Yosemite - latest paintings

Sorry for going MIA so long. Its been a crazy summer but I have been painting steadily. Keeping up with social media is a big challenge these days. Here are some latest paintings from my trip to Yosmite National park during winter and summer. I can never get enough of Yosemite.

On the Rocks, Acrylic 14 X 36 Canvas
 

Happy Happy Isles, Acrylic 20 X 20 Canvas 

Turquoise vase and cottage roses - Acrylic painting

Another flower painting from my garden. I cut some sweet peas and cottage roses from the garden this week. I wanted to paint the cottage roses before it withered away.

Here is my setup..

Here is the finished painting, 12 X 12 canvas with acrylic done mainly with palette knife.

Lone Kayak at Trillium lake - Acrylic

From our road trip to Oregon and Washington last summer. When things get hectic here, all I can ever think of are the beautiful places we have visited and painting them. Reliving my visit to Trillium lake through this painting. 8x 8 canvas with acrylic.

Here is a little WIP of the painting

Poinsettia

It's almost Christmas, I see Poinsettia's everywhere.And that's what went on canvas over the weekend.
6X8 clay board panel with Acrylic.

Weekly Painting #10 - Blue Bucket Ranunculus

By now, you all might have gathered that I love Thursdays, Ferry building Farmers market and Thomas Farms :). I stopped there last Thursday again. I have so many photos of different flower bunches every season in those blue buckets. I love looking at them. Here is a painting of blue bucket ranunculus.

I even picked up a small bunch for home. It is now sitting in my kitchen and taunting me to paint them.

You are invited..

You are invited for "The More the Merrier: Salon-Style Holiday Art Exhibition & Sale" @ ART ARK GALLERY, San Jose.



This a group show of 45 bay area artists and I am exhibiting as one of them. Opening Art Reception is this Friday, November 4th 6-9pm and there will be two more receptions - on Nov 19th and Dec 2nd. Hope you can make it for one.

Please feel free to pass this invitation to your other art loving friends :)

Cypress & Ice plants - Acrylic painting

Cypress and ice plants of Monterey in spring. A big deviation from the reference image. Changed the colors quite a bit to get this unique look. Done on a 16 X 20 canvas with acrylic paint and a combination of knife & brush. Hope you like it :)



Here is a closeup of the iceplants

Colors of Autumn - Acrylic painting

Didn't get a chance to do much of fall photography this year. So I turned to canvas to paint these autumn scenes instead. These two paintings are going as part of the holiday show to a gallery in San Jose, CA. Both done on 12 X 12 wrapped canvas with a brush & knife combo.

Autumn Reds



Autumn Yellows

Two Hydrangeas - Acrylic painting

Getting ready for a holiday show and did these two small hydrangeas. Both paintings are done on a 6 X 6 gallery wrapped canvas with acrylic paint. The flower was done impasto style with knife and the leaves with the brush strokes.

Pink Hydrangea



Nikko Blue Hydrangea

Another Chocolate Cupcake painting

Cupcake is back on popular demand... Another small 4 X 5 cupcake painting that I did for portfolio sample for a gallery. Similar to my previous cupcakes on a 4X5 canvas, impasto style with acrylic paint.

Here is the painting with it's own easel

Pot of Lilacs - Acrylic painting

A fun acrylic painting experiment to loosen up my painting style. Done on a 18 X 24 Canvas. Heavily textured and done impasto style with knife, softgel & acrylic paints. The background has little bit of gold & silver iridescent acrylic paint. Hope you like it...

Proud Peacock - Acrylic painting

Sharing my latest painting. A slight deviation from my usual medium but I had so much fun doing this. Lot of things going on in this painting - I used acrylic soft gel for gloss & texture and iridescent acrylic paint ( both gold & silver). This turned out to be one glittery peacock.



Done on a 18X24 canvas and painted mainly with palette knife. Here are some details on the head and the plumage.





I feel the photo here hasn't really captured the texture & the shine of the painting. I guess you got to touch and see it in the light to experience that. If you are in my town, I welcome you to do just that at the Milpitas library this Saturday. I'll be displaying this & another painting in the Golden Hills art association member show at the library. Will post the details on the show tomorrow..

Caladium heart

Sorry for the lack of updates here on the blog. Summer is the time for family & travel. Thats what I have been doing the last two months. There are some painting in the works but mostly I have been spending lot of time behind the camera but not the easel. Just wanted to share a tiny painting of a leaf that is closer to my heart. Not technically on a canvas but any painting counts as an entry here, right ?

Caladiums are colorful tropical foliage with heart shaped leaf and magenta veins & white dots. You don't need any flowers to brighten up your garden, just a pot of caladium will accomplish that. While growing up, I was crazy about them ( still am). I always wanted to paint it someday.

Instead of canvas I turned to cold porcelain a.K.a air dry clay to paint them. Borrowed some clay from my daughter to construct the leaf. This kind of clay becomes super light weight when dry, almost like a paper. I then painted the leaf with acrylic paint and sealed it with varnish. While I was at it, I made a nice jewellery set for myself :-). Here it is and hope you like it..



In case you are wondering about the caladium plant, this is how it looks.