Thatch Roof Cottage

"Thatch Roof Cottage"

8 x 10 Watercolor

$65

This painting was created from photos taken in the Cotswold section of England. We had some beautiful weather while there and it was at summer's end and just the very beginning of autumn.

"Cotswold Cottage"

"Cotswold Cottage"

8 x 10 watercolor

SOLD

I am working on a series of cottages and tea rooms from the Cotswold area of England. I was there this summer and brought back so many ideas, sketches and photos of the area. It was just stunning and I have enough material to keep me busy for a very long time!

"White Lily"

"White Lily"

6 x 6 Watercolor

$45

At Christmas, I bought a little bouquet of lilies and green poms, and it was very cheerful. Part of the flowers, I put in the guest bath and the remainder have graced my studio for over a week! I just had to paint the unusual color combination! I loved the lime green poms and they seemed to cast green shadows onto the lily!

"Flower Pot Man"

"Flower Pot Man"
16 x 20 Watercolor on watercolor canvas, framed
$300

I painted this one "plein air" at Heathcote Botanical Garden in Ft. Pierce, Florida. It was my first experience with painting on canvas made just for watercolors and I found it quite interesting and exciting. The canvas doesn't take the pigment as readily as paper, but it is great fun to do washes and paint wet into wet on the canvas. It was more like working with tints and I find that getting darks is a bit harder (and more muddy) than on paper. However, I was pleased with this painting, which captures the essence of a tropical garden. Click on this to enlarge and see the variance in colors, which is quite beautiful.

Merry Christmas from Egretta Wells Studio....

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you from
                     Egretta Wells! May all your dreams come 
                        true in 2013!  Thank you for looking at my
blog and I hope you have enjoyed visiting it often. All the best, and I hope to see you back here soon. My New Year's resolution is to paint more and better!
                             

"Florida Sunset"

"Florida Sunset"

6 x 6 Acrylic on panel

$40

There is no snow in Florida! It is lovely here and there are many Northerners (we call them Snow Birds) making their way to Florida where it is in the 70's, nice and sunny. The sunsets are outstanding. Here is a view from our Lake Okeechobee, where every night God paints the sky with His Mighty brush!

"Tractors of Yesterday"

"Tractors of Yesterday"

10 x 14 Watercolor

$85

Back in the Palmetto brush, a tractor "graveyard" is full of old tractors probably beyond repair, but so interesting to look at! I took over 100 photos of various old tractors, tires and wheels. What a great place to wander through. I love the old reddish rusty colors of the machinery with vines growing all around and over them. Click on it for a closer view. Consider this as a man's gift....he'd love it. To buy, just click on Buy Now on Pay Pal and it is so easy. I ship promptly with careful packing and will get it to you for Christmas. Thanks for looking.