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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Heart Centered, Original Art, Abstract Ink Painting by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Heart Centered"
9 x 12 inches
Original alcohol ink painting on Yupo paper

$50

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Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.




"Heart Centered" is another recent experiment with alcohol inks. Working with these inks has been very interesting. It requires relinquishing control as they glide over the ultra smooth white Yupo paper. I love the heart that 'appeared' in the center of the painting and I am happy with the result.

Trying to 'get my act together' and put more time at the easel. Such hard choices....do I paint with ink today?...Oils?...Acrylic?....hmmm

I will try to remember today's quotation just below and apply it daily in this new year. In fact, I think I will print it out separately and tack one onto my easel and another on the refrigerator...

Today's Quotation:  "To change one's life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions, no excuses."
-William James



Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Sunflowers, Original Alcohol Ink Floral Art by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Sunflowers"
9 x 12 inches
Original alcohol ink painting on Yupo paper

$50

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

Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.




"Sunflowers" is a recent experiment with alcohol ink. I am happy with the result. Painting with ink  is a totally different experience than painting with oil on canvas which make up the predominance of my artwork. 

Today's Quotation:  "Travelers, there is no path. Paths are made by walking."
-Antonio Machado



Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Saratoga Lake Oil Painting, "A Peaceful View" Original Landscape Art by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"A Peaceful View"

11 x 14  inches
Original plein air oil painting on stretched canvas

$250

Only one in the entire universe...and it could be yours!
Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.




I began painting "A Peaceful View" outdoors at the edge of Saratoga Lake in Saratoga Springs, NY. It began to get a bit too cold for me to continue so I finished it up in my nice warm studio. 

This was a particularly difficult painting to photograph correctly. It almost matches the original (on my monitor) but not quite. The white areas in the clouds are a bit whiter than what appears in this photo. 

Today's Quotation: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
-Mark Twain


Saturday, December 19, 2015

Fishing Around, Original Still Life Fruit And Fish Oil Painting by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Fishin' Around"
6 x 8 inches
Original oil painting on panel

$125

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Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.




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

Today's Quotation: "Imagination is more important than knowledge."
-Albert Einstein



Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Autumn Moonscape, Autumn Trees, Landscape Oil Painting with Full Blue Moon by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Autumn Pond"
8 x 10  inches
Original oil painting on stretched canvas

$159

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Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.

Now wouldn't you love to be lounging in your most comfortable outdoor chair just gazing at this peaceful blue moon in the heavens? I know I would...

This is a painting I've re-worked. I painted it some time ago but was never quite satisfied with it. I decided to work a bit more on it last week adding more contrast, color, adding stars in the night sky, enlarging the moon and adding a hint of blue....Now I'm happy with it. 

Today's Quotation:  "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
-Oscar Wilde







Sunday, December 13, 2015

Secret Flight - Original Abstract Night Sky, Space, Oil and Acrylic Painting by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Secret Flight"
6 x 12 inches
Original oil painting on stretched canvas

$175.00

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Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.




Here is another beautiful and mysterious creation from my imagination. I'd been working on another painting with acrylics..... finished that one and rather than have the paint dry on my palette (as acrylic does) I began to apply it to a new canvas and then put the canvas aside. 

At that stage most of the background for "Secret Flight" was done. When the spirit moved me a few weeks later, I began to paint the details, moon, stars, etc... with oil paint .... completed it, and a new creation was born!

Today's Quotation: "The most important function of art and science is to awaken the cosmic religious feeling and keep it alive."

-Albert Einstein


Thursday, December 10, 2015

Artful Gifts Hand Painted by Marina Petro

I neglected to include my miniature paintings in my gifts email last week.
Just below are two examples.

All miniature works are $39.99 each 
 Illumined 3" x 3" Oil on Canvas Miniature Art
Blazing 3" x 3" Oil on Canvas Miniature Art

Below are my magical WISH BALLS at Etsy

 Healing and Prosperity Wish Ball
The World In Your Hand Wish Ball

Photos here do not do either the paintings or the Wish Balls justice but was the best I could do under the circumstances. The canvas grain on the paintings appears very coarse in these photos. 


Today's Quotation: "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

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Angel In Flight, Original Oil Painting, Spiritual, Healing Art by Marina Petro

©Marina Petro

"Angel In Flight"
11 x 14 inches
Original oil painting on stretched canvas

$250

Only one in the entire universe...and it could be yours!
Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.



Here is another creation straight from my imagination. I hadn't intended to paint an angel into this piece. When I thought I'd finished the painting, I began to get a nagging feeling that it needed something else. That is when I received the wisp of an impression of a very subtly painted angel. Now it is complete!
I consider my spiritual/angel paintings 'Healing Art'.

Today's Quotation: "Art acts directly on our perception 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


Saturday, December 5, 2015

"Angels Ascending" Original Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, Spiritual, Healing Art by Marina Petro


"Ascending Angels"
12 x 12 inches
Oil painting on 1.5 inch deep canvas - no frame needed -ready to hang

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Certificate Of Authenticity provided with every original painting.



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Today's Quotation: "If the angel deigns to come, it will be because you have convinced her, not by tears, but by your humble resolve to be always beginning - to be a beginner" 
-Rilke




Tuesday, December 1, 2015

"Autumn Moon" at Albany Center Gallery Members Exhibit

"Autumn Moon"
22" x 28" Original oil painting on canvas

December 4 - January 17

Opening Reception: December 4, 2015 | 5 - 9 p.m.

If you are in the area and need some inspiration this is the perfect place to be.
Click the link above for more information.



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