Annually in the dead of New England’s winter, I accept the invitation of my friend Mary Crawford Reining to fly down to paint with her on about about Marco Island. We started this in 2009, I believe. The resulting paintings are shown here in reverse chronological order, the latest first. If you take the time to study them, you might detect improvement in my skill over the years, but also it took me a few years to make a connection with the Florida landscape. (There are, alas no 2016 paintings because I had to take a part-time, seasonal job preparing taxes instead.)
The above are all from 2015. Mary and I made it a goal to paint a good sunset from the beach. The paintings were good, the sunsets left much to be desired in terms of drama!
Marco 2014 No. 13 v.2 (6×12)
Marco 2014 No. 12
Marco 2014 No. 9
Marco 2014 No. 6
Marco 2014 No. 5
Marco 2014 No. 4
Marco 2014 No. 3
Marco 2014 No. 1
2013 Two Visitors to Residents Beach
Day One 2013
Farmers Market Musician 2013
Lanai Sunset 2013
Frangepani Tree 2013
MarGood Park View from the Gazebo 2013
Waterfront Home 2013
Six for Dinner! 2013
Mary’s Mahogany Tree 2012
Papaya Tree and other tropical delights 2012
Bridge over Canal 2012
Corner Cafe (Mango’s, in the Esplanade) 2012
Corkscrew Swamp — the Anhinga airing his/her wings 2012
2011 Banana tree
2011 Conjoined palms
2011 Goodland-light patterns cast by ripples in the water
2011 Marco Island Canal No. 1
High and Dry 2011
2011 Banyan Tree 3/6-3/7
2010 Rookery Bay
2010 Town Hall, Everglades City
2010 Jumpin’ Fish
2010 Isles of Capri moorings
2010 The Orange Catamaran
[2009 paintings are temporarily unavailable, on a computer whose password has been corrupted.]
Paintings by Aline 