Plants – Margy Gates Art

Exploring the Salish Sea

Exploring the Salish Sea – book, 96 pages, $15.95 Exploring the Salish Sea

Exploring Southern California’s Beaches and Islands – book, 120 pages, $18.95

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

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

Ginger blossoms in a spiral sequence out of the pod, each blossom emerging and fading rapidly. I had to work

Snorkeling in the kelp forests of Santa Cruz Island, one sees sea lions playing, often with the diver, keeping an

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

A friend brought me these raggedy, energetic sunflowers and I had to stop immediately and paint them. Original watercolor Sunflowers

The slow swaying of the kelp create an ever-changing landscape for the many fish of the California kelp garden. Original

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

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