New Show @ Studio at Gulf & Pine Art Gallery

22 new paintings framed, delivered, hung, and for sale at The Studio at Gulf and Pine Art Gallery on Anna Maria Island!  (And 1 proud and happy artist!) 

Lot of Beaches and Boats!

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Invitation

Invitation SOLD

9"x12" oil on panel

Just follow the path through the dunes to your awaiting umbrella and chair on the beach... 

You don't have to ask me twice!

 Another one in my sand dunes series... 

Morning Splendor

Morning Splendor SOLD

10"x20" oil on canvas

Squeezed in one last painting for the Canaveral Seashore Paint Out after a wonderful week of painting morning, noon and night for 7 days straight. 

Its funny, on the east coast of Florida the morning light casts shadows in the opposite direction than I'm used to seeing...but they are still just as stunning!

(Work in progress pictured below.)

A Labor of Love

A Labor of Love

9"x12" oil on panel

Someone put a lot of thought and consideration into the beautiful architectural details of this home...

Dinner at the Fish Camp

Dinner at the Fish Camp

9"x11" oil on panel

All of us artists participating in the Canaveral Seashore Paint Out painted one evening that week at JB's Fish Camp as customers looked on. Of course, I was immediately attracted to the bright red umbrellas! Painting all the people who we're milling around was definitely a challenge, but I was happy with the way it turned out.

Big Boys Toys

Big Boys Toys

10"x20" oil on wood panel

Big sports fishing boats behind the Marina in New Smyrna Beach one morning. Again playing around with reflections in the water. (And values in the color white!)

Afternoon Delight

AfternoonDelight SOLD

5"x7" oil on panel

It was the pink umbrella that first caught my eye in this scene along the banks of the Indian River in New Smyrna Beach. Then I noticed the young woman playing so joyfully in the water with her little  dog. When they took a break and sat down to rest I quickly painted them in. As she was leaving I thanked her for being my "unwitting model." She told me her mother had just undergone a radical mastectomy that morning and that she'd traveled from GA to care for her for the past 10 days. This was the 1st time that she'd had an afternoon all to herself and the 1st time she'd ever taken her dog to this beach... and I just happened to be there to capture that moment of release and relief...

Your Beachchair Awaits

Your Beachchair Awaits SOLD

11"x14" oil on canvas

This sweet little yellow house just touched me when I saw it.  I loved the shapes and shadows, as well as the Aderindack chairs lined up I on the porch, very inviting. Reminded me of the kinda house Edward Hopper might have liked to paint too.

Coffee on Canal Street

 

Coffee on Canal St. SOLD

8"x10" oil on panel

While painting this little ice cream shop on Canal St. in New Smyrna a Beach I got a craving for ice cream myself... "When you're done with the painting," I told myself. Well, when the time came that was as good a reason as any to put my brushes down and call it done! 

(I picked pumpkin flavor and it was awesome!)

A Time For Reflection

A Time For Reflection SOLD

9"x12" oil on panel

Played around with reflections in the water today. It was overcast all morning so the light never really changed much, allowing me to takes time a bit... and do some quiet reflecting of my own...

A Festive Night

A Festive Night SOLD

9"x12" oil on panel

This nocturne painting was done in the lovely little garden patio courtyard behind The Third Wave restaurant in New Smyrna Beach. Even with a headlamp on my forehead it was still difficult to really see what colors I was putting down... I only hoped it would look as good in the daylight as it did in the dark! (Luckily, I think it did!)

A photo of the painting in progress taken with my camera flash.

Eldora House

Eldora House SOLD

8"x8" oil on canvas

For my afternoon painting on the 1st day of the Paint Out, I chose to do this historical house on the Canaveral National Seashore property. I liked the idea and challenge of relating the geometric shapes and shadows of the house to the square format of my canvas. 

Quiet Cove

Quiet Cove SOLD

8"x10" oil on panel

Set my easel up at the end of the Canaveral Seashore National Park this first morning of the Paint Out and played around with reflections and shadows. Had to move it back a few times as it's apparently a very popular place for fishermen and kayakers launch their boats!

