Lemons and Lime-Still Life Fruit Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Lemons & Lime

5x7 

Original oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

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This painting was especially difficult. Seems like it took forever to complete and I'm not sure why. I didn't think it would be difficult when I began. In any case, I am very pleased with the outcome. I'll wait a while before I use this fabric again...perhaps I will forget the difficulties if I wait long enough.

I was busy today creating flyers and postcards and ads for my upcoming weekend workshop "Master Your Intuition" taking place May 1 & 2.  The link will take you to the home page of my website. The link for the workshop is at the upper right in red. 

The home page at my website has been re-written and I've included some testimonials. This was prompted by a serendipitous connection I made with Theresa Brown of Art Career Experts. I have had quite a bit of conflict integrating my intuitive work with my artwork and have thought of creating separate websites from time to time. Theresa suggested I keep the website I have. She graciously re-wrote the home page for me to integrate both...I'm happy now. What do you think?

Today's Quotation: "Through some memory, feeling, experience, the passion wells up and spills into my palette; it mixes with my paint. And the paint tells me what to do. I listen. I act on it."  

~Ann Dettmer

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Joy's Sunflower-Sunflower Floral Realism Still Life Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Joy's Sunflower"

16x20

Original oil painting on stretched canvas
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I love this painting! My daughter, Joy, grew this sunflower in her garden last summer. I photographed it on the deep red fabric (it was too big and heavy to stand upon it's own) and just got to painting it now...in the middle of winter. What better time? It lifts my spirit each time I view it.

Today's Quotation: "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." 

- Helen Keller

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Burgundy Apple-Still Life Fruit and Fabric Oil Painting by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Burgundy Apple"

6x8

Original oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

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I used the same fabric that the apple and pear painting in my last post was painted on....just another section of it.  I also added the polka dots just above the deep burgundy section above the red flower in the foreground. I'll probably use this fabric again. It was fairly easy. I'm liking easy a lot lately. The primary color in this painting is RED. Red is the color of energy. It denotes life force, anger, passion and sensuality, among other things.

We had our first major snow here in upstate NY. It started yesterday and ended this afternoon. We have well over a foot. Predictions are that more is coming tomorrow morning. It was very beautiful but I can do without snow very nicely. I completed a very striking sunflower painting yesterday and wanted to post it today but it was too dark to take pictures. 

Today's Quotation:  "It is through...Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence."

~Oscar Wilde

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Apple & Pear ~ Still Life Oil Painting of an Apple & Pear by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Apple & Pear"

6x8

Still life oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

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This painting went fairly smoothly. There are times when it is truly a struggle. I never know which ones are going to end up that way until I begin to paint. 

I love the rich burgundy in this piece and the accent of the green apple. The shade of green in this apple represents 'healing' in a person's energy field. The color green that represents 'prosperity' is darker, more like the color of grass. 

Today's quotation: “First there is an ending, then a beginning, with an important empty fall time in between. That is the order of things in nature. Leaf-fall, winter, and then the green emerges again from the dry brown wood. Human affairs would flow along similar channels if we were better able to stay in the current.” 

— William Bridges

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Standing Alone-Lone Tree Landscape Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Standing Alone

16x20

19x23 Framed

Original landscape oil painting by Marina Petro

$600

"Standing Alone" is one of the paintings I've submitted to the "Art From The Heart For Haiti" exhibit at Mimosa Gallery. Opening reception is tomorrow night, Saturday, February 20 from 5-8 pm. Hope to see some of you local folks there. 

The colors in this painting are the colors of serenity, healing and spirituality. Blue is a color that denotes spirituality and enhances relaxation. Green is the universal color for healing, well being and prosperity. White is spirituality and yellow denotes happiness and enlightment. In short, this piece falls into the category of Healing Art.

The photo doesn't do this painting justice. It is truly striking. I just couldn't get a good representation of it or capture the light across the foreground. I had this frame hanging around but didn't think it would enhance the painting. What a surprise when I popped the painting in. It looked perfect. I've ordered more of these plein air frames for a few of the pieces I have recently finished and am currently working on in this larger 16x20 size. 

I'd love to share my latest NEWSLETTER with you. I am offering a weekend workshop in 'Developing Your Intuition' and have written an article about how I discovered my intuitive/psychic gift and it's connection to color and painting.

Today's Quotation: "Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine." 

~Buddha

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Celestial Fire-Oil Painting Night Skyscape Moon, Stars, Clouds by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Celestial Fire

8x10

Original oil painting on archival canvas panel

Framing is available

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Celestial Fire was a joy to paint. Painted spontaneously from my imagination, brush just flowing from paint to canvas uninterrupted by any struggle.

Today's Quotation:  "When the solution is simple, God is answering."
~Albert Einstein
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Fire Storm-Celestial Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

Fire Storm

8x10

Original oil painting on stretched canvas, painted around all sides.

