 10 inches oil on masonite. To purchase just click on the yellow Paypal button.

Monday, March 05, 2012

Daily Painting 1380 SOLD Bottlebrush Tree at White City Park Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD I did this one at White City Park last week, didn't get around to posting it till now, I have been working on a large commission. This painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Beautiful out at the park, I am going there again tomorrow morning. That is a bottle brush tree, they are blooming now and look very cool. To own this painting, just click on the yellow Paypal button.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Daily Painting 1379 Adam's Ranch Chickee Artesian pond dock cabbage palms oil painting

I did this from a photo I took at Adam's ranch, it is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Saw some gar fish in the pond and a turtle and other fish. The water was a very nice color.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Daily Painting 1378 Adam's Ranch View Plein Air Alla prima

Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches. I painted this at the Adam's ranch at the Art Mundo hosted paintout. It was a fun day not too much sun, I painted a little bit of blue sky that came out for a few minutes. There are a few bugs stuck in the paint, you can tell it was painted from life!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Daily Painting 1377 Put in at the Poinciana Big Royal Poinciana Painting boat and house

I have been working on this for a week or so its a large painting for me. I need to get a better title for it. Its 20.50 inches by 26.50 inches. It has lots of details and nice textures. Click on it to see it larger, to purchase just click the yellow PayPal button.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Daily Painting 1376 Daisies by the Docks Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this by the Fort Pierce Marina, the Flowers were growing next to some rocks. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Daily Painting 1375 In for the Day Blue sailboat plein air alla prima

I did this today by the marina in Fort Pierce, changed the background to a more natural area instead of the parking lot and cars and other boats, buildings, etc. It was a beautiful day, had lots of nice company, other artists and nice people who liked my painting. (even when it was a lot of blobs) Saw a family of manatees and a few pods of dolphins. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Daily Painting 1374 Manatee Center, Fort Pierce, Plein Air Alla Prima

I painted this today looking towards the Manatee Center here in Ft. Pierce, it was perfect out and I had lots of good company. Even saw three manatees!
Had a some people stand right in front of what I was trying to paint, I wonder how other artists deal with that, I thought what I should have said was, "If you all don't move I will paint you into the picture!"
Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite,

Daily Painting 1373 Twilight Bay

The painting is oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches. This got started a few weeks ago, I had some leftover paint on my palette and rather than throw it away I put it on a blank panel. I started doing some negative painting, that is removing paint here and there and watching out for shapes. I let it all dry and came back to it today, finished it up.

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Daily Painting 1372 SOLD Indian River Mangroves at Pepper Park

SOLD This is a view from one of the fishing piers at Pepper Park. I had fun painting this, it has lots of nice textures. Its oil, 5 x 7 inches on masonite.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Daily Painting 1371 Royal Terns at Pepper Park

The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. This was painted from a photo my son took. I had a time identifying the terns, thought they were gulls at first and finally found some good information on them. These have the winter plumage, they look different at other times of the year so that made it harder for me to tell what they were.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Daily Painting 1370 SOLD Hibiscus Aglow

SOLD I have some of these small stretched canvases, they are 6 x 8 inches and came in nice gold colored frames. This is one of them I had put some left over paint on to get rid of the stark white canvas. When I am out of ideas sometimes I can see things in the paint and in this one I saw the hibiscus so here it is.
There are some little flecks of colors in the leaves, I was holding the canvas up to get a good view and it slipped out of my fingers and fell wet side down onto my palette full of paint. I picked it carefully straight up and saw the dots of paint. I liked how they looked for the most part, I got rid of a few I didn't like and added a few more.
The painting is available framed for $125. You can contact me if you would like it without the frame.

Monday, February 06, 2012

Daily Painting 1369 Pepper Park Century Plants

I did this from a photo I took at Pepper Park here in Fort Pierce. There is a whole grove of the century plants in bloom there, its at the north end of the park on the beach side. I love how they look, like giant sculptures. A few years ago I was able to get on ground there and paint but now lots of plants have grown up and I can just see it from the dune crosswalk.
The painting has lots of nice textures, is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Thursday, February 02, 2012

Daily Painting 1368 Pepper Park Lane Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this at Pepper Park here in Fort Pierce. I took some artistic liberties, made the asphalt into a dirt road. Other than that its pretty close to what is there. If you look into the distance you can see you can take a left, that will lead you out of the park and if you take a right you get to where you can go walk on some nice docks. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Daily Painting 1367 A Calming View

I did this one last week, loosely based on a photo I had taken at Pepper Park. I "grew" the palm tree up a bit and removed some bushes that were in the way of the ocean. The rest is as it was, the sea grapes are beautifully colored right now. To purchase you can just click the yellow paypal button below. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

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 SOLD The Bismark Palm at Heathcote Botanical Gardens

SOLD 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 SOLD Sandhill Crane Family

SOLD 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.

Daily Painting 1358 Diving for Dinner Pelican Oil Painting

About This Painting:

Florida Oil Painting Pelicans diving for fish cloudy sky

Media: Oil

Size: 8 in X 10 in (20.3 cm X 25.4 cm)

Price: $300 USD

How to Purchase:

send me an email

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 SOLD Plein Air Pair

Sold. 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

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 SOLD Double Trouble royal poinciana painting

SOLD 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 SOLD Poinciana in the Field

SOLD 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

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