A and D Ranch, 2, Plein Air

"A and D Ranch, 2"

6 x 8 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

This painting will be available in a few weeks. This is another sample painting for a larger canvas later.

I enjoyed going out and taking in all the fresh air in the morning sun. It turned cold that morning with a cold wind, 50 degrees or so. For us that is chilly!

Email me for purchase availability.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

Lake Sunset, Plein Air Painting

"Lake Sunset"

6 x 8 inches

Acrylic on canvas panel

(ready to frame)

Stole an hour at sunset tonight. Rarely do I get to paint on location in the evening. In fact this is the first one I have done outside at sunset! The colors were so vibrant, I really didn't do it justice. But it felt good to get out there!

This is at Nubbin's Slough. The water is coming up some, but there is still a lot of land where it used to be all under water. It has been about a year and a half now that Lake Okeechobee has been so low. I added the birds when I got home.

Enjoy!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

Dawn's Warning, Daily Painting

"Dawn's Warning"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

Plein air painting (done on location). I exaggerated the sky colors somewhat. The dead grasses were all lit up in the morning sun, it was beautiful.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

J & S, plein air painting

"J and S"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

Got to go out to J & S Fish Camp in the evening yesterday. The rim canal is off to the right and Lake Okeechobee is over the levee. I saw this little muddy path with the palms and thought how perfect of a composition that it would make! I used a simple palette with very few colors to give it more harmony.

Thanks for looking!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

Rucks Road 3, Plein Air Painting

"Rucks Road 3"

16 x 20 inches

Acrylic on canvas

I didn't get today's painting finished. So I am posting this one it's place.

I did this back when I first started doing plein air painting. It took a couple of days to get it done because it is so large for a plein air painting. It was hot and the bugs were horrid. I almost hung up plein air painting all together! 

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work! 

Late Morning, Plein Air Painting

"Late Morning"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

$625.00

Plein air painting (on location) done at Lake Okeechobee. This is down by the boat ramp at Lock 7. Can't even see the lake anymore. It is on the other side of all this brush. This little boat channel will take you around the brush and into the lake, but not too many people go out anymore. Air-boats seem more popular now to get through the shallow water. I did see some small flat boats.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

New Eagle Bay, Plein Air Painting

"The New Eagle Bay"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on Canvas

I went up on the levee early this morning, and painted this old favorite spot of mine. Off to the right used to be thick tall grasses and trails of marshy water. Since the whole thing was dredged and dug up it is mostly all sparse grasses. At least the water is coming back.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

Shoreline, 2, plein air painting

" Shoreline 2"

5 x 7 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

SOLD

This is the second painting I did last Friday at the canal at lock G-36. It was windy and the water was difficult to render. I think I got the feel of it though. I really like the cypress trees on the right.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work! 

Shoreline, Plein Air Painting

"Shoreline "

5 x 7 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

NOT AVAILABLE

Went back to lock G-36 yesterday (which is still closed due to lack of water). It was cool and breezy in the morning, and I wanted to capture the cool, blueish shadows in the rocks. The egrets were all around, so I added one here on the shore.

The water in the rim canal around the levee is getting very full. The water in the lake is still very low. They are not opening up the locks and letting the water flow because all of the canals and creeks will stay too low. I guess they figure people can at least get their boats in the water this way.

It is sad to see what was once a grand wetland with tons of wildlife shrink away to dry land. Lake Okeechobee seems to be disappearing.

Devil's Trumpet, plein air painting

"Devil's Trumpet"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

Did this one en plein air (on location). This is a truly beautiful flower!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work!

At G-36, Plein Air painting

"At G-36"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard
ready to frame

$650.00

Haven't been out on location in quite a while. I know there is probably a neat name for this area of the levee, but the sign just says G-36. The lock in this area is still closed, the lake is still too low. The canals and creeks are filling up, but not the lake.

It was too windy today so I only did one painting, then I packed up. At one point the painting actually blew off of the easel and onto the palette! No harm done, it missed the blobs of paint, just scratched it a little and I touched it up.

This is a palette knife painting, lots of thick paint and lovely texture.

