Oil on Canvas
145×145 cm, oil on canvas, 2007, private collection South Australia I worked for a month at this portrait, the longest I have ever worked on any painting. I achieved the expression from the beginning, but the problem was the resemblance with the subject on such a large size painting, when my studio wasn’t too large and didn’t allow to see this from the distance. The portrait was very successful, it was sold even before the opening. Many people asked about it, and because it was sold they bought the other portrait I had in the exhibition… twice! That’s right, the other painting, “Capriccio” was sold twice by mistake. Imagine the disappointment of the young couple who found out the second day they payed for a painting which had been sold already. I succeeded in convincing these people that I can manage to do the painting again. If it was “Adagio” I would have never attempted. But it looked much easier to do Capriccio. Doing a portrait twice is tricky, and I was sure very happy when it was finished.
100×100 cm, oil on canvas, private collection One of my first large portraits of my daughter completed at the beginning of 2006.
Oil on canvas, 18” x 14” (457×356mm)
Oil on canvas, 24” x 18” (610×457mm).
Coloured pencils and water coloured paint on paper. / Mister Gangley’s hands grasped around his son’s tiny skull. Such an unfortunate series of events. / 22×44cm / 2007 Original work has been sold.
Original was pencil, ink drawing. Wouldn’t you love to do be able to do this sometimes? Often we are required to put on a face that does not reflect how we feel. This is kind of the idea that we can do this and still keep the integrity of our real feelings below.
Feeling the spirit,hard to put any words on this,bit like taking a deep breath. / Pastel on canson. / / © Copyright 2008 Jo Hoden, All Rights Reserved. Sally Omar Has done it again ,please check out her folio. Feelin the Spiritby Sally Omar / Feeling the Spirit / Stirring inside / Allowing it to appear / No longer hide / Hearing the drums / Of long ago / Wanting to stay / Yet wanting to go / Hearing the music / The dance to begin / Looking at the dancers / For that special him / The scene is very smoky / The fires continue to burn / There is so much you don’t know / So much to learn / The spirit has entered / Way down..so deep / Your body starts to move / To the exotic beat / You hear the voices / Of the forefathers / Who have arrived / Telling their stories / Of how they died / You want to sit / But have lost control / You’ve come to this place / Out comes your soul / It dances next to you / All red and so bright / You dance till you fall / You’ve danced all night / Feeling the Spirit / The dance comes to an end / The Spirit stays within / Both woman and spirit blend / FEELING THE SPIRIT
Oil on canvas. A flamenco Dancer. / / C37AB-59AFB-D202A / Bailaora was featured in the groups Latin Flair and Dance. /
Original painting was Inspired by a photograph by Rebecca Tocci The original has been sold to a private collector. / Visit my Online Art Gallery
Acrylic on Canvas. 2.13m x 1m / Atmospheric nebulae of colour, energy patterns and black strings of complexity Original sold at Savoy Exhibition, Katoomba – May 08
This is an original linoleum print from my Holiday Series. It was created for my annual Christmas card. It was a fairly obvious attempt to illustrate the universal appeal of hope and peace during the holidays.
Acrylic and metallic paint on canvas, 46” x 38”. This is a commissioned abstract work for a client re-staging her home for sale. I created this expressionistic piece to tie a black, white and tan gallery art wall I created together and to become the focal point of the room. / I call the work “Outside The Lines”, in that the strong black lines create structure and balance and yet the color does not conform to the boundaries. The wild movement of the colors contrast and create chaos within the design of symmetry.
oil/digital I did this work out of respect, and a hope for a better future. Even though there’s great wounding, I wanted it to be green as a symbol for new life and hope. The proceeds from this piece will be going to the DC Save Darfur campaign. savedarfur.org / ’Save Darfur’&:http://www.savedarfur.org Thanks! Mechelle
This is acrylics on A1 board and it is the expressionism piece of a college project series. and heres the rest of the series:
Night crawled through the window, hoping to not be seen, fell across the bed and made itself comfortable. / “I didn’t invite you.” / There was no response. Night began to whisper to itself in a dream. Its dark shadows fled the mattress and drooled over onto carpet, up the side of a night stand that cradled a temporarily favorite novel, a lamp that had once belonged to the owner’s mother and a stack of unread books purchased at the Goodwill store. Night crawled up the side of the wall and across a painted canvas. It shielded its eyes from the glare outside. Yellow neon shifted in ribbons around cardboard and brick. Headlights beamed, streamed and faded. The sidewalk was bothered by dark shapes streaming back and forth, flickering in jerky animation at times and at others, folding in smooth drapes of darkness, like blue-black frosting. / Night moved. It always on the move. Following. Escaping. Searching. Always moving toward the light. Or away from it. Sometimes Night wished it could lay down and stop running. Just for twenty-four hours. But it never could. / It grabbed its hat and moved smoothly, silently back out of the window and across the street. / “Oh, well, another day another sunrise.” Night said to itself. Then it turned to look back and shouted. “By the way, I’ll be back, whether I’m invited or not.” Change of Scene is acrylic on paper 15”x20”
Monotype Print, which has been further painted into / March 2009 / Zerkall Etch 250g / Acrylic paint
This boy is happily lost at see, with the guiding love light showing him where to find shelter.
Oil on canvas, 18” x 14” (457×356mm).
He crept beneath the bending branches and poured a goblet filled with cherry flavored soda pop onto a wilted poinsettia. The red, he hoped would make it bloom again as it had last winter. Last Christmas. / The overgrown landscape was pleated with vines and tall, wild grass. Grass flown in once, many years ago, by airplane from an exotic land of tigers. The dry earth crept beneath his bare toes. / The door stood open today. / He had not been out here in a long time. / He wondered when it had been unlocked or if it had been vandalized. Dense, wet, musty air blew briefly across his brow from deep inside the darkness. Behind the door. He yearned to return. / No. He would not enter today. He would, instead, cultivate the garden. / He turned his head to the sky to hunt for rain. “No raindrops today,” he spoke to his shadow in a tone that was theatrical, though entertaining only to himself. Then he fell to his knees and prayed. He thought he was only praying for rain. Yet he was really praying for much more. He thought he was being sentimental and foolish. Yet he was being real for the first time since last December. Last Christmas.
The original is 30” x 24” acrylic on stretched canvas. Look into the center. Take a deep breath in. Hold it…. and then let it out.. Relax your vision and breath deeply. For some, you will see the flames move and burn.
abstract expressionist style, acrylic on canvas, size 51cm x 76cm
Hope dodged through the crowded dance floor of a Hollywood club, bumped over a tiny table loaded with empty glasses and rested on the edge of a deep dark navy blue tone of music. The band had left. The music played on into the windy shadows behind mirrors, faces and potted plants. Hope grew larger the moment she stopped running. It was always like that. Though she did like to dance and run and play around. She also like to be larger than life. It seemed to make things quite a bit more pleasant for humans. And, she thought, they did need all the help they could get. / / 18”x24” acrylic on bristol board
11”x14” acrylic on paper
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