Here’s the watercolor done and ready for final inking.

All prepped for watercolor! Time to add paint!

After a few days feeling rotten due to some tummy trouble, I’m veering back into a pile of work that needs tackling. One is a painting from the special offer I offered for a few days this past week. As the last painting I posted this one also involves a Florida black bear, a flock of birdies and a setting along the Ocklawaha River in north Central Florida. Here are the pencils.

Ready for watercolor.

Here’s a painting I’m doing today! Haven’t shown the process before. Here are the pencils for the painting. Now I’ll prep it for watercolor and post that soon.

Here’s my newest watercolor painting of Colt Creek State Park here in Florida.
It’s the largest painting I’ve done for an eventual Swampy’s Florida print- 16″ x 20″.
The original will be auctioned by the Friends of Colt Creek State Park and I’ll let you know when that is. I’ll also let you know when prints are available.

This is an actual spot in the park. The tree is a relic of it’s former self and sits off a hiking trail not far from the park’s community room.

Here’s my latest watercolor painting of frogs and Florida history. This is a frog in the place of aviator Tony Jannus, who is regarded as the pilot of the first scheduled airline in the world. This occurred over Tampa Bay in 1914. The passenger was a former St Petersburg mayor who won an auction to be the first passenger for $400.

My annual ‪Christmas‬ card of ‪‎Florida‬ native critters inside The Ivy House in Ocala, Florida. Used lots of reference for the interior of the 1890 house/restaurant and had to skew things a bit to make the image more readable. Also,used more reference than years past for the critters. I tried to limit the animals a bit so that the interior of the building could be better felt and understood. I finished inking this Monday.

The Dorris Bobber Memorial Palmetto Bug is hidden somewhere. You’d need to see the actual card to find him, though.  This is the first year Swampy, Trilby and Zuber of Swampy’s Florida appear as part of the illustration.

I’m working on this years Christmas card. Here are pencils.

The location is The Ivy House in Ocala, Florida. It’s an 1890 house that has this wonderful Southern restaurant in it. Great food for a reasonable price.

Christmas at Silver Springs! Meant to post this final version of the artwork earlier. Took me a while to get back to. Made especially for a group I’m with, the Marion County Springs Festival. This will also be available as cards and prints.

Here’s one of my newest watercolor paintings to join the Swampy’s Florida lineup. At a suggestion by a friend I added a tutu to a Florida black bear and got a character Barishnikov would want to team with.

This is a watercolor painting and will be available soon as a Swampy’s Florida print.