Daily Painting 1469 Lake Tozour Plein Air Alla Prima

I painted this today by Lake Tozour, I had to paint very fast, it looked like rain and I finished at 11.  Got there around 9:30.  On the way home it started to rain so I was glad I finished it up all right.  Those are cypress trees.  There are lots of birds here, its a lovely place to paint.

The painting is oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches.  $200. 

Daily Painting 1468 Indrio Savannas Plein Air Alla Prima

Finally got out and painted, very fast little 5 x 7 inch oil painting on masonite.  It started to rain when I finished. Pretty day, rained just enough to make me pack up.  Did some exploring, found a nice new place to paint.  Saw some eagles, ducks, sandhill cranes, ibis and herons.  $100. 

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Daily Painting 1463 Approaching Storm

I went out to paint when the edge of Sandy was going by, it was just windy.  Had a nice walk on the beach too.
 I like to start off with a fast sketch before I do the painting to warm up and catch any compositional problems.  The wind was blowing strong and it looked like rain so I parked under a pavilion at Fredrick Douglas park on the beach.  I got my sketch finished and the rain started coming down, well not down really more like across, it was blowing pretty horizontal.  Got soaked on the way to the car which was about 20 feet away.
Last night I pulled out my sketch and made the painting below from it, its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.

Daily Painting 1462 The Old Bay Tree Plein air Alla Prima

 

 I painted this yesterday its an old bay tree that has been through a lot of hurricanes.  It got blown down in one and the new branches are growing up from the main trunks like little trees.  Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches.  $200.

Painting at the Old Fort Park

I went painting today, finally, I have been in a horrible funk, just not in the mood to paint.  Went to the Old Fort Park in Ft. Pierce to paint, it was beautiful out.  The painting below wasn't done today though, it was done back in May, there was the annual Souvenirs of Downtown paintout and for some reason I never got around to posting this painting.  I think I did the painting and was tired out, dropped it off at the show and that was that.  And now it is at another show at the Art Bank. 

I wanted to post it because the palm tree was blown down in Sandy.  My painting shows it still standing and then I took a photo of it today.   It is still alive and may survive, I know they sometimes do. 

I did do another painting today, I'll post it tomorrow. 

Daily Painting 1461 Fall in the Savannas Plein Air Alla Prima

I was painting here this morning, nice day and breeze, not too warm.  The trees are Florida hollies, they are full of red berries and bright green and golden leaves. We saw some alligators today and lots of nice birds.   Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. 
$200. 

Daily Painting 1459 High Water plein air alla prima

Its been a rainy summer and the water going through the park is much higher than normal.  I did the painting on site.  Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite. $100.

Daily Painting 1458 Savannah's Recreational Area Bridge

Really pretty day today, saw and heard lots of birds.  The little fall warblers are here.  The water was very high from all the rains.  The painting is oil on masonite, plein air, alla prima.  $200.

Daily Painting 1450 Beach Morning Plein Air Alla Prima

I painted this one at the beach yesterday.  Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite.  $200.

Daily Painting 1449 SOLD Plein Air at South Beach

SOLD  Hot off the easel today at the beach!  Nice day today, not too warm.  Those are sea grape plants on the right, the orange leaves are the new leaves, it does kind of look like fall.  We saw a rabbit in the sea oats so I put him into the painting too. :o)

The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite.
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Daily Painting 1424 Sabal Palm and Two Live Oaks minature oil painting plein air

I did this from life awhile ago, didn't like it so I got it back out and scraped off the offending parts and re-painted a bit.  There was this building in the background with two windows, it kind of looked like eyes looming out of the painting at you. I like it so much better without the house. Its from the Old Fort Park site.   Its 4 x 6 inches, oil on masonite, $100.

Daily Painting 1418 St. Lucie County Regional History Center plein air

I did this one from life awhile ago, it needed some tweaking. Its oil on masonite 8 x 10 inches.  $200.

Daily Painting 1415 Gordy Road Preserve Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this one a while back, it was out at Gordy Road Preserve.  There are some nice trails there.  Its 5 x 7 inches, oil on masonite.  $100.

Daily Painting 1409 Oak at Oxbow Plein Air Alla Prima

I did this awhile ago and forgot to post it.  Its oil on masonite, 8 x 10 inches.  I painted it at the  Oxbow Eco-Center in Port Saint Lucie.  Its a nice place to go, good hiking trails.  $200.

Daily Painting 1404 Orchid at Immokolee Plein Air Alla Prima

Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches.  I had been looking at this spectacular orchid since I arrived and didn't think I could paint it, finally got my nerve up and here it is.  Its a huge plant, I never saw one that big.

$100.

Daily Painting 1403 Garden Scene at Immokolee Plein Air Alla Prima

This is another one I painted at Immokolee, there are so many beautiful plants and lots were blooming.  I had trouble deciding what to paint.  There are bougainvillea, gardenias, magnolias and bird of paradise flowers in this painting.  Its 8 x 10 inches, oil on masonite. $200.

1402 Coconut Palms Pondside Plein air Alla Prima

I went to Immokolee today for the Art Mundo paintout. Immokolee  is a historic home here in Fort Pierce.  Its a lovely home and yard, a great place to paint.  I had a good time, there is lots of nice things to paint there.
 This is a pretty pond they have, its surrounded by giant ferns and these plants with small bright red flowers whose name escapes me.  The butterflies love them and I saw a lot of giant swallowtails and zebra butterflies.
Art Mundo provided nice cold soft drinks and water and the owners of Immokolee gave us some donuts, I couldn't ask for anything more.

The painting is 5 x 7, oil on masonite.  $100.

Daily Painting 1400 Green House on Ave. D. Plein Air

I did this at the Souvenirs of Downtown Fort Pierce paintout so its not available right now.  It was fun to paint, I was sitting across the street with a friend of mine in a yard with no trespassing signs on it.   It looked like it was going to pour down rain too.  So we painted fast, figuring we would either get run off or rained on.  The rain blew over, one drop only landed on me and nobody made us leave.

Its 8 x 10,inches  oil on masonite. 

Daily Painting 1399 Angel Wing Begonias Plein air Alla Prima

 Its oil on masonite, 5 x 7 inches.  Its not available right now, its still at the Backus House art show.  I did it on site in a really nice yard.  I love all the plants there and I want to paint more of them.

Daily 1397 Tabebuia Tree by the Backus House

This is unavailable at the moment, its one of the paintings I did at the Backus House Souvenirs of Downtown paintout.  I had a wonderful time, it was wonderful visiting with everyone.  We got treated beautifully, got three meals every day!  The first dinner was just for the artists, that was really nice.  Then there were two nice receptions, during the big one there was a big rain storm so there weren't as many people coming out, mainly artists and their friends and families.

The painting is 8 x 10, oil on masonite.  There is a yellow tabebuia tree next to the Backus house and in the back is the melon colored cottage.

I did six other paintings over the three days,  I was pretty happy with most of them.