bird on bench near the beach

The benches usually face the water near the beaches.
I found this one with a gull perched on it either waiting 
for a handout or perhaps another gull.
I sketched it and went home to paint it.
I ignored the condos that were in the background and 
put a sliver of the gulf there to give you a glimpse of it.

8 x 10 Acrylic
200.00

Lonely boat

You don't think of seeing small row boats in the Gulf but this one was a dingy anchored near the beach. The owner had rowed from his yacht that was moored farther out so he and his partner could enjoy some time on the beach.

I sketched it in pastel and painted it in the air conditioning at home.
The Beach, in the summer, is a great place to sketch but I don't like to paint there.
 
8' x 10' Acrylic
Price $200.00

Boy with kite on Siesta Beach

The beach provides more than just a place to lay
in the sun or to enter the water.
The boy flies his kite while the man fishes the surf and
our heron is waiting his chance to steal a meal from
the bait bucket.

8 x 10 Acrylic
Price $200.00

Sandpipers and wave

 












These little birds find food it what the sea washes onto the sand.
Do you think that wave will flatten the little guy?
Across the water, you can see how the buildings have begun to compete for beach space.

8 x 10 Acrylic
Price $200.00