Stone Crab on Ice

This one look  fairly good in the photo, but still lacks a punch from across the room. Maybe a better shadow between the crab claws and the ice will do the trick. Now the question is, warm or cool?

Windboats

Wind Boats
 Watercolor
 This painting, I have attempted twice in different formats. Each time, it has been a struggle. I have discovered cerulean blue (red shade). This color should help me with the skies in Florida in the future. The boats were difficult. I thought the shapes of color would be a snap. Again, I was having trouble with the blues. A wash of red on the small sail helped push it behind the other sail.

This is an example that a painting can be easy. The hardest part of this one was knowing when to stop. I am particularly pleased with the difference in the water in the middle and the foreground. Bodies of water often have varying kinds of movement.

I paid very close attention to detail of the birds right down to the angle of the legs. Although the birds are dark the shapes show the different stances each bird takes.

This painting can be located on the Naples beach. People in my booth this last Saturday were discussing it's location.

Tall and Cool (Key West)

14 1/2 x 11 3/4

Watercolor 

I just put this one in a frame, getting ready for an up coming show. After looking at this photo. I hung the painting on the wall, and decided that there are a number of minor adjustments I wish to make. Out of the frame it comes. Oh well.

My family and I were in Key West last year. We had a extremely frustrating day, after adding the fourth member to our party. Crowd control in my family can be like trying to herd cats. I made a late reservation for a restaurant that we had never tried before. It had taken longer than expected to walk to it. We were seated outside, which was fine. The inside was chaos. This was our drink order. We had a great dinner. We laughed a lot. It was a good end to a trying day.

Wind boats and Shack

Watercolor 

This painting is at The Artworks Gallery in Naples Florida. It is painted on a quarter sheet. This was a lot of detail for such a small space. I am getting close to finishing a large version of this painting minus the shack. Neither painting has been easy. Looking at this one I must open up more light in the second one.

Palm Picnic
Watercolor
11"x 22"

About a year ago my daughter and I visited Bahia Honda State park, driving up from Key West. I saw a picnic table with a palm tree curving over it. Seemed like a perfect subject for a painting, so I snapped the photo. The gallery owner in Naples Florida said that she wanted paintings that where narrow and tall. This fit the bill, measuring 22"x 11".

Coffee Cup Gathering
Watercolor
17"x 27

I was lucky. This painting had not shipped out to the new owner, when I discovered that I did not have a photo of the finished painting. It had come out of the frame for a re-do. I squared up a few of the cups and darkened the background. This was a painting of some of my favorite coffee cups. After my art show in April I think I will try a painting with my teapot collection.