"Beauty and the Beach"

24x24in.  Oil on Linen
SOLD

This little beauty is a friend who is now a beautiful young college graduate, now in her second year of grad school.  Obviously, she didn't sit for this painting!  The reference photo popped onto my Facebook page as "Someone you may know."  Inspiration!  With her permission, I used her FB cover photo as my reference.   Margeaux currently teaches Beach Yoga on Pensacola Beach.  Perfect!

I changed Margeaux's print suit (Disney's Ariel) to pink for Quayside Art Gallery's next West Gallery Show.  The theme is "Over the Underwire" for breast cancer awareness, keeping the female figure in mind.  

Sunshine & Shade

18x12" Oil on Linen Panel

$275

The water at Pensacola Beach on this particular day was perfectly emerald!  So was this beach umbrella, which was a blast to paint.   Nothing beats the emerald water and the white sand of Pensacola Beach, Florida.  This painting can be seen at Quayside Gallery in Pensacola.

Angie's Beach 2

SOLD

11"x14"  Oil on linen board.

The sunset on Pensacola Beach was spectacular on this particular evening.  I have many photographs of my niece from her Thanksgiving visit in 2011.  

Angie's Beach

SOLD

11"x14" Oil on linen board.

It is incredible to sit here in Pensacola, Florida and watch the devastation of a hurricane on the shores of the northeast.  The pictures are all too familiar to many people here who suffered similar losses from Hurricane Ivan in 2004.  Our home was spared any significant damage. Three large trees snapped and fell parallel to our house, and our roof lost several shingles.  Our downed fences initiated friendships with neighbors whom we had never met.  We had evacuated to Dallas, Texas, and watched the storm from afar.  As I watch interviews of people in the northeast, I recall the rush of emotion upon first sight of the destruction as we returned to our ravaged city, and my heart aches for those who lost loved ones, lost homes, and are struggling to find food, water and gas.

This is a painting of the sunset on Pensacola Beach.  The young girl is my niece, enjoying a Thanksgiving visit.  100% of the proceeds from the sale of "Angie's Beach" will go to the Red Cross relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.   Click on the link above to bid in the Daily Paintworks auction.  Thank you.