Size: 12 x 12Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Inquire There is a starkness in wilds of South Florida. Whether you visit the Everglades or Big Cypress Preserve, much of the landscape is open and flat. A unique beauty defined by light and color.
Size: 12 x 12Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Inquire Sunrise is special, no matter where you are. This painting was inspired by an early morning jaunt in Big Cypress Preserve. The cypress bare in winter, still seem to be celebrating the arrival of a new day.
Size: 12 x 12Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Inquire We see things as we want them to be. We make marks, take liberties, representing the truth and essence with an added bit of spin. No harm done, it’s just paint, brushes and linen. Painting what we see is a form of confession, This …
Size: 8 x 16Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Inquire A few years back, a fellow artist told me there was nothing to paint in the Everglades and Big Cypress Preserve. I disagreed. There’s plemty of beautiful sky and open space.
Size: 8 x 16Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Sold It’s difficult to capture the grandeur of the Everglades on a canvas of any size. The sky and horizon seem to stretch into forever. On certain days the sky blends into the water, and the grasses and cypress trees are a set of puzzle …
Size: 14 x 11Medium: Oil on linen panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Inquire Morning light is exciting. I find the brightness energizing, and the landscape is illuminated with lots of chroma. My attention was captured by the strong contrast of cool and warm greens in this scene.
Size: 11 x 14Medium: Oil on canvas panel©2022 Tom Weinkle Sold This painting was inspired by hikes in Big Cypress Preserve in Ochopee, Florida. Sometimes you just have to paint what you want to see.
Size: 14 x 11 Medium: Oil on canvas panel ©2022 Tom Weinkle Sold When I was young, I imagined that an artist’s ability to conjure up a scene, whether it was landscape, portrait from his imagination was an indicator of skill or talent. I thought that if I could create strictly from my mind, I …
