Family Portrait, Large 20" x 20" "Still Life Pear Painting" by Marina Petro

Family Portrait 11

20" x 20"
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Original oil painting on 1 1/2 inch stretched canvas
Painted around all sides and does not need a frame

Still Life Fruit Series

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I'd originally painted this piece in a 6" x 6" format and it sold almost immediately to a collector who has one child. She said it represented her beautiful family. I liked this painting so much and decided to paint it again in a much larger version.

Another example of a rare fruit find with the wonderful stem and leaf on the momma pear. Wish I could have preserved it forever. Being that I knew it wasn't possible, I ate it...mmmmm

Today's Quotation: "Beauty and seduction is nature's tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with. Their relationship is a love story that feeds the Earth." 
-Louis Schwartzberg

 

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Apple Painting, "Still Life Apple Painting," One Little Apple by Marina Petro

One Little Apple

6" x 6"

Original oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

Still Life Fruit Series

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Here's another sort of cute apple for you today. It seems to have a personality, doesn't it? I was so happy to discover this little apple with its long, thick stem and wonderful leaves still attached. I couldn't wait to get home and paint it!

It is a beautiful temperate Sunday morning here in Saratoga Springs, NY......Too beautiful to waste behind a computer and I've already got upper back/shoulder burn.... I'm going into town to walk around and hopefully have a new adventure or see something beautiful I didn't notice before...or maybe another piece of fruit with a leaf attached....a rare find....

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Today's Quotation: "It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man." 
-- Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples

 

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Pear Painting, "Little Green Pear" Still Life Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Little Green Pear

3" x 3"

Original oil painting on canvas

Still Life Fruit Series
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This cute little painting actually looks much better in person. Can you see it gracing a shelf in your kitchen?

Today's Quotation: "Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall unveil."
-James Allen

 

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Flower Garden Painting, "Garden" by Marina Petro

Garden

3" x 2"

Original oil painting on canvas

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Another tiny painting created spontaneously from my imagination. The first picture is about the same size as the actual painting. 

Today's Quotation: "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
-Henry Ward Beecher

 

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Skyscape, Moon Painting, Fire On The Moon, by Marina Petro

Fire On The Moon

3" x 3"

Original oil painting on miniature canvas

Skyscape Series

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As with most of my celestial skyscape paintings, Fire On The Moon was painted spontaneously from my imagination. It was a lot of fun and satisfied my nature which is impatient and result oriented. Astrology states that the astrological sign Aries was behind the door when patience was being handed out....

Today's Quotation: "You get more by waiting than you do by moving. You wait for the light to come and it will change the world in front of you." 

-Peter Fiore

 

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Sun Burst, Sunflower Painting, "Floral Oil Painting," by Marina Petro

Sun Burst

8" x 10"

Original oil painting on canvas panel

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I didn't know what I was going to paint when I began this piece. I dipped my brush into the paint and simply began. At one point it looked like it was actually going to be a sunburst but as I continued to paint and it magically started to look like a sunflower and I decided to stop...so that's the story here....

Today's Quotation: "Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

-Eddie Rickenbacker

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Storm Over Ocean Beach, "Seascape Oil Painting" by Marina Petro

Storm Over Ocean Beach

16" x 20"

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This is where I would love to be at the moment. We had our first 1/2" of snow today. I know it's not much but seeing it covering the ground kind of shocked me into the reality that summer is over and winter is on its way. I will visualize myself walking along this beach as I fall off to sleep tonight....

Today's Quotation: "True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess."
-Louis Nizer

 

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Fish and Pear Oil Painting, Fishing Around, by Marina Petro

Fishing Around

6" x 8"

Original oil painting on canvas panel

Still Life Fruit Series

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I love working with bright, clear color and was very happy to find this swatch of whimsical fabric to pose my red pears on.

