Horses in Oil

Hi Dear Friends!

Felt like playing around with the paint a bit, as had a difficulty finishing one of my commissions. Do You ever get that urge of side tracking??? You know- when You should be doing something, but just feel like doing something totally different??? Anyway, that was the feeling that got me painting horses again!:)))

Here is the result:

Have a fantastic day!!!

Going black & white again

This is my latest painting in black & white.

Acrylic on canvas, 18x24inch

Solo exibition / Personālizstāde - Riga, Latvia

This is the 3rd Solo - exhibition in Latvia (my home country).

Šī ir trešā manis gleznoto portretu  izstāde, kas apskatāma Rīgā, "Latvijas Gāze" Mācību centrā, Stirnu ielā 34 līdz 13.septembrim.

Beggining for the good energy!

Thank You to:

Taiga Treimane- for organizing the venue;
My sister- for logistic help;
My dad- for making all the beautiful frames;
My family- for accepting my crazy painting times:)

Replica in oil

Have You tried doing a replca of a famous painting?

I decided to try: this is how far I got!

Raphael's famous Cherubs

My attempt (R Grizane)

Original

New works

Here are my latest paintings. After coming back to Cape Town I felt so inspired and painted a few painting in a few days! Or maybe I should give credit to my husbands bike trip through Africa (http://1man1bike1adventure.blogspot.com/), because I was so worried about him, that I could not sleep at night and got into painting? :D

An African dream

Baby - palette knife

One can call it a self-portrait

Art Exhibit

So, it came and passed, my very first official Solo art exhibit! 

It took place in Latvia 18-24.July, place called Gaujiena, the village where my parents live. The venue - Local Information centre- holds a sensitive value to me- I used to work there... oh, no.... volunteer would be a more appropriate word:) It was very cosy and comfortable.

The next venue was in a bigger town - Smiltene- "Tējnīca KaTē"- so grateful to the owners of the place and wish them all the best!!! I even got flowers from my friends in Ventspils, who came to see the exhibit:)

What next?

I must admit that I was surprised by a positive reaction to the exhibit- so many more people were interested in helping me to exhibit elsewhere. I didn't expect that- but it's nice!!! The initial idea was to take the paintings back to South Africa, but as interest was high and paintings framed (framed paintings are harder to transport), I decided to go on with more exhibits. At the moment the exhibit is running in Gaujiena again and mid-August will hopefully travel to Riga- the capital city. 

Let's move on and do an exhibition in South Africa- there is just one slight problem- first need to do some more paintings:)

Thank Yous!

This would not have been possible without help from other people. So thank YOU:

My dear husband Neil - who has to try and sleep when I skratch arround (making indescribable sounds) at night while painting :)

My immediate family - who supported the idea of the painting exhibit. Special thanks to my dad, who worked hard to make all those frames on lats minute;)

To owners- of the paintings, as some of them are not my possession and they were so kind to borrow the paintings for the exhibition:)

To other painters and teachers - for helping me to grow as an artist!

And to all You, who helped me with exhibition arrangements!!!

Solo Exhibition!!!

My first Solo Exhibition is running!!! I'm so gratefull to all the people that helped me to get this far. Special thanks to my family who supported me even though they live on the other side of the Globe!

My first exhibition is organized in Gaujiena where my parents live and it is also the place I call home!

In the mean time my husband travels Africa on his BMW motirbike. More info: www.1man1bike1adventure.blogspot.com