Showing posts with label florida palms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label florida palms. Show all posts

Friday, December 15, 2023

 Palms in the Mist


Old Florida Backcountry painting of Sabal Palm and Saw Palmetto
 in an abandoned Orange Grove



This original oil painting is 14" x 24" oil on stretched linen canvas and depicts a grove of cabbage palms and slash pine within an Everglades clearing. The day is misty and humid and a soft silvery light pervades the scene.

Sunday, December 30, 2018

New Smyrna Beach 2018

New Smyrna Beach 2018

From my week of plein air painting in one of my favorite Florida beach hangouts.

 Endless Summer
by Keith Gunderson 
12" x 36"
Live Oak
by Keith Gunderson 
20" x 20"
The path to the Beach
by Keith Gunderson 
14" x 18"
Along the Boardwalk
by Keith Gunderson 
12" x 16"
Paddlers Rest
by Keith Gunderson 
12" x 12"
Billy's truck
by Keith Gunderson 
12" x 24"

New Smyrna Beach Nocturne
by Keith Gunderson
10" x 10"

Monday, August 19, 2013

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary



A series of paintings of the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
near Naples, Florida.
I've spent many hours working plein air in this magical place- looking to capture the essence of the pristine Florida wilderness- perhaps somehow witnessing through proximity to these massively giant trees that are a living link to secrets thousands of years old.

Corkscrew Sentinels
16" x 24"

Corkscrew Giants
19" x 28"
Grove of the Ancients
24" x 36"
Corkscrew Sunrise
22" x 36"
Ancient Witness
18" 26"

Sunday, April 7, 2013

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

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

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

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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.

Monday, March 25, 2013

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 Slash Pine Hammock

  Old Florida Slash Pine Hammock oil/linen 24" x 12" Old Florida Backcountry oil painting of Slash Pine  and Saw Palmetto Forest