Embudo, NM - Original Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Embudo, NM - 11"x14" acrylic on paper - $80

I used to live in New Mexico and this is one of my favorite areas. It's on the road to Taos from Santa Fe. There was a nice restaurant called Embudo Station set along the river that we would stop at for lunch on our trip. The cottonwoods and hills surrounding the place were simply enchanting. I can't believe I've never painted this all these years.  

To purchase this original painting from my Etsy shop, click here.

Think Pink - Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Think Pink - Acrylic on 11"x14" Paper - $80

This is a studio painting from a photo I took a few weeks ago while at White City Park plain air painting.  I love my time painting outside on site, but I don't love working in acrylics in the field.  It's simply too much stuff to lug around and the acrylics dry way too fast outside.  I usually work in oils (on very small canvases) or watercolors in the field and work in acrylics in the studio.

This was a fun challenge in mixing the various shades of green in the lovely lily pads.

You can purchase the original of this painting in my Etsy shop here.

Live Simply - Abstract Oil Painting by Marcy Brennan

Live Simply - 5"x7" abstract oil - SOLD

This is another of the abstracts I painted for the 2014 Calendart.  My inspiration was of a photo of a pink flower.

I Kinda Like It - Abstract Oil on Paper by Marcy Brennan

I Kinda Like It - 5" x 7" Abstract Oil on Paper - SOLD

This is another painting I donated to Art Mundo for Calendart 2014.  I used only a palette knife on all these Calendars paintings.  This was lots of fun using some luscious pinks and rose colors.

A Celebration of Color on Artsy Shark Blog

I'm so thrilled to be included in "A Celebration of Color" art collection on the Artsy Shark blog.  This is an incredibly popular art and business blog with tons of followers.  The owner of the blog, Carolyn Edlund, has curated a wonderful mix of art and artists in this collection, and I'm honored to be selected to be a part of it.  My work, an orange and blue cold wax abstraction of a coral reef is the third painting in the collection.  Each of our names has a link to our individual website.  The link to Artsy Shark and this collection is below.  Explore and enjoy!

A Celebration of Color - Artsy Shark

Coral Reef - oil and cold wax on cradled wood panel - $950

Ocean Floor - Original Abstract Oil Painting by Marcy Brennan

Ocean Floor - Original 5"x7" Abstract Oil on Paper - SOLD

I painted a series of oil abstracts several years ago for our local art association fundraiser called Calendart.  This is an especially appropriately named painting for what we are going through on Florida's east coast with Hurricane Matthew approaching us.  

And at the same time, I'm under the weather and won't be feeling much like painting for awhile.  So my posts for awhile will be of these Calendart paintings that I've never posted before.

I really loved these painting and am kicking myself for not getting a good hi-res scan of them for prints.  Unfortunately, they were all just iPhone photos.  Live and learn!

Amazing Sea Life - Original Abstract Oil Painting by Marcy Brennan

Amazing Sea Life - Original 5"x7" Abstract Oil on Paper - SOLD

I painted a series of oil abstracts several years ago for our local art association fundraiser called Calendart.  This is an especially appropriately named painting for what we are going through on Florida's east coast with Hurricane Matthew approaching us.  

And at the same time, I'm under the weather and won't be feeling much like painting for awhile.  So my posts for awhile will be of these Calendart paintings that I've never posted before.

I really loved these painting and am kicking myself for not getting a good hi-res scan of them for prints.  Unfortunately, they were all just iPhone photos.  Live and learn!

Stories of the Sea - Original Oil Abstract by Marcy Brennan

Stories of the Sea - Original Abstract Oil - SOLD

I painted a series of oil abstracts several years ago for our local art association fundraiser called Calendart.  This is an especially appropriately named painting for what we are going through on Florida's east coast with Hurricane Matthew approaching us.  

And at the same time, I'm under the weather and won't be feeling much like painting for awhile.  So my posts for awhile will be of these Calendart paintings that I've never posted before.

I really loved these painting and am kicking myself for not getting a good hi-res scan of them for prints.  Unfortunately, they were all just iPhone photos.  Live and learn!

Waterworks - Original Oil Abstracton Paper by Marcy Brennan

Waterworks - 5"x7" oil abstract on paper - SOLD

I painted a series of oil abstracts several years ago for our local art association fundraiser called Calendart.  This is an especially appropriately named painting for what we are going through on Florida's east coast with Hurricane Matthew approaching us.  

