Rose

People keep telling me to paint still life and flowers, here is an attempt:)

Oil on 22x30 inch boxed canvas.

Big paintings

The big paintings always make bigger impression- I hope this one will do too:)

This is the biggest painting I worked on so far- 120x90cm (36x48 inches). Oil on boxed canvas.

Fragment of the painting

This is going to be a surprise present, so I can't post a full photo. Painting is still in progress. and when it is going to be finished and presented to the lucky person, I may acquire rights to post it online.

Happy paintings!

Ritma

Exhibition in news

Hey, this is so cool!!!

My exhibition in Riga today is featured on Latvia's biggest news platform www.delfi.lv.

Here is the link.
http://www.delfi.lv/aculiecinieks/news/riga/vina-dzivo-afrika-un-nu-atrada-savus-darbus-dzimtaja-latvija.d?id=43737360

Apologies to those who don't read Latvian.

Exhibition Nr3/ Izstāde Nr 3- Restorācija, Rīga, Latvija

The 3rd Solo Exhibition in Latvia is up and running from 7- 20.October in Restaurant/ Bar Restoracija in Riga, corner of Terbatas and Stabu street. http://www.restoracija.lv/home.php

Thank You all for making it possible!!!

Trešā personālizstāde "Portreti" ir skatāma Restorānā/ bārā "Restorācija" uz Tērbatas un Stabu ielas stūra. Visi laipni aicināti baudīt mākslu un, ja ir vēlme- padoties tiešām fantastisko ēdienu un dzērienu kārdinājumam (to saku no pieredzes:)). http://www.restoracija.lv/edieni.php

Paldies visiem! bez jums tas nebūtu iespējams!!!

Newly married for 25 years

:) This is a commission I was asked to paint as a present for a 25th wedding anniversary. Here You can see both: the original photo and the photo of the painting. It was somewhat a challenge to do colors in the painting as the 25 years old photo does not the same detail as the 16 mega pixel digital photo... but it definitely was fun:) I really hope that the couple depicted have a great marriage and likes the painting:).

original

Oil portrait of newly weds 

More colors

As a response to my last post on my favorite colors- I decided to do a paintings with different / happier colors:

Save the Rhino,
Acrylic on canvas
29x40cm

I still used the ultramarine blue as the darkest color on the palette, but introduced some yellows and reds as well. Hope You like it:)

R

Favorite colors for paintings

Do you have favorite colors that You use in your paintings??? I do! I never new it would be these colors:

1. Oil: Paynes gray, Burnt sienna and Titanum White
2. Acrylic: Ultramarine blue, Burnt Orange and White

The last two of my paintings are excellent examples of this: 

Gallop, Oil on canvas 30x43 

Little Angel, Acrylic on canvas, 30x40

Did You notice that they give a very similar result? That grayish feel- I like to think its more sophisticated :) and I hope its not boring :D