Challenge for October, A Gift from the Sea

This month's challenge is called "A Gift from the Sea," and can be any medium.

This happy fellow, is my idea of a gift from the sea.

oil on canvas

After all, I can never look at a dolphin, without smiling, and joy is definitely a gift!

This particular dolphin, lives in the area of Key Largo, FL.  I hope you are viewing this, with a big smile on your face too!

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A Gift From the Sea, 8x10 

When I lived in Bermuda I collected old bottles. There's not much topsoil in Bermuda, and long ago there were two ways to dispose of bottles: toss them into the sea or bury them in shallow holes. It's hard to find bottles intact, so I prize this one. The driftwood came from Bermuda too, and the shell from our very own beach a block away. 

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                                                                "Spirit of the Sea"

This is a spirit painting of sea creatures.  It is watercolor techniques using fracturing and graphic shapes.  It is a fun and challenging type of work that I enjoy.

                                                                     Mary Warnick

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"A Gift from the Sea"

This watercolor was inspired by my trip on a sailboat to St. Maarten. Kept a conch shell from years ago and combined it with the image of a sailboat. 

Used a technique where the background colors are saturated with a spray of water; lots of it! It lets watercolor be watercolor! It's a look that contrasts the method used in painting the shell.

Thanks for viewing!

Jean Thomas
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Calico Crab
16x12 Watercolor on 140 lb Arches cold press paper

I truly felt I had found a gift from the sea about 30 years ago when I visited Sanibel Island for the first (and only) time. This little bright red treasure of a baby crab had passed away on the beach. I picked his remains up and carried them back to our motel to paint. After discovering he was a "calico crab" I thought I'd place him on a background that merged the look of a calico postage stamp quilt with the local sand and shells. The penny indicates how tiny he was. I had to toss him before completing the painting because he really stunk up the room. I just recently found the old watercolor in my stash of unfinished work and tried to complete it for this challenge.

Kathy Garvey

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The sea is so good to us, it provides, transportation, adventure, food and most of all beauty.  In this mysterious realm there are many fearsome creatures but also creatures of startling beauty.  This collaged Lion Fish is my gift from the sea.



Lion Fish

Donna Vines
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Robots and Paintings

On First Friday, August 2nd, Kathy Garvey and I will be exhibiting our art at Highland Art Studio, 1425 Highland Avenue in Melbourne. I'll have my oil paintings on display.

Storm's Coming

Kathy has been making ingenious little robots out of clay and luggage tags.  Foreign object removal on the runway at the airport constantly turns up the metal tags off luggage, and only Kathy would see them as potential robots. They are so darn cute!

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Panoramic Seascape Painting, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, Impressionist Seascape, 8x16x.75" Oil

I am trying to break my current addiction to painting flowers, so I dug through my files and found a great image of the ocean.  I have a new (for me) size canvas, 8x16" that I thought would work well for the image.

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I have to admit, I enjoyed painting this scene.  My choices of subject matter are always based on emotion and on this day......the waves filled my need for action.

Thanks for reading my blog today....If I were in Florida, I'd be off to the beach.

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Seascape Painting, A Day at the Beach, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, SOLD

Stop and smell the salt spray with these seascape paintings.

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IF EVERYONE HAD A BEACH....THERE WOULD BE NO STRESS IN THE WORLD!

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A day at the beach is always a good thing.

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Almost Home

During one of my trips back home to Gloucester, MA I took lots of photos of the harbor some with boats and some without.  Because Gloucester is such a busy place in the summer there always seem to be boats so getting photos without a boat or two or three is rare. 
Gloucester has an interesting harbor because there is an island pretty close to land called Ten Pound Island.   Legend has it the island got it's name because that is how much the settlers paid the local Indians for it or that is how many sheep pens or pounds it could hold.  There has been a Lighthouse on the island since the early 1800's and one of it's claims to fame is that Winslow Homer stayed with the Lighthouse keeper and his family one summer producing about 50 paintings of the harbor. 
I took this photo of some small sailboats racing towards the island.   It was very windy and the boats looked so small heading towards those big rocks but yet it did not seem dangerous.  I could not help painting this photo in a whimsical way.
On the bottom right of the photo is the Lighthouse.

Almost Home


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Seascape Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Wave Painting, "Wall of Water" 16x20x.75" Oil SOLD

Lately, I have been painting seascapes.  I always love painting and viewing seascapes.  It's almost as soothing to me as a trip to the beach.

SOLD

 Of course, the first step for me IS a trip to the beach.  I  pick a day with my trusty camera and head for the sand.  I count myself lucky if I get a few interesting shots.

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For this painting, I used images from a trip to Barbados.

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For the time being, I have hung this on my studio wall.  It transports me to the sea each time I see it.

Isn't art wonderful?!

Thanks for viewing my art today.

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Red Pail

This 8x10 oil is of a little girl playing on the beach enjoying a sunny summer day in a more mellow way. You don't have to surf, swim, play volley ball or Frisbee to enjoy the beach.  Sitting by the water or in the water is a great way to cool off , enjoy the ocean and have a great time.

