tropical – Margy Gates Art

Holiday in Costa Rica

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

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

This is a close-up of a small beach on Isla Mujeres, Ycatan. It was a placid afternoon with a warm

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