yellow coneflower watercolor painting

Yellow coneflower watercolor painting original flower watercolor painting art cone flower also called echinacea. 160 dollars or buy a fine art print for 20 to 30 dollars using the below drop down menu.

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Flower Paintings

Lighthouse Painting Art Print

Lighthouse Painting St. Augustine Lighthouse art print nautical historic Saint Augustine, coastal Florida lighthouses seascape watercolor beach nature painting art print.

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Shrimp Boat Painting

Shrimp Boat Painting 11 x 15 inches nautical marine Sunbury Georgia GA Medway River boat, Papa T boat watercolor realistic modern painting. Available as an original or a fine art print in different sizes in drop down menu below.

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Boat Paintings

Boat Painting

Boat Painting Tybee Island Georgia shrimp boat nautical marine seascape beach watercolor painting cityscape boats, 159 dollars or purchase prints from 15 to 25 dollars below.

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Boat Paintings

Orange monarch butterfly painting

Orange Monarch butterfly miniature small original watercolor painting. The monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus is sometimes called the milkweed butterfly because its larvae eat milkweed. Nymphalidae family modern abstract art deco watercolor painting SOLD


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Butterfly Paintings

Cow Skull watercolor cowboy art

Cow skull original watercolor painting modern realistic folk cowboy southwestern art from the south west United States. Rugged rustic artwork. Bull skull cowboy art watercolor painting realistic modern surreal impressionistic flok art southern eerie south cow boy cowboys western southwestern western decorative artwork limited edition signed and numbered poster print comes with a certificate of authenticity very collectible low print by established, and published artist Derek McCrea. Took from his tour to the west this work symbolizes the rural and rustic nature of man in pure nature form. When I was younger, much younger growing up in Douglas Georgia I recall my grnadfather and uncle had a ranch and to see cow and bull bones was not unusual as the ranch was about 1,000 acres with many free ranging cattle. Original artwork $129

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Southwestern Watercolor Paintings

Mango tree fruit still life watercolor painting

This mango tree is down the road from my house in Satellite Beach Florida. Every day when I drive home I have to pass this tree with about 100 fully ripe mangoes dangling from it's branches. It reminds me of when I go on my weekend bicycle rides through Merritt Island down a road called Tropical Trail. It is so beautiful here. But I am only here temporarily as I leave soon to be stationed in Ft Benning Ga. I am a Infantry Soldier with an artist dying to get out, when I retire from the Army. But I have over 20 years, I am eligible to retire. One day I will move back to the home of the mangoes, Brevard County Florida.

Origin: The mango is native to southern Asia, especially Burma and eastern India. It spread early on to Malaya, eastern Asia and eastern Africa. Mangos were introduced to California (Santa Barbara) in 1880.

Mango tree fruit watercolor tropical art fine art print 11 x 14 inches below for 25 plus 7 shipping.

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Still Life Paintings

Dogwood Tree Flowers

Many species in subgenus Swida are stoloniferous shrubs, growing along waterways. Several of these are used in naturalizing landscape plantings, especially the species with bright red or bright yellow stems. Most of the species in subgenus Benthamidia are small trees used as ornamental plants. As flowering trees, they are of rare elegance and beauty, comparable to Carolina silverbell, Canadian serviceberry, and the Eastern Redbud for their ornamental qualities.

The fruit of several species in the subgenera Cornus and Benthamidia is edible, though without much flavour. The berries of those in subgenus Swida are mildly toxic to people, though readily eaten by birds. Dogwoods are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, The Engrailed, Small Angle Shades and the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora: C. ahenella, C. salicivorella (recorded on Cornus canadensis), C. albiantennaella, C. cornella and C. cornivorella (The latter three feed exclusively on Cornus). They were used by pioneers to brush their teeth. The pioneers would peel off the bark, bite the twig and then scrub their teeth.

Dogwood tree flowers still life modern realistic watercolor painting fine art signed print 11 x 14 inches. $25 plus 7 shipping.

