Robert Gruppe Florida Paintings

Robert Gruppe Florida Paintings

Robert Gruppe, accomplished plein air painter and son of the famous Emile Gruppe, is a master at capturing the light of Florida. Here are a few of my favorites...

Everglades City Town Hall

A painting that I made plein air of city hall in Everglades City, Florida. Rapidly vanishing old Florida in the middle of the Everglades.

High and Dry

This is a painting I made plein air at the Conservancy of Southwest Flordia in Naples, Florida. Not far from the Carribean Gardens zoo, the conservancy occupies the Flieischman property which once was vast orange groves. As I was painting this scene I became lost in thought, as plein air painters often will, to be startled back into reality by the roaring of a lion. My first thought was that it must be a Florida panther and I kind of freaked. After a moment , I realized it was coming from the zoo, but the sound of the roaring lion carried through the orange groves and palms and really sounded like it was very close!

Honeymoon Island.

North of Clearwater is a favorite place of mine. It;s called Honeymoon Island and there I can indulge in painting one of my most favorite motifs- palm trees.

Bougainvillea

When the Bougainvillea is in bloom it is a sight to behold.This is a scene that I painted on a path near Pelican bay that meanders through a small park. With the late afternoon sun hitting the foliage, I knew this is where I had to stop and paint.This painting comes with a custom 12" x 9" frame as appears in the photo. It's a frame that I acquired a few years back that has an interesting Gothic shape. I cut some panels to insert into the frame and glued Claessens linen canvas to them and primed with oil. I had one of these stashed in my plein air pack for a moment just like this.

Florida Watercolor Paintings Honeymoon Island

Honeymoon Island

Watercolor paintings from Honeymoon Island in Florida.

Falling Water State Park

The falls and the sinkhole gorge at Falling Water State Park
Falling Waters State Park is a 171-acre Florida state park located three miles south of Chipley, Washington County in northwestern Florida. The park contains a 73-foot waterfall, the highest in the state.

 

Florida Sentinels

New shots of recent paintings. This is a plein air painting, 24" x 36", that I schlepped  a mile out to where the big ancient trees live at Corkscrew. This place is epic- the scale is staggering , the energy is charged- a must see or to paint.

More Florida Oil Paintings

I love the Florida landscape. I lived for a short time in Cocoa Beach and was instantly smitten by the light and landscape. The intense cloud formations are something to be marveled at.

Corkscrew Sentinels

Florida Verdure

Florida Palmettos

Everglades City Sunset
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Florida Watercolor Paintings

 One in a series of Florida watercolor paintings. This one is on  140 lb. Arches which, as you can see, buckles under sopping sky  washes.

South Florida Moonrise

For more scenes of Southwest Florida,see my gallery of:

Florida Oil Paintings