birds – 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

This image, made after a rain in Channel Islands Harbor, won a First in peer judging for the Ventura County

This is a study of a brown pelican cruising past the Port Hueneme Pier where I was standing. He came

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

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

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

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

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