Islands – Margy Gates Art

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This portrait has a very exciting story behind it. Many came to the gallery in Channel Islands Harbor to hear me

On a bus trip across central Fiji, a very fast sketch when the bus stopped, noting each mountain top had

This is a dreamscape. Somtimes I paint imagined images. There is a volcanic island off the coast of New Zealand called

Every day is laundry day in the Fijian village of Karoko. When the original of this image was purchased for

I am known for my island and reef paintings, hence the funny name. The rhythms are subtle, the waves break

The Californian is a replica of a Tall Ship, one of a number that arrives in our harbor periodically. I

This watercolor, painted on location en plein air, involved the usual outdoor strategies. First, one finds a shady place to

Safely tethered, but moving slightly with the surge (just enough to challenge all the curves and drive an artist crazy)

This is the first in a planned series of lighthouse images. I like the way the forms stacked one on

This is a close-up of a small beach on Isla Mujeres, Ycatan. It was a placid afternoon with a warm

This amazing place has cool trade-winds and warm rains that make thing grow at a spectacular rate. Legend has it

On a spectacular day when the energy from the storm off New Zealand was making waves off the southern coast

I was interested in the patterns the birds carve in the air, swooping up and around the rock face, then

This is the fifth in a series of paintings of the Anacapa Arch, which explore the various moods and views

This was the first in a series of Anacapa Arch paintings. Anacapa is the first of four National Park islands

Tropical places have repeating themes — The soft foliage of banana trees, palms leaning into the tradewinds, people in bright