Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Friday, February 03, 2017

1682 Gumbo Limbo Bay

I did this one just for fun, when I have leftover paint I spread it out on a blank panel. I put it aside and then pick it up when its dry and see what I see in it. I could see the tree and then the background ones.

I like gumbo limbos, they are also called tourist trees. They have thin bark that turns red and peels.

Its 5 x 7 inches oil on masonite.

Thursday, February 02, 2017

1681 Pioneer House at Heathcote Botanical Gardens plein air alla prima

I did this today at Heathcote Botanical Gardens, it was a beautiful day out, perfect out. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

1680 SOLD Indian Hills Lake Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD It was a fun day painting today, beautiful out. Its at Indian Hills Recreational Area North. The photos are the ducks and spatterdock lilies. There are more places to park and enter that I found today. Nice group today, there were around 10 of us. Lots of birds, the little ducks were all over, saw a hawk and many grackles. There were some in the tree that I was sitting under and I got bombed a few times. Luckily missed the painting!

My painting is oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches.

Friday, January 13, 2017

1679 Indian Hills Recreation Area South, Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this one yesterday with my painting group, Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast, good turnout, we had around 10 people come and paint. This is a new place for us, its a nice park, lots of little bridges and places to fish from. Nice trail to walk on. Perfect day, not too hot or cold. That little red dot under the oak tree is one of the other artists.

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

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

1678 SOLD Almost Rained out Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD I had lots of fun at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. The Martin County plein air group was there and they let us join in. I did a sketch and then put out my paints and it started to rain so I had to abandon my plans and hide out under the cabin porch. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite,

Thursday, January 05, 2017

1677 Old Cedar Tree Plein Air Alla Prima

Painted this today at the Richard Becker Preserve here in Fort Pierce. Beautiful, perfect day. I had picked out this tree to paint last week so I didn't have to figure out what to paint. Found some other places there that will work next time I go there.

Painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Monday, January 02, 2017

1676 Pathway Through the Palms

I did this awhile ago, its out of my head. I wanted to out taking a walk. Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.

Saturday, December 31, 2016

1675 Causeway House, Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this one from life at the South Causeway Park here in Fort Pierce. Awhile ago, just now got around to posting it. I remember it was a cloudy day and I rushed a bit as it was starting to rain.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

1674 Meandering Backwaters plein air alla prima

I painted this today at Richard E. Becker Preserve. Its on Ten Mile Creek, part of the headwaters of the North Fork of the St. Lucie River. So I kind of messed up with the title of the painting, should have been Meandering Headwaters. But I like the Backwaters idea better, it feels like you are going back in time at the preserve, lots of tannin in the water, mesmerizing shadows and swirls just under the surface. I saw one shadowy swirl in the water, looked like a monitor lizard, one of my friends thought it was an alligator. But it wasn't dark, was light brown, had four legs, tail and head. So I get up to see and its just a swirl, no animal at all. I had lots of fun as always.

8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

1673 SOLD Lazy Palms Plein air

SOLD I did this one out at White City Park awhile ago. This egret was there and lots of ibis and other kinds of egrets. The palms were knocked down by a hurricane, used to be three of them. They lay flat and then the growing parts grow towards the sun and get the interesting curves. Really not lazy at all but I thought it was a good title. 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

1672 Out at the Inlet Plein Air Alla Prima

This is from a few weeks ago out at the Inlet State park. Its at the west end. Nice day except for all the sand flies, luckily I was able to bum some bug spray off one of my painting friends. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Monday, December 26, 2016

1671 Savanna Oaks Plein Air

Did this one around Dec. 1st out at the Savanna Recreational Area. I did some heavy editing of the scene, there are a lot more oaks there. I was at one of the picnic tables by the canal. Nice day, saw lots of birds and some baby alligators.

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

Saturday, December 24, 2016

1670 Florida Holly in the Savannas Plein Air

Did this one awhile ago, just now got around to posting it. Its out at the Savannas recreational area here in Fort Pierce. If you go over the bridge there, there are some nice ponds with water lilies and the holly trees growing here and there.

Happy Holidays everyone!

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

Friday, December 23, 2016

1669 Peaceful day at the Park. Plein Air alla Prima

I did this at George La Strange park last week, didn't get around to posting it.
There are some more of the American coots, there seems to be a flock of them living there, I have seen them the last few times I have painted there.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of nice juicy textures.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

1668 The Sun Came Out! Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this today at George La Strange park, it started out all grey and drizzly but then the sun came out right about when I was dithering about what to do about the shadows. The trail goes all around the little lake, sometime I hope to have time to hike all around it.

