Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

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.

Friday, February 19, 2016

1642 SOLD Burgundy Oxalis Blue Pot Heathcote Botanical Gardens Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD

I did this one yesterday, its in the herb garden too, the pot is filled with burgundy oxalis and green ones too. There is a pepper plant to the right. 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.

Below is an ink sketch I did before the painting.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

1641 SOLD Beautiful Day at Heathcote Botanical Gardens Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD It was a wonderful day at Heathcote, I painted this in the herb garden. I would love to know what that silvery light blue stuff is in the top front of the pot, it smelled yummy. The painting is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.

Below I made a collage, there is a photo of what is there, an ink sketch, the painting and then one of the metallic pretty green bees in an azalea.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

1640 Chilly Day at Heathcote Botanical Gardens Plein Air Alla Prima

I painted this today, it was chilly out, it was in the 50's. Nice in the sun though! I saw a humming bird, it was a very nice day. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite, to purchase, just click on the paypal button,