Hydrangeas

"Hydrangeas"

Oil

See at my new gallery, Egretta Wells Art Gallery and Treasures, downtown Okeechobee on Park Street
in the very back of Grace Consignments.  I just opened and have lots of paintings on display, so if you are in the area, please come in and browse.

"Market Day"

"Market Day"

7 x 8 Watercolor with India Ink

Private Collection NFS

"The Garden Path"

 "The Garden Path"

18 x 24 Egg Tempera

$600 framed

I painted this at Heathcote Gardens in Ft. Pierce, Florida, one of my favorite places to do plein air painting. 

I loved the purple Wisteria on the old lattice structure.  This particular area in the garden has gone through a change and the old green house is no longer there or this structure.  The Wisteria was mostly saved, thanks be!  Egg tempera is my favorite medium next to watercolor and I have never seen anyone use it outdoors around here, but I thoroughly enjoyed working with it outdoors.

"The Green Door"

"The Green Door"

16 x 20 Watercolor

$175

I'm still doing some experimental things with the watercolors. In this one, I only used the three primary colors of red, yellow and blue. It is amazing how many other colors you can create from limiting yourself to these three. I did some "pouring" in this one and some wet into wet techniques, as well as texturing with salt and with paper towels and almost dry paint. Fun! 

"Nestled In"

"Nestled In"
16 x 20 Watercolor
$100

My painting time lately has decreased because of the acquiring of a new puppy and a few other things. I am moving my antique booth out of the shop I am in. You other artists know how life gets in the way of painting. I really thought I had missed the mark in this one, but do like the water and reflections and the rich Irish hillside. Click on it for a closer view.

"Mangrove Dance"

"Mangrove Dance"

12 x 16 Watercolor

$175

I had lots of fun with this painting, pouring on intense color, then spritzing with water, tilting the paper in various directions....all done after masking out the mangrove. The background almost painted itself!  Then I came back in to do the branches of the mangrove and added some color to the saved white paper for the reflections.  Click on it for a closer view.

"Mangrove No.1"

"Mangrove No. 1"

12 x 16 Watercolor

$200

I am working on a new series of landscape and water paintings, using some techniques fairly new to me that are rather experimental.While not abstract, there is a loose, fresh quality to this one and, as it is the first one, I am rather pleased with it and excited about all the new ideas I have. I am not sure about posting all the paintings in this series, as I have found that there are web sites out there that are actually copying my paintings for monetary gain, as well as work of many other artists posting online.  We shall see what can be done; in the meantime, know that I am working daily and I feel, growing as an artist. Please click on this painting to see the interesting texture, colors and movement.