Sunday, August 1, 2010

Surf's Up

Friday was a good painting day other than the heat index being somewhere around 105 degrees so it was really good to be by the water. My fellow artists and I hunkered down in the only piece of shade we could find along this part of the beach.
The beach is fairly rocky along this stretch but with flip flops on you can move right along without saying "ouch" every step of the way.
6 x 8, oil on board

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Trail to the Water


Our painting group was at the beach again this week. There are lots of scrub trees growing close to the shoreline where we were painting and this short path took you right to the sandy part of the beach.
8 x 6, oil on board

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Honeymoon Island Bath House

Honeymoon Island offers many views of an untamed landscape and a beautiful shoreline. With my back to the gulf and wonderful breezes blowing I painted this sunny scene. Maybe not all that untamed as the bath house lets one know its not all that undeveloped. After painting for a couple of hours all of us painters went for a very refreshing dip in the gulf-- what a fun painting day!
9 x 12, oil on board

Sunday, July 11, 2010


This painting photographed a little on the cool side, its much warmer looking on the canvas. Guess its my wonderful photography skills! Lots of the ponds around here have a bright green algae on the surface this time of year--its makes for an interesting painting.
12 x 9, oil on canvas

Monday, July 5, 2010

Local Pond


A few weeks ago I came upon this scene with a beautiful egret posing in the middle of the pond, of course by the time I got my camera out he had flown off. So here is a view of the pond with all its green algae and no egret!
10 x 8, oil on board

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Along the Marsh

Friday was a great painting day with a light breeze blowing and puffy clouds overhead. This scene is was painted at the edge of the roadside overlooking marshland that seemed to go on forever.

12x9, oil on board

Sunday, June 13, 2010

The Sand Pail

Children are really moving targets when you are trying to paint them so I sketched in the idea when I was out at the beach and then used the sketch at home to paint this scene of them playing at the shoreline. They seemed to be having such a good time.

10 x 8, oil on board