Happy New Year! We have exciting news, and I’ll repeat much of what I had in a previous holiday post, just so you don’t miss it… New to Margy Gates Art – a beautiful line of note cards and greeting cards! Four beautiful Margy Gates images have been re-created into lovely greeting cards — 5 1/2“w x 4”h, packaged in sets of 8, tied with string, and polished off with a small shell which was hand-picked from the beaches of Mexico or the Caribbean. You can get 8 of the same image, or a mixed set that contains 2 cards of each image. Sets are available for $15.00 each, plus tax and shipping. (Note: If you are local to the Oxnard area and want to avoid shipping costs, drop us a note at margygatesart@gmail.com and we can arrange to get them to you.) The 4 images are: – The Californian at Anacapa Island – Kelp Dancers – Savu Savu Sunset – Passage of the Pilot Whales We also have
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Holiday in Costa Rica
This watercolor, painted on location en plein air, involved the usual outdoor strategies. First, one finds a shady place to
Tropical Shells
I had some shells from Fiji on the windowsill facing the rising sun. I came back into the room early
Luki Mim
This is a close-up of a small beach on Isla Mujeres, Ycatan. It was a placid afternoon with a warm
Kubulau Beach
This amazing place has cool trade-winds and warm rains that make thing grow at a spectacular rate. Legend has it
Memories of a Tropical Morning
Tropical places have repeating themes — The soft foliage of banana trees, palms leaning into the tradewinds, people in bright