Saturday, April 13, 2013
Jellyfish watercolor painting
watercolor painting of an orange, pink, purple jellyfish. I'm also showing it on an iphone case. They are both available for sale in my etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamNagel
©Samantha Nagel (not for use or altering in any way)
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Labels: aquarium fish, beach, colorful, iphone 3, iphone 4, iphone 5, iphone case, jellyfish, ocean, underwater, watercolor painting
Monday, November 28, 2011
Aaron's Girls
the latest commission... I combined my beach painting style with my portraiture painting. It's probably one of the largest paintings I've done so far... 20x36" (I don't normally paint very big)
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Labels: art, beach, Commissions, Figure Painting, hair, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting, Portrait, rain, waves
Monday, October 3, 2011
Many Moons
Isn't it just so nice? being old? ... I don't know. Anyway, I am allowing myself to be more loose in my brushstrokes and keep going until it works. I'm really diggin the red glow... I had to stop myself from over doing it. ...and uh, I know that normally you can't see the dark side of the moon, but thought I would throw in that little twist.
See the meaning of this card and others at: Intimacy Without Responsibility -The Conscious Evolution of Love facebook page
tools: photoshop cs4, intuos3
©Sam Nagel
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Labels: beach, celestial, clouds, couples, divination cards, illustration, intimacy, landscape painting, love, moon phases, Photoshop, Portrait
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Rain is Getting Closer

I'm working on a series of these. This is the third one so far, and a bit larger than last time. I do love florida weather, especially the afternoon thunderstorms - the way they build in ominous plumes, swirling up the wind sweeping away stagnant air right before the down pour... mother nature's AC in the hot summer heat.
prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25
inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com
Posted by Sam at 1:04 PM 1 comments
Labels: art, beach, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting, rain, waves
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Beach continued...
prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25
inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com
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Labels: art, beach, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting, rain, waves
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Jensen Beach

This is an oil painting of the coast on Hutchinson Island in Jensen Beach, FL. I went out last week and shot some photos on the beach, something simple, but I loved the clouds and the sharp waves cutting out of the glassy calm water; quite beautiful. I haven't touched oils since I finished my senior project back in April, and OMG it feels sooooo good to paint with them again. Truly it is my favorite medium. During the last four months I've only been working in watercolors and I think it has loosened me up a bit somehow with the oils... which doesn't make sense. Watercolor is a much more tight and restrictive technique and requires the planning that I oh so love to ignore. But somehow I really felt the difference and enjoyed this painting completely.
prints (matted):
8x10" $15
11x14" $25
inquire by email: sam_sgn@hotmail.com
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Labels: art, beach, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting, rain, waves
Saturday, October 18, 2008
At the marina...
oil on board 1'x1'
I'm trying to do some very fast painting, actually my lack of patience demands it... and it feels good.
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Labels: art, beach, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting
Monday, September 29, 2008
new landscapes
Painted from photos I took in the Bahamas on Andros Island last august, oil 1'x1'.
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Labels: art, beach, landscape painting, ocean, oil painting