I had a surprise request from my granddaughter, Dominique, to spend the night with me yesterday. She's been working very hard creating her beautiful hemp beaded jewelry and listing it all at her Etsy Shop. Being an impatient 17 year old, she hadn't included some of the details that I thought were important to present her jewelry online....so.....we spent the night (me until 11:30 pm and Dominique until 3am) revising every one of her listings. There's still some work to do with the photos but here is DOM'S BEAD BOUTIQUE at Etsy.Com
 
Today's Quotation:   "One of the major biases in risky decision making is optimism. Optimism is a source of high-risk thinking."
-Daniel Kahneman

 

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Apple On A White Plate, "Still Life Oil Painting," Marina Petro

Apple On A White Plate

6" x 8"
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Original oil painting on canvas

Still Life Fruit Series

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Can you picture this neat little gem of a painting on your kitchen wall?  I fell in love with the fabric I used as the background. After painting it as is, I put in the white polka dots to add a bit more interest. There was just too much flat black in the fabric. I don't think I'll ever get tired of painting fruit on colorful backgrounds. I'm still not back in the swing of painting and not happy about it. One thing after another has come up that needed my attention....just so much energy and time in any given day....

Today's Quotation: "If passion drives, let reason hold the reins"

-Benjamin Franklin

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November, "Landscape Oil Painting," by Marina Petro

November

12" x 16"

Original oil painting on canvas

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This is an older painting I completed a few years ago. It was painted Plein Air at the Saratoga Battlefield in Saratoga, NY on a very chilly, windy and overcast day. As much as I enjoy the experience of painting outdoors, I have a difficult time packing all the gear necessary, carrying it around and dealing with bugs, the elements, and invariably an aching back after a while.... Maybe in my next life...

Sunday morning,  the second day of my Annual Open Studio, K. Madison Moore, a good friend of mine and exceptional painter who lives way over in Pennsylvania emailed me with the link to a very wonderful newspaper feature about me that was published in my local newspaper that morning. What a surprise! Click SARATOGA ARTICLE to read it.

Today's Quotation: "The saints are the sinners who keep on going..."
-Robert Louis Stevenson

 

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Yellow Apple, "Still Life Fruit Oil Painting," by Marina Petro

Yellow Apple
6" x 8"
Oil painting on stretched canvas
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The pattern I used for the background is from a piece of fabric one of my daughters gave me. She thought  I would like to use it as a background for my still life paintings. Can you see this little gem brightening up your kitchen?

Today's Quotation: "It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."
-Herodotus (485-425BC)  Greek Historian

 

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Autumn Mist Rising, "Autumn Landscape Oil Painting", by Marina Petro

 Autumn Mist Rising
18" x 24"
Original oil painting on canvas

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This photo doesn't capture the subtleties of this painting either in color or detail, but you get the idea. I am a lover of mist. There are times when I'm working on a painting that isn't developing very well ...that's when I dip my brush in white paint and begin to rub in and paint over the passages I don't like. That's how I initially discovered that I paint mist really well! This isn't one of those paintings though....the mist was planned and deliberate. I've been told that mist and fog are difficult to capture....it seems to come naturally to me though....at least that's what I've been told....

Today's Quotatio: "I enter the world called real as one enters a mist."

-Julien Green

 

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Peaceful Garden, "Landscape Oil Painting" by Marina Petro

Peaceful Garden

5" x 7"

Original oil painting on canvas

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This lovely, serene little piece was painted from my imagination. When I need a diversion from more structured painting I usually just begin to paint spontaneously just to see what will manifest. What usually manifests is either a garden painting or a celestial painting. 

At the moment, I am still so frustrated with myself and the slow progress I am making getting everything in order here for my Open Studio next weekend. I will make a concerted effort to discipline myself today and not allow any more distractions...and here's the perfect quotation for me below...

Today's Quotation:  If we want to do something, we won't do it by doing other things. 

-Anne Copeland

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Countryside, Landscape Acrylic Painting, by Marina Petro

Countryside

8" x 10"

Original oil painting on canvas

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The inspiration for this painting is the beautiful countryside just up the road from my country home and studio in Saratoga Springs, NY. It is one of the rare acrylic paintings I've done. I must admit, I enjoyed using acrylic paint in this case, but oil remains my favorite.The photo here does not do this painting justice but for now, it was the best I could do.

On another note, here is the link to my latest NEWSLETTER. I've announced my Open Studio and there's also a simple Intuition Exercise.

Today's Quotation: "Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you." 

-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 

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