One of the advantages of being an artist is if you need a painting to fill a corner you don’t have to search far. We have this funny narrow wall at an angle in one of our guest rooms, and I cannot put a mirror there so I thought of a painting as a solution….
Author: artbyeileen
I am a South African born artist, who has lived in 5 different countries in the last 20 years. I returned to South Africa in 2016 and I am now living in St Lucia, a small tropical village on the shores of the Indian Ocean. My rather unusual life experiences and travels have influenced my style and choice of subject matter. The rich desert colours, the vibrancy of the tropical flowers, all my paintings communicate my connection to the land and nature. Flowers are my main subject and I am inspired by layerings of colour, be it bright and ebullient, or understated and muted. Colour can evoke so many different responses in someone and my paintings speak to their viewer through their movement, colour and texture. Painting is my way of sharing the pleasure I derive from the beauty that surrounds me in nature and especially the flowers I so loves to paint. An ability to communicate all of this through granular sculptural textures, three dimensional application of paint and striking use of colour makes my art work bold and engaging.
Bachelors button
Did you know that another name for the cornflower is the bachelors button. The name, Bachelor’s Button, may have arisen during Victorian times when the flowers were often placed in the button holes of men’s suit coats. In his 1851 book, The Flower Garden, Joseph Breck dismisses them as a common weed known as Blue…
A summer garden on canvas
A dear friends daughter comes to my art studio for painting lessons. We paint together twice a week in the afternoons after school. To be honest, I am not sure who gets the most out of those lessons, but let us suffice to say, we both have a lot of fun together. This last Saturday…
Lilacs
Lilacs By Amy Lowell Lilacs,False blue,White,Purple,Color of lilac,Your great puffs of flowersAre everywhere in this my New England.Among your heart-shaped leavesOrange orioles hop like music-box birds and singTheir little weak soft songs;In the crooks of your branchesThe bright eyes of song sparrows sitting on spotted eggsPeer restlessly through the light and shadowOf all Springs.Lilacs in…
Farewell to our precious studio doggie Mr Pepper
Sadly, Mr Pepper is no longer with us. We have said goodbye to a very precious soul, our best friend, constant companion and Plips partner in crime for 17 years – Mr Pepper aka Studiodoggie. He was loved, entitled and oh so spoiled. In return he gave us more than we could possibly have asked…
Another tank puppy
This rhino will be on its way to Europe as soon as the varnish dries. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONTATION All proceeds from my rhino paintings go to the conservation and protection of rhinos. The pandemic has challenged many financially, and these non profit organisations are dependent on donations from us for their success and…
Summer
Summer in Europe (June, July and August) is the warmest time of year, when landscapes and flowers are at their most vibrant and the days are at their longest. And lets not forget all those busy bees and other pollinators.
Violaceous lilacs
I love lilacs for so many reasons, their beautiful blooms, their exquisitely pungent perfume, and most of all their colour. I was trying to think of all the colour names that come to mind when painting lilacs…. Lavender, violet, plum, magenta, amarinthine blue, violet amethyst, mulberry, mauve, periwinkle, purple, pomegranate, wine red, lilac, white
Be my zest
I absolutely love home made lemonade as well as painting lemons, and on a hot summers day the two go hand in hand. This lemonade recipe is simple, uncomplicated and is wonderful for a special occasion, or a just because event on one of those balmy summer evenings. Ingredients 1 ¾ cups white sugar 8 cups…
Flowers by the bowl
For the last couple of days I have been experimenting with my new toy. A silicone wedge – a not quite brush or wedge, but a tool that offers a new form of expression. It, I would imagine is not suitable for all mediums, but lends itself I find particularly well to acrylic paint. The…
Bramble roses
Once the background had been painted a variety of greens were added to represent the dense tangled foliage of the bramble roses. Palette knives are symmetric, with no sharpened cutting edge, and often have a slight crank between the handle and the blade. The one I am using in the above short clip is one of my favourites….
An arrangement of lilacs
Lilacs – Acrylic on 300gsm paper, 30 cm X 42 cm These close-ups show how the delicate watercolour droplets give an illusion of the delicate lilac buds and add to the delicate composition of the flower arrangement in spite of the heavy textured application of paint. Thick, textured paint is applied with a combination of…