And at the same time, I'm under the weather and won't be feeling much like painting for awhile.  So my posts for awhile will be of these Calendart paintings that I've never posted before.

I really loved these painting and am kicking myself for not getting a good hi-res scan of them for prints.  Unfortunately, they were all just iPhone photos.  Live and learn!

Color Splash - 20"x20" Original Acrylic Abstract Painting on Canvas by Marcy Brennan

Color Splash - 20"x20" Original Acrylic Abstract Painting on Canvas - $350

I was feeling colorful the day I painted this piece.  It's got lots of energy and texture.

You can purchase the original of this painting in my Etsy shop here.

North Beach - Original Acrylic Painting by Marcy Brennan

North Beach - Acrylic on 11"x14" paper - $80

This is one of the favorite beaches in our area of the locals.  I took the photo reference a long time ago, and finally got around to painting it.  The waters in our area are as gorgeous as the Caribbean!

You can purchase the original painting in my Etsy shop here.

Hanky Panky - Original Abstract Acrylic Painting by Marcy Brennan

"Hanky Panky" - Abstract Acrylic on 20"x20" gallery canvas - $350

This is the third in my cocktail series.  Hanky Panky is actually a red colored cocktail with an orange twist.  I had such fun painting this with all these luscious colors.

You can purchase the original of this painting in my Etsy shop here

Blue Margarita - Original Acrylic Painting by Marcy Brennan

"Blue Margarita" - Acrylic on 20"x20" gallery canvas - $350

Cocktails come in such pretty colors and have interesting names.  This is the second in my cocktail series of attracts, the first being Pink Martini.  My first blue margarita was in our favorite restaurant in Albuquerque years ago called 505.  I fell in love with blue margaritas and can make a pretty great one now myself.  It's my all time favorite cocktail.  ;-)

You can purchase this original painting in my Etsy shop here

Beach Clouds - Original Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Beach Clouds - 11" x 14" acrylic on paper - $80

The golden hours of the day is reflected in the clouds and water of this beach scene.

You can purchase the original painting from my Etsy shop here.

"Love is in the Air" Original Acrylic by Marcy Brennan

Love is in the Air - 20"x20" acrylic on gallery canvas - $350

I love a colorful bouquet of flowers, not just on Valentine's Day!

The flowers in this painting will never die and can be enjoyed for a very long time.

You can purchase this original painting in my Etsy shop here.

"Riverhill" - Original Acrylic on Canvas by Marcy Brennan

Riverhill - 20"x20" acrylic on gallery canvas - $350

There's a beautiful house on our river drive with a huge magenta bougainvillea trellis in the front of the house that inspired this abstract expressionist painting.  The name of the place is Riverhill and that's where I got the name for this painting.

You can purchase the original painting from my Etsy shop here.

Florida Prairie - Original Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Florida Prairie - 11"x14" acrylic on paper - $80

This is a scene from west Fort Pierce.  I took the reference photo in late afternoon, thus all the warm colors in this painting.

You can purchase the original painting on my Etsy site here.

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Enchanted Water Garden - Original Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Enchanted Water Garden - Original Acrylic on Paper - $80

I visited McKee Botanical Gardens in Vero Beach this February with my sister-in-law.  We had a great time wandering the gardens and taking tons of photos.  This is the entry water lily garden.

You can purchase this original painting on my Etsy here.

Thunderhead - Original Acrylic on Paper by Marcy Brennan

Thunderhead - 14" x 11" Acrylic on Paper - $80

When I'm out plein air painting in the fall and winter, I always gets lots of photos to paint from during the summer in the studio when it's too hot to go out and paint on site.  This is painted from a photo of a big thunderhead.  The sky was so dramatic, I decided to keep the rest of the painting a bit quieter. 

You can purchase this from my Etsy shop here.

Garden on the Drive

 

This is a beautiful tropical garden at the street of a large home on Indian River Drive. I've been wanting to paint it since I snapped the photo several years ago. So I decided to do a little watercolor sketch of it in my tiny Moleskine watercolor sketchbook. 

This garden caught my eye with its perfect combo of pink Bougainville and periwinkle plumbago. I just love how these flowers play off each other. And the beautiful yellow greens of their foliage make the flower colors pop.

It's rare to see blue flowers in nature, so being the blue lover that I am, I'm especially fond of plumbagos.