PLACIDA FISH MARKET CATS
oil
6" x 8"

One of those perfect little paintings done on the spot! Early morning with the Punta Gorda plein air group and a few Englewood Plein "air heads," as they sometimes like to call themselves.

HATHAWAY PARK
oil
10" x 8"

Painted this awhile ago and didn't like it. Painted (leftover oil paints in midtone range) over it and now it's under a new painting. Now, I'm a little sorry.

FLORIDA COWBOY
0il
20" x 16"

The cowboy without the palm trees was painted in acrylic about ten years ago. Decided to try it in oils with ten more years of painting experience. It's a little better I think, but like both versions.

CLARISA
oil
8" x 6"

DONNA
oil
8" x 6"

Another Punta Gorda Visual Arts Center Portrait Studio sketch. I look forward to painting with this group every Thursday morning from 9-12.

DOC'S ISLAND GEESE
oil
8" x 6"

Geese waddled by while I was painting. Snapped a photo and put them in later. Went back to this painting a third time and added highlights. Think it works better with lighter shadows on building.

EMERALD POINT
oil
6" x 8"

The morning we (VAC Plein Air Group) painted at Emerald Point on the Peace River, Punta Gorda... clouds were moving in fast. Gust of wind snapped the leg of Noble's French easel. Finished this later.

Boca Bakery

BOCA BAKERY
oil
6" x 4"

Boca Grande, Florida. Another tourist shocked by reading real estate listing prices!

Boca Tower

BOCA TOWER
oil
6" x 4"

Another Monday plein air... with threat of thunderstorms. Worked fast and finished at home. Fire ants were fierce in parking lot behind Depot Building.

Boca Grande Lighthouse
oil
6" x 8"

Painted Monday before last with Punta Gorda VAC plein air group... Beautiful, windy day with racing clouds. Gulf was an impossible shade of blue-green. Almost lost my painting umbrella into the pass. A man stood on the porch for a perfect spot of red.

ASHLEY
oil
8" x 6"

Punta Gorda VAC Portrait Studio painting. Live model every Thursday, 9-noon. Talented group of artists.

KOI #3

0il
16" x 20"

My painting is on display at the Asian Arts Exhibit. Beautiful works by other artists influenced by Asian art are a must see.

Arts of Asia (ends August 14)
Venice Art Center
390 Nokomis Ave S
Venice Fl 34285
941 485 7136

RON
oil
8" x 6"

The model didn't show up for Portrait Studio. Ron, an excellent artist, posed for the group. Thanks, Ron!

WOMAN AND CRANE
oil
8" x 6"

Painted for the Asian influence exhibit, Venice Art Center, FL. Found an old Japanese woodblock print on the internet. Unfortunately, don't know who artist was. Changed it around quite a bit. Learned how to fold an origami crane!

ROSE MARIE
oil
8" x 6"

Painted during the Portrait Studio at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, FL. Click on paintings for larger version.

SEA OATS BARN
oil
6" x 8"

Field study and finished painting. Yellow backhoe was there originally, then moved while I was painting. Added it later from photo reference and reworked entire painting. Whatever it takes to make a painting work. Like the way the sun hit the yellow backhoe and went through the barn boards inside the doorway. The interior window was a mirror inside the building. I turned it into a window to give the scene more depth.

DOC'S ISLAND
oil
6" x 8"

Painted on Doc's Island near Punta Gorda, FL with the VAC plein air group. A lot more paintings will come from this place.

CANNA LILY
oil
10" x 8"

NICK
oil
8" x 6"

PELICAN
oil
30" x 40"

WOOOHOOO!

My PELICAN painting won first place last night at the Firecracker exhibit, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL! That's Michele Valencourt, Exec. Director handing me the ribbon. The exhibit will be on until July 9.