Hi Robie - found your blog from Rendition Me This challenge. Wanted to stop by and tell you I love the colors you used. So cheerful & happy! Love the rest of your work too!
Thank you Nan, Jane , and Nora for your kind comments. Color is definitely a key aspect of this small painting, I'm glad you liked it! :)Hopefully I find the time to paint more of this theme soon, I find so relaxing, it's like a playing tome. :)
"Winter Is Coming" 12"x16" Acrylic on Canvas Available I am really pleased with how this painting came out. And to think that I used to be very intimidated by painting people, now I can do portraits that really resemble the model, woohoo! :) I used a canvas that had an abstract pattern already painted on it, with the idea of covering the pattern in most areas, leaving only a few hints of it here and there. However, when I started the new painting, I really liked the pattern background and how it was peaking through everywhere, so I kept it visible as part of the composition. The model was wearing a warm scarf, and it made me smile when shortly after we got our first big snow of the year, she must have known that winter was coming, and coming soon. :)
"Ettore" 9" x 12" Acrylic on canvas panel Ettore is a very black dog that belongs to my family in Italy. I hear stories about this smart and friendly puppy all the time I call home, from what they tell me he’s such a handful! My family always had German Shephards, and this is the first “different” dog in the household, his breed is Cane Corso, an Italian tipe of Mastiff. I asked for some pictures of him and he’s so cute that I couldn’t resist painting him. The fun part is that I did not use any black paint. I’m curious to hear what my family thinks about this portrait, did I get the personality of a dog I never met? We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are. Talmud
Japanese Maple Tree #2 16"20" Acrylic on Canvas, framed The painting in the photo is one of my latest, a second version of my favorite Japanese Maple Tree, from the Portland Garden. The colors are a little off on this picture, I'll try to load a better one later I wish I had taken a photo before varnishing... I really love this Maple Tree, it has become my favorite tree to paint. And every time I paint it I already know I will try a different technique, which makes it even more fun! :) And some rumbling... Oh boy! I survived this busy period, and now I have a new focus on my mind. After 4 weeks of kids swimming lessons, nine articles written for hubpages.com, 72 hours of power outage, a freezer full of defrosted meat that needed cooking, three trees fallen from our neighbors yard onto ours, two days at my first Art Fair Event at 102 F (39 C) degrees, and probably something else but I can't think about it now... Oh My! as Anastasia Steele would say - (Ye...
Hi Robie - found your blog from Rendition Me This challenge. Wanted to stop by and tell you I love the colors you used. So cheerful & happy! Love the rest of your work too!
ReplyDelete...And these colors are surely unexpected here, really lovely and creative!
ReplyDeleteI like your orange and red combination. Lovely. Somehow this painting is very comforting, perhaps it's the symmetry.
ReplyDeleteThank you Nan, Jane , and Nora for your kind comments. Color is definitely a key aspect of this small painting, I'm glad you liked it! :)Hopefully I find the time to paint more of this theme soon, I find so relaxing, it's like a playing tome. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Robie! Bravo for your very colorful rendition of La femme! Gives me a chance to visit your interesting blog at the same time. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, I sure had some fun painting this colorful tree for the challenge. Thank you for "checking me out" and being so supportive. :)
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