Living Well Haven

Nautical Seascape Sand Dune Painting  Commissions: Custom Original Painting Order Accepted BUY : Visit Original Paintings Shop BUY :   Canvas, Wood and Metal Prints, Pillows, Totes and More! This painting is of  sea oats and sea grass waving in the wind and three beautiful Brown Pelicans in flight.  The blue sky with puffy white clouds float over the blue ocean.  I finished this painting and went for a walk where we saw a flock of pelicans flying over the ocean.  The brown pelican was on the brink of extinction and was on the endangered species list for almost 40 years. Their population of the Brown Pelicans  increased and in 2009 the federal government decided to take them off the endangered species list.

Gone Fishing Beach Painting 16x20 Canvas Commissions: Custom Original Painting Order Accepted BUY : Visit Original Paintings Shop BUY :   Canvas, Wood and Metal Prints, Pillows, Totes and More! This painting is based on childhood memories of fishing on a pier in the Gulf of Mexico on Padre Island, Texas.  My mother and I loved to go fishing on this pier at Andie Bowie Park which is no longer there.  I caught lots of whiting,  croakers, sheepshead and a prized flounder or two.  A dreaded catching catfish  because I was afraid of getting stuck with their fin so my Mom would take those off the hook for me.     We could even drive under the pier and that was considered a prime location to set up for the day.  You can not drive down to the beach in this area now.  That driving access has been closed and a park and picnic area put up.    From the time I was about four years old I played with sand buckets by the pier and when fishing on the pier as soon as I co

Walk by the Lake Painting Commissions: Custom Original Painting Order Accepted BUY : Visit Original Paintings Shop BUY :   Canvas, Wood and Metal Prints, Pillows, Totes and More! This work of art was influenced by Lake Catherine near my home in Florida.   There is just a short window of time that the Royal Poinciana blooms in South Florida around May to mid June.  The flowers are a cheery vibrant orange.  The trees only has a few leaves when they are in bloom.    The blue sky  and water compliment the orange flowers and green grass that is speckled with flower petals.  

In the Pine Marsh Artwork Commissions: Custom Original Painting Order Accepted BUY : Visit Original Paintings Shop BUY :   Canvas, Wood and Metal Prints, Pillows, Totes and More! Beautiful marsh with a heron and egrets.  The grasses are brightly painted in tones of greens, golds and reds.  The wide expanse of the marsh water has tones of blues.  The big puffy clouds look three dimensional.  This acrylic painting is on white cotton archival canvas.  The canvas is 11x14 and the silver frame is included.  The size with the frame is 14.5x17.5. in.

River Nature Painting-Standing Tall    

Serene Landscape Painting-Captivating Wetland, 11x14,  Silver Frame Lovely nature painting has marsh grasses in tones of gold and sienna.  The red mangroves are showing off their beautiful roots.  The painting is done in a realism impressionist style and it has a simplistic contemporary style.    

Beautiful Landscape Marsh Painting, 16x20  Acrylic on Canvas Commissions: Custom Original Painting Order Accepted BUY : Visit Original Paintings Shop BUY :   Canvas, Wood and Metal Prints, Pillows, Totes and More! This marsh painting is done is in the impressionist style and is inspired by a trip we took last year to Charleston. On the way we stopped in Beaufort, South Carolina.  This lovely coastal town has some of the most beautiful marshes, beaches and waterways.  We got there  late on Sunday morning so it was pretty quite downtown.  We found a little restaurant called Blackstones.  It seemed popular with the locals so we stopped and we had a great breakfast.  We  did a little shopping down by the waterfront (a few stores were open by noon).  We enjoyed a long conversation with one of the store owners who was very friendly and gave us some tips on what to see and do.  We were only in town for the day before we headed for Charleston.  Next time, I would stay