Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

12" x12" 

$275

A framed abstract composition features nine circular shapes with varied patterns and bold colors, predominantly red, green, and blue. The background is textured with a mix of brushstrokes and splashes of color.

Nine circles are very symbolic in cultures, religion and literature. The number nine symbolizes completeness, universality and the culmination of a cycle.

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

12"x12"

$250

A vibrant composition features geometric shapes, numbers, and stenciled patterns in blue, orange, and turquoise tones. Circular motifs and abstract designs dominate the piece, creating a dynamic and textured visual effect.

 

 

"Experiment 15"

Mixed media on paper

12" x 18"

$450

Lots of layers and mixed media experimenting to reach a finish point.....To create this painting i used
a plethora of techniques and ways of working with mixedmedia, collage, paint and a variety of markmaking tools. 

The colors in this painting are inspired by beach life - soft turquoise, seashell, taupe, sandy pearl.

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul."Wassily Kandinsky

 

 

 Three Amigos

Mother and Child

Watermedia on paper

12" x16"

$350 each

Those who are familiar with my work know that i do not paint figures very often, but when i heard about this relatively new idea in art called "disruptive realism", i was intrigued. Here is my first attempt at this idea. 

John Seed has written a wonderful book about it, https://www.amazon.com/Disrupted-Realism-Paintings-Distracted-World/dp/0764358014

"Disrupted Realism: Paintings for a Distracted World"

Nicholas Wilton has a wonderful interview on You tube with the author https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxkIRhBZ5Q

 

 Disrupted Realism is the first book to survey the works of contemporary painters who are challenging and reshaping the tradition of Realism. Helping art lovers, collectors, and artists approach and understand this compelling new phenomenon, it includes the works of 38 artists whose paintings respond to the subjectivity and disruptions of modern experience. Widely published author and blogger John Seed, who believes that we are “the most distracted society in the history of the world,” has selected artists he sees as visionaries in this developing movement. The artists’ impulses toward disruption are as individual as the artists themselves, but all share the need to include perception and emotion in their artistic process. Six sections lay out and analyze common themes: "Toward Abstraction," "Disrupted Bodies," "Emotions and Identities," "Myths and Visions," "Patterns, Planes, and Formations," and "Between Painting and Photography." Interviews with each artist offer additional insight into some of the most incisive and relevant painting being created today.

 

 

 

 Trip to the White Mountains I 

Trip to the White Mountains II

 

Acrylic and mixed media on paper

Matted size 12"x12"

$95 each

 

 

 

Bold, colorful and happy - combinations used in this painting include turquoise, magenta, beige , black and white. Lots of thick paint, texture and collage. 

 

Large hand painted bowl with gold trim

$55

 

  

Medium hand painted bowl 

$45

Small hand painted bowl

$35

One of a kind, exclusive, hand painted in layers with abstract shapes and colors that go with any interior. They are like little abstract paintings. Lots of paint, lots of layers and shapes. These papier-mâché bowl for sale. Eco friendly , artistic gift.

Back to basics. Just black and white collage designs. Trying to brainstorm designs for abstract paintings.
Observe the negative spaces within the simple compositions creating dynamic tension.
Observe the repetition and placement of  similar shapes within the composition.

Black and white 1

Black and white 2

Black and white 3

Black and white 4

 

sunflowers

Large alcohol ink on yupo
20" x 26"
$475 unframed

Who doesn't smile when they see a sunflower?
The vivid alcohol ink colors make them come alive. The rich, bold color flows across the smooth, synthetic surface of  yupo paper to create lovely abstract patterns and translucent colors.

red roses in blue vase

Large alcohol ink and acrylic on yupo
20" x 26"
$475 unframed

Nothing says “I love you” like red roses. The bold reds and pinks in this painting symbolizes love, beauty, courage, respect, and romantic love.
Alcohol inks allow me to find the most vivid reds and deep pinks for this occasion.

Summer Arrangement

Large alcohol ink and acrylic on yupo
20" x 26"
$475 unframed

Beautiful blooms vividly captured in an abstract, impressionistic style. This imaginary floral composition captures the magnificent colors of nature using alcohol inks. The bold colors and imagery convey joy, beauty and graceful forms of nature.

Balancing Dreams

Mixed media on watercolor paper
12" x16"
$300

"Let your dreams be bigger than your actions, and your actions louder than your words" Anonymous
"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams." Oprah Winfrey
This painting is fourth in the "Balancing" series, inspired by my new love for modern/contemperory expression. To me the painting is about walking down the path of life and finding balance with your dreams and desires.  (Trying to incorporate the human figure in a painting with an inspiring message in a modern way.) The painting is open to interpretation by the viewer. 

