Mermaid Waters

This is another small study I did when we were painting at Weekie Watchee a few months ago. The mermaid show takes place just to the left of the small pier you see in the study. In fact, while a fellow artist and I were painting a show was going on and some of the mermaids used this pier as their entry into the water. After painting we did go to see one shows and all of us were very impressed with the skilled swimmers. All of the show takes place underwater and the theater that its viewed from has one huge glass wall so we actually were underwater too.

5 x 7, oil on canvas

Pinellas Trail

This past weekend I participated in the Annual Studio Waltz that took place in and around Dunedin, Florida. Every year artists invite the public to tour their studios and plein air artists paint at different locations around town. This year was probably the most humid and sultry day since this event started 17 years ago. All of the plein air artists just sweltered in 90 degree heat trying to get some decent artwork to appear on their easels. This painting is of the Pinellas Trail that runs through the center of town.

8 x 10, oil on canvas

Morning Sun

Went out painting a couple of days ago and it turned out to be the perfect painting day weather wise. Gentle breezes and moderate temps, a welcomed change from the past few months. This small study is of an unoccupied house in Dunedin, Florida. Its being used as a realty office--quite picturesque with the aqua paint.
5 x 7, oil on canvas

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