A Painter's Loft

Elisa

2011-12-28T15:51:00.000-05:00

Elisa 15 x 22
watercolor on rag paper
copywrited by m. yokawonis

Digital Head

2011-09-03T16:03:00.008-04:00

NEW WORK IN PROGRESS

2011-06-20T12:05:00.000-04:00

I was going to do this in watercolor. I cut and pasted three different photos together and cropped the layout and made some filter modifications to get away from the photo quality and make it more like a drawing. Then I enlarged it in black and white on a copier and taped it together. It's just part of my working process. After I enlarged it 298% from the original color print it was about 17 inches by 30 inches which fit on a standard watercolor sheet.

Okay at this point for some reason I paused in my process and thought about the background being all reds. Hmmmm........ that green shirt..........another hmmmmmmmmmm................and I decided to do this painting in oils on canvas applied to a birch plywood board. That way I can over paint and adjust colors until it works for me.

2010-05-23T20:26:00.000-04:00

Small Works
a new blog of watercolors for sale and daily paintings

CHAI TEA

2009-12-18T13:23:00.006-05:00

11 x 14

TURBAN

2009-11-16T13:19:00.007-05:00

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Turban squash is such a beautiful thing to see in the fall here in Florida. I painted this from life and it is a backlit subject which just felt right to me. The only light came from a window across the room which threw the squash into a mellow sort of shadow which brought out some richness in the colors and toned down the brassiness of the red orange.

CREAM PITCHER, BLUEBERRY, GARLIC

2009-11-06T09:07:00.005-05:00

I found a set of sugarbowl and creamer at Rennigers Flea Market, in Mount Dora, a few years back. they looked very retro to me like something my grandmother would have owned. Blueberries are my all time favorite fruit. I love everything about them. Color, taste, smell, When we visit Brockport, Ny I always pick fruit out at Hurd Orchards on Rt 104. I've picked blueberries there many times.

RED ONION, GARLIC, LEAF

2009-11-04T12:07:00.002-05:00

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I don't usually work from photos but this one was done from a rather darkish photo of a still life i set up awhile back

2009-10-30T00:54:00.003-04:00

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PEELED NAVEL Approximately 5 x 7 inches. The early oranges are out but they are rather bland. Nothing beats a navel orange.

2009-10-24T12:48:00.004-04:00

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I love painting from live objects right in front of me. I know there are many successful painters that take hundreds of photos to find the right subjects but I believe that I am like Andrew Wyeth who once said that he needed to, "get to the thing," he needed the intensity of the experience of the thing he wished to paint.

BRUISED PEAR

is a smallish study 4.5 x 5 inches. Pears bruise if you handle them even a little it seems. It's like that in life for many of us as well.

FEMALE FIGURE (ABBY) ON EBAY

2009-10-22T12:44:00.001-04:00

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2009-04-04T16:24:00.002-04:00

PEELED NAVEL

2009-02-28T00:19:00.002-05:00

It's been awhile since I posted a new auction on eBay but I have been working on paintings!!!
this new one is called

BLUE WATERS

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RED NAP KITTIES

2008-11-11T00:24:00.002-05:00

My living room is chinese red. I have a western exposure so in the late afternoon the hot Florida sun comes blazing in through my windows and sets the walls on fire.

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2008-10-24T17:45:00.001-04:00

Peach & Clay Apple

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2008-07-01T10:30:00.005-04:00

PEACH & CLAY APPLE

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RED PEAR

2008-03-29T22:45:00.005-04:00

Red Bartlet Pears are such characters!
Watercolor on Cotman Paper. It's from a
sketchbook so there is an image on the reverse.

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2008-03-24T21:24:00.008-04:00

EGGTIME an old egg timer and my Australorp's
brown egg made a good combination for a painting.

HONEY OH HONEYBELL ACEO 2008 by MTYokawonis

2008-02-28T17:52:00.001-05:00

A watercolor painting 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 ACEO

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CAMELLIA

2008-02-27T15:04:00.004-05:00

Camellia from a tree in Sorrento Florida. Camellias grow slowly and this tree is tall and stately and has a thick girth. Must be an older tree but it's not old looking it's absolutely beautiful.

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Florida Navel Orange 2/1/2008

2008-02-03T23:36:00.001-05:00

This piece was done during worship at an intecessor's workshop with Mike Bickle and Misty Edwards IHOP in Orlando. It was also a The Call event

It's approximately 4 x 6 inches watercolor on paper.

private collection

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2008-01-13T20:34:00.003-05:00

Red Navel Orange 2/2008

Watercolor on paper 4 inches wide by 3 inches high approximately

There is nothing better than a fresh Florida navel orange from the tree.
When they pick in the winter they always leave a few oranges on the tree so as to nourish the tree for the next crop. The oranges get frost burn and dry out.

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Foggy Morning

2008-01-08T18:49:00.000-05:00

A digital charcoal and oil brush painting. I absolutely am enjoying painting on the computer. It will never replace using real charcoal, pastels oils and watercolors but it is lots of fun. My brother took a photo a long time ago that is all beat up and torn but you can still see the image through the creases and tears. Just before the sun came up. Foggy, still cool and softly hazy. I had to paint it. I love those early morning times.

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Two Figures Abby and Gloria

2008-01-02T02:15:00.000-05:00

I love painting in an impressionist style. This was painted from life. It is so quiet in a studio when everyone is concentrating on the models. The only time we talk is when the timers goes of for the models to stretch.

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Chocolate and Strawberry Dreams

2008-01-02T02:07:00.000-05:00

Another kiss and a sweet idea paired with a luscious strawberry. Yum

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Chocolate Kiss

2007-10-20T15:00:00.002-04:00

Chocolate Kiss
Digital painting created recently using an oil paint simulation program called twisted brush.

Crash Into Me

2007-09-20T04:13:00.001-04:00

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2007-09-14T02:04:00.000-04:00

This logo was fun to make

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2007-09-05T12:49:00.000-04:00

Artist Connected Show at BrewHouse Gallery UK

I will be showing with this group in October 2007 at the Brewhouse Gallery in Staffordshire, UK.

This picture is one of the pieces showing

A watercolor on paper approximately 8 x 10

Sound of Wind In The Trees

2007-07-06T00:16:00.000-04:00

2006-09-26T14:27:00.001-04:00

German Sugarbowl and Shell

A watercolor painting sized 5 x 7

SOLD

409.00
March 2008
private collector

2006-09-09T01:52:00.000-04:00

2006-08-29T16:17:00.000-04:00

Rooster

I raise chickens as a hobby and my first chick turned out to be a rooster - Mr Peep -

This is a study of a metal rooster in oils on wrapped canvas.

Was available in my eBay Store A Painter's Loft Gallery

SOLD

2006-08-29T14:57:00.000-04:00

Herb Gardener

I'm not much at gardening but lots of people do it and enjoy it. I got a baggie full of fresh basil from this gardener.

EBay store A Painter's Loft Gallery

copyright 2007
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