mike malloy

This painting is acrylic paint on a 16″ x 20″ canvas. I used a b/w photo of the site provided by the Winter Garden Heritage Association.

I took liberties with the color and rescaled a few items for compositional value. That’s the reason we paint and not snap photos. I’m focusing on drawing with color rather than painting in a drawing.

This is the current site of West Orange County Library’s Battaglia Branch in east Winter Garden, Florida.

Offering prints of this watercolor, “Final Run”, now in the PrintShop in full or half size format. Great gift idea for holiday.

What a year, this 2020. COVID lifestyle change in March and emergency surgery on a ruptured disk in April and a follow-up disk fusion in July. Just getting back to it and now, to survive Election Day.

Dr. Barry Kaplan put my back together and to show my appreciation of being able to walk again, I gave him a watercolor of the #11 hole at Isleworth Golf Club in Windermere, FL. Sound familiar? It might, Tiger used to live there and it’s where his ex practiced her nine iron. Dr. Kaplan is a member and plays the course.

Thanks to Dr. Kaplan and his staff.

An acrylic painting, 18″x24″ canvas, fly fishing the Yellowstone River.

This study’s subject was drawn using a pencil drawing of a model for reference. Using acrylics, I started with a watercolor approach and ended with opaque technique.

May already and finally something to post. Haven’t been able to paint during the first quarter but finally broke out my acrylics and recently painted this from a photograph.

There are lots of opportunities to sketch the unsuspecting ‘models’ waiting for their flights. Good way to pass the time and get in some practice. This sketch was drawn while waiting for a holiday flight home…

Already the holidays and Thanksgiving. I’m thankful every year that I can carry on doing art. Hope goes out to all that 2020 proves to be a good year.

While waiting for a flight, I like to sketch those around me. I will then finish the drawing using watercolor…