Tiger Study 8 x 16 oil

A Quick Tiger study.

Beach party 24 x 48'' oil ( White Ibises) SOLD

These guys turned up several times during a recent visit to Bonita Springs Beach. They were not at all concerned about the waves breaking over them.I spent hours running up and down the beach following them as they waded around in the surf..
I have just heard that this painting has been accepted for the "Birds In Art" Exhibition. I am thrilled!

October evening oil 18 x 24

My favorite beach. The light was lovely.
The distant headland is actually one of a series of granite Islands transported over to England from Norway. They were brought in enormous barges and unloaded at high tide. At low tide diggers would pick up the rocks and move them slowly into place. they created these long Islands about 100 yards long and 30ft high. The whole process took years. As you can Imagine, the Islands, (about 8 I think) changed the coastal landscape. instead of shifting shingle and terrible erosion, we now have a permanent grassy, shingle beach which has become a haven for wildlife and plants. There are large rock pools around the base of the Islands. and shallow sheltered bays between the Islands. The birdlife is Incredible. A large population of Turnstones, oystercatchers, plovers, lots of smaller waders, and of course, my favourite, the recent addition to our birdscape.... Little Egrets. You could almost forgive the awful smell of the rotting seaweed that also piles up after storms.

Feeding The ducks oil 7 x 5

This is an "Alice Inspired" painting. We spend a lot of time on Walt and Alice's boat during the summer. Our favourite thing to do is to toodle into st Michaels harbour and see what's going on . We usually end up feeding the ducks.(I have an 8 year old who loves it). Alice is always saying "Oh you should paint that". She's got me to paint weddings on the water , dogs on boats,my son making sandcastles , and many more subjects that would never occur to me to paint. This is the "Crab Claw" restaurant in St Michaels. So thank you Alice for another great Idea!!

Great egret 36 x 24 oil

. I felt a larger painting was long overdue. Ripples are so bloody hard to paint, but Egrets are always fun!!

palm tree oil 15 x 5

I love painting palm trees. I saw this one at Bonita Springs.

Night Sail, 7 x 5 oil SOLD

Spending the night on the water gives you a totally different experience to the normal afternoon sail. I loved the ghostly apparition of a passing sailboat gliding silently across the Bay in the twilight.