Pretty good tip for keeping your colors looking fresh!

Its still wet… Geisha of the Sea

This photo isn’t the best because the oil is reflecting off of the flash. I’ll take a better photo when the paint dries.

work in progress oil on wood

I painted the flowers and touched up her hair a bit. This piece is almost finished. I watched a surfing movie to get a feel for the wave and changed a few things on it. I’ll post the entire painting in the next day or two. The movie was call the billabong something… opps can’t remember I want to say Dynasty but thats not it.

Oil on panel, close up, work in progress Geisha

Perhaps this will be finished tomorrow… lets pray for rain.

Wip work in progress Water Geisha

I decided this painting needed to change its direction. The kimono in red was fighting with everything in this painting. I changed the reflective light in the face to blue and painted over the red kimono, now I’ll try to put some of it back in but this time it won’t be red.

Geisha Red

oil…. 10 by 10, oil on canvas, For sale 150.00
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Animals with Attitude ” G Man”

I worked on the background and it looks a little better, I still think he could use a little bit more greying down, I think I’ll let this oil paint dry down and decide later. 18 by 24 oil on canvas

American Kestrel A watercolor by Shanti Marie

22 by 30 a full sheet watercolor 300.00

My models for the next series

In this photo I have my two models next to each other and as you can see it was very hot. No air conditioning and I had to shoot some photos pretty fast before both of them passed out!
I’m gathering reference photos for my new series “Geisha” but I may also include Kabuki as well, I think it will be a bit edgy but I won’t know till I get started. I usually allow the paintings to dictate what will happen in each painting. I’m thinking bold colors, big shapes and clean lines.

work in progress

This is the first pass of a watercolor painting I started back in 2008.

Here is an oil painting I’m doing now of this watercolor
I’ll be sure to post it when I’m finished