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How did I do
that? I
am often asked that question! Working with purist watercolor techniques (which means no white or black
paint) my goal is to capture on paper a memorable and creative
visual impression for the viewer. I sketch in my sketchbook making
notes for future paintings and take hundreds of photos that I use for
resource material.
Since my ideas come from many sources I like to have a “painting plan”. Although each painting is different, I begin with a compositional plan of lights and darks in a 2” x 3” value sketch in my sketchbook and proceed to a full-size drawing on my watercolor paper. Using both large and small brushes as well as a “pouring” technique, I add vibrant colors in layers of transparent glazes in a style I call
“impressionistic realism”.
If you look closely at my work, you can see “negative painting” in the osprey nests, light “poured” into the water
in "Jellies" and clear transparent “luminous color” in the
seascape paintings of the Florida Keys. Please come to one of the shows and stop by for an art chat.
Click here to see my show schedule
and find a show near you! I'll be happy to tell you
"How I did that"!
"Fleur's Lily"
All images are copyrighted.
New Release!
"The Conversation"
Original
Watercolor Image Size
20" x 14"
Original Available - Price on Request
Giclees Available $60
"Lichen and Stolen Spider
Webs"
Original
Watercolor Image Size 15" x 11"
Original Available - Price on Request
Giclees Available $60
"Into the Dawn"
Original Watercolor, 16" X 20" Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees Available $60
"Marsh Dancers"
Original Watercolor 11" X 14" Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees Available $45
"Palms, Great Egret"
Original
Watercolor, 30" X 22" Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees Available $45
My
painting "Palms, Great Egret" was juried into the 2011
Virginia Watercolor Society's 32nd Annual Exhibition which was held in
Kilmarnock, VA, May 6 through June 3, at the
Rappahannock Art League.
"Flying Home"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 22" X 30"
Original Available - Price on Request
Giclees Available $60
"Flying Home" won a
second place award August 31, 2011, at the
Rappahannock Art League's 50th Annual Art Show in Irvington, VA!
"Chesapeake Bay, Blue Crab"
Original
Watercolor, 17 1/2" X 14"
Original - Collection the Artist
Giclees Available $60
"Chesapeake Bay,
Blue Crab" S/N
limited edition lithographs are sold out but the image is now
available as a signed, open-edition
11" X 14 1/2" giclee!
"Sky Dancer"
Original Watercolor Image Size 11" X 14"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees Available $45
"Tides In"
Original Watercolor Image Size 10" X 14"
Private Collection
Giclees Available $60
This painting was donated to the Bay School Community Arts Center in
Mathews, Virginia,
for "Art and Antiques", their Annual Fine Arts Auction which was held
on September 25, 2010.
It is now in a private collection.
"The F. D. Crockett" (Home Port)
Original Watercolor Image Size 16" x
20" Museum Collection
Giclees Available $60
This painting is a watercolor of the beautifully restored buyboat owned by
the Deltaville Maritime Museum located at the Holly Point Nature Park in
Deltaville, Virginia. In planning the design of my painting I worked
from photographs I took from the water while the buyboat was in her "home
port" and met several times
with John England, head of the Crocketteers restoration committee. I
have given this original painting to the Deltaville Maritime Museum in honor
of the dedication of the F. D.
Crockett. I am honored to have my painting in a
permanent "home port" on display for visitors at the museum.
"Great Blue Heron"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 14" x 11" Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
This beautiful heron
posed for a photograph at Lover's Key Resort in Florida. Of course, I
took artistic license with "creative color"!
"September Morn, Great Blue Heron"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 8" x 10"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
"After the Rain"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 8" x 10"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
"The Island Garden"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 30" x 22" Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $60
"Callas and Palms"
Original Watercolor Image Size 28" x 20"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
"Callas and Palms"
won an Honorable Mention Award at the
2010 Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition at the
Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen,
Virginia.
"Pastel Cottage" (Bermuda)
Original Watercolor
Image Size 13" x 19 1/2"
Collection the Artist
Giclees
Available $45
"Pastel Cottage (Bermuda)" was juried
into the
2010 National Watercolor Society All Members Show, May 2 - May 29, in San
Pedro, California
"Winged Mangroves"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 19" x 22" Private Collection
Original SOLD
Giclees
Available $45
"Conch Cottage" (Pigeon Key, FL)
Original Watercolor Image Size 11" x 14 1/2"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
"Latitude Attitude" (Pigeon Key, FL)
Original Watercolor
Image Size 13" x 20"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
"Blue Water,
Green Heron"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 11" x 14"
Collection the Artist
Giclees
Available $45
"Blue Water, Green Heron" won a First
Place Award at the Mathews Art Group Show
on September 10, 2011!
"Dawn Interrupted"
Original Watercolor
Image Size 11" x 14"
Private Collection
Original SOLD - Giclees
Available $45
The watercolors above are available as limited
edition giclee reproductions!
Price: Limited Edition of 300 S/N: $45 to $60
Artist
Proof Limited Edition of 25 to 50 S/N: $125
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Welcome to my watercolor web site and my Chesapeake Bay studio in
Deltaville, Virginia! I love to paint the great blue herons, ospreys,
fish, flowers and gardens of
the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Florida Keys in creative and colorful interpretations
and look forward to sharing my work with you. I call my style of painting
“impressionistic realism” and aim for a luminous flow of colors that shows off
the extraordinary beauty of watercolor as a major art medium.