Watercolor Paintings - Art by Derek McCrea

Thursday, May 22, 2008

2 seagulls

6 x 17 inch watercolor original sea gulls bird watercolor wildlife reslistic modern painting. $129 or fine art print for 25 dollars below.

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Wildlife Watercolor Paintings

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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

Monday, May 19, 2008

Captain Memo's Pirate Ship Cruise Clearwater Florida

Captain Memo's Pirate Ship Cruise Clearwater Florida nautical boat watercolor painting at night. $99 11 x 15 inches

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Boat Paintings

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Butterfly Paintings

Blue monarch butterfly 2 5 x 5 inch miniature small watercolor wildlife 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---If you have a special butterfly painting you would like painted shoot me an email!

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Butterfly Paintings

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Savannah Queen River Boat Painting

Talk about romantic, wow, Savannah and especially River Street is a vacation paradise for anyone, if you have not been there you must go. The atmosphere is amazing and the historical district and downtown has something for everyone, regardless of age, you can feel welcome in Savannah. Savannah Queen River Boat, Savannah Georgia on River Street at the City Hall Landing RQ Savannah Belles Ferry watercolor painting pencil and pen and ink original art. Realistic modern cityscape and seascape available as an original 11 x 14 inch painting below and also available in prints of different sizes.

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Boat Paintings

Friday, May 16, 2008

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

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Magnolia Tree Flower Painting

Magnolia Tree Flower Painting white floral still life 3 original watercolor painting modern and realistic, southern United States tree. Beautiful white flowers bloom on this tree in the south. I will always remember this tree as my grndmother's favorite in Douglas Georgia. Those were the days I will never forget.

In 1703 Charles Plumier described a flowering tree from the island of Martinique in his Genera. He gave the species, known locally as 'Talauma', the genus name Magnolia, after Pierre Magnol. The English botanist William Sherard, who studied botany in Paris under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, a pupil of Magnol, was most probably the first after Plumier to adopt the genus name Magnolia. He was at least responsible for the taxonomic part of Johann Jacob Dillenius's Hortus Elthamensis and of Mark Catesby's famous Natural history of Carolina. These were the first works after Plumier's Genera that used the name Magnolia, this time for some species of flowering trees from temperate North America.

Original one of a kind artwork available to buy as a 11 x 14 inch fine art collectible print for 25 plus 7 shipping below. View more art at my gallery at
Flower Paintings

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Baby Sea Turtles Painting limited edition art print

Baby sea turtles limited edition signed and numbered print wildlife marine animal watercolor painting ocean sealife of babies swimming in the sea. Environmental art. 6 x 17 inches wide painting limited edition signed and numbered print. 25 dollars

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Sea Turtle Paintings

Monday, May 12, 2008

Clearwater Beach Florida Painting

Clearwater Florida Beach Painting 15 x 20 inch original watercolor painting, pen and ink drawing, watercolor wash. Nautical seascape marine artwork. Gulf of Mexico beach. Near Pier 60. This painting was fun and a challenge to paint. I first completed the entire drawing in pencil. Then painted it in watercolor with numerous layers to brighten up the translucent color and finally outlined the painting with pen and ink. It is a stunning colorful modern artwork. Available as an 11 x 14 inch fine art print for 25 plus 7 shipping below

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Beach Paintings

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Florida Boat Painting

Boat Painting Clearwater Florida Beach Boats 15 x 20 inch original watercolor painting available as an original for sale and also as fine art prints in different sizes below, pen and ink drawing, watercolor wash. Nautical seascape marine artwork. Gulf of Mexico beach. Near Pier 60. The close boat is the Little Toot party boat and the larger boat is the Calypso Queen, a passenger dolphin sight-seeing cruise shi[ water vessel that is also an all you can eat buffet restaurant. This painting was fun and a challenge to paint. I first completed the entire drawing in pencil. Then painted it in watercolor with numerous layers to brighten up the translucent color and finally outlined the painting with pen and ink. It is a stunning colorful modern artwork.

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Boat Paintings

Saturday, May 10, 2008

African Daisy Flower Painting

African daisy still life modern realistic orange and yellow flower watercolor original painting, 9 x 12 inches

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Flower Paintings

Friday, May 9, 2008

Another Art Scam

See below this is another art scam I got in my email today. It is another obvious one.

Why is the guy asking me for my website if he wants to order something??

Then he wants me to ship to Australia and pay by credit card.

Hello,
I want to place an order in your store,and i will like to know if you ship to Australia and my method of payment will be credit card.so please let me know if you can assist me with the order ,And please do not forget to include your web page in your replying back to my mail.I will await your prompt response as soon as you receive this mail,i will be be very glad if you treat this email with good concern
Warmes Regards
John Lawrence...

Oil Sunflower modern painting

Oil on canvas sunflower original painting modern flower still life oil painting yellow and blue colors, I painted this with a pallet knife, large 16 x 20 inches one of a kind work 99 dollars