Spring Tide

This past spring I was painting along the Gulf coast and the tides were really high so this area, which is usually not underwater so much, had a totally different look. If you walk down the main path at Anclote Key Park you eventually come to the Gulf. I painted this small study from a photo since it wasn't possible to set us an easel in the wet sand.

8 x 10, oil on canvas

Up in the Country

I finished this painting a couple of months ago after re working it a zillion times. I think I am finished now! This scene had caught my eye and after driving by for a year I finally took some pictures and competed the painting. I 'm not sure if this was a barn or maybe a garage but its pretty much unusable from the looks of it.

16 x 20 oil on canvas

Marsh Land

I decided to try my hand at a tonal painting and this is the result. I went for a large format since I had a 24 x 36 frame hanging around in the closet. What I really like about a large canvas is that it's very liberating using a hugh brush, you can cover lots of canvas in a very short time. As you can see, I'm still on my marsh scene kick so this subject matter just seemed right.

Reflections

I started this painting a couple of months ago using a small study I had done on location. Of course the location is along Bayou Drive where I'm always drawn back to as a great place to paint. And yes, the water is that blue at different times of the day.

16 x 20, oil on canvas

Mermaid Lagoon

The West Coast Plein Air Painters enjoyed a day of painting at Weekie Watchee Water Park last week. The park is a tourist attraction featuring among other things an underwater mermaid show at the spring source. Since the water is all spring fed it is amazingly crystal clear. The grounds were well kept and all of the painters found plenty of subject matter to paint. This study is of a small stream with one of the snack bars in the background.

9x12, oil on canvas

Monday I went out to Sunset Beach with two of my painting buddies and we had a great morning painting. Sunset Beach is on the Gulf and has a small coastal town feel to it. It's never overcrowded but I did leave out all the cars parked around the edges--just wanted a more natural scene.

6 x 8, oil on board

Looking for Shells

This painting was done from some photos I took when I visited Caladesi Island a while ago. It was not a day to paint since it was just way too hot, not much breeze that day either so I just took random photos of the beach goers and combined a few of the reference shots to come up with this painting.

16 x 20, oil on canvas, SOLD