Red Spring 12×25 inches Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy Living in Florida, we rarely see tulips sprout form the ground in spring.  It’s just too warm here.  We do, however, see them show up in the grocery store right around Easter.   I love tulips, so when I saw a beautiful photo of […]

Looking Up 22×30 Watercolor on Paper There are fewer things I enjoy more than starting up at palm trees by the beach or pool, especially when they are filled with beautiful coconuts!  I painting this painting or my living room.  I had a space above the sofa that was in need of a new painting […]

Beautiful Destruction 12×16 inches Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy I’ve been trying to incorporate more of an abstract style into my art, merging abstract with realism.  I used surgical gauze and plastic wrap on this piece to create the abstract background – it was a bit of an experiment but I real like […]

What a fantastic weekend!  This weekend was the Uptown Art Expo at Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida.  I was fortunate enough to win the poster contest for the art festival, which came with a cash prize and a free booth spot.  The photo above is of me and Jim Barton, the festival organizer, […]

Florida Strawberries 9×12 inches Watercolor on Paper Here are two more paintings – one watercolor and one acrylic of the same subject matter…this time – STRAWBERRIES!  They are my favorite fruit and have been as long as I can remember.  Which one do you prefer, the acrylic or watercolor?

Take On Me 12×16 inches Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy Take On Me is the winning name from my title contest!  Thanks so much for participating everyone!  

Florida Oranges Watercolor 9×12 inches Watercolor on Paper Click Here to Buy After taking a stab at those oranges in acrylic, I wanted to see what the same painting would like like painted in watercolor.  What do you think?  Which medium do you prefer?

Florida Oranges Acrylic 5×7 inches Acrylic on Wrapped Canvas Click Here to Buy A few days ago, I went to my friend Matt’s house to celebrate his birthday and he sent me home with a box of canvases.  I am so thankful!  I don’t have much experience painting with acrylic paints so this painting was […]

I’m having a title contest for this painting of my youngest son.  I hope you’ll participate.  Feel free to join the poll and my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/heathertorresart

Grand Turk Conch 12×16 inches Watercolor on PaperClick Here to Buy A few months ago, my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary by taking a cruise to the eastern Caribbean.  We had so much fun.  Our last stop of the cruise was on the island of Grand Turk of the Turks and Caicos. […]