So many highly paintable events happened in Washington DC this election season, extending my work painting on the street from September 2020 to 2021. In the middle I took time to reflect on DC in Florida. Then, I returned to Florida for January to March in 2022. (Ten of these were in a Juize Box Pop Up at the 47th Annual Mount Dora Arts Festival in February 2022).
Sofia imagining palm trees and dreaming of snakes, Wild Kombucha, Parasaurolophus, coins, the Inauguration on computer, laquer, and Scrabble, on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, in North Carolina on the way to FL, Jan 2021, 30x22in, watercolorSofia swimming off a long driving day in Key West, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia working on the phone with a gator on the ipod in Islamorada Key, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia at the Blue Hole with two gators, Big Pine Key, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSouth Beach Night, Miami, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia at Bal Harbor with Dr. Fauci on the ipod, Miami, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia Studying Online After Coyote Rojo II Groveland, FLA, Jan 2021, 30x22in, watercolorSofia and Sylvia the dog at Crystal Beach, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorTarpon Springs Beach, FLA, Jan 2021, 22x30in, watercolorOur 4Runner and the Lighthouse in Grantham Point Park at Mount Dora, FLA, Feb 2021, 22x30in, watercolorCedarKey, FLA, Feb 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia with her camera at the Lighthouse in Grantham Point Park at Mount Dora, FLA, Feb 2021, 22x30in, watercolorFort Island Gulf Beach, FLA, Feb 2021, 22x30in, watercolorCallie the Dog at Cedar Key, FLA, Feb 2021, 22x30in, watercolorSofia sleeping after Yalaha Bakery at Howie-in-the-Hills, FLA, Feb 2021, 30x22in, watercolor
Sofia sleeping at a hotel with the Florida mask debate on the computer in Asheville, NC leaving FL, Feb 2021, 30×22, watercolorPainting at a hotel with the nightly news on the computer in Asheville, NC leaving FL, Feb 2021, 30×22, watercolor
Sofia at a hostel answering emails on the computer in Charleston, SC on the way to FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill Life of fortune cookie, bag of pistachios, and kitchen utensils on the wall with a young woman’s face on the laptop, at Dee’s House, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
Still Life of fortune cookie, roquefort, Rwanda coffee, colander, Zero, orange, grapefruit, strawberries, eggs, and laptop, Dee’s kitchen, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill Life of fortune cookie, avocado, coffee, sparkling water, colander, Zero, orange, grapefruit, strawberries, onions, maple syrup, magnets on fridge in Dee’s kitchen, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSt Pete’s Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia working online in living room looking across the street to Buddy, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia working on her laptop in the living room with the book The Other Bennet Sister, fortune cookie, coffee, apple, candies, and shells, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorPass-a-Grille Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia working on her laptop in the backyard, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorA couple on Gulfport Beach boardwalk, FL, Jan 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Jan 2022, 30x22in, watercolorStill Life in the living room of lilies, big shell, fortune cookie, book, oranges, grapefruit, strawberries, chocolate, on the glass table looking out across the street at Buddy the lucky dog, Gulfport, FL, Jan 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolorGulfport Beach, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolorMount Dora Annual Arts Festival, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorCocoa Beach, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill Life in the living room of lilies, little frog on china shell, oranges, avocado, onion, red pepper, garlic, on the glass table, with Matisse posters on the wall and an interview with a Canadian trucker on the laptop, Gulfport, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill Life of my first red oak smoked mullet lunch at Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish on Pasadena, with my traveling hat, South St Petersburg, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
Still Life of my second red oak smoked mullet lunch at Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish on Pasadena, with my traveling hat, South St Petersburg, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorBeach Dog Run, Pass-a-Grille, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia working on her laptop in the backyard with our visiting cat, Gulfport, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia with a wedding on Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Feb 2022, 14x10in, watercolorNorth Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Feb 2022, 14x10in, watercolorNorth Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Feb 2022, 14x20in, watercolorSofia in front of Hurricane Restaurant, Pass-a-Grille, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
Sofia photographing while I paint flamingos at Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill Life of my first red oak smoked mackerel lunch at Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish on Pasadena, with the waitress, South St Petersburg, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorPass-a-Grille Beach, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorPass-a-Grille Beach, FL, Feb 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia at Olmsted’s Bok Tower Gardens, FL, Feb 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSofia at North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia at North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolorGrouper Sandwich with Coleslaw on the roof of the Hurricane Restaurant, Pass-a-Grille Beach, FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
Sofia, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSofia at North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia at North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSelf Portrait, Gulfport FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolor
Self Portrait at North Beach Fort De Soto, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolorStill life in Dee’s kitchen, with shrimp spaghetti, an onion, a piece of garlic, oranges, Quaker Oats, Palmolive, Tide laundry pods, the favorite vase, and the glass dolphin door, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolor.Sofia in the garden 1, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSofia in the garden 2, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolorSofia in the garden 3, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 30x22in, watercolorSofia in Dee’s kitchen, with cactus, Turkish figs, truffle almonds, candies, bread, orange, egg, and Gulf Coast Stone Crab legs, Gulfport, FL, Mar 2022, 22x30in, watercolor