Balancing past, present and future

Mixed media on watercolor paper
12" x16"
$300

I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back. Megan Fox
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/karma.html

"I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing,so i put out what i want to get back" Megan Fox

I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back. Megan Fox
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/karma.html

 "Karma has a way of balancing out the dramas that happen in our lives. All we really need to do is sit back, relax and watch the show unfold" Dave Hedges
This painting is third in the "Balancing" series, inspired by my new love for modern/contemporary expression. To me the painting is about walking down the path of life and finding balance with karma.  (Trying to incorporate the human figure in a painting with an inspiring message in a modern way.) The painting is open to interpretation by the viewer.

Balancing Joy

Mixed media on watercolor paper
12" x16"
$300


"Life is about balance, the highs and the lows, the thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness/joy is being happy by yourself and for yourself." Ellen DeGeneres.
This painting is second in the series, inspired by my new love for modern/contemporary expression. To me the painting is about walking down the path of life and finding joy for your body and soul.  (Trying to incorporate the human figure in a painting with an inspiring message in a modern way.) The painting is open to interpretation by the viewer - depends on how you interpret the human figures - body and soul, 2 very good friends, soul mates etc,

Daily Balancing

Mixed media on watercolor paper
12" x16"
$300

This painting is inspired by my new love for modern/contemporary expression. The idea of balance in daily life, night and day, yourself vs relationships, husband and wife, order and disorder, harmony and chaos etc.Trying to incorporate the human figure in a painting with an inspiring message.

Here are a few thoughts/quotes on balance that relate to this painting-

Next to love, balance is the most important thing. John Wooden

The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you've lost it. Anonymous

What I dream of is an art of balance. Henri Matisse

So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton

Balance. The Ultimate Goal. Ricky Lankford    

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasmert385072.html?src=t_balance

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/balance.html

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/balance.html

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasmert385072.html?src=t_balance

still life with teapot and vases

18" x 24"
Framed size : 26" x 35" (Black archival mat)
acrylic on black roofing paper
$875

This experimental painting is inspired by a still life set up for an abstract painting . Enjoyed experimenting with color, design, line and shape and roofing paper.See if you can spot the teapot and vases.

30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
Day 7

My Theme for this challenge is going to be as the name suggests "Postcards from India" - I am going to combine my love for Indian art and my new love for painting contemperory abstracts into small paintings/postcards with Indian motifs. I am working from the many photos i took during my trips and creative abstract backgrounds.

Day 7


Acrylic on clayboard
6" x 6"
$125

Butterfly attraction

acrylic on panel
12" x16"
$350

This painting is inspired by the beautiful butterfly bushes that are everywhere in the garden at the Whistler House Museum http://www.whistlerhouse.org/. The painting is in an abstract contemperory style with complementary purple and yellow playing off each other, it is about creating an outdoor garden mood set in a pleasing composition.
The butterfly bushes are significant because the artist, James McNeill Whistler's "monogram 'J.W.' was developed into a 'butterfly' signature in c.1869 and gradually evolved over the next thirty years, acquiring antennae, veins and a tail."http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/miscellany/butterflies/

Butterflies

A chronology of Whistler's butterfly signatures

1873	1883	1885
1889	1894	1898

 

This painting is inspired by my recent trip to India and viewing the works of contemperory Indian artists. I found that they do a lot of line work and abstract paintings. This painting combines both - the dancer is a line drawing and the painting has an abstract background with a representational Lord Ganesh showering red flower petal blessings on the dancer (the dancer is a very good friend's daughter - Neha, done from a photo taken from her arangetrum/ dance finals, invitation card). the column represents a temple setting. This is a first of a series i am planning to do, please leave comments if you have any thoughts about the colors used or composition or any other thoughts about the painting.
This painting is not for sale.

This painting is done for " Inspiration all around us" http://inspirationallaroundus.blogspot.com/
It is a blog by Dana Marie -- if you are interested in joining simply send an email to - danamarieart@yahoo.com.
Here is her note/blurb:
Each Tuesday I will post a new picture that we will draw inspiration for our artwork. Posting of creations will begin the following day, which will be a Wednesday.

You may be inspired to use the entire photograph or you may find you are drawn to a single aspect of the scene, a color or color combination, the composition, or even the feeling the photograph evokes.

Simply allow the scene to speak to your imagination and your heart and create something to share here at "Inspiration All Around Us".

I was inspired to post something when i saw this flower. I wanted to paint it in an unusual way to introduce variety in my work.
6" x 6"
oil on canvas panel
This painting is for sale
If you wish to purchase the above painting, please email me;
plathia@hotmail.com
Also posted on
http://dailypaintersinternationalartgallery.blogspot.com/

Oil on Canvas Board
8" x 10"
plathia@hotmail.com