Lori's Stormy Art and Daily Paintings

Friday, July 28, 2017

1711 Egrets in the Savannas, plein air

This was painted out at the Savannas Recreational Area on Midway Road back in March of this year, if you look back through the paintings you can see another one I did about a week before this one. I had planned to tweak it a bit but forgot about it and just now got around to finishing it. I remember it was really nice weather, not too hot or anything, now its in the high 90's!

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

Friday, July 21, 2017

1710 Pink Cottage in the Palms

This one was out of my head, I just had fun with it.

The painting is 9 x 12 inches on linen canvas.

Thursday, July 20, 2017

1709 SOLD Bent Palm Poinciana Commissioned Painting

SOLD Nice poinciana by the river, its a commissioned painting.

Oil on masonite

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

1708 Fantasy Banyan Tree

This was one of those fun paintings, I splashed a bunch of paint around and then went back and picked out the trunk shapes.

Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

1707 Parakeet Plant and Monstera Minature Oil Painting

This is Daily Painting 382 revisited, I never cared much for the composition, I am a lot happier with it now. I felt like it needed some more colors. I changed it from a traveler's palm into a heliconia or parakeet plant.

Its little, 4 x 6 inches,

Sunday, July 16, 2017

1706 SOLD A Good Wind Sailboat Oil Painting

SOLD I painted this awhile ago, just getting around to posting it now. I took a nice photo of a sailboat out by the jetty, worked from that and my imagination. Mostly painted with the palette knife with a few details added with a tiny brush, the skipper and sea gulls mainly.

The painting is oil on masonite, 12 x 16 inches.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

1705 SOLD Bath Time! White City Park Ibis Oil Painting

SOLD Finally getting a chance to post again, I have been working on some commissions and my non-painting life was getting in the way as well. I started this one ages ago and finally got to post it. The painting is from a photo I took out at White City Park.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

1704 Riverside Poinciana

I painted this one as an example for a painting workshop in Sebastian I taught today. Then I painted another one that is similar so the students could paint along. We all had a good time, I think we will be doing it again next month.
Its 12 by 16 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, June 01, 2017

1703 Pepper Park Palms

Another one I tweaked, it started out as a plein air painting from 2005, I liked the composition but the sky was boring and the colors weren't thrilling either. So I took some liberties with the scene and added some flowers and boosted up the colors. Probably doesn't look like Pepper park any more but I am much more happy with it.

Its 12 by 16 inches, oil on masonite. $500.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

1702 The Village Shops in Vero Beach

This is one I did back in 2003, its the Village Shops in Vero Beach. It started out as a plein air, I didn't like it and re-painted it. Then I unpacked it recently and thought I would tweak it some more. I am finally happy with it now.

Its 12 by 16 inches, oil on masonite.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

1701 Saint Lucie Village Tropical Home

I started this as a plein air a couple of months ago, just did a block in and it was time to leave. So I finished it yesterday in the studio.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $300.00

Friday, May 19, 2017

SOLD 1700 Garden in a Palm Tree

SOLD have been wanting to do a painting like this for ages, I have always been charmed by plants using a palm tree as a host for them to live upon. This one is based on a tree at Heathcote Botanical gardens which has the vine and bromeliads growing up the palm. I took some liberties with the background, wanted it to be abstract so the viewer could see what they wanted in it.

I was using my new water mixable oils, had read you cannot mix them with water. I don't know where that idea came from, but I hadn't read those directions (?) when I started using them. It looks like it works fine, I used them about like watercolors in the back, got them totally liquid and dripped them onto the panel, tipping it this way and that to get interesting flow patterns.

Painting is 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite,

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

1699 Sunny Day at Heathcote Botanical Gardens

This one is a little different, its water mixable oils on watercolor paper. I forgot to bring a panel to paint on! So my friend Trude gave me a sheet of her paper. I had gotten a gift card from Jerry's Artarama for my birthday and I bought a set of the water mixable oils to try out. I also bought a new bag and reorganized all my painting gear and that is why the panel got left out. It was a lot of fun to try something new.

That is Heathcote's Jacaranda tree to the right, its in bloom now and very pretty. The gardens look very lovely right now, flowers everywhere.

I used the w.m. oils like watercolors, thinned down with plenty of water and also as oils applied thickly. When the paint is thinned down its very transparent and has that glow to it that watercolors can have. I just used a couple of brushes on this one and didn't use my knife.

The painting is 8 x 8 inches, special price of $150.

Tuesday, May 09, 2017

1698 House in the Woods Plein Air

I started this one last Thursday out at White City Park. I got it mostly finished, I had the background already in and thought the house would look good there. I used mostly what was on the palette from my first painting. When I got home I tweaked it a little and finished it.

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

Monday, May 08, 2017

1697 SOLD Fox in the Wood Miniature oil painting

SOLD This is one of those paintings that started out with the background already there, it was leftover paint from my palette. I am getting a fair amount of these now and the weather is getting hot so probably will be doing less plein air painting. They are fun to do when I get in the right frame of mind to see things in the background and bring them out.

This one started with the trees and then grass, added the ravens and it still looked like it needed something. There was kind of a shadow where the fox was so I added him in.

The painting is 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite.

Thursday, May 04, 2017

1696 May on the Saint Lucie River Plein Air Alla Prima

Fun morning painting by the river in White City park saw lots of lubber grasshoppers. It was nice out in the shade, nice cool breeze. The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite

Thursday, April 27, 2017

1695 Cool Morning on the North Fork Plein air alla prima

Beautiful day today out at White City Park, its starting to get hot but I found a nice breezy spot in the shade. Saw a manatee right in front of me, it came up and just laid in the water, not moving and then sunk back underneath. The air plants are blooming on the trees and there were some beautiful bougainvilleas across the water.

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

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

1694 SOLD Springtime Cypress Plein Air Alla Prima

SOLD Painted at the Indrio Savannas Preserve yesterday, I had time to do another painting. I was looking to the left on this painting, the first one was looking to the right.

This one is 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite,

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

1693 Under the Cypress Trees Plein Air Alla Prima

Went out painting today in the Indrio Savannas Preserve. Beautiful out, very windy, almost blew the painting off the easel. The cypress trees are almost all leafed out, they are getting to be a nice size now, I was sitting under them with a friend of mine.

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

Thursday, April 20, 2017

1692 Bromeliads and Bamboo Plein air Alla prima

I painted this today at Heathcote Botanical Gardens, perfect out in the shade, would have been too hot in the sun. Lots of flowers are blooming everywhere, its gorgeous out.

Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.