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Exploring the Salish Sea book artwork Margy Gates

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July 11, 2015September 1, 2015

Exploring the Salish Sea

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

Exploring Southern California Beaches and Islands book artwork Margy Gates

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May 4, 2015September 1, 2015

Exploring Southern California’s Beaches and Islands

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

Fiji Island Labasa watercolor painting Margy Gates

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January 12, 2013August 3, 2016

Road to Labasa

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

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Fiji Island watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Laundry Day

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

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Blossoms flowers watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Blue Ginger

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

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Kelp forest Santa Cruz Channel Islands watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Kelp Dancers

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

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Costa Rica beach coast watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Holiday in Costa Rica

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

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Sunflowers watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Sunflowers

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

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California kelp garden watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Kelp Forest

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

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Kubulau Beach tropical island painting Margy Gates

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August 1, 2012August 3, 2016

Kubulau Beach

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

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tropical island watercolor painting Margy Gates

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July 30, 2012August 3, 2016

Memories of a Tropical Morning

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

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