Summer at Leo Carrillo
Commissioned for a surfer who surfed this beach for many years and wanted everything to be accurate about how he remembered
ocean, sea, underwater
Commissioned for a surfer who surfed this beach for many years and wanted everything to be accurate about how he remembered
These beautiful creatures speak for themselves. Original watercolor Blue Dolphins – 32″w x 20″h, $250 Blue Dolphins –
Being a beach artist, I have done many wave paintings. This is the first one designed to feature a surfer.
Sunsets in tropical places tend toward the spectacular and in this place, that is almost always true. The original image
We looked forward to the first day of the new millennium for a long time, and when it came, it
This painting is about movement and stability, hard and liquid, transparent and opaque. It also plays with putting the center
I am known for my island and reef paintings, hence the funny name. The rhythms are subtle, the waves break
Original watercolor SOLD OUT Copyright Margy Gates. All rights reserved.
This is one of my commissioned Boat Portrait Paintings. The owner wanted me to paint the Casino at Catalina Island
Original watercolor Wave Games – 42″w x 20″h, $325 Wave Games – 32″w x 15″h, $185 Wave Games – 26″w
The Californian is a replica of a Tall Ship, one of a number that arrives in our harbor periodically. I
Snorkeling in the kelp forests of Santa Cruz Island, one sees sea lions playing, often with the diver, keeping an
A healthy coral reef is a painting challenge because it is composed, per square yard, of the most densely packed
I had some shells from Fiji on the windowsill facing the rising sun. I came back into the room early
The slow swaying of the kelp create an ever-changing landscape for the many fish of the California kelp garden. Original
This sight awaited me when I came to my studio early one morning. Only very large storms create waves inside
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