Cotton Candy Clouds

LA has been burning this week, which also means out of the destruction emerge the most spectacular sunsets…all the junk in the atmosphere is making our sunsets over the ocean look like paintings with cotton candy clouds and liquid mercury waves. I shot these in Marina del Rey:

Cotton Candy Clouds art
Cotton Candy Clouds art

Mermaid Bath

Mermaid Bath art
Watercolor on Paper, 5″ x 7″

Volcano on Rock

Volcano on Rock art

Castles

Castles art

a Turtle in Venice

a Turtle in Venice art

Beached Kelp

Beached Kelp art

Rock #1

Rock #1 art
As of late, I’ve found myself shooting more and more photography. Up until now, this blog has featured primarily oil paintings, then both paintings and illustrations, and now I’ll be expanding that to include photography. This was shot near Venice Beach, California. -G

Electric Love

Electric Love art

Watercolor on Paper, 5″ x 7″

Whalee!

Whalee! art
Oil on Canvas, 9″ x 12″
(t-shirt character design)

Saving Mermaids from Drowning

Saving Mermaids from Drowning art

This illustration was inspired by Illustration Friday’s topic: Save.
In the drawing, a mermaid shops at the upscale “Sea Bubble Boutique” for a land hat to wear out of water. Each “Sea Bubble” is filled with salt water, and accessorized with various sea creatures. I modeled some of the fish and critters after marine life I’ve seen while scuba diving. This illustration was a blast to do!

Colored Pencil on Paper, 10” x 12”
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Saving Mermaids from Drowning artSaving Mermaids from Drowning art
Saving Mermaids from Drowning art
Saving Mermaids from Drowning art

St Lucia

St Lucia art
Pastel on Paper, 5″ x 7″
For some reason I’ve never worked in pastels before, so when I recently came across a set of them, I decided to give it a try…and here is my first pastel painting!

Starfish

Starfish art
Oil on Canvas, 16″ x 12″
Starfish art

Starfish art