Enjoy!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Click here to see what others say about my work! 

Taylor Creek Again, Plein Air, Daily Painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek Again"

(#4 in this series)

Acrylic on hardboard

8 x 10 inches

(ready to frame)

This is the same view of the levee as "Taylor Creek Too" which I did a few weeks ago. This time I zoomed in more and left out the big tree in the left foreground. I had set up farther away so the angle was a little different. This is a simple composition, yet it worked well for the birds I wanted to add. I added them this morning along with a few more details.

I saw pelicans, seagulls, egrets, cormorants, herons and a hawk! I settled for the egrets as they are so stunning. I love adding them to my paintings. We have small cattle egrets, snowy egrets, and great white egrets, all in different sizes. Then we have white ibis and the little blue herons that often turn white and look similar to egrets. I almost always see these beautiful birds while I am out painting, especially this time of year. Some stay all year, but the population increases three fold in the winter months.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Taylor Creek Cypress, Plein air, Daily painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek Cypress"

(#3 in this series)

8 x 10 inches

(ready to frame)

Acrylic on canvas

Not Available

Finally got to go back to Taylor Creek. It was a beautiful morning. I wanted to paint this cypress tree at a different angle than the last time. I love the interesting shape it has. This was done alla prima, including the bird!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created.  

Bougainvillas 2, Flowers, Plein air painting by Fawn

"Bougainvilleas 2"

5 x 7 inches

(ready to frame)

Watercolor

Had a very nice day in Jensen Beach. Did a little art show, sold a painting, and did a couple of watercolors of these wonderful flowers!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Indian River Palm, Plein air painting by Fawn

"Indian River palm"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

(ready to frame)

$225.00

This is the second one from yesterday in Jensen Beach. I was trying to use a softer palette to set off the palm tree, I like the results. it was windy and choppy, so the water was fun to paint.

Email me for availability: fawn@fawnsartstudio.com

Click here to see more

Poinsettias, Plein air, Daily paintng by Fawn

"Poinsettias"

5 x 7 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

Sold

Tis the season! These lovely poinsettias were growing just below the crotons so I thought I would paint them too.

I love the wet-in-wet technique and the thick paint.

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Crotons, Plein Air, Daily Painting by Fawn

"Crotons"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

Ready to frame

$225.00

Thick paint, fast loose brush strokes, and bold strong colors! Went to Fort Pierce with my painting group and had so much fun painting out at Heathcote Botanical Gardens yesterday. These crotons were partially in the shade and the parts in the sun were just glowing!

Email me for availability: fawn@fawnsartstudio.com

Click here to see more

Taylor Creek Too, Plein Air Painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek Too"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hard board

This is the second in this series. I hope to go back and do a few more. I scouted out some more nice places to set up next time.

The lock is just off to the left. This is where Taylor Creek ends and joins the levee. Click on the image to see the birds hiding in the painting.

Thanks for looking!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Taylor Creek, Plein Air Painting by Fawn

"Taylor Creek"

8 x 10 inches

Acrylic on hardboard

Ready to frame

Went out late this morning, and it was so hot for November! 85 degrees. But the wind was blowing and the sun light made everything easier to paint. I found a cypress tree to set up under and got two paintings done. Beautiful day.

I am working with some new colors. I also tried to make a plan and really slow down. So much more enjoyable. Things go much smoother if I don't change my mind half way through the painting!

Thanks for Looking!

Click here to see my gallery pages!

Email me at: fmcneillbarr@gmail.com for availability and/or information about having your own custom painting created. 

Paynes Prarie, Value Study, Plein Air, Alla Prima

Paynes Prairie Study

4.5 x 6 inches

Acrylic

Not Available

These are value studies I did at the workshop Saturday. We did about ten different exercises, not including warm ups. The goal here was to use limited values. The dark values could not be black or even dark gray, and the lights could not get very white. The color study had to follow the same values, only using color. I really liked this exercise, as it forced me to think through the whole process and not just slap it on in a hurry.

I plan to paint a larger painting of the color study and see if I can keep the subtle changes in value.

Thanks for looking!

Click here to see my gallery pages!