Linda Richter, painter

Sunset Brandaris

Boats gently rock in the calm ocean as the sun sets beyond the tip of Bonaire. The outline of Brandaris in the north of the island can still be seen in the distance. The sun sets in the clouds gathered at the horizon with a fire like glow but the sea has already cooled to dusk.

24×40”
Oil on stretched canvas
Black metal canvas floater frame
Gallery wrapped edges – painted
Original $1824

Signed limited edition print available in 7.9×13” Large $125

Keywords: sunset, ocean, sky, dusk, boats
Colors: yellow, orange, red, purple

Pristine

The crash of the waves, the turquoise of the ocean, and the white of the coral beach make it Pristine. Standing at the long abandoned slave hut, a reminder of a cruel past, and yet the scene is almost idyllic. No sounds of people or traffic mar the feeling. Take a deep breath, and breathe…

The simple design and contrasting colors which make up a slave hut has always attracted my eye. Visitors to Bonaire oooh and aaah when they see them. It is hard to imagine how harsh life must have been for workers in the solar salt pans.

24×48”
Oil on stretched canvas
Black metal canvas floater
Gallery wrapped – solid blue-gray edges
Original SOLD

Signed limited edition print available in 6.6×13″ Large $125

Keywords: hut, building, beach, ocean
Colors: white, blue, turquoise, green

Sinuous and amorphous the octopus slips over the ocean bottom. Sometimes smooth and pale almost transparent, it can suddenly switch to roughly textured, deep red color and opaque. This one curls in a shape like the blossoming of a flower – the trumpet of an underwater lily.

oil on stretched canvas
36×20″
Smokey bronze metal canvas floater frame
Original SOLD

Signed Limited Edition prints available in two sizes: Large $125 and Medium $75

Keywords: octopus, fish, underwater, wildlife, seascape
Colors: cream, red, brown

Smallmouth grunts school in the shallows around Bonaire. In the rubble and coral lining the shore, the little grunts sway in the ebb and flow of the waves.

Oil on stretched canvas
12×18″
Original SOLD

Signed limited edition prints available in Standard $95 and Large $125

Keywords: fish, underwater, ocean, seascape, school
Colors: blue, yellow, green

The deep facial mark matched with the pinkish purple scales of the Creole Wrasse is a very distinctive fish on the reef. Schools will migrate pass the reef slope in an endless train of fish. These fish have stopped at a cleaning station to allow a juvenile Spanish Hogfish the opportunity to pick out the parasites from inside their gills.

Oil on stretched canvas
22×30″
Original SOLD

Signed limited edition prints in Standard $95 and Large $125

Keywords: fish, underwater, seascape, ocean
Colors: blue, purple, pink