Angelic Dimensions-Original oil painting by Marina Petro

"Angel's Playground"

18 x 14 inches

Original oil painting on stretched canvas

Shipped Framed

Only one in the entire universe...and it could be yours!

Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.

Click here for details

ANGELIC DIMENSIONS is yet another celestial creation painted intuitively moment to moment from my ever active imagination. I actually feel 'more at home' painting celestial scenes than any other...hhhmm

It is being offered and shipped framed in a thin black wooden frame as shown in photo above.

Price includes a Certificate Of Authenticity, shipping costs and insurance for US purchases. 

International purchases....please contact me for shipping cost. 

I welcome your inquiries.....and possibly any reasonable offers....

Today's Quotation: "Beauty awakens the soul to act."

-Dante

Website

Etsy Shop

Portfolio

Instagram

Cosmic Light 1-Original Abstract Oil Painting of Outer Space, Clouds, Sky by Marina Petro

ARTIST~MARINA PETRO, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY USA

"Cosmic Light 1"

6x6 inch original oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

Purchase securely at my ETSY SHOP or email me for other purchasing options.

I have a beautiful 3" wide gold plein air frame for this piece.

I can frame it for an additional $25 -no additional shipping or framing charges.

A painting such as this one, that was created from my imagination,  is something that has never manifested on this planet before. It is truly one of a kind. Isn't that exciting? It certainly is for me and one of the reasons I keep on painting...the sheer curiosity of what will present itself next.

I am still 'out of it' from the holidays. I did get into my studio yesterday and worked on a small still life painting I began a while back. Initially I thought it would be an easy one but turns out it isn't...

Today's Quotation: "We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light."
~Mary Dunbar

Email Me
Blog
MyFaceBook Page
Available Paintings
Website
Studio Tour
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

"Four" Original Abstract Painting from "The Zone" by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA
"Four" 22x28 Original abstract tempera painting. Original is not available.
Email Me to inquire about purchasing prints of this painting or, click on the 'Imagekind' link below.

These paintings from "The Zone" always begin with a strong intention to keep completely open to whatever it is that automatically 'happens' as I put brush to paper or canvas. That's the exciting aspect of painting in this manner. Even seasoned artists are blown away when they begin painting in this way. If there was ever a way to surprise yourself and discover new creative dimensions within you, this is it!

Today's Quotation: "Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."
-Joseph Addison


Email Me

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

"Sixteen" Original Visionary Tribal Abstract Painting of Snakes,Crow, Outer Space

"Sixteen" 20x24 inches
Original acrylic and gouache painting on canvas

Email Me to inquire about purchasing this piece.

This is one of my favorites in this series. I can honestly say that this type painting fascinates me. I really like the other styles I paint in but they don't engage my fascination.

I am hosting an Open Studio here at my country studio in Saratoga Springs this Sunday, August 16 from 1-4 pm. I'd love to meet some of you local folks. Most of my paintings are here for a very short duration as they are about to leave home to be displayed in several exhibits in September through part of November. Directions are at my website.

Today's Quotation: "To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."
-Giorgio de Chirico





Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery

"Fourteen" Original Abstract Visionary Landscape with Figures Painting by Marina Petro

"Fourteen" from the "Zone Series"
24x30 Original mixed media on stretched canvas.
Email me to inquire about purchasing this one of a kind painting.

What a surprise this painting was...both as I was painting it and upon completion. Quite the adventure seeing what strange and wonderful images are birthed from me.

All my paintings from "The Zone" are very happy today. They have been graciously invited to be exhibited at a "House Of Creative Soul" a new and wonderful gallery in Saratoga Springs I've just become affiliated with today. I haven't exhibited this series anywhere to date and am glad they will all be together. The exhibit will be this Fall...I'll keep you posted when the details are firmed up.

Today's Quotation: "Colours are light's suffering and joy."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!

"Five" Original Abstract Tempera Portrait Painting by Marina Petro

"Five" A Painting from "The Zone
22x28 Original tempera painting on paper. Original not for sale. Prints can be ordered at Imagekind below...or Email me for other purchasing options.
Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

I forgot how much I really like this painting until I posted it here...if I must say so myself. The little singing black bird with the heart on its chest to the left evokes such a joyful feeling for me. It's probably a representation of me being so happy discovering this new style of painting.