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I love working with firey colors. I am a fire sign - Aries. This painting was especially exciting and energizing. Hope you enjoy it. I delivered paintings to Mimosa Gallery  on Beekman Street in Saratoga Springs, NY for their  "Art from the Heart for Haiti" exibit. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Clinton-Bush Fund for Haiti. Opening reception is this Saturday, Feb. 20 from 5-8 pm. Yes, I will be there...

Today's Quotation:" Energy is eternal delight; and from the earliest times human beings have tried to imprison it in some durable hieroglyphic. It is perhaps the first of all the subjects of art." 

-Kenneth Clark

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ANGELS-Guardians From Heaven And Their Habitats - Book by Marina Petro

 

ANGELS~Guardians From Heaven & Their Habitats

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$24.95 

I created this truly inspirational book online last year.  It contains every angel painting I have created. If you want to start or end your day inspired and re-connect with your spiritual essence, "Angels" is a great catalyst. I have included some of my favorite quotations with each image. Here's a recent review from a very happy purchaser...

“How breathtakingly beautiful! I love the square shape and the size. And the quotes you chose, powerful and just perfect for each of the paintings. What a treasure you have created."

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MOONLIGHT BLUES~Full Moon and Clouds Skyscape Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Moonlight Blues"

6x8 inches
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Original oil painting on stretched canvas. Painted around all sides and does not need a frame.

The more I look at all the celestial paintings I've been posting of late, the more I've been thinking I need to paint them in much larger formats to get the full effect of the vast expanse of the cosmos. 

I spent 3 hours in a coaching/help session at The Apple computer store in Albany, NY this morning. I have neglected to enter my paintings in the database I started quite a few years ago...and one which I really didn't like.  I've been recording everything on sheets of paper and it's become unmanageable to say the least.  I downloaded ARTIST'S BUTLER and my Apple coach of the day, Nick, helped me to figure it all out and get started with organizing everything. I'll be busy with this on and off for quite a while until all my paintings are finally recorded properly.

Today's Quotation: “Nobody escapes dark times. It’s not a matter of if we’ll have them; it’s just what we’ll do when we do have them. If our goal is to avoid darkness, we never really find the light.” 

— Mary Manin Morrissey

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Eclipse- Full Moon Eclipse Celestial Skyscape Landscape Oil Painting by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Eclipse"

16"x20"

Original oil painting on stretched canvas

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Another trek out among the celestial bodies.  This piece was painted from my imagination. Initially, I had nothing in mind...just began to dip my brush in the colors I was attracted to, one by one. I'd put the painting away for weeks and then go back to it again and again. This piece has gone through several transformations before it became what it is...

Today's Quotation: "The painting leads the painter, and it becomes an intuitive experience." 

~Ardath Davis

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Journey To The Moon-Celestial Skyscape Painting with Clouds and Full Moon by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Journey To The Moon"

11" x 14"

Original oil on stretched canvas

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Another trek in outer space. I really love traveling and creating out there among the vast expanses of space.  When I paint these cosmic celestial pieces, it is always with the sense of uplifting and the absence of limitations...

Today's Quotation:  "Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?" 

~Frida Kahlo

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Star Birth-Celestial Skyscape Oil Painting Full Moon by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Star Birth"

6x12 

Original oil painting on canvas textured board

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I toned my canvas with the peach color prior to beginning this painting. It's not usually a color I tone my canvas with but I really like how it peeks through here and am happy with the result.

Today's Quotation: "I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given the mind rests satisfied and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings." 

~Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Distant Light-Celestial Night Sky Clouds Landscape Outer Space Oil Painting by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Distant Light"

16x20

Original oil painting on stretched canvas

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Another exploration in outer space.  This painting was a little problematic to photograph. Thought I got a good one but when I posted it here and at Etsy the glow of the planets doesn't show up well. You'll have to take my word for it that it is much nicer in person. I really enjoyed painting this piece and am happy with the result. I keep considering painting these on much larger canvases...we'll see...

I am one of the Featured Artists at the DAILY PAINTERS INTERNATIONAL ART GALLERY today...with an article on Intuitive Painting and some neat pictures. Be sure to check out the other wonderful artists in our amazing group around the planet! ...and my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to K.MADISON MOORE, the genius who launched this website and gathered us all together. 

Today's Quotation: " I am getting so far out, one day I won't come back at all." 

~William S. Burroughs

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Solar Fire-Night Skyscape Celestial Outer Space Landscape Oil Painting by Marina Petro

 

Artist~Marina Petro, Saratoga Springs, NY USA

"Solar Fire"

6x8

Original oil painting on stretched canvas painted around all sides.

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 Well, I took another jaunt out in space and came back with creation. I am glad I added the planets and stars. Once again, they were an afterthought. I am practicing trying to make then glow more. They glow more 'in person' than in this photo.

Here's the link to my latest NEWSLETTER...Art & Intuition

Today's Quotation:  "Painting is an adventure to an unknown world. New ideas and concepts develop along the way. "  

~Ratindra Das

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