Umbrella Party #DebbiSmithRourke #beachseries

 © 2017 Debbi Smith Rourke

Umbrella Party 10"x10"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas

$275 unframed + sh/h
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A fun 10"x10" from my series of beach paintings. I'm always drawn to umbrellas -- the way they catch and reflect the light, show the battering winds, cast strong shadows and shelter beach lovers. Here they are having fun all on their own. #contemporaryart #Austinfineartist #SouthPadrepainting #oilpainting #blueumbrellas

"Tropical Breeze" © #mayanrivieramemories #austinpaletteclub #palmtreepainting

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

"Tropical Breeze" 16"x12"

Oil on canvas

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I painted this yesterday in a demo I did for the Austin Palette Club, hosted by Joe Cates and Shirley Slaughter. Thank you! Was so much fun and loved the painting that resulted. I brought it home and tweaked it a bit. I'm inspired to continue painting from all the fab pics I took a few years ago when Jim and I visited Grand Velas on the Mayan Riviera. Swanky place in paradise! What more can I say. All good!

Beach Time ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Beach Time 8"x8"x1.5"

Oil on 1.5" wide gallery-wrapped canvas / unframed (no frame needed)

$210 + $15 sh/h 
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I painted this from a photo I took while vacationing at on the Mayan Riviera a couple of years ago at Grand Velas. It is an abstracted or simplified representation using techniques I learned from the fabulous California artist and generous instructor Sandy Ostrau. I love my beach time and this painting takes me back to this memorable adventure.

Trial Islands Lighthouse ©

©2014 Debbi Smith Rourke

Trial Islands Lighthouse 8" x 10" 

Oil on canvas panel

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I recently took a workshop from Sandy Ostrau in the San Francisco Bay Area. She paints intriguing abstracted landscape, water scape and figurative works. This is the first painting I've completed since my return from the workshop where I used more of her simplification techniques and some color-mixing ideas. WAS SO MUCH FUN!! These islands are near Victoria, BC and I have wanted to paint this scene for a couple of years. So glad I waited!!

Port Aransas Dawn ©

©2013 Debbi Smith Rourke

Port Aransas Dawn 12"x24"

Oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
$650  + sh/h 
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Bill and I are working on more "Side by Side" works for our October exhibit. I painted this from a photograph he took recently in Port A. Here's his beautiful image of the beach at dawn -- so lovely and serene, while my version is a bit more edgy and textural. It's all interpretation and totally inspirational. Collaboration is fun. All good!!!

© Bill Oakey

Oceanside ©

© 2013 Debbi Smith Rourke

Oceanside  6"x8" 

Oil on archival panel, framed in natural wood and black frame
$250 framed + $25 sh/h
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I painted this the same day I painted "Poolside." They make a perfect pair. I'm so enjoying taking my landscapes into abstraction. A whole new world opens up. Including exploring  abstract expressionism. All fun and all good! 
Happy to send a photograph of it framed if you like.