Brooker Creek

I've been doing some pastel painting lately and this painting is another view of Brooker Creek done in pastel instead of my usual in oils. The river beds all dry up in the spring when we have very little rain but once the summer thunderstorms start the views change. The reflections of the trees in the water makes for great subject matter.

11 x 14, pastel on sanded board.

Gulf Harbor Pier

The plein air group I paint with met at a private beach club along the Gulf coast this past week. There were about 10 cabanas with picnic tables so we had some shade. After a while, the clouds started to move in along with lots of wind and yep, you guessed it --rained out again. But I did manage to get this painting completed.

8 x 10, oil

The Garden Room View

This is a fast study I did at the nursery while it was threatening to rain. Actually it did start to rain so I packed up and left before I felt I was finished painting. I may touch it up a bit.

10 x 8, oil on canvas

Stone Crab Claws

On the way to another painting site a few months ago I saw this scene and knew I wanted to paint it. I took some reference photos and painted this scene in my studio a few weeks ago. The name on the little red sign over the door was "Stone Crab Claws" so that seemed like a good title for the painting.

11 x 14 oil on board.

Brooker Creek Trail

In early January the West Coast Plein Air Painters had a show at the Brooker Creek Preserve featuring works done around the preserve. This is a studio piece I completed for the show using a small study I had completed on location.

24 x 18, oil on canvas

Annuals

I painted this small study from outside the gates of the nursery. I don't know the name of the palm in the foreground but it was a beautiful tree and almost looked like plastic since it was so perfectly formed.

7 x 5, oil on panel

Potted Plants

I'm still painting at the local garden nursery. Its a very busy place with people looking for plants and landscaping to spruce up their yards after a big freeze this past winter. A Florida style freeze means most of the tropical plants get hit very hard so its nice to get some color in the yard while things grow back.

5 x 7, oil on board