4" x 4" - small paintings

$50 each

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel

This is an exercise in playing with color and contrast. Complimentary colors along with black and white drawing helped me achieve contrast and repetition along with harmony across both paintings.

 

 

Watercolor on paper

24" x 18"

$800

 

Not every painting fits into the category of being able to rework it but, when it does it's okay, to give a painting a new life an perhaps find a new home too.  This beautiful watercolor is for sale.

Reworking a painting can be a good thing but, it can be also be the kiss of death. When reworking a painting It's best to add color and highlights but, try to refrain from lifting out broad areas of color and rework it all together. In this case, i added some more shadows and highlights and painted the table/foreground in a more dynamic way, using several watercolor techniques like wet into wet, adding salt and painting in layers.

Floral Arrangement

24" x 30" unframed size

acrylic on canvas

$1,200 - framed


This painting is a modern, abstraction of the old fashioned idea of a floral still life arrangement. The intention is to create a painting charged with energy, movement, color and texture.

Wild flowers and grass

6" x 6" each
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas
$150 for a set of 2 / $85 each

A lovely set of 2 small impressionistic paintings inspired by my backyard in the summertime.
Working mostly with a secondary color palette and starting with a base wash of orange color makes the blue/green color on top "sing."

Exuberance

11" x 14"
alcohol ink on yupo
$225 (With white mat and white frame)
30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

 

Enjoyed working with alcohol ink on yupo- a new technique for me!! Hope you like it.
Still a part of 30  paintings in 30 days .

Pink flowers in a vase

11" x 14"
alcohol ink on yupo
$225
30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

 

Enjoyed working with alcohol ink on yupo- a new technique for me!! Hope you like it.
Still a part of 30  paintings in 30 days .

A beautiful photo of the painting in the customer's home - Thank you Ann and Carl

Summer Garden

Still Life with Pomegrante

Happy to mention that these 2 paintings have been selected for the museum school's annual show and sale of artwork.

Group Painting Classes, unleash your creativity and recognize your artistic potential.

Watercolor on paper

20" x 16"
$350
$450 framed

In this painting the contemporary dark background works to off set the white/light areas of the flower petals. The flower is in sharp focus vs the softer/blended background. The warm yellows contrast well with the cooler blues and purples.This is a painting of contrasts!
Lilacs are very popular in parks and gardens. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University has a special day long celebration in May in honor of lilacs - Lilac Sunday is a Boston tradition. 

Here are some photos of yesterday's New England Watercolor Society's event at the Attleboro Art Museum-

 NEWS President Jack Haran talking about my painting. He is discussing where the focal point is.

 My friend Brenda, check out her website - http://www.angelfire.com/art2/brookside/

Brenda's beautiful painting (above) - "Anchored in Morning Light"

My favorite painting (above) "Last of the Night Dew" , by another friend Judy Metcalfe,  see more of her beautiful work here - http://www.judymetcalfe.com/
This painting won the Stanhope Framer's Award.

Oil on canvasboard
8" x10"

White Roses
After Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla
$150

This painting is a copy of a famous painting done by a Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla done approx. in the year 1919. More of his works can be seen here- http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/joaqu-n-sorolla
I chose to copy this painting because i love the light and the colors he used to make this painting. It was a fun exercise to paint my favorite subject matter thru the eyes of another artist.

Thanks to many good friends, most of my work from this past year is SOLD. I have several auctions and art shows coming up so i am busy revising some of my unfinished work and getting it ready for submission. Below are some examples

Revised- New England Fall
Large painting 18" X24"
oil on canvas board

Revised Geraniums
8"X10"
oil on canvas board

oil on canvas board
8" x 10"

This is one of the paintings i began at Steve's workshop. I am very happy with the contemperory colors and the composition and brushwork.
This painting is for sale
If you wish to purchase the above painting, please email me;
plathia@hotmail.com

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

Watercolor on paper
16" x 12"
plathia@hotmail.com
This painting is done from a photo taken in Judy's garden of her favorite pink Kwazan cherry blossoms hence the name.....
Award winner at the Chelmsford Art Society's annual July4th contest!
Also posted on http://dailypaintersinternationalartgallery.blogspot.com/

water color on paper
19"x 11"

Watercolor on Paper
11" x 14"
plathia@hotmail.com

Oil on canvas panel
8" x 10"
plathia@hotmail.com