Inquire Size: 32 x 45Medium: Pastel on paper©2020 Tom Weinkle This painting was inspired by a visit to Apalachicola. Much of the coastline around the panhandle of Florida is noticeably dotted with stands of dead pines, where erosion and salt water intrusion had made its mark. There’s a subtle beauty in these stands that …
Inquire Size: 48 x 60Medium: Oil on canvas©2020 Tom Weinkle This painting was inspired by a visit to a pecan farm west of Gainesville during Thanksgiving.
Inquire Size: 48 x 36Medium: Oil on canvas©2020 Tom Weinkle This painting was inspired by a hike through parts of Skillet Strand. At certain points, the ORV trail seemed to act as a dividing line between stands of Pine and Cypress. The division of species caught my attention.
Inquire Size: 36 x 60Medium: Oil on canvas©2019 Tom Weinkle This painting was inpired by a walk along Concho Billy Trail. The weather in South Florida can change quickly, and I was struck by the beauty of the storm clouds approaching from the west.
Inquire Size: 36 x 48Medium: Oil on canvas©2019 Tom Weinkle I’ve always been drawn to backlit scenes. The contrast of the light against the foreground in shadow is electrifying. This painting was inspired by a drive through Fakahatchee Strand.
Inquire Size: 36 x 48Medium: Oil on canvas©2019 Tom Weinkle This painting was inspired by a day hike through a panther preserve, west of I-75 In South Florida.
This painting was inspired by many visits to one of my favorite trails in Big Cypress Preserve. It’s impossible to capture the sense of life and magic of this place without constantly shifting one’s point of view and perspective.
Gator Hook 6 pushes my pursuit of a new visual vocabulary to capture the essence of a place without being restricted by realism.
This painting represents the beginning of an effort to find a new personal visual vocabulary for my landscape paintings.
I’m drawn to Gator Hook Path in Big Cypress Preserve because of its large open dome, quiet and water feature.
