"THE EMBRACE" by Marina Petro

"The Embrace" Sold
Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
6x6 inches

I am very happy with this painting. I found my models at the local Farmer's Market and couldn't wait to come home and paint them. I hope you enjoy them too.

Daily Quotation: "Art acts directly on our pereption and our energy, and, by generating in us beneficial emotions, it produces healing and spiritual opening, which are two aspects of a same purification process."
-Pierre Wittman



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"DESCENDING ANGEL" by Marina Petro

"Descending Angel"
3x3 inches
Oil on gallery wrapped canvas painted around all sides.
Shipped with display easel.
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Every once in a while I am inspired to paint on a really small canvas. I've posted this piece quite some time ago. I'm getting ready to leave for a workshop near Boston with Carol Marine who is one of my 'heroines' in the world of daily painting. She has been painting and posting a painting a day since 2006.

"CENTER STAGE' by Marina Petro

"Center Stage"
Original Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
6x6 inches
$100
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Daily Quotation: "If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty."
-Ranier Maria Rilke

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"PEAR" by Marina Petro

"PEAR"
6x8 inches
Oil on Gallery Wrapped Stretched Canvas
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I've been getting subtle suggestions at home about painting something other than pears...but, as usual, I listen and then do whatever pleases me. As long as my local Price Chopper Supermarket miraculously delivers one pear in the bin with a leaf still attached like they did again today, I will keep painting pears and pray they live until I can get to them. So, folks, there are more pears coming soon. I check out all the fruit bins when I am there. I'd love to find an apple or peach with a leaf. Maybe next time... I am pleased with how this painting turned out. Hope you like viewing it too.

Daily Quotation: "Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
-Samuel Butler


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"YELLOW APPLE" by Marina Petro

"Yellow Apple"
6x8 inches
Oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas painted around all sides.
Can be hung with or without a frame.
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The background for this apple is a piece of fabric one of my daughters gave me. I'm sure I'll be using it again. I've been in battle with a cold this week...taking Chinese herbs, Vitamin C, and a Homeopathic remedy...all seem to be keeping it from blossoming into it's full blown potential.

Today's Quotation: "Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting."
-Leonardo DaVinci

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"GOSSIP" by Marina Petro

"Gossip"
6x6 inch
Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
$100
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As I was moving my stash of fruit around the kitchen counter deciding what to paint, these two little critters lined up with their leaves facing each other just like this. I started to laugh...gossip immediately came to mind...so here it is!

Daily Quotation: "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
-Will Rogers


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"A Garden In Eden" by Marina Petro

A Garden In Eden
Oil On Stretched Gallery Wrap Canvas
5x7 inches

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"A Garden In Eden" was created spontaneously from my imagination. I would love to be there refreshing my spirit in the light right about now.

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


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"VIOLET MIST" by Marina Petro

"Violet Mist"
20" x 24" Oil on stretched canvas
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This painting was created from a photograph I took on the way to my art class in a nearby town early one beautiful morning.

Today's Quote: "All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness."
-Eckhart Tolle

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"A VIEW OF EDEN" by Marina Petro

"A View Of Eden"
5"x7" Original oil painting on canvas board
$100 SOLD


Now wouldn't you love to be strolling along and come upon this light filled garden? I would. Especially today as the snow is coming down again and promises to continue into tomorrow.

I painted this piece spontaneously from my imagination. Not every painting I begin in this way works out. I've wiped off many or just left them to dry and painted over them. It's great when they do though...

Today's Quotation: "A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things."
-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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"STORM CLOUDS" by Marina Petro

"Storm Clouds"
6x8 oil on stretched gallery wrapped canvas painted on all sides.
$100

This is what the sky looked like here yesterday. It was difficult to take my eyes off the sky as I was out and about driving and taking care of my errands. I couldn't wait to get home and paint my impression of the dramatic cloud formations that were dancing about all day.

Today's Quote: "It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls."
-Bruce Barton



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"TEMPTATION" by Marina Petro

"Temptation"
5x7 inch Original Oil Painting on Canvas Panel
$100
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I anticipated that this particular leaf would be difficult to capture, but surprisingly, it wasn't. I'm curious about what specific things other artists get nervous about capturing. I am skittish about painting glass too. I might just jump into painting something with glass soon.

Today's Quote: "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. the other is as though everything is a miracle."
-Albert Einstein


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"KISS ME" Garfield Painting by Marina Petro

"Kiss Me"
6x6 inches
Original Oil on Raymar canvas panel
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Whew...I finished this in time for Valentines Day. It took longer to complete than I'd anticipated. This is my second Garfield painting. I've posted both here today. Garfield was one of my late mother's favorite cartoon characters. She also loved owls and had a small collection of owl knick knacks and Garfield toys. I keep one of her small stuffed Garfields in my car. Mom died in November of 2002.This particular Garfield is a small wind-up toy that rocks back and forth when you wind him up. Hope these bring a smile...


"Bad Boy Garfield"
6x6 inch Original oil painting on Raymar canvas panel
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Today's Quotation: "Live out of your imagination, not your history."
-Stephen Covey


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"ANGEL 1" by Marina Petro

"Angel 1"
3x3 inch oil on gallery wrapped canvas
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$39 + $5 Purchase here or email me (link below)

Here is another tiny painting from my imagination that was just a joy to paint. I was moving the paint around the background, dipped my brush into white paint and began to 'fix' something when by 'accident' the angel appeared! I felt so happy, signed it, put my brush down before I ruined it...and here it is. Hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I did painting it.

