Took me some time, but I finally finished this one. now this painting serves as a portal to that beautiful costa Rica resort I stayed at years ago. I love bringing pieces of my journey with me and creating them into art.
I was going through some older paintings and I found this one that I started back in 2018. So I decided that its time to give this paining some love and finish my project.
I've been working up the vibrancy of the colors making some areas more realistic while other areas more painterly. The goal is to capture the lovely feeling I got from seeing the beauty of the flowers and the tropical paradise I got to visit.
This is still a work in progress. So stay tuned!
After a few years, returning to the location of a painting I made. I will never forget the places I painted. Life is a series of moments. So its nice to save the peaceful ones and make them into art.
More watercolour and gouache studies from my travels in Quebec and Ontario. Illustrated memories from my water colour journal.
A painting of one of my favourite monuments in Montreal. The Monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier. I visited this place many times and it became a place I would go to relax and clear my head and sometimes gain some insights.
Toronto sky line in the distance. This was a walk in one of my favourite lakeside parks. It was a nice sunny spring day, though it was a lot colder then it looked.
A nature landscape study at a cottage I stayed at in Quebec. Painted in water color and gouache.
Hello, I've been catching up on posting my paintings from my water color journal here:
I had a dream last in
October 2022. Where I was exploring an abandoned city with a former
classmate. There was a huge old barn like structure with buildings
inside.
Everything was old, worn out and abandoned. When you
entered these buildings. The hallways were extremely narrow, enough
for just one person at a time. That classmate was leading me around.
We were looking for something. The overall mood felt very
adventurous. Like some sort of expedition.
We came upon a few
apartments that were extremely crammed and tiny. I remember thinking,
how did people live here? I then entered a bedroom, and everything
looked old and worn out.
Except for a stuffed animal elephant,
with universe print fabric. This elephant instantly drew my
attention. I intuitively felt it didn't belong and wanted to be taken
out of it's current environment. I decided to take it with me and put
it in my bag. I felt like I was reclaiming something precious and
maybe that's what I was looking for in the dream.
Throughout
the day, I kept thinking about the elephant and environment. I enjoy
journaling about my dreams and interpreting the messages in them.
Some how, I didn't want to forget this elephant. So it lead me to
creating this painting with water color and water color pencil
crayons.
#dream #elephant #watercolor #painting
I've been working on and off on this painting for a couple of months. Sometimes, the inspiration comes and goes. This place is important to me. So, I wanted to capture it properly and maintain the feeling I get from it. Like a memory I can look up at when I feel nostalgic for home. The painting is acrylic on canvas.
EN
Misiu
This is a personal painting of my cat Misiu, he died last year and it took some time to finish. Now I have this memory. Painted in acrylic on canvas.
You were my best buddy for almost 15 years. I miss you everyday, your adorable, cozy, softness, gentle nature, and the constant connection with you. I have grown used to having you always around wanting to play and nap beside me. You made everything feel better. Your soft and gentle nature was very soothing for me over the years.
Your passing made me feel that these amazing experiences died with you. But now I see your final teaching in my life is to create a void for those aspects to come back multiplied.
Thank you for being in my life. You will always be my buddy.
PL:
To jest osobisty obraz mojego kota Misiu, który zmarł w zeszłym roku i trochę czasu zajęło mi jego ukończenie. Teraz mam to wspomnienie. Malowany akrylem na płótnie.
Byłeś moim najlepszym kumplem przez prawie 15 lat. Tęsknię za tobą każdego dnia, za twoją uroczą, przytulną, łagodną naturą i ciągłym połączeniem z tobą. Przyzwyczaiłam się do tego, że zawsze jesteś ze mną i chcesz się bawić i drzemać. Sprawiłeś, że wszystko było lepsze. Twoja miękka i delikatna natura była dla mnie bardzo kojąca przez lata.
Twoje odejście sprawiło, że poczułam, że te niesamowite przeżycia umarły razem z Tobą. Ale teraz widzę, że twoim ostatnim nauczaniem w moim życiu jest stworzenie pustki, aby te aspekty powróciły zwielokrotnione.
Dziękuję, że jesteś w moim życiu. Zawsze będziesz moim kumplem.
EN-In the summer of 2020 I bought a water colour sketch book. Here is a collection of my work so far.
Watercolor and gouache studies.
PL- Latem 2020 kupiłam szkicownik akwareli. Oto zbiór moich dotychczasowych prac.
Studia akwareli i gwaszu.
Port Credit, 2020
#watercolor #artjournal #art #paintings #gouache
