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ocean, sea, underwater

Surf Leo Carrillo Beach watercolor painting Margy Gates

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January 12, 2013August 3, 2016

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

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Blue dolphins watercolor painting Margy Gates

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January 12, 2013August 3, 2016

Blue Dolphins

These beautiful creatures speak for themselves. Original watercolor Blue Dolphins – 32″w x 20″h, $250     Blue Dolphins –

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Surfer wave watercolor painting Margy Gates

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January 12, 2013August 3, 2016

Surfer

Being a beach artist, I have done many wave paintings. This is the first one designed to feature a surfer.

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Boat Savusavu sunset watercolor painting Margy Gates

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September 24, 2012August 3, 2016

Savusavu Sunset

Sunsets in tropical places tend toward the spectacular and in this place, that is almost always true. The original image

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Sea Coast watercolor painting Margy Gates

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September 24, 2012August 3, 2016

First Day of the Millenium

We looked forward to the first day of the new millennium for a long time, and when it came, it

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Ocean pier waves island watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Incoming Tide

This painting is about movement and stability, hard and liquid, transparent and opaque. It also plays with putting the center

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Island coast watercolor painting Margy Gates

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Islands, Seascapes  0 Comments

August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Another Island Painting

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

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Reef fish watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 22, 2015

Butterfly Reef

Original watercolor SOLD OUT Copyright Margy Gates. All rights reserved.

Catalina Avalon boat watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Lazy Afternoon at Avalon

This is one of my commissioned Boat Portrait Paintings. The owner wanted me to paint the Casino at Catalina Island

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Sea wave pelican birds watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 10, 2012August 3, 2016

Wave Games

Original watercolor Wave Games – 42″w x 20″h, $325 Wave Games – 32″w x 15″h, $185 Wave Games – 26″w

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Sailboat Channel Islands Anacapa watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

The Californian at Anacapa

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

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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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Coral reef underwater watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Silver Tide

A healthy coral reef is a painting challenge because it is composed, per square yard, of the most densely packed

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Fiji seashells beach watercolor painting

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August 4, 2012August 3, 2016

Tropical Shells

I had some shells from Fiji on the windowsill facing the rising sun. I came back into the room early

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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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California Coast watercolor painting Margy Gates

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August 1, 2012August 3, 2016

After the Storm

This sight awaited me when I came to my studio early one morning. Only very large storms create waves inside

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Channel Islands Anacapa Arch

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July 31, 2012August 3, 2016

Anacapa Arch II

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

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Channel Islands Anacapa Arch

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July 31, 2012August 3, 2016

Anacapa Arch III

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

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channel islands anacapa arch

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July 31, 2012August 3, 2016

Anacapa Arch V

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

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Anacapa Arch Channel Islands National Park watercolor painting Margy Gates

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July 31, 2012August 3, 2016

Anacapa Arch

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

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