Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Friday, April 06, 2012

Daily Painting 1391 SOLD Twilight Tropics Miniature oil painting

SOLD This one is 4 x 6 inches, oil on plywood. Its loosely based on the palm garden at Heathcote Botanical gardens.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Daily Painting 1390 Lazy Boats at Little Jim's Bait and Tackle Plein Air

This is another one I did awhile ago, its 8 x 10, oil on masonite. I did it by Little Jim's Bait and Tackle shop here in Fort Pierce. I wanted to add the birds and tweak it a bit and so it got put aside.

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Daily Painting 1389 SOLD Garden Glow at Heathcote Botanical Gardens plein air alla prima

SOLD I did this painting at Heathcote Botanical Gardens, it was a lovely day with all sorts of plants in bloom.

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.