White - oil painting

Painting a single white flower is not the easiest task. There are so many white values we still call 'white' that after a while and a good amount of paint I ask the philosophical question: How much white is still white?
Well, in practice even if I see the values properly, there might be are mixing problems and I can start the whole mixing job again. So for a small amount of proper white I need lots of white.

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.124) 

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Roses

...like two sisters

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.111) 

 

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Orchids - still life

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.109) 

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Save the Flower - still life

 

Somehow I want to save the flowers which have broken their stems.  I feel sorry for them.

Sometimes the naked heads have to swim a bit in order to make me believe that they are well saved. 

 This time this small flower was quite lucky, as it has got a few inches of the stem... 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.107) 

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Two Flowers - still life

Two flowers 

...one is fresh and young,  one is weary and broken.

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.103) 

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Sunny side up - oil painting

It is not a question that we long for the sunny side if we are in shadow. And backwards. 

One is for sure: where we are is never good enough.

Anyway, this painting is good enough for me, I loved painting it. 

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.87) 

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Face to face - still life

My new love is painting sunflowers. This time just as it is, face to face.

 oil painting on gessoboard 

 5.9  x 8.6 in (No.85) 

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Curious - small oil painting

I love sunflowers. Usually I love their perfection. Yes, it is easy to spot their

perfection and I usually don't go deeper.

This time as I got a fresh sunflower, and a fresh look: curiosity.

 oil painting on gessoboard 

 5.9  x 8.6 in (No.83) 

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Two Ways - flowers, still life in oil

Both came from the same backgrounds ... 

and still two different worlds... 

Two ways.

A small piece of glass made those double shadows. 

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.78) 

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Partners in Crime - Sunflower Oil Painting

Partners in crime - still life, oil painting

Choosing a trustworthy partner... well... that is not the easiest thing on Earth. 
And choosing a partner for a still life, it is also challenging.

oil painting on stretched block canvas, 380 gsm, 100% cotton, 

and extra thick (1.77 in wide), black on the side,

ready to hang on

 7.9 x 7.9 in (No.77) 

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Weeds? Flowers?

In my country these are weeds. No question.  But I like them. 

I like them so much that I put some in a vase as they were real flowers. 

May be... if they were treated like real flowers in my garden... they would grow big like real flowers...

May be... might be... 

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.69) 

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Roses -small still life

Experiment with roses. I have been in rose painting mood, but  I couldn't find 'the' composition that is mine. 

As I am drawn to paint strong lights and shadows, my experiment ended up a waterless composition. 

May be that these roses don't get water, hopefully I conserved their beauty other way.

I risk ... strong shadows... unusual composition...  What do you think? 

   oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.66) 

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Poppies in June

June. Red poppy-fields are nearby. I haven't seen so many, full of red, red poppies. They feather softly in the wind. Their redness are dissolved by some yellow and white and purple flower-islands. And if you lean on them there are small petals like wings in the wind. The whole view is a poem itself.

 Poppies in June

   oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.58) 

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Zen Feeling - small, oil painting

An Orchid

Two small glass-pebbles

Light

Meditation

Zen. 

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.56) 

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Flowering Happens - small, amaryllis oil painting

Sometimes we just wait for flowering. It seems, time has not come, not yet. And there is that miraculous  moment, when flowering happens. Where is it come from? There is nothing in that bulb, no flower.
How can a flower like this be hidden inside? Miraculous.

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.52) 

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That Hairy Flower - Oil Painting

"That hairy flower" we nicknamed these beauties in the garden. 

This spring made them more beautiful than usual. 

OK, they have a straight name also: Pulsatilla.

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.51)

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Is that a Flower or not? - small oil painting

My father angrily pick them out if he sees them amongst his spotless green lawn. Are they weeds?

And each kid happily pick them as flowers. Are they flowers?

I don't decide but it is such a good feeling to paint them. 

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.45)

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Red Petals- oil painting

"You don't always want to paint rose petals, do you?"- asked my husband when I showed him my angry lion. To tell the truth, it is fun to paint petals, like these red ones. Even more if they are in backlight.

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.28)

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Last petals of this summer

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.5)

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Last yellow petals. 

How can a small flower like this makes me so grateful 

for the yellows and browns and a dash of greens.

These are magically rare moments.

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Yellow

(Acrylic on paper 29.5x21 cm)

When I considered myself full time textile artist, I used to paint water soluble pigments mainly on silk.

I loved to experiment new methods, new styles. And the need to paint realistically was rarely there. I was 

very happy to paint symbolic elements and stories and scenes like one does in illustration. My focus was on colors and the symbolic world was a perfect area to express them.
This time as I experience a new medium -I never used acrylic before I mean in a figurative sense-, I still want to try new approach. New to me, classical to others... :-)
I would like to share its sensation. Those lovely and live colors on petals, completely charms me.