Blog — seascape

Tropical Waters - 16x20

jamaica ocean seascape

Tropical Waters - 16x20

I was playing with texture with this one.  I added a layer of gesso to the canvas with a palette knife before I started, just to add some interest. Then I had fun with these tropical ocean colors against the coming rain clouds.  From a super old reference shot from our honeymoon.  Oil on stretched canvas, 16x20 inches Currently being displayed, up in the shop next month. 

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Before the Tide - 8x10 Plein Air

beach cliffs bluffs carpinteria jellybowl landscape plein air seascape

Finished this piece just in time before the tide got me (but not before I got a sunburn!).  This was one of those paintings where I hated it the whole way through, until suddenly at the end I liked it. 

Oil on canvas panel, 8x10 inches

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