Paintings
see the world…slightly reimagined
Ink, colored pencil, soft but mostly oil pastel, I stitch together scenes from any time or location. Work with me to create the ultimate vantage point of your third place, compose a still life of your favorite books and foods, travel the world from Buenos Aires to Tokyo or you may find you just need a certain color to compliment the wall and couch.
I do not know if “painting” is the correct term, but there is a great deal of mixing and blending with an overall effect which I believe looks more like a painting than a drawing. The effect is created by smudging oil pastels together and overlapping them with soft pastel. I use colored pencil and pen to highlight details and lines, though I am conservative in using them. The paintings are created on mixed media paper.
Custom paintings can be made 18” by 24” to 3’ by 4’
Free delivery of any painting in San Jose or greater area. Unframed paintings can be shipped.
starting at $200
Tokyo’s district Akihabara is the center of Japanese oraku culture (a subculture composed of all things anime and other electronic interests). Here one can buy video games, electronics, cosplay items and manga.
Tango in Buenos Aires takes place at a subway stop on the way to the Plaza de Mayo (city center). Buenos Aires is known as the “Paris of South America” and derives the name from the European architecture and cobblestone streets. Line A is the oldest subway line in South America. Though it may seem strange that all the restaurants and cafes are empty in the evening, residents of Buenos Aires eat later around 10:00 pm.
Drake’s World Map on Wine features maps from Sir Francis Drake’s circumference of the globe. The Elizabethans amazingly knew much about the world even though Drake was only the second man (with his crew) to circumference it (and the Spanish definitely didn’t share their discoveries though enemy discoveries were often made light through spies). Interestingly and obviously, Drake had to suppose and fill much of the map in. Amazingly, he supposed there to be a continent where Australia is and added Australia to the map. Also amazingly is he “discovered” Northern California and named it Nova Albion and claimed it for Queen Elizabeth I. The book has a Celtic design and the still life is loosely based on Dutch still life.
Montana Town is based on Red Lodge Montana, a gateway into Yellowstone National Park. Featuring the main, traditional and old businesses including the Red Lodge Cafe, The Roman Movie Theater, Red Lodge Pizza Co, Snow Creek Saloon, Pollard Hotel and Bogart’s Restaurant.
Fall in Nunez is a painting of a residential neighborhood in Buenos Aires. The neighborhood is reminiscent of an eclectic mix of European side streets lined with cobble stones and lit with antique street lamps.
Asakusa, home to the Buddhist Sensji Temple, greets visitors with the Kaminarimon (or Thunder Gate) past a centuries old shopping street called Nakamise. This painting shows the traditional side of Tokyo where geishas can be seen walking down the street.
Avenida Cabildo, Buenos Aires
The Carlin, set in the 1920s on Montana Ave, Billings, Montana, features the historic Carlin Hotel now turned into a bar called Craft Local. The Carlin Hotel was a first class hotel built in 1910 to service railroad passengers. Today, Craft Local features work from local artists and hosts live music.
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