Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Monday, June 22, 2020

1803 SOLD What's Around the bend? Miniature Oil Painting

SOLD I started this at George E LeStrange Preserve the last time we were there. It started raining and thundering and lightening so I couldn't finish it. Tweaked it at home so it is part plein air and part studio painting. That is one of my fellow artists.

5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. Lots of textures, it is part palette knife and part brush.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

1802 By Old Fort Pierce, Plein Air

This is at the old Fort Park on Indian River Drive. Beautiful skies, and lots of birds! Saw the ibises, snowy egret, osprey, gulls and little blue heron. That little cut of water is fresh water, flowing into the salt water estuary there. The birds like to come and take baths and drink from it.

The painting is 11 x 14, oil on masonite.
Its 11 x 14 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

1801 Windy Day at the Village Marina, plein air alla prima

I had a lot of fun painting today with our group, eight other artists came out to paint today, it was perfect out. Nice wind, kept us cool. It was 91 when I got home!

The painting is 9 x 12, oil on masonite

Its 9 x 12 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

1800 Fishing out at the Preserve, Plein Air

I did this today out at the George LeStrange Preserve in Ft. Pierce. Lovely day out, wasn't too hot till about noon, it was 91 when I got home. Its painted with palette knife, a big one! I had left my normal size one at home, wasn't sure if it would come out or not. Then when I was about finished I found a medium sized knife I had packed away in my bag so finished with that one.

Everything was done on site except for the fisherman, I put him in when I got home.

The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.

Friday, May 08, 2020

1799 Perfect Day in the Savannas Plein Air Alla Prima

Painted this one today at Indian Hills Preserve with some friends. We kept our distance from each other, it felt great to be out! Just a few people were out too, they didn't come very close. The painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

1798 Breezes at Indian Hills Plein Air, Alla prima oil painting

Another one I did last Thursday at the Indian Hills preserve North.  Beautiful out, perfect temperature, nice breeze.  

 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Nobody got too close to us and we didn't get very close to each other.

1797 A Lovely Day at Indian Hills Plein Air, alla prima oil painting

I painted this last Thursday, its a 5 x 7 inch, oil on masonite. I did it from life, it was a perfect day out. It was at the Indian Hills Preserve.

Saturday, December 07, 2019

1796 Golden Cypress out at Indrio Savannas, plein air alla prima

I painted thisThursday out at the Indrio Savannas. I had a lot of trouble picking out where I wanted to paint, wanted to get the golden colors of the cypress trees. It was gorgeous out, I was dressed real warm and had to shed some layers. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

1795 Artist at Heathcote Plein Air Oil Painting

I painted this November 26th with the Martin County plein air painters at Heathcote botanical gardens. There is one of the other artists
. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. Its always wonderful painting at Heathcote!

Sunday, November 24, 2019

1794 Morning at JayCee Park, Plein Air

I painted this at JayCee park Thursday, it was nice out, started out a bit chilly but it got perfect real fast. Its 8 x 10 inches oil on Masonite. I tweaked it a little bit at home, I had some hanging palm fronds in the palm tree that just looked weird and I added the sea gulls. They were there and were hoping for hand outs. The little blue heron was there as well, he was pretty tame.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

1793 Overboard Sailboat oil painting

I did this awhile back from some photos I took out at JayCee park here in Fort Pierce. I have a whole pile of paintings I need to get up here on the blog, not sure why I didn't post it! Its oil on masontite, 5 x 7 inches.

Thursday, November 07, 2019

1792 Breezy Day at the Village Marina Plein Air Alla Prima

I had a lovely time visiting with our painting group, the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. It is looser than normal but I was happy with the way it came out. It was painted at the Village Marina.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Monday, November 04, 2019

1791 Beautiful Day in the Savannas Oil Painting

Finally posting something recent for a change! This is from Thursday's paintout in the Savannas Recreational Area here in Ft. Pierce off Midway Road.

It was a disaster of an October, my husband ended up in the hospital with congestive heart failure, he is home now and seems to be doing well. I got a bug and had to go to the doctors, the stress sent my blood pressure up and the medications did not agree with me. First caused heart palpitations and next made me so dizzy I fell down a couple of times. All is well now with me, blood pressure is down to a low normal on no meds.
Then our toilet stops flushing! Septic tank filter was clogged. Great timing!
So I finally go painting, this is mostly from life but I had to tweak it some at home, I was a bit rusty! Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on Masonite, lots of textures, its almost all painting knife.

Friday, October 04, 2019

1790 Pickerel Weeds in the Savannas Plein Air oil painting

Another one I did yesterday at the Savannas Recreational area. Its a little one, 5 x 7 inches, oil on Masonite. If you look close you can see a gopher tortoise, there are a lot of them there. The plants on the right are pickerel weeds, they are very pretty right now.

Thursday, October 03, 2019

1789 Blue Heron Flyby Plein Air Original Oil Painting

Finally did some painting today with my group, the Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast! We had a lot of fun catching up, the weather is finally cool enough to paint in. It was getting pretty warm by noon and the light and shadows changed a lot.
This is how it looked in the morning, by noon it was cloudy and we had a few nice sprinkles of rain. Nice breeze from the east and I saw the blue heron flying past just where he is in the painting. So I am naming it "Blue Heron Flyby"
This is at the Savannas Recreational area off Midway road in Ft. Pierce. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on Masonite.

Saturday, June 29, 2019

1788 In Full Bloom Mixed Media oil and water color painting

First painting after my cataract surgery, I was having fun with colors! I tried a new to me technique. I took a piece of watercolor paper, coated it with clear acrylic. This was to protect the paper from the oil paints. Then painted an under painting with watercolors. Then went over that with oils. It was about 5 sessions with letting it dry in between times and tweaks. Its a fun technique, something a little different. Its loosely based on a photo I took while I was at a Heathcote Botanical Gardens plant sale.

Its 9 x 11 inches, watercolor and oil on watercolor paper.

Friday, May 17, 2019

1787 June-Ann's Palm Trees Plein Air alla Prima

"June-Ann's Palm Trees" I painted this yesterday in June-Ann's lovely yard with my painting group, The Plein Air Painters of the Treasure Coast. We had a super time, June-Ann took me on a tour of her home and I got to see her wonderful collection of paintings. She served us iced tea and cookies they were an unexpected treat. I had fun on the way over to her house, there are lots of peacocks wandering around the neighborhood, we could hear them calling while we were painting.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 09, 2019

1786 Breezy Day at Becker Preserve plein air alla prima

Did this out at Becker Preserve today, very nice out. Lovely breeze so it wasn't too hot. i always wanted to paint the palm that is almost laying down so did it today. Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

1785 Going Through the Cut

Finally posting this, its a little 5 x 7 inch oil painting I did out at JayCee park a few weeks ago. It was the second painting of the day, very loose, but I thought it needed a little something so I added the sailboat and birds.

Saturday, May 04, 2019

1784 Tropical Hideaway

I started this on location a couple of days ago at Becker Preserve, finished it today at home. Its bigger than my usual paintings so I wasn't able to finish on site. Its 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas. $400.00 The painting is oil on masonite, 12 x 16 inches.