"Majestic is His Name", 8x10, oil on panel, paintings of sunsets, clouds, scrub pines

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"Majestic is His Name", 8x10, oil on panel

 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

in the heavens.

2Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a stronghold against your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.

3When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?^c-

.-Psalm 8

Sunsets speak volumes about God's majesty. I never grow tired of the ever-changing colors, shapes and majesty of God's Sunsets. This was painted from a photo that I took at Venice Beach Florida, recently, just as the sun was in its final descent. There are two pine trees there that have been dubbed the "Twin Sisters" because they seem to be interlocked in an eternal embrace due to their proximity to each other. I love looking at the different shapes that they make at different times of the day. Sometimes eagles nest in their branches. God is good.

Please email me at maryannejacobsen@aol.com, if interested in purchasing this painting.

"Twin Pines, Venice Beach", plein air, 12x16, oil on board

"Twin Pines, Venice Beach", plein air, 12x16, oil on board

I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather and went out to the beach this afternoon to paint. The Venice plein air group was meeting at Casperson Beach to paint, but as I reached the turn on Harbor Drive that leads to Casperson, I spied the twins with their graceful long trunks extending high above the rest of the scrub pines. So I turned into that beach instead, which is just north of the fishing pier and painted the twin pines for about an hour and a half. The sun was just starting to turn everything that bewitching orangey color as I packed up my gear right before sunset. I missed a beautiful sunset painting, but still enjoyed the sky on the way home.



The eagles used to build their nests in these trees, but I haven't seen them in a few years. Please send me an email if you are interested in this painting. It's probably my last painting for a while, since the family is coming in next week for Thanksgiving!

High Tide, Brohard Beach-plein air, Venice, Paint-out in paradise

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"High Tide, Brohard Beach", 14x11, oil on linen

This was the other painting that I submitted for the plein air exhibit at the Venice Art Center's 5th annual Paint-Out in Paradise. This was done exclusively with a palette knife and is being sold framed. I was delighted that my other painting, "Hazy Morning, Higel Park" sold at Friday nights opening reception to a past collector, and I received some very nice compliments from judge Jane Chapin about that piece. Jane's work is amazing, by the way, and she has three incredible pieces on display at the exhibit!

Overall, it was a very lovely opening event, in spite of a week of lousy plein air weather, and all of the paintings in the exhibit are just wonderful to behold! The exhibit runs until March 18th, so if you are in the Southwest Florida area, be sure to come by the lovely Venice Art Center and see works of the area's finest plein air artists, including my friends and past teachers Hodges Soileau and Julie Hanson, both of whom won major awards at the exhibit!