The birds are American coots, they were fun to listen to, they make lots of weird sounds.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of nice juicy textures.

Saturday, November 19, 2016

1667 Take the Water or the Road Plein Air Alla Prima Savannas Recreational Area

We went out to the Savannas Recreational area, off Midway road. This is looking back towards Midway, beautiful perfect day. Lots of nice birds saw a new one to me, limpkin had to look it up. It had an interesting call. Photo below. Lots of pretty little wild flowers in the grass.
This is from Thursday, just now got around to posting it. Still been cleaning up after the hurricane, haven't had much energy. The clean up is slowly getting done. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, November 03, 2016

1666 Water Lilies Bloom Plein Air Alla Prima White City Park

Painted this today at White City park, I had a bad night and didn't want to go, wanted to sleep in. I was glad I did, it was nice out and I had a good time. It started out gray and drizzly and then the sun came out, it was beautiful. Painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of nice juicy textures.

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

1665 Wind on the River

This is a studio painting I did last week, its from some photos I took of the Saint Lucie River. Its 8 x 10 inches oil on masonite.

Thursday, October 27, 2016

1664 SOLD Windy Day on the Indian River Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD Nice breezy day at the Old Fort Park, I looked towards the North and left out the condos that were there across the river. It felt good to get out, my husband was in the hospital all last week, he is almost all better now thank goodness.

Painting is 8 x 10 oil on masonite

Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Hungry Matthew Hurricane sketch

Its 5.50 x 7.75 inches, Sharpie on paper. Its really on white paper but its real cloudy out. For the Inktober challenge, fourth day, prompt was "Hungry." #inktober #inktober2016

Didn't have the energy to do a better drawing, been moving plants inside so they don't get blown away or become missiles. I hope it misses us!

Monday, October 03, 2016

Shell Collecting Ink drawing

Its 5.50 x 7.75 inches, Sharpie on paper. Its really on white paper but its real cloudy out. For the Inktober challenge, third day, prompt was "collect." #inktober #inktober2016

Sunday, October 02, 2016

Peacock Ink Drawing

Its 5.50 x 7.75 inches, Sharpie on paper. For the Inktober challenge, 2nd day, prompt was "Noise." #inktober #inktober2016

Saturday, October 01, 2016

1663 SOLD Monarch Butterfly on the Amaranth

SOLD ! I have been painting this for a few days now. I grew some milkweed and then watched this one grow from egg into caterpillar and finally into butterfly. The cocoon was on a branch that got broken so I brought the branch into the house and when the butterfly came out I put it on the globe amaranth flowers.

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $250.

I have also entered this years Inktober for the first time. Here is the first one, its my dog Scouty.
They have prompts and the first prompt is "Fast." I used a Sharpie pen. #inktober #inktober2016

Saturday, September 17, 2016

1662 Old Fort Pierce Rail Road Station

I took a photo of this last spring and finally got around to painting it. This is at Causeway park, its the historical museum. I left out the museum signs. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Friday, September 16, 2016

1661 SOLD Ibis and Water Lilies

SOLD This is from out at White City Park, every time I go there I see lots of ibis. I love how they look, they have baby blue eyes and the curved red beaks. The painting is oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches,

Thursday, September 08, 2016

1660 Sunshine Stroll

One of my friends posted a photo from her trip, I loved it and she said I could paint it. So here it is. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on canvas mounted on masonite.

Here is the original photo. I took some liberties!

Friday, September 02, 2016

1659 "Ready for Tea" Sunny Garden Painting

I painted this from a friend's photo, I liked the scene. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

1658 SOLD Cardinal Love in the Sunflowers

SOLD I can't believe its been so long since I posted here, took a break from painting, its been hot, I did some sketching and planning. The painting is 12 x 16 inches oil on masonite. It was lots of fun to paint, took 6 days. There are a lot of layers of paint and not as much texture as some of my paintings, its mostly brushwork. I splurged on some new brushes and had to play with them!

Sunday, June 26, 2016

1657 SOLD Storm Coming Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD The second painting I did on Friday, if you look closely you can see the rain drops, the storm on the left came through! Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite.

Friday, June 24, 2016

1656 SOLD Inspiration Fort Pierce Jetty Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD Hot off the easel! I painted it at the Ft. Pierce Jetty today, very hot out and no wind. Had a lot of fun though, it was pretty out. My clients suggested the scene so that is what I painted. The fish cleaning station was right in the middle of the view but I left that out. Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, June 07, 2016

Art Walk

This Wednesday is Art Walk at Art Mundo, 5 to 8 pm. I have some of my paintings there this month, I'll be there around 5 pm. I'll be downstairs in the Underground.

