In this abstract, I have attempted to capture the essence of an Arabic street market scene. / I worked quickly and used instinct and subconscious, rather than technical composition skill. I have used glued painted paper shapes, then painted an impressionist watercolour scene around the collage. 16th Sept 2008 update. / I’m currently working on a larger, watercolour-only, version of this 14”x10”. / less abstract and more real, but with impressionistic aspects.
Oh…something bad must have happened. Another set of 3 canvases – watercolour, chalk pastel, ink pen, metallic pen and silver leaf, each canvas is 15cm x 10cm – I’ve created a composite for RB. / / / / / / I make composites of these sets so I don’t fill my folio (and people’s activity monitors!) – if anyone wants to buy one of these on their own, let me know!
Watercolour by Ruth S Harris
Juicy strawberries still life. Watercolour by Ruth S Harris
II’ve always had a fascination with koi. Their longevity, beauty… everything. And since I don’t have a koi pond… I created this piece to reflect how lovely I think they are. Koi: dark-dragon-stock http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55179055/ Dholms / http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22295250/ / & http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/6724114/ Parchment: leonawindrider / http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45082779/ Thai pattern: sxc.hu http://www.sxc.hu/photo/68825 ©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires / All of my artwork and photographs are © All Rights Reserved Worldwide. / My artwork and photos do not belong to the public domain.
Inspired by Joseph Turner. Lindisfarne Priory and Castle, In Northumberland, (near where I live), as a storm rolls in, from the ever-moody, North Sea! Watercolour on 90lb paper 12”x 8” I loved painting this, and will do a much larger one, in the future.
In the bestiary there’s also a garden. It’s walled off though, so the beasts can’t trample it! I loved painting the undulating fin shapes of this piece, so I had to do another. 15×30cm, watercolour, chalk pastel, ink, conte, iridescent pigments and copper leaf on canvas. In this one you can see the shiny copper:
Another version of the “Dreams” design. / This one has no background so the image of the girl is larger, with more color around the eyes. I also went over some of the lines using photoshop, making the image more crisp. Detail / I tried to use as much “print space” as possible :)
One more version. I rotated the image and added a few things to make it more “balanced.” Feedback would be appreciated :) Other versions /
My watercolour painting from a 1906 photo of the Mauretania. Luxury liner (the fastest in the world until 1929). She’s being towed by steam tugs, out of the mouth of the river Tyne, and into the North Sea. Watercolour and gouache, 12” 8” / Poundworld 90lb watecolour paper /
Something a little different for my portfolio. This is a macro photograph taken from a watercolour painting of mine. They say if you place a photo or painting of a cherry blossom in the Western corner of your bedroom or home it will promote good health in your family….a little Feng Shui cure that I read about. Available to purchase and download from my portfolio at Shutterstock SHUTTERSTOCK PORTFOLIO / FOTOLIA PORTFOLIO / DREAMSTIME PORTFOLIO“. All of my photographs are now available to buy in gallery size prints, on paper or canvas* Please contact me directly for sizes and pricing! OTHER PAINTINGS Please visit my group / Nature’s Macro Canvas / Macro photography group for Abstract Landscapes/Art found in nature! and my new group…... / Abstract Macro Urban Art YOU CAN VIEW MY STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY here*
They say if you place a photo or painting of a cherry blossom in the Western corner of your bedroom or home it will promote good health in your family….a little Feng Shui cure that I read about. This image is available for purchase and can be downloaded from my stock photography site here SOLD Medium laminated copy, profit goes towards the Victorian Bushfire Appeal in Australia click here for details I will be donating profits from all of my artwork to this appeal until the end of March, 2009. All of my photographs are now available to buy in gallery size prints, on paper or canvas* Please contact me directly for sizes and pricing! OTHER PAINTINGS Please visit my group / Nature’s Macro Canvas / Macro photography group for Abstract Landscapes/Art found in nature! and my new group…... / Abstract Macro Urban Art YOU CAN VIEW MY STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY here*
The Scream is basically a piece about violence against women, a subject that really sensitizes me not only for being a woman, but also for being human and for dreaming and working for a better world based on respect and equality. I didn’t want a piece that was oppressing or showed only the pain of the violence or abuse. I wanted something dynamic, that could have a “voice”, that could help people to reflect about how to change things. The symbolism of the piece is quite simple and direct. There’s a dual figure in the center. She might be the same woman in two different attitudes, if you like. The red-haired one is scared and in pain. She holds her bleeding heart and wears a mask to keep herself hidden from judgment or other losses. She might be the one who was raped in a party after drinking too much, the one who was abused for a family member but preferred to hide in order to do not cause disturbances in the family, the one who was beaten for her husband but kept silent for fear of losing her children. She might be one of the Congo women. She might be me, or you. The black-haired woman doesn’t wear a mask. She is screaming – although sometimes I think that she is in fact singing. What she releases from within herself is a bird, red as life. Is the desire for freedom from a world conquered by force, not love. She screams her right to be treated as a human being instead of a second-class citizen, as a partner instead of a subordinate. Her right to express her own ideas and have their own attitudes without being demonized for them. There are also masks at the bottom, a pile of masks without faces behind them. They once belonged to women who decided to scream instead of keep silent and anonymous. That decided to stop pretending that that’s how the world is and there’s nothing that can be done to change it. But there’s so much one can do just by having a voice… And use it to demand respect for being human is urgent.