Evening Notes

              Evening Notes  SOLD

5"x7" oil on panel

Before the sun set completely on the same evening as I painted The Garden Party, I got one more little beauty in. The light in the sky was fading softly into pinks and purples, reflecting in the river as I did this one, like changing notes of color behind the palms... thus the title.

Garden Party

Garden Party

5"x7" oil on panel

This little painting sketch was done at the kick off party held in the garden behind Clay Gallery for the Canaveral Seashore Paint Out in New Smyrna Beach, FL last week- a chance to warm up my brushes for the week of non-stop painting ahead!

The Ol'Folks Home

The Ol'Folks Home

8"x10" oil on panel

This is my other piece in the Paint the Town Bradenton exhibit, a beautiful old wooden boat housed in someone's yard.  I've long admired it, however there are usually a bunch of cars parked in front of it... but not today! Don't you just love the turquoise blue and rust orange paint peeling off the bow? So much good stuff in Cortez!

Cortez Blues

Cortez Blues

11"x14" oil on canvas

Truth is, I can't recall ever having had the blues in Cortez! It's such a charming, quirky, unique little fishing village with the most amazing subject matter for paintings everywhere you look... not to mention some of THE BEST seafood around! If anything, it can be a bit of a sensory overload. 

Feeling ambitious, (this is a Paint Out week after all!) I decided to challenge myself this morning with studying the reflections in the water. Figured why not? I'd either sink or swim! 

Fortunately, for as ever-moving and complex as reflections can be, I think I managed to stay afloat pretty well in the end. Will be submitting this one (along with another Cortez boat painting) to the 

Paint the Town 2014 Bradenton Plein Air Paint Out Show later this morning. Reception is tonight at Art Center Manatee 5-7pm if you're in the area and the show will be up through October 30th!

Evidence

Evidence SOLD

11"x14" oil on panel

Day #1 of the Bradenton Paint Out (and day # 28 of the Daily Painting Challenge) found me on Coquina Beach on Anna Maria Island- which really wouldn't be different than any other given Sunday, except that today I was surrounded by a bunch of fellow plein air painters! Loved the good company! Also loved the dune shadows (of course) and footprints in the wet sand after a night of thunderstorms... Evidence that a few others had enjoyed an early morning walk on the before we arrived with our easels. 

Over the River and Past the Park

Over the River and Past the Park

8"x10" oil on panel

This week I am one of 30 artists participating in the "Paint the Town Bradenton" Paint Out. It kicked off Saturday morning with a Quick Draw in which we  had 2 hours to start and complete a painting  within the perimeters of the RiverWalk Park. This was my entry. As a side note, when I laid in the  color for the water I actually second guessed myself... but yes, it was in fact that brilliant a shade of  blue!

Just Peachy

Just Peachy NFS

4"x6" watercolor on paper

My painting of the day today ended up being a painting of the night. Fun with wet on wet watercolors! Can you guess what I had for dessert with a glass of white wine?

Kitchen Still Life

Kitchen Still Life

5"x7" oil on panel

By the time I was able to paint this afternoon it was pouring down rain... again. So I managed to get my painting for the day in between helping kids with homework and starting dinner. Sometimes the quick ones turn out to be some of the best ones!

Mooove Over

Moove Over

6"x6" oil on panel

Day #23 of my Daily Painting Challenge found me hanging out in the shade with a couple of cows again. Was working on simplifying their shapes in this one, as I have a tendency to get lost in the details sometimes. Must come from 20+  years of trompe l'oeil mural painting. Anyway, I'm enjoying these pastoral scenes, a departure from my beach paintings.

Ripples

Ripples 

8"x10" oil on panel

Met up with The Light Chasers plein air group this morning at the Bay Preserve in Osprey. Though the sky was definitely moody, we ended up getting lucky with the weather and staying dry.