111 Orange Avenue

Fort Pierce, FL 34950

772.466.1010

This latest exhibit is open till the end of this month, Hours at Art Mundo are from 1 to 5pm Tuesday through Friday, Saturday 10 to 2pm Hope to see some of you there!

Sunday, May 29, 2016

1655 SOLD Dutchman's Pipevine Gateway, Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD I did this back in November, never posted it for some reason. This is the Dutchman's Pipe vine at Heathcote Botanical Gardens here in Fort Pierce. The vine has heart shaped leaves and very strange flowers. Black swallowtail butterflies lay their eggs on the vines and their caterpillars eat the leaves. This path goes to the children's garden, you can see a young banana plant in the back.

The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Friday, May 20, 2016

1654 A Little Windy Painting, Plein Air Alla Prima Coconut Palm by the Ocean

I did this back in April, just now got around to posting it. We were at the Jetty park by the inlet to the ocean in Ft. Pierce. It was a lovely breezy day, just looking at the painting again makes me remember sitting there painting this. I am ready to go to the beach again!

Its done with my palette knife so it has lots of nice textures.

Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Thursday, May 12, 2016

1653 Reaching for the Light Plein Air Alla Prima

Painted here today, I liked how the palms were trying to get to the light, its still nice out, not too hot yet, there was a light breeze. Its at the Richard E. Becker Preserve. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 05, 2016

1652 Red Fig Ficus Plein Air Alla Prima

Very windy day today, I had to hang on to my hat and sometimes the easel. Those are whitecaps in the inlet, it was that color, a beautiful teal blue. This is out at the causeway park, I was going to do one of the historic buildings there but the water was so pretty I wanted to paint there. I have been doing some paintings at home and left my favorite knife there. So I had to use a big one I had along, it has a 3 inch long blade with a rounded tip. It worked well for making the big leaves of tree.

The tree is some kind of ficus, has pretty bright red figs. I tried one one time and it wasn't sweet.
Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite $300.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

1651 Sold Hidden Cottage, Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD Painted this on Thursday, lovely day, I parked myself under a nice oak tree, cool and shady. Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

1650 Winds at the Jetty Plein Air Alla Prima

Lovely day at the beach today, strong breezes 25 mph winds. It looked like none of the fisherman were having any luck and we didn't see too many boats. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite,

Thursday, April 07, 2016

1649 Boston Avenue Sky Vine Plein Air Alla Prima

Lots of fun painting this today, saw three different kinds of lizards and a bunch of different bees. Flower is thunbergia grandiflora, common names are sky vine and clock vine. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite

Tuesday, April 05, 2016

1648 Coming in for a Landing Plein Air

I painted this at Round Island, added the American Egret. Its 5 x 7 inches oil on masonite.

Saturday, April 02, 2016

1647 American Egret at White City Park Plein Air

I did this a few weeks ago, added the bird, felt like the painting needed something. It was a perfect day, not too hot or cold, just right. In the summer this is covered with pink water lilies, now everything has the new spring leaves. The bottle brush trees are blooming, that is one on the right.

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

Thursday, March 31, 2016

1646 Boston Ave. Back Yard, Plein Air Alla Prima

This is a little shed in the back yard, the owner let us come paint today, we had lots of fun. I was attracted to the sunshine coming through the banana leaf stalks, it was glowing bright red. There is Queen's Wreath growing on the shed, its a lovely vine that looks a little like wisteria if you don't look too close!

Perfect day, nice breeze and shady, we kept looking at the sky, there were some storm clouds but they blew over without raining on us. I am surprised I came up with a painting, a big storm came through around 4 am, woke me up, winds and rain. I was worried we would be rained out and had trouble going back to sleep and then waking up again!

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite lots of thick, juicy texture.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

1645 White City Park Vista Plein Air Alla Prima

Painted this one today all by myself, I thought it was Thursday couldn't imagine why my group didn't show up! I'll be back here tomorrow too. Its the North Fork of the St. Lucie river, one of my favorite spots. Used to go boating a lot with my dad here. Its 8 x 10, oil on masonite, $300.

Friday, March 04, 2016

1644 SOLD Fingernail Bromeliads plein air oil painting

SOLD Forgot to post this last week, went over painting at my friend Julie's house, she had these growing there and I had to paint them. Bromeliads are one of my favorite plants, I can grow them easy!
The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Thursday, March 03, 2016

1643 Round Island Bridge Plein Air Alla Prima

Perfect day at Round Island Park today, I must have seen 20 manatees. Below is a photo of a manatee and my warm up sketch.
The painting is 8 x 10, oil, painting knife painted with lots of texture.