"Essence of Florida" Original Watercolor Painting

Introducing for the first time ever on the Wild Planet Creations website, "Our Scars" featuring a mother manatee and her calf, both of which have scars from a boat strike. Samantha created this painting to be a future book cover for the upcoming children's book "I Can Save the Planet", written by the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay. The collaboration between Samantha and the Raptor Center has been nothing short of magical, and the book is set to publish in 2026!

This painting is 18" x 24" in size and comes matted as well as framed. Samantha hand-selected the mat board and frame to really make this painting stand out. The hanging wire is already installed to make decorating your home with this piece a breeze.

It took 3 and a half weeks for Samantha to complete this Florida-friendly painting. The painting features 14 native animal species: Florida manatees, the North American river otter, a bald eagle, an American kestrel, a great-horned owl, an osprey, an American crow, a Caribbean reef octopus, an Eastern diamond back rattlesnake, a striped skunk, an American opossum, an American alligator, a gopher tortoise and a green sea turtle. Each of these species have an important story to tell about the human-induced challenges they face in the wild as well as stories of hope and how we can help!

Samantha primarily used Winsor and Newton professional series watercolor tube paints (as well as a few Daniel Smith tube paints) on cold press, acid free, 300 gsm  Strathmore watercolor paper. She hand signed the front of the painting as well as the back (which she also dated with the year this painting was created - 2024). 

Samantha is more than happy to hand deliver this large painting right to your front door! (as long as you reside within 100 miles of her art studio location). Otherwise, she will ensure pristine delivery via a custom made and well-insulated ULINE box. The painting will also come with a hand signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity with gold detailing and placed in a high-quality certificate folder.

Any watermarks on the photographs used in this listing are purely to ensure that someone (or AI) does not steal the artwork illegally. The watermarks do not exist on the actual painting. Also, the resolution of the photos used in this listing is much lower than the actual painting! In other words, the painting's details are crisp and vivid compared to some of the photographs here (Shopify doesn't allow image files above a certain size).

With your official adoption of this painting, Wild Planet Creations will donate 10% of all profits to wildlife conservation organizations! This means $160 will be donated from the purchase of this painting! Thank you for your contribution to wildlife conservation!