Water Lillies

The background / negative space does look black but it is not. I have used burnt umber with sap green. Black is a strong color and it is difficult to notice other colors when you have black on a painting. I faked the effect ;)

Ruzie's Sunflower

This painting is copied from the sunflower pictures that Ruzan took, it was a difficult one to do. I guess wouldn't have completed it if wasn't for John and Rupa's help.

The center of the flower is a lot of under and over painting to get the effect. I wanted to used gesso to do the texture but was afraid it will crack over a period of time. I have used a lot of thick paint directly from the tube and let the colors blend on the canvas instead of mixing them in the palette.

And there it hangs

There is it hanging like a beauty on the wall of the lady who bought my painting and she wants me to make a series of poppy paintings for her.

Passion for the Rose

My first attempt at painting a rose with muted colors in the background and for the leaves. I started this painting at Philip Carpenter's class and finished it with all the modifications that John wanted me to do.
It was fun working with BROWN although you cant see it , it is there ....

Study in cool and warm whites

This was a study with warm and cool whites and my second try at doing the Lotus without outlining the petals.

The craze for poppies continue ...

Every time i saw the poppy fields that Monet painted i wanted to do one too and here it is.

California Poppies

It was fun doing this painting as it was shot in portrait mode has all the blurry effect that had to be created.Also it is in my favorite colors orange and green.

And this is the first one i sold :)

Hello World

Had to start with this cant break the trend ;)