pieces....

and more fish paintings to come i hope!

the joy of koi

I did a couple of fish pieces lately in acrylic watercolor.

little man

this is the latest piece. just off the easel.

i know; i'm terrible at keeping this blog up to date. :(

new year resolution: fix that!

this is 18*20 inch i think.

oil on canvas panel

NYSE

against my better judgment, i thought i'd have a go at artist karen jurick s' "different strokes from different folk" challange.

why against my better judgment? because i don't normally do so much detail in paintings,

and as it happens this weeks challange is a painting about the NY stock exchange! gazillion people, paper, screens.... AHHHHH.

needless to say i took much longer time - burn some neurons- painting than i normally do.

why don't i take some time- PLAN- the painting before jumping in with two feet i ask you, it would save me so much time problem fixing.

this was very interesting. I'm not exactly ecstatic about the out come, but i'm not unpleased either. so there. peace and out.

14*18 inch oil on canvas panel.

thx karen<~~ big fan :))

coffee!

8*10 inch oil on canvas panel.

kitty and the red yarn,re-shot

i never got around to posting this,

i took a second hopefully better picture of it.

Ode to music

I haven't posted a thing here in so long that I don't even know where to start!

I may not have posted but i HAVE been painting.

I noticed IF's theme for the week is "stings", and so

I'll start with this musical painting I painted some days ago.

-8*10 inch

-oil on canvas panel.

kitty and the red yarn

haven't posted since forever.

some bed time painting. didn't do the picture justice: no time no paint, alot of yawning.

this is way too realistic for me.

i thought i'd speed it up a bit painting upside down which also gives pretty accurate measurements. it works.

caraazul77 was kind enough to allow me to use of this great photo.

- 8*10 inch oil on canvas panel.

Days of Old...

the idea for this comes from brides & wedding celebrations in various cultures, where the celebrations include customs & costumes unique to each.

these may not be part of her daily modern life hence the expressionless face. moments when the wedding seizes to be about her wants and things must be done the proper way; the traditional way. She is transported back in time and she becomes her mother, her grandmother, an extention of a long line of women in her family...

mixed media on watercolor paper.

10*14 inch

all that yellow is actually GOLD, I couldn't get a decent picture ( i tried!).

i'm pretty sure this painting's done... hmm, it is hard to tell sometimes.

one with the sea.... Oil

last days of winter.... man but do i miss the cold! :(

oil on canvas panel.

14*18 inch i think! (it's been sitting around for some weeks :p )

more by the sea.... oil

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

Sword fish.... oil

more sea view paintings.

I'm having a grand time painting them and am likely to be stuck by the sea for quite some paintings to come...

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

By the sea.... Oil

I've been wanting to take my paintings to the sea for quite some time,

I finally got around to it.

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel

my name is red. Oil

I just finished this one.

Still hung on reading paintings. Again painted from life.

Looks like i'm on my way to using all my books in painting set-ups :p

The book i used here is Turkish author Orhan Pamuks' "my name is red".

A very interesting read. highly recommend it.

10*14 inch oil on canvas panel.

homage...... IF

I'm reposting this painting for Illustration Friday.

homage to Vermeer.

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update:

-Oops, forgot to post the link in IF. :p

Portrait Of A Poet 2... Oil

8*10 inch oil on canvas panel

Sea View.... Oil

Oil on canvas panel

Venus... Oil

8*10 inch

oil on canvas panel

Reading Corner

10*14 inch

oil on canvas panel.

Don't you just love to read! ;)

me & you

8*10 inch canvas panel

applez..... Oil

i stayed up all night with this one.

then again i started after 10 pm, so all night is relative :p

* i prepared my setting and had a go at it, it is always so much better to paint from life.

9*12 inch oil on canvas panel.

i'm trying to get a feel for frames.... see what suits what.... hmm

gouache ... updated

messed around with this drawing.

i added a bit of background with acrylic.

i 'll probably mess around with the other twos' backgrounds as well! :p

gouache...