"Black Bird" by Marina Petro

Artist ~ Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Black Bird
8" x 8" (20.4cm x 20.4cm)
Oil on Canvas
$150 plus $10 shipping and handling in the US
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Painted on 8"x8" Gallery Wrapped 1 1/2" stretched canvas painted around all sides. Does not need a frame

This is a little different than my usual subject matter and I'm very happy with it. I paint a lot of black birds, crows, ravens, etc...in most of my "Zone Paintings" but this is the first time I've painted one with oil on canvas. The 8x8 inch size canvas is a first as well. I'll be ordering more of them soon. I learn so much with each painting. I'm sure that's one of the compelling factors that keeps bringing me back to the easel day after day. It is truly an adventure!

Today's Quotation: "I do not know which to prefer, the beauty of inflections, or the beauty of innuendoes...The blackbird whistling, or just after."
-Wallace Stevens, American Poet whose work explores the interaction of reality and what man can make of reality in his mind. 1879-1955

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"Eggplant" by Marina Petro

Artist ~ Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Eggplant
7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm)
Oil on Panel
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My mind is blank in terms of saying anything about this painting specifically other than I like the little 'dent' just above the long highlight on the far right which is almost imperceptible. Eggplant is an ingredient in a favorite recipe. It consists of cut up zucchini, eggplant, onion, garlic, peppers and tomatoes. Saute everything in olive oil...tomatoes get sauteed separately. Put it all in a pot, simmer VERY slowly for a while and serve over your favorite pasta.

I haven't seen any of my 'daily painting' online buddies (a couple of hundred) paint a zucchini. Perhaps I will paint one soon and be the first. Why not zucchinis, I wonder? Now I'll be thinking about zucchinis and why no one has painted them...better than some of the other things I obsess about I suppose...

Today's Quotation: "Just as our taste in lovers is far more revealing than our choice of friends, the object of an artist's obsession can open up doors to their soul that might otherwise remain shut tight."
-Vince Aletti


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"Siesta" by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Siesta
7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm)
Oil on Panel
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I found these wonderful models while strolling through our local farmers market. It was fun shuffling them around my studio table deciding on a composition. This painting was easier to complete than I had anticipated. I thought the details on the trailing roots would be difficult but it wasn't.

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Today's Quotation: "The hardest thing to see is what is in front of our eyes."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


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"Pear & Kumquats" by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA
5x7 inches oil on Raymar canvas panel
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I've been painting a lot of these small daily paintings on 6x6 inch canvas panels. They usually sell as is and I provide an adhesive hanger for them. They also look good displayed on mini easels which I can also provide. Problem is, even if I wanted to frame them I haven't been able to find any 6x6 inch frames locally to keep a few on hand. I do love this size though. The fruit and veggie paintings look really great displayed on kitchen/dining room walls in groupings.

I thought I'd finished this piece a couple of weeks ago. I kept looking at it and felt it needed something more...so...I lightened up the left side of the pear and the highlights on the kumquats, darkened parts of the background and deemed it done...and here it is...

Today's Quotation: "If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye."
-Honore de Balzac



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"Birth Of Angels" by Marina Petro

Artist: Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA
6"x 6" original oil on Raymar canvas panel.
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When I completed this painting, I saw the suggestion of angels in the light area of the painting. It appeared that they were being newly born and descending toward earth as I imagined it...I could use a few angels today...

Today's Quotation: "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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"Moon & Mars" by Marina Petro

5"x 7" oil on canvas panel      SOLD
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I've traveled out among the celestial bodies again to bring back this view. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did painting it.

Today's Quotation: "Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."
-Andre Gide


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"Approaching Mars" by Marina Petro

"Approaching Mars"
24"x 36"
Original oil on stretched canvas
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I experimented a bit with this painting. First the background was painted in with a transparent gold ochre along with the darker indigo color which was applied primarily with a little solvent as the medium. Then I crumbled a paper towel and began blotting it. Afterward, while the background was still wet I painted in the clouds with white which picked up the underlying colors. I like the result and will probably try this again at some point. I'm thinking about making the planet a brighter shade of red. What do you think? Any comments?

Today's Quotation: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Begin it now.
-Goethe

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"Pear On Violet" by Marina Petro

"Pear On Violet"
6"x 6"
Original oil on canvas
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Not much to say today. I'm in the midst of cooking (a miracle in itself). I bought a basket of root vegetables at the local farmers market. They had samples for people to taste and they were delicious...beets, carrots, potatoes, something else that looks like a white carrot...peel, cut them up and roast with olive oil, thyme, garlic and pepper...that's it.

Today's Quotation: "I paint for my mental health. It is a lot cheaper than seeing a therapist, and a lot more fun."
-Sarah Jane Conklin


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"Stripes" by Marina Petro

"Stripes"
22" x 28" oil on stretched canvas
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This was a bit more complex than usual...it took a tremendous amount of concentration to 'keep my place' with the striped fabric. I am happy with the result, though.

Today's Quotation "The pursuit of art on a regular basis may be the key to healing our minds and bodies."
-Kim Blair

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"Camouflage II" by Marina Petro

"Camouflage II"
6"x 8" oil on Raymar canvas panel
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Another citrus painting on one of my favorite decorative fabrics. Painting these still life pieces has been such a joy as well as a tremendous learning experience. Prior to making the commitment to daily painting and producing these small works, most of what I painted was primarily from my imagination...such as yesterday's post. Quite a radical change...

