Abstract

Continuing my "affair" with color, I had been wanting to try painting something abstract and bright. I decided to do it in a small scale due to my inexperience with the subject. The process was fun but more complicated than what I initially imagined. Lots of yummy texture going on in this one, and I love how it looks on gallery wrapped canvas. I included a detail shot after this one...


"Abstract with Yellow"
6"x6"
15.2cm x 15.2 cm
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
$110 (Shipping Included)

Preview

I did not get to paint today. I was working on my thesis photographs again. I'm excited but at the same time scared of what I got myself into... My mind tells me I cannot do it, but my heart says I can pull it off. Hopefully everything will work out at the end.
Even though I did not use oils, I did not want to let the day pass by without doing something art related. So, I drew my friend Ivan, one of my subjects for my thesis paintings.

"Ivan"
9"x12"
Pencil and Charcoal on Paper

Teapot - Donated & Sold

A quick study today, and I have to admit I did use my artistic license on this one... I could not resist the purples that were coming up as I painted.
I started doing my photoshoots for my thesis portraits, that is why I did not have much time to paint. Perhaps later I will attempt the same teapot more "true to life."
By the way, today I was very happy because I found a new home for four of my bromeliad paintings in Dallas, Texas!!! This gives me a great incentive to keep up with this daily discipline.

"Silver Teapot"
8"x8"
20.3cm x 20.3cm
Oil on Canvas

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More Produce... -SOLD-

I went to my local supermarket to take some more pictures for this fruits/vegetables series and I got kicked out... lol!!! I explained I was an artist and I just needed some harmless pictures of their produce section and they refuted saying that it was company policy. Oh well!!! At least I got to take a few snapshots, including this illegal shot of juicy tomatoes...

"Juicy Tomatoes"
8"x8"
20.3cm x 20.3cm
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
-SOLD-

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My son...

I'm posting a little late today... I was not feeling the painting thing at all this afternoon. But then I decided to paint "my son" and everything worked out just fine. I present to you mi gordito consentido, the love of my life, the doggie we have been lucky to have for almost fourteen years: Copito!

"Copito"
8"x10"
20.3cm x 25.4cm
Oil on Canvas

P.S. I wish the picture would do justice to all the colors that are really going on in this painting...

Bromeliad Bromeliad Bromeliad -SOLD-

Continuing with the Bromeliad series. Yummy colors on this one...
My professor approved my topic for thesis, so I will be doing some preliminary studies that I will probably post here as well.

"Green Bromeliad" -SOLD-
8"x10"
20.3cm x 25.4cm
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection

Chontaduros

For those of you that do not know what the subject of this painting is, these are called chontaduros. They are a fruit that is native to South and Central America. It comes from a palm and it is very popular in my city, Cali, Colombia. We eat it with salt and honey... I miss them so much!!! They sell them in Miami, but in a jar rather than fresh. I guess it is better than nothing, but you cannot compare that to the experience of eating them in the streets of Cali.

"Chontaduros"
8"x10"
20.3cm x 25.4cm
Oil on Canvas
$200