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Flower Paintings

St George Florida Island Lighthouse

St George Island Lighthouse Florida 11 x 15 inches original modern realistic lighthouse nautical marine watercolor painting. This lighthouse is on the water and when the tide comes in the water comes in over the bottom of the lighthouse. It is really beautiful when the waves crash on the lighthouse.---SOLD



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Lighthouse Paintings

Ponce de Leon Inlet Florida Lighthouse print

Ponce de Leon Inlet Florida lighthouse nautical marine modern realistic watercolor painting limited edition signed and numbered print I love the colors and atmosphere of this painting. I combined pen and ink with a watercolor wash and cool colors to create this nautical artwork.

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Lighthouse Paintings

Jupiter Inlet Florida Lighthouse

Jupiter Inlet Florida Nautical marine lighthouse original 11 x 15 inch watercolor painting, modern and realistic illustration. Colors are antique brick red and many shades of muted greens. 159 dollars for the original below, or 15 to 25 for a print using drop down box below.

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Lighthouse Paintings

Butterflies on yupo paper

Latest watercolor butterfly painting on yupo completed today. Wildlife original art of butterflies 99 dollars.

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Butterfly Paintings

Monarch Butterfly Watercolor painting on yupo

Monarch Butterfly Watercolor painting on yupo paper, modern art deco wildlife colorful butterflies are a new subject I am working on. Fine art prints. 35 dollars. View more art at my gallery at
Butterfly Paintings

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Toucan Tropical bird watercolor painting

Toucan tropical bird painting wildlife by artist Derek McCrea watercolor realistic painting I completed at Discovery Cover Florida at the Bird avary. 11 x 14 inches available as an original painting and also as different size art prints below.

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Parrot Paintings

Croton tropical art print

Croton tropical plant watercolor painting fine art print, realistic nature botanical art. This painting was really a challenge to paint. It is a 11 x 15 inches, purchase option below 25 dollars plus 7 shipping.

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Still Life Watercolor Paintings

December art newsletter part 11 Dunes

Dunes

Dunes is my first watercolor painting of sand dunes on the beach. I had painted several sand dune paintings in oil and they are some of my favorite works. This work is available as an original and a fine art modern print.

This particular painting was inspired by a visit I took to Cumberland Island, Georgia. An old ferry boat surrounded by shrimp boats loaded up with me, my wife, my two children, my mother (a school teacher) and her students. This spot is an area of the Island that my wife, Sheila, thought looked very romantic as the trail opened up to the gorgeous view of the ocean and beach. I am from Georgia and have only been there once.

This part of Georgia is known as the Golden Isles and is comprised of Sapelo Island, Cumberland Island, St Simons Island, and Jekyll Island. There is a ferry that holds 60 people that departs and returns once a day to the island. I remember the island was very beautiful and one of the most tranquil desolate places I have ever been. The beach suffered less of mankind’s effects and appeared untouched. In the distance I could see wild horses throwing sand in the air, while racing down the beach..

There were no merchant stores or gas stations; no roadways; only the one ranger station that took good care of the sea turtles who returned to the same beach year after year to lay their eggs. The eggs then would hatch and return to the very same beach where they would continue the egg laying cycle started by their parents and grandparents.

I will never forget the several mile long beach side return trip back to the ferry boat at the end of the day. Me, being the only man of the bunch ended up carrying about 100 pounds of seashells in my rucksack for all of the students in my mom’s class. There is nothing better than a romantic walk on the beach while surrounding by tons of first graders. Other than that it was a pretty romantic, quiet day. After returning from the beach I had taken a picture of that favorite spot that my wife noticed over watching the beach and the sunset that beautiful day.

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Beach Watercolor Paintings

Blue Ridge Mountain landscape watercolor painting

Blue Ridge Mountains

I completed this painting while living in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The painting is from a trip I took to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Many people each year travel here to this spot to watch as the leaves change colors in the fall. While a traveler camps out over the period of a 3 to 4 day weekend they can wake up each morning to see a difference in the colors of the nature around them. The color change is that noticeable.