Today's Quotation: "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”
-Martha Graham


Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery

"Eleven" Original Abstract Acrylic Gouache Visionary Shamanic Painting

"Eleven" 24x30 inches
Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USAEmail meto inquire about purchasing this piece. Prints are also available at ImageKind-link is below.

Another painting from "The Zone." This one has a special personal significance. Not all of them do. I painted this spontaneously just before my beautiful mother died. I hadn't realized it at the time but if you look toward the bottom right you will notice what appears to be a figure in a sarcophagus. To me that was the fortelling of her death. My mother was born in Egypt. Now, mind you, I did not deliberately paint that image. I didn't know what I was painting at the time...that's where the great adventure and mystery lies in this type of creative expression. I highly suggest it if you are a painter going through an arid period or simply want to explore new possibilities.

Today's Quotation: "Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand~and melting like a snowflake."
-Marie Beyon Ray


Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!

Cosmic Light 1-Original Abstract Oil Painting of Outer Space, Clouds, Sky by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Cosmic Light 1
6" x 6" (15.3cm x 15.3cm)
Oil on Panel
$100 plus $10 shipping and handling in the US
E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Insurance included in shipping cost. Email me for other purchasing options.

Another painting from my imagination today. It is such an adventure painting in this way!


Today's Quotation: "We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light."
~Mary Dunbar


Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Solar Flares Original Visionary Oil Painting of Outer Space by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Solar Flares
8" x 6" (20.4cm x 15.3cm)
Oil on Panel
Sold

I hope this painting displays as it should. It might be a darker than it actually is. The reds and oranges in the sun are deep and rich...they look darker and washed out here. I am not sure what happened when I changed my monitor settings, other than I can't get it back to where it was. I'll have it all straightened out Thursday at my Apple Store tutoring session.

I've been traveling in the outer realms and this is what I came back with to share with you. I have been seriously considering painting these cosmic scenes on much larger canvases....but, alas, there's still only one of me with enough inspiration for nine people...

...and here is my latest ART & INTUITION NEWSLETTER

Today's Quotation: "The spirit must be felt so intensely that it has power to call others in passing, for it must pass, not stop in the pictures..." -Emily Carr)


Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

"Genesis" by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA
24"x 36" Oil on stretched canvas
Email me to inquire about purchasing this painting.

...Another view of the cosmos seen with my inner eye while standing on the back porch at my country home in Saratoga Springs, NY.

I've updated and just published my new Daily Paintings book. It is a portfolio of my available daily paintings to date. You can preview the first 15 pages and purchase a copy here.

Today's Quotation: "I cannot believe that God plays dice with the cosmos."
-Albert Einstein

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My new Daily Paintings Book
My paintings at Etsy
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

"Shaman's Dream" by Marina Petro

"Shaman's Dream"
22"x28"
Oil on stretched canvas
Email me to inquire about purchasing this painting.

This is an 'automatic' painting. I began by clearing my mind of any end result and began to paint spontaneously with burnt umber. Initially, when a recognizable image began to appear I tried to ignore it and continue to paint until most of the canvas was covered. That's when I stood back and clearly saw the face at the bottom left, angel at the top left and the bird's face in the center. What a surprise! At that point I began to add color and define the existing forms a bit more. This is a very exciting way to paint...purely from the subconscious mind. Click on my blog link below if you'd like to leave a comment...

Today's Quotation: "We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on al our exciting adventures. Take a risk a day - one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you have done it."
-Susan Jeffers

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My paintings at Etsy
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Twenty Eight

"Twenty-Eight"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
-Carl Gustav Jung

We are almost and the end of the line here with just two more pages left from my book. I hope you've been enjoying this diversion from my small daily painting posts...and... that you might be inspired to paint from your 'zone.'

I had a baffling conversation with a woman (probably in her 60's)who attended my recent gallery exhibit opening. She mentioned she would love to attend one of my 'Painting From The Zone' workshops but was too frightened because she 'can't draw a straight line,'and didn't want to embarrass herself. I tried to assure her that prior painting experience was not necessary, in fact even ever picking up a paint brush was not necessary and in short, it is an experience of discovery and freeing one's dormant creativity. Producing a 'pretty picture' is not the goal. Actually, one of the only 'rules' is that no one comment on what anyone else is doing or even overtly view what anyone else is doing. The paintings are not judged or discussed. I try to sustain an environment of freedom and minimize self-consciousness. I suggested she had this one precious life to explore new experiences...she kept shaking her head. How sad...to be trapped in only what is safe and familiar...

