acrylic, canvas 60*60 cm "water lilies and burdocks"
When I was painting this piece, Monet’s pond kept appearing before my eyes. His lilies and bridges are unforgettable, and it wasn’t easy not to follow his vision of the garden. I searched for my own voice — and I hope this pond has become mine. 💚
I especially wanted to capture the life along the edges of the water — the lush bushes, bright flowers, and large burdock leaves reaching for the light. On the surface, the water lilies seem to float on delicate ripples. Every stroke is a breath of morning, a whisper of the wind, a song of the garden.
I wish for you to feel the same quiet joy and calm that I felt while creating this painting. 🌸💦
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Thanks for all the love on my gouache post. Here are some dude portraits I did. I find humans extremely challenging, but I am trying to get better at it. ART IS HARD. BUT DON'T GIVE UP!
acrylic, canvas 50*60 cm «memory from the past». I started this painting with the idea of capturing a field of flowers at sunset — a vivid memory from my recent trip to the Alps in late spring. But paintings are rarely born in one day.
On the second day, a wave of melancholy hit me. I found myself thinking about a horse from my childhood.
I grew up in a small town of about 10,000 people. Back then, we had no cell phones, no internet — at least not in our world. Most families kept livestock — a cow, chickens, maybe a pig. But there was one horse in town. Just one. And he wasn’t there for riding — he was a working horse, plowing fields and helping people.
We, the kids, adored him. After his long day of labor, when he was led to the meadows to graze, we would run alongside him, filled with wonder. That horse was magic to us.
So now this sunset field holds more than just flowers. It holds a piece of that old, quiet world.
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'The view towards St Patrick's Tower- Botanic Gardens, Dublin' another of the pieces featured in the current edition of The Art of Watercolour Magazine #art#watercolour#pastels#acrylic#gouache#ink