Cherry Surprise, "Original Fruit And Floral Still Life Painting" by Marina Petro

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"Cherry Surprise"

Still Life Series

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Cherry Surprise
20" x 20" (50.8cm x 50.8cm)
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Notice how this painting affects you. Take a moment and 'get into' the painting. What was your first reaction when you opened this email? The colors in this piece are bright, cheerful, energizing but also contain the primary colors that are considered 'healing colors.' Very briefly, green represents healing and prosperity, yellow for awakening the intellect and energy, blue for spirituality and serenity, red and orange for energy and stimulation. 

It affects me by immediately lifting my spirit and bringing a feeling of joy and anticipation...I do love this painting. 

Today's Quotation: Try to be inspired by something every day. Try to inspire at least one person every day.

-Mihaly Csikszentmihaly 

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Love That Plum, "Still Life Fruit Painting" by Marina Petro

Love That Plum

6" x 6"

Original oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

Still Life Fruit Series

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I titled this painting "Love That Plum" because I love this plum. I think it is the best plum I've ever painted and one of my favorite fruits to eat. We are in 'plum' season again and I am really hoping to hit the jackpot and find one with a leaf still attached. Maybe I'll get lucky...they are difficult to come by.

The background for this painting is a swatch of fabric I found at a local fabric shop. 

A bit of plum knowledge here...Did you know that plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans? Three of the most abundant cultivars are found only around human settlements and not in the wild. Plum remains have been found in Neolithic age archaeological sites along with olives, grapes and figs...

Today's Quotation: "None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
-Thomas Carlyle

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Psychedelic Pear, "Still Life Fruit Oil Painting" by Marina Petro

Psychedelic Pear

 20"x20"

Original oil painting on gallery wrapped 1.5" canvas

Large Still Life Series

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Psychedelic Pear is the sixth in the series of large still life paintings I've been creating. I love painting these bold and bright still lifes.  One of the things I like about it is discovering the fabrics and decorative papers to showcase the fruit. This one has gotten quite a bit of attention at my studio in Saratoga. It is wonderful to be accessible to the public and interact with them. I don't feel as invisible as I used to...

Are you aware that pears are less allergenic than many other fruits, and pear juice is sometimes used as the first juice introduced to infants. It is also said to treat inflammation, high blood pressure, and other nasty conditions. They are also a good source of dietary fiber and vitamin C.

"Today's Quotation" "A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap!"
-Abraham Lincoln

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

Lime And Lemons

20" x 20"

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I continue to be very enthused painting these large still life paintings. I love it! I can be fairly compulsive...like just painting lemons and limes on and on and on....but.... I do discipline myself and rotate with pears, oranges and apples...any of which can also trigger this compulsion. At this point though...getting a bit older and caring close to zero about what critics say....I just might do lemons and limes for the next year....or pears...or....

Today's Quotation: It's three o'clock in the morning, your back hurts, your arm hurts, you've been in there for ten hours, and there are no sounds except for the occasional fire truck. Finally, you put the brush down and ask yourself, 'Man, what am I doing here?' 

-John Alexander

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Camouflage 11-Fruit Floral Still Life Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Camouflage 11

20" x 20"

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I learned a new trick today! ...how to superimpose my paintings over furniture....how cool is that!  This is perfect to show the ratio of these larger still life paintings to their environment. This piece, Camouflage 11, and three others are currently gracing the bold and brightly colored walls of our local health food shop cafe...Four Seasons Natural Foods and Cafe. If you are in Saratoga Springs, stop in for a healthy lunch and take a look. They have a great buffet.

On another totally unrelated note...we were taken by surprise today with a snowstorm that is probably the worst we've had all year. They were predicting 3-4 inches and it may go up to 12 or more. I did more driving around in it than I'd like...I had two prints to ship out, a payment that I make in person that was due today, left my cell phone at the studio in town and other stuff....If not for all that I would have stayed home. Some roads weren't plowed, and of course I was one of the first to drive on them. It was blinding at times...all that white on the road and coming out of the heavens....difficult to stay on the road....but I'm back, safe and sound and looking forward to watching Fringe later tonight after I begin another painting here at my home studio.

Today's Quotation: "I do not pursue art. It pursues me. It dogs me throughout my day and never rests. It is the beast I must feed that is never content. I did not choose to be an artist, to create, to express what is in my head. It chose me and I am its slave."
~Toni Ciserella

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Family Portrait-Still Life Oil Painting of Three Pears by Marina Petro

Family Portrait

20 x 20 inches

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Here is another of my favorites. I had painted a smaller 6x6 inch version of it some time ago which sold quckly. Recently, As I mentioned in my last post, I decided to paint larger versions of some of my favorite smaller pieces I'm painting these larger still life versions on 20" x 20" gallery wrapped canvas. They will not need framing. The original piece was 6" x 6" on canvas panel. I've now completed one more and am working on another. I'll post them soon.

If you would like a larger version of any still life painting I've done in the past, EMAIL ME. These larger versions are priced very reasonably.  CLICK HERE to see the smaller versions at my website. There are two pages. I'm limiting this offer to still life paintings because almost everything else has been born spontaneously from my imagination and would be extremely difficult to replicate...

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Included in this issue is information about a film, being shown that takes a spiritual journey into the science behind psychic phenomena, news from the studio...paintings to inspire you, a really good laugh...and more...

Today's Quotation: "We spend most of our time and energy in a kind of horizontal thinking.  We move along the surface of things...[but] there are times when we stop.  We sit still. We lose ourselves in a pile of leaves or its memory.  We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin to whisper.  --  James Carroll

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Pear And Floral Oil Painting, Sunny Side Up, Marina Petro

Sunny Side Up

10x10 inches

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I wanted to post this painting a while back when I'd finished it but for some reason struggled with a title. I mean...how many pears on fabric can you paint before it starts getting tough to come up with a catchy title? Earlier today, "Sunny Side Up" popped into my head. The title came first ... then I made the association with eggs... It is the perfect day here to post something related to the sun. We have been getting snow all week and it's freezing here in upstate New York. Predictions are that it will get colder and colder for the next few days. 

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 Today's Quotation: "One should either be a work of art, Or wear a work of art"


- Oscar Wilde

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Fire Storm-Abstract Skyscape Stormy Sky Oil Painting by Marina Petro

Fire Storm

8x10

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Can you guess what my mood was when I painted Fire Storm? Here is another high energy painting that just seemed to paint itself. The moment my brush touched the canvas, there was no hesitation at any point during the process. I love it when paintings are created with that level of spontaniety.The picture here seems to appear a little darker than the actual painting - at least on my monitor.

Below is a picture of "Tropical Apple" which has been selected to be featured in an Etsy Treasury called "An Apple A Day - It Didn't Help Eve!"...love that title...

Today's Quotation:  "The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art." 

-Robert Genn

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Persimmons And Pears,Still Life Oil Painting, Marina Petro

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Persimmons And Pears

16x20

Oil painting on stretched canvas

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This painting was quite a difficult endeavor. Trying to 'keep my place' with all the folds in this highly colored/decorative fabric. I love working with bright colors. 

Today's Quotation:  "Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."

~Anonymous

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Fruit Stil Life Oil Painting, Tagging Along, Marina Petro

Tagging Along

5x7

Oil painting on archival Raymar canvas panel

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Now don't they look like they're on a leisurely stroll? 

Today's Quotation:  "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see."

~Henry David Thoreau

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