Happy -oil painting

Happy New Year Everyone!

This is Happy here. He is a great teacher of happiness. Really. There are many dogs with slight sadness in their 'personality'. Happy is just not that kind of dog. He knows how to live life the fullest, he is energetic and happy, happy, happy.

oil on gesso board, 6x6 in (No. 130) 

SOLD 

Go Paint! - still life

It is easy and simple to gain motivation for painting when a good thing happens like this: I won a featured artist status for the next month at the DPW gallery. Wow, I am so happy!
Oranges, they were the lucky ones. I have to tell you that I showed this painting to my mother and she said: 'hey, it seems to me that these oranges are a little bit rotten... so the judge probably hasn't smell them'. Ha-ha-ha.

Well, I am so happy that this painting was picked.
Here you can see the winners and all the entries:

 

And my painting for today: Go, paint!

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.96) 

 SOLD

The Littlest Angel - oil painting

I painted a tiny statue because I was amazed by its dramatic appearance. 

Or was I the one who add the drama to it? Probably the dark background? 

Anyway I like its contrasts.

 You can also guess what he holds in his hands... 

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.92) 

     SOLD

Where Is My Spoon?

We drink our teas mostly with lemon on this part of the globe.

It is not so relevant information... but

 where is MY SPOON? 

I painted this still life on a vivid orange base, which is a bit unusual choice 

but I am happy with that

because this way my whites got new life and warm tone.  

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.91) 

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Sleeping buddies - small dog painting

I am always surprised when I find two dogs befriending like these two. 
My dog is not a friendly one after all. You wouldn't tell.  
She wouldn't be so friendly that she let a friend into her house. 
So I'm just wondering at these two guys here: 

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.84) 

      NFS

Paprikas - still life, oil painting

If you are a tourist in our small country (Hungary),  the first and most important thing you meet on your first day in Budapest  is paprika.
So I became a tourist on the fresh market as I saw these wonderful and fresh, hot paprikas. And it was obvious that I needed to paint my paprikas' version freshly.

 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.81) 

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Pear Friendship - small still life

Some likeliness, yes that is what you need for a good, working friendship... some likeliness. So these pears made friendship at first sight... and their new glassy friend is a new chapter in friendship.

I have to tell you, that painting this glassy friend... well, it's not an easy task.

 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.80) 

    SOLD

Kendlimajor - landscape painting

There is a small road right across the Kendlimajor Art School at Kisrécse, Hungary. 

This road leads to a different world, an artistic one. Such a nice and refreshing one.

And their workshop by Tamás Mág is a unique opportunity to find inspiration and technique of landscape painting. His a specialist of palette knife technique. 

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.79) 

      SOLD

There is one more painting to share.

Small Cellars

SOLD

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) 

SOLD

Hey Tomato, You Do The Dishes!

The youngest do the dishes. in my family. This is the case. 
And when I do the dishes I am the youngest. What a funny maths it is. 

So today I set up a new rule: Hey Tomato, you do the dishes!
The pig is not to be trusted.

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.76) 

      SOLD

Fight

A game is the most serious thing in the world. 

You know how it is... that fight or flight type. 

You just can NOT loose. 

And if you loose as it is predictable sometimes, 

you show your true manner. 

That is the pot. 

 oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.75) 

     SOLD

August Art Challenge at Shoot and Paint

Lemonfresh - still life

In Europe we have this extreme hot weather. So what can I do? I paint a fresh painting... a lemonfresh... and I hope for the best.

small painting 

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.74) 

 SOLD

Reds on red - oil painting, tomatoes, brush, coffee cup

Reds on red. This painting couldn't be more red... 

My experiment was how far  I can push the quantity of red on a painting.

And finally my never ever used fancy brush got a function.  

It is weird a bit that I used it for its bright blueness and still never used as a brush.

oil on gessoboard, 6x6 in (No.67) 

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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) 

 SOLD

Tower - still life, oil painting

Melontower and Strawberrytop.

If I were a fancy foodblogger or candidate in a cooking show, this would be my entry. Oh, not much cooking, that is right. But I love colors. Beautiful reds on red. Who can overtop this simple beauty?

   oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 12x12 in (No.65) 

SOLD

See-through 1.

It is so much fun to touch, feel, wear see-trough fabrics. And I realized how much fun to paint them. Normally I paint on panels, but this time I painted on linen. Well, it is fun the see-through fabric and  struggle to paint on this surface, gesso doesn't help much...
May be I am snobbish... 'linen is so hard for me', silk is my favorite.
And to have a photo... well... it is not the best one, you have to see-through.
No matter what, I wanted to share.

   oil on gessoboard, 30x30 cm, 12x12 in (No.63) 

NFS

Jaz Belvedere - Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, summer night

Holiday, holiday. 
So the feeling is this: lovely breeze, smell of the sea, starry night, swaying palm trees. 
Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Jaz Belvedere

   oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.61) 

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Small Balaton - oil, painting

In my small county we have a lake called Balaton. It is officially (scientifically)  not even a lake because it is too shallow. But: for us it is so precious like ocean for others. 
There is a much smaller corner by the lake just a few kilometers from Balatonszemes, I don't even know the name of it. It is just a small waterside and full of life. I mean really full of life, birds and bugs and grasses and trees, and the noise of the whole world. 
This painting is born from my love of  this small piece of world.

                                oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.57) 

                           SOLD

Camera Shy - dog painting

This is a friend of mine from real world. She is a furry-4-legged friend, and I don't know  why, she is camera shy. May be the lens of the camera are too big, I guess. Anyway, even her clever eyes shine through or not, she is a cute one. 

oil on gessoboard, 15x15 cm, 6x6 in (No.59) 

 SOLD