Silly duffer….A+ for effort though. Painted for the Edition Magazine launch at Gallery 696 on the 20th of March – more info here – the colours this time are grey and red! Watercolour, chalk pastel, ink, conte on canvas.
Pure Watercolour on Fabriano Paper, Holbien Paints…. Special thanks to photographer Melodi for allowing me the use of the photo…....
Watercolor and pencil on illustration board, / 15×20 / 2009 Related work: / The Waterman: Unio Mystica This is the second panel of The Waterman triptych. While the central panel represents the Christ as the macrocosm, the side panels are the microcosm, represented by the Four Elements and their manifestation in the physical world. Ignis Aeris is the yang pillar, the elements Fire and Air. Volatile and oriented upward, these elements are connected to the realms of the abstract thinking and intuition. Fire is the energy, passion and primeval instincts, that need to be balanced by the intellect (Air) in order to manifest in a most constructive way. The certainty of the Divine, that comes from the heart and from a primal knowledge, needs to be shaped by the intellect in order to become less aggressive and to expand (the butterflies rising from the fire and flying upward). Only through a perfect combination of faith and reason we can access the Divine and understand Its Laws. At the basis of the picture, handling the creative power of Fire, we see the Magician of the Tarot, which I represented wearing the skin of Nemean Lion, just like Greek hero Herakles. He represents the first step in the Hero’s Journey, or that path that each one of us need to find out and go through in order to become Whole with the Universe. The Magician is the one who uses his power of will (Fire) and mental skills (Air) in order to find his own path.
Watercolor and pencil on illustration board, / 10×8 / 2009 Model: Adhara Batul One of the Greek myths I adore the most, for its incredible strength, poetry and significance, is the myth of Persephone. In Greek mythology, Persephone was the goddess of the underworld and of the Spring growth. Daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest, she was abducted by Hades and taken to the land of the dead. By a determination of the Fates, she was forced to stay for two seasons each year after eating pomegranates seeds, thus becoming consort of Hades and queen of the underworld. This time I opted by depicting her sorrow and solitude after having the seeds, although there’s quite an air of resignation with her destiny.
Little Rose / Available as an art print, card, canvas, mounted print and poster. Nobody knows this little Rose / It might a pilgrim be / Did I not take it from the ways / And lift it up to thee. / Only a Bee will miss it / Only a Butterfly, / Hastening from far journey / On its breast to lie / Only a Bird will wonder / Only a Breeze will sigh / Ah Little Rose …..how easy / For such as thee to die / Emily Dickinson / Image copyright © 2009 Shanina Conway. / Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited /
Watercolor, ink, paper “Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages. Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom – there I will give you my love.” / (Songs 7:11-12) The time has come for the fruit and harvest. Remaining in God, the Soul brings a cornucopia of good fruit. The Beloved wears a dress decorated with precious stones – these are the gifts of the Holy Spirit, reflecting the glory of Christ. The palm branches on her garment are the praise and worship from her heart to the Lord. She hugs a sheaf of ripe wheat – taking care of the harvest of souls. On her banner proclaims the scripture from Hosea: “O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a green pine tree; your fruitfulness comes from me.” (Hosea 14:8)
Watercolor, ink, paper “Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread abroad. Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.” / (Songs 4:16) It is difficult for the Soul to lose the height of comfort reached, even though all her sacrifices are like tiny beads slipping through her fingers in comparison with the divine reward of His love. The good works the Soul does for Him are not what delights God, but her herself when she remains in Him. The Bride answers to her Beloved: “Whatever wind is blowing: dry north, burning my garden, or gentle south breeze, whatever hardships enter my life, I say – Come, my Beloved, the garden belongs to You only. I will follow You wherever You call me. Let my life be like a table generously laid for You and Your friends.”
Watercolor, gouache and pencil on board / 9×14 / 2009 Model: Kambriel To decipher woman’s mystery of Death-Life – who would dare to do it? / That magic of being a veil between two worlds / To bring the light of consciousness from the depths of a sea of universal memories and shadows… / Who would dare to do it, without fear?
A clockwork squid! Watercolour, ink, chalk pastel and metal leaf on canvas. I used my new airbrush on this one. Shiny bits: /
Hunted for the copper on his sails…now he is protected. A big piece for my show coming up in September (details to come!) Watercolour, ink, chalk pastel and metal leaf on canvas.
Inspired by the music of Sam Phillips, too much coffee at 4 am, Alice, and the first hint of autumn in Boston
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