Today's Quote: "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 Elliot

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"LOVERS" by Marina Petro

"Lovers"
5x7 inch oil on Gessobord
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Thought this would make a sweet contribution for Valentines Day. I spotted these little gems at our local farmers market. I am working on another Garfield painting which is taking much longer than I'd anticipated. Hopefully, it will be completed by Valentines Day. This has been a busy week and I haven't been able to paint as much as I would like to.

Today's Quotation: "In the arts, as in life, everything is possible provided it is based on love."
-Marc Chagall

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"CLOUDS" (in progress) Marina Petro

"Clouds" (in progress)
8x10 oil on gallery wrap canvas

When I thought I might have finished this painting, I asked Vic, my sweetheart and best critic, for his opinion. When I'm working on a painting, I'm usually too close to it to 'see' what might need adjustment to make it better.He points out things that I don't see and his observations are very helpful. I can usually tell what he thinks about a painting with his initial response. With this one, there was a blank look for at least 7 seconds and then he said "What is it?" I stared back for about 7 seconds, said 'clouds' and then we both burst out laughing. Oh well, back to the studio...but, I thought I'd take a picture and post it anyway. The picture you are seeing actually looks better somehow than it does in real life. That's not usually the case, though. What do you think?

Daily Quotation: "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
-Aristotle



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"MOON GLOW" by Marina Petro

"Moon Glow"
6x6 inch
Original oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
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What is it about the full moon that is so fascinating? Take a look outside tonight...it's there.

The full moon is a theme I gravitate to and paint fairly consistently. Occasionally when I've just finished a painting ... or thought it was finished, I'll paint in a full moon out of the blue at the last minute. This one is one of my favorites though. It truly looks better in person than the picture here depicts. I hope you enjoy it!

Today's Quotation: "I doubt if you know the effort it is to paint! The trying and trying again and again and oh, the failures when you have to begin all over again.!"
-Mary Cassatt

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"STAR BIRTH" by Marina Petro

"Star Birth"
6"x 12"
Original Oil Painting on 3/8" thick textured panel
$150

This piece was painted spontaneously from my imagination. It was a joy to paint from beginning to end. Everything flowed beautifully. I love it when that happens. This cosmic landscape is a bit softer in color than most of the ones I've painted in the past, which are considerably more intense. You can view these at my website gallery. I am drawn to paint these cosmic scenes periodically...something I just need to do.



Today's Quote: "The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony."
-Ruth Bernhard

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"GINGER HEARTS"

Ginger Hearts
7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm)
Oil on Panel
$100 plus $8 shipping and handling in the US
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These ginger snap hearts are my favorite cookie from our local health food shop. They are packed with ginger and very spicy. I read nutritional labels. These are so low in everything...calories, fat, sugar, etc...and...14 of them make one serving. Thought it would be a good post as we approach Valentine's Day.

This painting truly looks better in 'real' life. I've been having a difficult time photographing my paintings lately...even with a tripod. The photos look good on my computer screen but when I upload them they change.

I scanned a few paintings yesterday with much better results but scanning is just not possible when the painting is still wet and...scanning is tedious...at least for me...

Today's Quotation: "It is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity."
-The Matrix-Revolutions, character Mervovingian

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"GINGER HEARTS"

"ANGEL" by Marina Petro

"Angel"
5x7 inch
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Original oil painting on gallery wrapped stretched canvas painted around all sides.
This little angel is another creation from my imagination. I put the background in and then held my breath, started "fooling around" pushing paint around and voila! ... another angel is born.

Today's Quote: "O great creator of being grant us one more hour to perform our art and perfect our lives."
-Jim Morrison


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"DANCING ANGELS" by Marina Petro

"Dancing Angels" - Sold
8x10 inches
Original Oil on Canvas Panel


I'm always happy with the birth of another angel painting. This one is considerably more subtle than others. I thought about defining it more but my intuition told me to let it be...my battle between intellect and intuition at times. Intuition generally wins. For those of you who are not yet aware that you can leave comments at my blog...please check it out at my blog link below.

Today's Quotation: "All God's angels come to us disguised."
~James Russell Lowell


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"THE YELLOW PEAR" by Marina Petro

"The Yellow Pear"
6"x 6" Original Oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
$99
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I enjoy painting these small still life, single fruit, on decorative fabric pieces so much. I've been thinking about painting larger versions of them. I'll keep you posted when I do. I've been preoccupied with many of life's little details and just couldn't think of a 'jazzier' name for the title of this painting. If anyone has any ideas, I'll consider it...


Today's Quote: ""Still lifes are always ready to pose. They don't talk or get tired or need to eat. They possess all the qualities of form and color that are needed to keep a painter occupied for the rest of his life."
-Robert Chunn



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"MISTY GARDEN" by Marina Petro

"Misty Garden"
5x7 inches
Oil on Canvas Panel $100
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This piece was painted spontaneously from my imagination. I've painted quite a few of this type garden with emerging light. I'm sure I'll be painting more of them too. It's a theme I don't get tired of producing and usually pleased with the outcome. I like this one a lot. The colors are a bit more greyed and more subtle than usual. It has a very calming, uplifting effect...at least for me.

Todays Quotation "Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it." -Confucius

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