Today's Quotation: "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and never wakens." -
Duke Leo Atrides


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"Healing Angel" by Marina Petro

"Healing Angel"
8"x 10" oil on canvas panel
$125
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I have painted this theme before (angel in a garden) but I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. You will most likely see more of these down the road on occasion. There are a few themes that I could really get compulsive about. Actually, I thought the first larger one(Angel Descending-22"x28") I ever painted was awful but it sold immediately over 17 years ago and prints continue to sell to this day. You never know...

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Today's Quotation: "For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways."
-Psalm 91:11

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"Morning Moon" by Marina Petro

"Morning Moon"
6"x6" original oil on Raymar canvas panel
$100
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This was the scene from my kitchen window which faces west, early in the morning. I wonder what it is about the full moon that is always so enticing to paint...

Today's Quotation: "Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens."
-Carl Jung

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"The Messenger 11" by Marina Petro

"The Messenger 11"
24"x 30" Oil on canvas
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This painting just flowed from my brush and was a delight to paint. No struggle here. I sometimes imagine that I am a bird, soaring above the earth and observing everything from that vantage point. I have been a bit ADD as you can see from the variety of paintings at my blog this month..(link below) The only consistency is that I have been painting. I've mentioned this before...I don't think I could ever settle into one style or general subject matter with my work. I fall in love visually (inner and outer vision) with too many things to be confined...and...I've been criticized for it...but I really don't care...so there...

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



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"Stars & Stripes" by Marina Petro

"Stars & Stripes"
6"x 8" oil on Raymar Canvas Panel
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Now isn't this a cheerful piece? I'm happy with how this painting turned out. The background is a piece of quilting fabric.

Today's Quotation: "Art is our one true global language. It knows no nation, it favors no race, and it acknowledges no class. It speaks to our need to reveal, heal, and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is possible."
-Richard Kamler, artist and creator of the Seeing Peace Project


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"Pear With Green Apple" by Marina Petro

"Pear With Green Apple"
6"x 8" Oil on canvas panel
$100
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I don't think I'll ever tire of painting pears and apples...especially with decorative fabrics for the backgrounds.

Today's Quotation: "As soon as there is life, there is danger."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Lemon" by Marina Petro

"Lemon"
6"x 8" original oil on canvas panel
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I was fortunate to find lemon leaves at the local supermarket florist to use in this painting. We don't have any lemon trees here in upstate NY. I've been thinking about growing a lemon and orange tree indoors so I can have the 'real thing' handy. I saw a thriving orange tree at a local Chinese restaurant...

Today's Quotation: "I don't think you can prevent an artist from being and I don't think you can cause one to be. No one knows what makes an artist." -Robert Engman

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"Little Green Pear" by Marina Petro

"Little Green Pear"
3"x 3"
Oil on stretched canvas painted around all sides.
$39 with display easel
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Here is another miniature painting. The minis are really 'cute' and fun to paint on occasion...especially when my time to paint has been compromised. I've included the miniature apple that I've posted before as well. The colors are almost identical and would make a nice pair displayed together.

Today's quotation: "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."
-William Blake


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"Fire On The Moon" by Marina Petro

"Fire On The Moon"
3"x 3"
Original oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas painted around all sides and shipped with a display easel.
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The colors in this painting are much richer than depicted in the photo...don't know what happened here. In any case, this is a painting, rich with color and was thoroughly enjoyable to create. I hope you enjoy it.

Today's Quotation: "There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no end to it."
-Henry Moore

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"Apple 1" by Marina Petro

"Apple 1"
6"x 6" original oil on canvas panel
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Wouldn't this make the perfect gift for someone's favorite teacher?

Today's Quotation: "If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
-Carl Sagan


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"Magical Angel" by Marina Petro

"Magical Angel"
30" x 36"
Oil on stretched canvas
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Another angel painted spontaneously which took many sessions to complete. Initially I'd finished painting everything but the face which was totally black. One of my daughters commented that it was 'freaking her out.' It was a little scary just sitting there with no face but I hadn't decided whether I wanted to put a face on her...I'm glad I did though. The detail version of this picture looks a bit washed out in this photo...at least on my computer. The colors are actually much richer.

Today's Quotation: "Come to the edge." "We can't. We're afraid." "Come to the edge." "We can't. We will fall!" "Come to the edge." And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.

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-Guillaume Apollinaire

"Evidence Of Angels" by Marina Petro

"Evidence Of Angels"
20"x 24"
Oil on stretched canvas
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This piece was painted a while ago. It is another spontaneous/intuitive painting that I began with keeping my mind as clear as I could and just beginning to paint...dipping my brush in the first color that comes to mind and going from there. The angels were an afterthought...it felt like something else was needed and, bingo...angels came to mind...

Today's Quotation: "Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you."
- St. Francis De Sales


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"Plum Pretty" by Marina Petro

"Plum Pretty"
5x7 inches
Oil on canvas panel
$100
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The plums in this painting are on decorative paper as a background. I have been pondering the idea of painting the fruit first and then the decorative backgrounds from my imagination...

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Today's Quotation is from the newsletter..."Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. it does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished."
-Michael Strassfeld

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"Tagging Along" by Marina Petro

"Tagging Along"
5"x7" Original oil on canvas panel
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It's just fun when a catchy title comes to mind. It's better than 'pear and two grapes' which is what is depicted here, don't you agree?

Today's Quotation: "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
-Anais Nin


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"Cosmic Light II" by Marina Petro

"Cosmic Light II"
22" x 28"
Original oil on stretched canvas
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This is a painting I began quite some time ago, thought it was finished, but never fully comfortable with it so it sat here, patiently waiting to be completed. I finally made some minor tweaks in my painting class this week and now I'm happy with it.

Today's Quotation: "Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished." ~Michael Strassfeld


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