Prints of "Twenty-Eight" are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board, directly from me, ready to mat and frame to your liking. Larger prints are available from Imagekind (link below) on paper or canvas.

Twenty-Eight
30" x 24" (76.2cm x 61.0cm)
Ink Jet on Paper
$29 plus $8 shipping and handling in the US
E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Twenty Seven

"Twenty-Seven"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
-Chardin

My valiant attempt at getting more organized and restructuring things around here so I can paint more is falling short of my expectations. I've cut down on cooking, which I don't do much of to begin with. I haven't cleaned in quite some time and in general I'm trying to cut back on other activities. I think it's the many 'glitches' that compromise my time. Last week, I began printing cards and prints for a Halloween Fair I will be participating in. Wouldn't you know it, all the cards that had printed beautifully for years, began printing crooked and in odd ways. It took two days to figure it all out and a lot of wasted paper and ink. Then, PayPal decided to change the way you accessed their buttons...and that took time to finally resolve with the help of David Darrow, another daily painter who created a wonderful 'PayPal Button Machine.' Well, that's enough moaning and groaning for now...

Prints of "Twenty-Seven" are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board, directly from me. Larger prints are available from Imagekind (link below) on paper or canvas. ImageKind is having a sale on shipping right now...$6 shipping anywhere in US.

Twenty-Seven
30" x 24" (76.2cm x 61.0cm)
Mixed Media on Canvas
$29 plus $8 shipping and handling in the US
E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Twenty Six

"Twenty-Six"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas
"The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart."
-Robert Schumann


Autumn here in upstate New York has been magnificent. The colors have been more intense than I ever remember. Took some photos for reference paintings which were highly disappointing once I got them into the computer. The camera is just not seeing what I am seeing. But, I can still glean a few paintings from them. It's getting pretty chilly here too the past few days and the leaves have started to fall...inevitable Winter is approaching.

Prints of "Twenty-Six" are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board, directly from me. Larger prints are available from Imagekind (link below) on paper or canvas.

Twenty-Six
30" x 24" (76.2cm x 61.0cm)
Mixed Media on Canvas
$29 plus $8 shipping and handling in the US
E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - "My Brain"

"My Brain"
22"x28" Tempera on paper

"Oh Great Creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives."
-Jim Morrison


Well here it is for all to see. My brain as it was perceived and painted a couple of years ago. Maybe my next painting from the zone will be my brain as it is in 2008. Now I'm curious... This painting was created at a workshop I attended based on the principles of intuitive painting developed by Michelle Cassou who coined her system "Point Zero Painting." This was not new to me as I'd painted like this many many years ago in experimental work I called 'subconscious painting.' It did, however resurrect the desire to work in this way again and what was produced was much more exciting than what I'd done before. This particular piece was painted toward the last day of the workshop when I got into a familiar but temporary struggle with myself approaching a new white piece of paper. I went outside for a break and the thought came in to 'paint your brain.' So I let go of all pre-impressions and just tuned into my brain and began to paint.

I hope I've stimulated even a tiny bit of curiosity for you to begin to explore what you might discover painting from your 'zone.' Start with anything...even a box of crayons would be just fine...Ask yourself 'what wants to be expressed'...get quiet...and reach for the first color that attracts your attention and just begin putting color to paper.

Prints are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board. directly from me. Larger prints are available from Imagekind (link below) on paper or canvas.

My Brain
22" x 28" (55.9cm x 71.2cm)
Tempera on Paper
$29 plus $8 shipping and handling in the US
E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Twenty Three & Twenty Four

"Twenty-Three"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"The road to enlightenment is long, so bring some snacks and magazines."
-Anonymous


"Twenty-Four"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler



Prints are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me at a special price of $29+$8 shipping anywhere in the continental US.Email me (link below) if you are interested in purchasing. They are also available at ImageKind (below) who can provide them in larger sizes on paper or canvas.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Seventeen & Eighteen

"Seventeen"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed."
-Joseph Addison


"Eighteen"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"Rest not! Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time."
-Goethe


Prints are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me for $29+$8 shipping anywhere in continental US.
Email me (link below) if you are interested in purchasing. They are also available at ImageKind (below) who can provide them in larger sizes on paper or canvas.

