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Arty-tees

| Doreen E. Lepore

I now have fine art t-shirts on Amazon. My brand name is Arty-tees. Click on the link under the painting to see it on a t-shirt, printed by Amazon.

This link is to “Red Flag” a pastel painting of Hobe Sound beach

Red Flag
Red Flag

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L1FBV7Z

“Whispering Palms” a plein air pastel painted at Sandsprit Park in Port Salerno

Sandsprit Park s

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L3GPKFS

“Drydocked” a plein air oil painted at Indiantown Marina

Topaz - oil on board - 9x12
Topaz – oil on board – 9×12

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYZSYM3

“Anchored” a plein air pastel painted on the dock of Twisted Tuna, Port Salerno

Port Salerno - 9x12 - pastels
Port Salerno – 9×12 – pastels

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KYBQV68

“To The Beach” a plein air oil painted at Hobe Sound Beach

To The Beach

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KY61HB6

“Octopus Hugs” an original watercolor illustration

Octopus - watercolor and ink
Octopus – watercolor and ink

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWWRL58

“Friends” an original watercolor illustration

friends

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KWW21XY

“Ombrelli Colorati” an original oil painting of colorful umbrellas at Hobe Sound Beach

Ombrelli Colorati

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KXPD33M

…..more to come

 

Tuesday Paintings House of Refuge Beach

| Doreen E. Lepore

Last Tuesday, not yesterday but Tuesday of last week, we painted at the House of Refuge on Hutchinson Island, a narrow strip of land called Gilbert’s Bar. It was a nice breezy day and I decided to paint the beach instead of the buildings. The limestone rocks alone are an interesting subject. Even though I had time for a second small painting I still painted the rocks and ocean instead of the buildings. So here are mama and baby paintings from last Tuesday.

House of Refuge Beach - 11x14 oil on panel
House of Refuge Beach – 11×14 oil on panel
Mini House of Refuge Beach - 5x7 - oil on panel
Mini House of Refuge Beach – 5×7 – oil on panel

Met some friendly beach walkers and one dog that was mostly interested in digging to China.

 

Prints

| Doreen E. Lepore

Recently I discovered a website that allows artists to upload their work and make it available for the public to buy as prints. They will even frame it! They will do giclee prints on stretched canvas as well as paper prints and there are a number of good quality papers to choose from. The frame selection seems limited, but it could be that I haven’t seen all they have yet.

My page has three galleries – Landscape, Still life and Animals. If you click on the gallery link on the right you will be able to go there and see what I have so far. If there is anything anyone would like made available, just let me know either in the comments or via email and I’ll see if it’s something that can be done.

If you are interested in making your own gallery there, it wasn’t hard to do [and it’s free], but do recommend that you get your images ready – they need to be higher resolution than 800×800.

Red Flag
Red Flag

 

Molly’s House Gallery

| Doreen E. Lepore

For locals – here is the season’s schedule for Molly’s House Gallery in Stuart, FL:

2013 2014 Gallery Flyer

My mostly beach themed paintings will be there in December, from the 5th until the end of the month.

Molly’s House is a 501(c)3 hospital hospitality house, providing temporary lodging for adult and children patients and their families who are receiving medical care on the Treasure Coast.

www.MollysHouse.org

 

Seabreeze

| Doreen E. Lepore
Seabreeze - Oil on Canvas - 20x24
Seabreeze – Oil on Canvas – 20×24

These trees are piney and I don’t know the name of them but I like the way they lean toward land as if the breeze showed them which way to grow. This is at the northern end of Hobe Sound Beach.

This painting isn’t huge but consumed a lot of paint. The paint was thickly applied with a fully loaded brush.  It’s a high key painting with hardly any darks.

Red Flag

| Doreen E. Lepore
Red Flag
Red Flag

Yes, of course it’s another beach painting from Hobe Sound Beach. But, this time it’s done in pastels. Finally, I’ve gotten around to trying out the pallet of John Pierce Barnes to see how complete it is. Here’s the link to the older post:

http://hobesoundartist.com/2012/06/02/john-pierce-barnes/

It was very complete, just needed to go back to the big box for one stick of a darker tan and one better mid tone flesh color. It was nice to be limited to the smaller selection of colors and yet I felt as though I had plenty to choose from. Makes for a very portable pastel kit. If you do any plein air painting you know that’s a huge plus.

 

Fresh off the easel

| Doreen E. Lepore

More beach paintings! This time I’ve included a picture of each painting in their frames. These are small works, all 6×8 – oil on panel, and look great in wide white molding frames – the width of the molding is about 3 1/2 inches.

The brilliant blue is compliments of Gamblin – go to www.gamblincolors.com and click on Torrit Grey to see the paintings that were submitted. This year all Torritt Grey participants (remember the Torritt Birds http://hobesoundartist.com/2012/09/29/torrit-bird/) received a free tube of “Cote d’Azure” along with another tube (mine was white). The backstory is that their master paint maker, Matt and his wife Liz  went to France for their honeymoon and the water inspired this color. The color is perfect for Florida, hope they keep making it!

The paintings are all down at a small, new boutique in Hobe Sound; Juno Shoe Girl on S. Dixie Hwy.  The shop has a beachy theme and my beach paintings have sold well there. You can find more information about Juno Shoe Girl here: http://junoshoegirl.com/