During the travel to this location we had elk eating in the fields beside my truck and we stopped and stood within feet of the elk. The road offered wondrous cliff side views that took my breath away. Although my wife seemed frightened by my driving so fast and close to the edge I was not afraid unless we came up on some black ice. I learned while living in Germany not to underestimate black ice on the roads in the winter as it forms in the shady parts of the road where the sun does not melt the water drainage turned ice form the night before.

The painting replicates both an impressionistic and a realistic scene as the real thing is not much different from this painting; that is how beautiful this natural mountain range is. Flowing hilltops and sinking valleys where the treetop horizon flows smoothly as though a cloud on the ground. In this scene in fall it is morning and my windows are filled with leftover dew from the night before.

The mountain range is at such a high altitude I am unsure if this is clouds I am seeing amongst the valley or is this fog? I find out later in the day as the fog lightly lifts away and clouds remain amongst the terrain. The morning sun is to my east, my right as I am looking over a cliff at this fabulous site. 9 x 12 inches

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Landscape Watercolor Paintings

Poppy burst flower modern art watercolor painting

Poppy Burst

An art customer asked me recently, “Derek, how can a hardened combat veteran demonstrate such passion in art?” Many have misconceptions about Soldiers. Soldier support agencies and family members keep the Soldier’s heart alive. To be successful you have to use the carrot/stick approach, a fighter with one hand and a helper with the other.

This floral to me represents the soft romantic side that everyone has; they just have different ways of showing it. Not many people wake up; look in the mirror and say, “I am going to be a bad person today.” Generally I believe most people are good but have different beliefs and are motivated by different things. Notice I said “most people”. For the life of me I cannot begin to perceive the thought process or reasoning of a terrorist. I pretty much understand everyone else.

The poppy to me also represents life. A flower may only live for a few days, or maybe a week or two. During that short lifetime the flower blooms and takes full advantage by being wide open during the majority of its life. People should do the same. Too often I see small problems or even large problems take control of someone’s life and affect their future and well-being. I try to reflect on this when I have a problem and what I tell younger people is that they will live to 70-80 years old. You are young and have a long time to live. One year from now this problem will seem like nothing. Carry on and take full advantage of life, like the flower.

While painting this floral I used a series of different techniques to create depth and texture; a hard thing to do with watercolors. I also used pen and ink and charcoal to complete this work. I never paint when I am upset. I woke up with this image in my head and grabbed a brush and did not stop until I was complete. This painting was painted while I was in a high energetic spirit inspired by the poppies beautiful bloom and contrast red colors. View or purchase this art at my gallery at
Watercolor Paintings

Wild grapes still life watercolor painting

Wild Grapes

I completed this work in winter 2001 while doing an exhibition at Chateau Élan Vineyard in North Georgia, USA. The vineyard kept bringing me different kinds of wine as I kept creating personalized commissions for customers. It was a very fun weekend. This particular painting represents the balance I add to my life through art and combining art with memorable experiences.

Art adds balance to my life. Everyone needs balance in his or her life to alleviate the inevitable daily stressors involved in the hectic world. To add balance in my life I spend as much time with my family as possible and have various hobbies that take my mind away. My hobbies that help create balance in my life and help me relax include art, cross country hiking, salt-water fishing, and competition archery.

Grapes serve multiple roles as a fruit and also a base for fine quality wines. I only paint when I am inspired and in a good mood. Basically any time off of work I am in a good mood. Not that I do not like my work, it is just that I try to take full advantage of my time when I am off of work. I have never been the type to sit around on a weekend off. While painting this work the wine was whispering as though it was a compass in my head calling me to have a drink of all the different types of wine the Chateau Élan Vineyard offered.

Grapes = Wine = Romance. Every time I see grapes I think of wine and when I think of wine I think of romance. I think that society has given wine that image. Sweet, soft red wine simply melts in your mouth and tantalizes your senses. The beauty of red grapes and wine compliment the desirable atmosphere for romance 9 x 12 inches ---SOLD---