I think a monochromatic colour scheme has to be one of my more challenging exercises. As much as I try to tone down my penchant for colour, it somehow finds itself back onto my palette. I just cannot help myself. With these paintings I was forced to adhere to very limited variations of white. Monochromatic colour…
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.
4 Fruit and a palette knife
A palette knife is a blunt tool used for mixing or applying paint, with a flexible steel blade. It is primarily used for mixing paint colours, paste, etc. The palette knife is a very versatile instrument and is not just a tool for mixing paint on your palette. A palette knife can be used to create some pretty stunning effects, which are…
Crunchy red apples
Acrylic on canvas Palette knife application only 15 X 15 cm Acrylic on canvas Palette knife application only 15 X 15 cm
Exhibition for Siyakha
As artists we are often approached to exhibit our work at various fairs, and fundraisers, or to donate work for an auction to raise funds for a charity, or a cause involving a private individuals education, or medical costs, or supporting victims of a natural disaster. Over the years I have got involved with all…
Miniature apples
Acrylic on canvas board 10.5 X 15 cm Painted with a palette knife A series of apples done on a very small canvas board. These can either be framed and hung as a group or individually in a small little space that is begging for something. Another option would be to frame it and place…
King Protea
Acrylic on canvas board 40 X 30 cm Painted only with a palette knife The King Protea – one of my favourite proteas from the protea family. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region and looks so striking in flower arrangements, or in the garden. My father was a horticulturist…
Bramble Rose
Acrylic on stretched canvas 50 X 76 X 2 cm As you all know I love painting flowers and I especially love single petaled climbing roses that grow up the sides of buildings or over garden fences in a wild frenzy of abundance. Their flowers are simple and their fragrance gorgeous.
Nude study
Acrylic on stretched canvas frame 60 X 60 X 4 cm At one stage I used to sketch and paint a lot of nudes. Painting nudes can be a bit daunting and I have always struggled with getting the angle and proportion of the head correct. Now no longer in the Middle East where one…
Sunflower
Sunflowers are the happiest of flowers and in this piece I wanted their vibrance and movement to be the centre of the painting rather than a completely realistic painting of a sunflower. All the use of primary colours, brush strokes, and palette knife markings have been applied to symbolise a dancing sunflower with its head…
St Olga; The most unsaintly of Saints!
Though a saint in both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, Olga of Kiev gives the impression of being as unsaintly as one woman could possibly be. She’s one of the most vicious and vengeful rulers in the history of the Kievan Rus’ – the principality that would eventually give birth to modern…
Toad of toad hall…
My Mother grew up with Kenneth Grahame’s famous novel The Wind in the Willows, and in turn so did we. I still have the most beautiful illustrated copy of this incredible book. I am also convinced it was from this very book that my mother’s obsession and fascination with all things frog began. If you…