In the past I mentioned it would be very difficult for me to choose one style to paint in out the the four styles I work in. I ask myself this periodically. If it really came down to it though, I think I would choose painting from 'The Zone.' There is a certain sense of freedom that accompanies painting this way. It's easy to set up and begin painting. I squeeze my paints into an ice cube tray, fill a jar with water, and just begin to paint as the spirit moves me. I also consider these paintings more 'original.' Anyone can do it. There's no training involved. Pure spontaneity...and they continue to intrigue me when I view them. So there it is...painting from 'The Zone' wins...at least today...

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Fifteen & Sixteen

"Fifteen"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep."
-Rumi



"Sixteen"
20"x24" Mixed Media on canvas

"Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age."
-Goethe



Prints are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me for $29+$8 shipping anywhere in continental US.
Email me (link below) if you are interested in purchasing. They are also available at ImageKind (below) who can provide them in larger sizes on paper or canvas.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Thirteen & Fourteen

"Thirteen"
20"x24" Mixed media on canvas

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed but, not the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new."
-Rajneesh

I love the above quotation by Rajneesh...and how true it is. One of the very first memories I have after the birth of my first daughter was the impact and shock of realizing my life had inalterably changed forever. The sense of responsibility was overwhelming. Not sure if I've ever recovered.

When I painted the woman's face I had no idea I was going to paint a smaller figure. As the smaller figure progressed and I impulsively put a red bow in her hair and red shoes, I knew it was me. I had completely forgotten how my mother used to put that red bow in my hair. The shoes were significant too. They were connected to a fairly traumatic experience when I went into the hospital at 5 yrs. old to have my tonsils out. I remember looking down, seeing my red shoes, and then lost consciousness. Strange how these things are stored in deep memory and seek recognition when there is an open channel. This is what makes painting spontaneously from "The Zone" so fascinating.



"Fourteen"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas

"The more I know, the less I know, soon I will know nothing. The more I know, the less I speak. Soon I will be speechless."
-Me


OK folks, that's it for today. I'm going back to my studio. I started a painting earlier, got very tired and achey and had to lie down and take a nap. As I was falling off to sleep I was thinking how wonderful it would be to go away to a health spa for a month or so and be taken care of...hot tubs, massages, swimming pool or ocean, someone else to prepare magical meals to melt off weight...dream on, Marina.

Prints are available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me for $29+$8 shipping anywhere in continental US.
Email me (link below) if you are interested in purchasing one.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press

Painting From "The Zone" Book - Eleven & Twelve

"Eleven"
24"x30" Mixed media on canvas
"The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness,beauty and truth."
-Albert Einstein

Print available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me for $29+$8 shipping anywhere in continental US.

'Eleven' was also painted during the time my mother was dying. The lower right has an image that looks a bit like a sarcophagus or wrapped mummy figure in front of a crucifix with a halo of gold. It was fascinating as these images emerged directly from the unconscious. This was the first piece in this series that I painted on canvas and have continued exclusively on canvas since then. I have no patience for framing pieces under glass.


"Twelve"
20"x24" Mixed media on canvas
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand. The angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
-George Eliot


Print available on 13"x19" heavyweight matte paper mounted on 16"x20" foam board directly from me for $29+$8 shipping anywhere in continental US.

It's been a busy few days for me. I decided to buy a new car (2004)Hyundai Santa Fe. I've heard they are great in snow and I've got a steep hill on the way home and country roads to travel here. My jeep was beginning to show signs of concern and it would have cost more to fix than it was worth. I thanked it...really I did...and gave it back to the dealer I originally purchased it from. Feels like I'm floating on air in the new car. The jeep was a rough ride. Anyway, that certainly cut into my painting time and I'm not happy about it.

I'd love to hear what you think of these paintings from "The Zone." You can click on my blog link below and leave a comment.

Prints on paper or canvas in larger sizes can also be ordered directly from ImageKind...their link is below.

Email Marina

Blog
Website
Studio Tour
My eBay Store
Boundless Gallery
Prints on canvas or paper at Imagekind!
Marina's Art On Fine Merchandise at Cafe Press