Florida Cypress

Florida Cypress Trees

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

24" x 36"

oil on canvas

I painted this scene from sketches made on the boardwalk

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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs, in the United States. The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s and 50s.

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Palm Cottage Naples Florida

Naples Florida Palm Cottage
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I painted this view plein air, i.e., in one sitting from life, of the Naples Palm Cottage.

The Historic Palm Cottage is Naples oldest house (1895) and is proudly maintained by the Naples Historical Society and is located at 137 12th Avenue South,(at Gulfshore Blvd.) a block East of Naples Pier. On May 24, 1982, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

It was the summer cottage of the Louisville, Ky Courier Journal and Times then owner/editor, Walter N. Haldeman. Other Louisvillians owned homes in the area in this era.

The house is owned and operated as a museum by the Naples Historical Society

Falling Water S.P. Florida

Here's the finished painting of Falling Water State Park,

The painting took some time for me to capture the essence of the falls. 

The sense of the mist and the rainbow materializing in a ray of light that falls into the shaft, with ferns

 clinging to the sides of the rock. Beyond and above there is the creek that tumbles forward, yet never reaching the river as it it's fate is to be swallowed by the earth.

Falling Water
18" x 20"

Here's a version with a layer showing a slightly darker rocks.

Golden Sunset

Here's a small plein air sketch, in an old orange grove by a canal near Naples.

Golden Sunset

9" x 12"

oil on linen

Everglades City Sunset

Here's a plein air view from near the crab boat slips, looking toward the airport .

Everglades City Sunset

16" x 24"

oil on linen

Everglades Majesty

Painted at the Collier Seminole State Park. Hiked in with my gear from the parking lot about 20 minutes

and found this amazing view... I could have been deep in the heart of the Amazon, miles from civilization, if I didn't know better.

Everglades Majesty

12" x 18"

oil on linen

The Old Orange Grove

Here's a view I painted in an old orange grove populated by Sabal palms and Melalueca near the Southwest Florida Conservancy in Naples, Florida.

The Old Orange Grove

14" x 26"

oil on  linen

Home of the Heron

Here's a plein air scene I painted from a canal winding itself through east Naples

Home of the Heron
16" x 20"
oil on linen

Corkscrew Sentinels

Here's a plein air scene I painted in the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Southwest Florida.
Although situated in the city proper of Naples, the park is actually closer to Immokalee and Fort Myers.

Corkscrew Sentinels
14" x 26"
oil on linen

Sunset in the Everglades

Here's a painting I did from a plein air sketch I painted along alligator alley between Miami and Everglades City. Painted on gold leaf on linen using gold mica flake oil paints with a palette of traditional oil paints.

Sunset in the Everglades

16" x 20"

Oil on linen / gold leaf

Here is a sketch for a larger 30" x 30" painting.

Moonrise over the Everglades

Painted en plein air near the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

Moonrise over the Everglades

16" x 20"
oil on linen

The Abandoned Boat

Here's a painting that I executed near the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.

A favorite motif of mine- a boat out of water.

The Abandoned Boat

12" x 22"
Oil on Linen

Florida Moonrise

Florida Mooonrise

20" x  24"

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Corkscrew Swamp

14" x 22"

I ventured out on the boardwalk to find this motif.

Florida Palms

Florida Palms 14" x 16"

Ebbing Light

Another favorite group of Melaleuca and Sabal palm in Naples.

Florida Hammock

Near the Conservancy in Naples I found a quiet spot,- classic  tropical hardwood hammock.

Everglades City Crab Boat

Here's a plein aire scene that I painted along the inlet in Everglades City where all the Stone Crab boats are tied up.The fisherman have their traps and gear stacked nearby and the multicolored floats hanging in the palm and malaleuca have great charm .

Everglades City Crab Boat 20" x 24"

A Quiet Cove

This is another classic everglades scene I painted from Route 41 between Naples and Miami.

A Quiet Cove 24" x 36"

Tamiami Trail

Here's a painting I painted from the side of the road east of everglades city beyond the Big Cypress Park.

Tamiami Trail 24" x 36"