Monotypes Show

November 4, 2025 | Doreen E. Lepore

One of my monotypes has been accepted into the upcoming show at the Salmagundi Club in NYC – called Unique Impressions. The show runs from December 9, 2025 until January 2, 2026.

Needless to say I’ll be doing more monotypes.

The Right Path – 5×7 Monotype

Cutting Back

May 1, 2025 | Doreen E. Lepore

Right now while I’m trying to re-configure my web presence I won’t be offering prints or any products with my art printed on them. If you have a genuine interest in something let me know and maybe I can figure something out. Thanks.

Intaglio Sparrow

Still Here

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 | Doreen E. Lepore

My blog has been neglected and I’m wanting to revamp the website soon. But here’s an update.

During the pandemic I thought I’d be painting, but cataracts interfered. So, of course, it took forever to get scheduled to see a doctor then get the surgery but now my eyesight is great.

Been busy doing all the usual things plus many others. Have been cutting back on the others.

This year has gotten off to a busy start getting pieces framed and ready to ship to a gallery in Michigan as well as working on a recently finished commission.

Have managed to fit in some monotype fun though. This time with a gel plate rather than plexiglass. I’ve started with a small 5×7 plate.

The process is simple. Roll on acrylic paint [I’m using Golden Open] then start removing paint until you are happy with the scene. Using a damp paper [140 lb. hot press], place the paper on the plate and press with hands then peel off the plate. I’ve learned a lot about using the gelli plate for landscapes from watching https://www.youtube.com/@HeartstoneArt where I learned to also add white on to the plate and do a second pull of the same paper. The results were mystical.

Hope you are staying creative!

The Preserve View

March 26, 2020 | Doreen E. Lepore

Since everything is cancelled due to coronovirus, my Tuesday painting group is also suspended until further notice. This past Tuesday I painted the back yard. It’s casein paint, which is a water based paint that dries permanent, like oil paint. It handles a lot like oil paint but dries fast with a matte finish.

Flamboyant Tuesdays

July 26, 2019 | Doreen E. Lepore

For all the snowbirds that go north just a little too soon. During June and July the most magnificent tree flowers down here in south Florida. Often called the Flamboyant Tree, or Flame Tree, the Royal Poincianna tree shows off it’s orange flaming flowers throughout Central and Southern Florida.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia

Both of these paintings were done at Indian Riverside Park, Jensen Beach, FL on consecutive Tuesdays. The trees are brilliantly planted next to a pond.

Flamboyant Reflections - 14x11 oil on board — Flamboyant Reflections – 14×11 oil on board

Flamboyant Pond - 9x12 oil on board — Flamboyant Pond – 9×12 oil on board

Tuesday catchup

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019 | Doreen E. Lepore

Some recent plein air paintings and a pastel demo. Lots of palm trees in this batch!

The Mosquito Pond 2 — Mosquito Pond – 14×11 oil plein air at Garden Tour Sewells Point

River View – 9×12 oil – plein air Snug Harbor, Stuart, FL

fish camp coconut palm — Coconut Palms at the Fish Camp -12×9 oil plein air

savanah lilies — Savannah Lilies – 9×12 oil plein air at the Savannah Preserve

Blue Creek Palms – 12×16 pastels – Adams Ranch, Ft. Pierce, FL demo

T-Shirt Update

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 | Doreen E. Lepore

Just finished a major update to my arty-tees page. I’ve added new tshirts and hoodies as well as adding more color selections for some tshirts. There are two links for some tshirts because amazon only lets me pick 5 colors per tshirt or product, so I just made another listing with more color choices. Also, some good news, the price on the hoodies dropped, thanks to amazon.

These are the paintings now available on tshirts and a couple of hoodies:

Painted Pony

painted pony

The Beaten Path

Path

Retired

Jocko

Spring Marsh

You can go to the arty-tees page for further details and links to amazon here.

If you have any questions, comments, feedback please feel free to leave a comment or email me.

Tuesday again

March 8, 2019 | Doreen E. Lepore

Last Tuesday was especially fun. My group painted at the Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation in Palm City, FL. We had painted there before and will paint there again. So, I decided to paint one of the mini horses. It turns out he is an ambassador for ERAF and that’s understandable. Using pastels on Ampersand Pastelbord, I captured his sweetness and also have published the image on Amazon as one of my arty-tees – both a tshirt and a hoodie.

Here is the link to the tshirt:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PLFD5XT

and the hoodie:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PH4XRZR

Here is Harry the mini painted pony, ERAF Ambassador: 11×14 Pastels on Board

painted pony