Red Pail

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Beach Sunset, Small Oil Painting, Daily Painting, 6x8" Original Oil Painting

One of my favorite places to be, when the sun goes down, is on the beach.  Of course, on the east coast of Florida, there is no show, but a short 3 hours away, on the west coast......waaaazaa!!

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It is such a stunning sight and there is always a crowd of people, gathered to say good bye to the day.

This little painting brings back those spiritual moments, as I remember the peace and quiet that we all felt as the sun fell behind the sea.  If only we could capture that feeling and keep it with us always.

Have a peaceful and lovely day....and thanks for visiting today.

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 Carol Schiff

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Seascape Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Wave Painting, "Wall of Water" 16x20x.75" Oil SOLD

Lately, I have been painting seascapes.  I always love painting and viewing seascapes.  It's almost as soothing to me as a trip to the beach.

SOLD

 Of course, the first step for me IS a trip to the beach.  I  pick a day with my trusty camera and head for the sand.  I count myself lucky if I get a few interesting shots.

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For this painting, I used images from a trip to Barbados.

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For the time being, I have hung this on my studio wall.  It transports me to the sea each time I see it.

Isn't art wonderful?!

Thanks for viewing my art today.

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Seascape Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Wave Painting, "Wall of Water" 16x20x.75" Oil SOLD

Lately, I have been painting seascapes.  I always love painting and viewing seascapes.  It's almost as soothing to me as a trip to the beach.

SOLD

 Of course, the first step for me IS a trip to the beach.  I  pick a day with my trusty camera and head for the sand.  I count myself lucky if I get a few interesting shots.

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For this painting, I used images from a trip to Barbados.

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For the time being, I have hung this on my studio wall.  It transports me to the sea each time I see it.

Isn't art wonderful?!

Thanks for viewing my art today.

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Seascape, "California Bliss", 6x12" SOLD

It always amazes me how different the Atlantic is from the Pacific.  Here, on the east coast, we have mornings when the ocean looks like a big lake, hardly a ripple breaks the surface.

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I don't have as much experience with the west coast, but it appears to be much more intense.  I have only been to the Pacific in northern California, where it is a deep, beautiful blue, unlike the semi-tropical waters we have in Florida, which can be a bright turquoise.

The reference image for this painting came from Shelly Smart's blog, A Year at the Beach.  She is not posting it anymore, but it remains a fascinating journal.  She posted images of her beach every day for a year.  Thank you Shelly, for sharing your images with me.

Carol Schiff

Small Seascape Sunset Painting, Daily Painting, Small Oil Painting, 6x8" impasto painting

I don't know how you start your days, but, whenever possible, I love to grab my camera and a cup of coffee and head to the beach to watch the sun come up.  With a morning like that, it is impossible to have a bad day!

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 I like texture in my art and one of my favorite tricks, is to take a failed painting, leave the texture and use the panel again.  Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

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Many artists use their canvases more than once, but convential  wisdom is you must sand it down.  I
sometimes do that too, but if I want to do a little expressionism, I say, why destroy all that lovely texture?

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Seascape Oil Painting, Daily Painting, Wave Painting, "Wall of Water" 16x20x.75" Oil SOLD

Lately, I have been painting seascapes.  I always love painting and viewing seascapes.  It's almost as soothing to me as a trip to the beach.

SOLD

 Of course, the first step for me IS a trip to the beach.  I  pick a day with my trusty camera and head for the sand.  I count myself lucky if I get a few interesting shots.

detail

For this painting, I used images from a trip to Barbados.

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For the time being, I have hung this on my studio wall.  It transports me to the sea each time I see it.

Isn't art wonderful?!

Thanks for viewing my art today.

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Tahiti Beach, 6x8 Oil on Canvas Panel Seascape by Carmen Beecher

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This is the place of my dreams. The water is pristine and clear, the sand is sparkling white, and the sky is blue. Stress is a thing of the past when you are in a place like this. It's beautiful Tahiti Beach, not in the Pacific, but on Elbow Cay in the Abacos Islands, Bahamas. There is no traffic because there are no cars. A golf cart suffices. One of my favorite places ever. Drop me off with my paints for a month or so.

(Back to reality) Coming Soon: My Solo Show

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Daily Painting | Small Oil Painting | Small Seascape |Tropical Waters by Carol Schiff | 6x8" Oil SOLD

If you follow this blog, you know how much I like to paint seascapes.  Not just any seascapes, but scenes from my own little piece of the Atlantic.

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The waves were coming in quickly on this day.  I think a "tropical depression" was off shore.  Tropical depression is a weatherman's term, several steps below a hurricane, but usually meaning the winds will kick up to some degree and rain is on the horizon.  Of course, in Florida, this time of the year.....rain is always on the horizon.

This photo is a little wonky.....sorry!  When I take photos of my paintings, I usually have 5-10 paintings to photograph, trying to get 5-6 shots of each.  I get a little production line going...and I guess I didn't pay much attention to how this one was lined up :)

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Pastel Sea, 10x8 Original Oil Daily Painting, Seascape by Carmen Beecher

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Despite the title of this painting, it is not a pastel, it's an oil. It's the scene that is pastel. Sometimes the sea and sky are soft colors, which makes for a peaceful painting. In fact, I believe I hear it calling me right now...I need to go down there and walk a while...

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking...

"Sea Fever" by John Masefield

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