Pink Bliss Ginger - Better, Better

"Pink Bliss"
Reworked and Improved
4" x 4" Acrylic on canvas

                                                                             

Worked on this miniature acrylic painting that I first posted on Sunday, October 9, 2011.  I think it is much improved. Check out the previous post and let me know what you think.

This is one of my reference photos with the pale pink ginger in the foreground.   It was taken at a section of Nuuanu Stream in Honolulu.    I believe this photo would make for a great painting and I hope I have time to do so.   So many photos.... so little time ! :-)

I also worked on a miniature painting of a lavender colored waterlily today and will post it later today or tomorrow. I want to study it and make sure it is "perfect" before I post it here.  

Mahalo for taking the time to view my work !


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Juicy Pink Hibiscus

Juicy Pink Hibiscus
4" x 4"
$70

Here is the miniature hibiscus I promised to post.   It would be a perfect companion to the same size miniature of pink ginger that I recently posted.    It is also on canvas on 3/4 inch stretcher bars and is  painted on the sides if you prefer not to frame it.    www.frankenframes.com will make custom frames for this size painting or even much, much smaller; and of course they make larger frames as well.  

Forgot to mention this is also an acrylic painting on canvas.    

I am also working on 2 lavender colored flower paintings this same size:  a water lily and on a separate canvas a water hyacinth.   Please return here soon to see these paintings.


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Pale Pink Ginger

Pink Bliss
4" x 4"

Finished this little gem earlier today.  This miniature is on stretched canvas on 3/4 inch stretcher bars.   It is painted on the sides so you don't need a frame unless you want one.     By the way, a wonderful company that makes custom frames  (for the very tiniest of paintings....as well as larger frames) is www.frankenframes.com or call them at 800.322.5899 .  

Everywhere you go in Hawaii there are beautiful ginger flowers.   I especially enjoy the pale pink variety shown in the painting above.    The rich red ones and the dark pink flowers are equally lovely, however.  

I am pricing this size painting at $70 .    I have also begun a painting of a pale pink Hibiscus blossom this same size.    Check back soon to view it; it would make a perfect companion to "Pink Bliss".

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Landscape Paintings Of New Mexico

Evening - Taos Pueblo

18" x 24" Oil on canvas

This painting is no longer available as it was painted around 1987.   If I had it to do over again, I would not have painted that tree quite so dark and prominent....it looks almost pasted on.    But it was there in my reference photo so in it went.    The woman was not in the photo; I just made her up out of my imagination.

Stream at Taos Pueblo

12" x 16" Oil on canvas

This painting is in my own collection but now I am thinking I will offer it for sale.   It was painted 2 or 3 years   after the above shown "Evening - Taos Pueblo" .   I am thinking about improving the color in the stream; maybe even working on that tomorrow.  

Rio Grande - South of Taos

12" x 16" Oil on canvas

I completed this painting in February of this year.  This scene is somewhere near Embudo, New Mexico, and what caught my eye was the old wooden suspension bridge.    My reference photos taken years ago, even, can give me excitement and enthusiasm to begin a new painting.  The reference photo for this painting, taken around 10 years ago, is shown below.

Comparing the reference photo here that I took to the painting, you can see I used my artistic license where the use of color is concerned.   Sorry about the scribbles in the upper right hand corner of this photo; I had written information on the backside of this photo and over time it seeped through to be visible on the image.

I have more reference photos I have taken of my travels in New Mexico.   It is a very special place and even though I appreciate the Hawaiian climate,  I wouldn't mind living in New Mexico in a couple of areas where there is snow in the winter.   

Remember, if you have a special photo of your own that you would like to have turned into a painting, I do commissions of your favorite vacation spot, your home, your garden flowers, etc.    

Hopefully I will complete a new painting soon.   Please check back!  As I mentioned previously, tomorrow I may work on that Taos Stream  painting shown above.

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Leeward Oahu Seascapes - Photos

The above reference photos are some I took on the Leeward coast of Oahu not too long ago.   I hope to paint them before too long.    I have so many references photos that I realize I will never be able to paint from them all.    Speaking of painting, there has been some personal business lately that has interfered with my painting time.   Hopefully I will be back at the easel very soon.    Below are some photos taken at Barbers Point on the Leeward coast of Oahu.

The lighthouse will definitely be painted very soon !   Well, Lord willing that is .    We just never know what tomorrow holds, so it is best to take it one day at a time.  Have goals and plans, yes, but realize time and circumstances may make some things impossible. .... or possible !

Let me know which reference photo is your favorite.   Thank you for visiting and please return soon !

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Makapuu Beach , Oahu, Hawaii - Photos

Good surf at Makapuu Beach

Makapuu means "bulging eye" in Hawaiian.  This beach is located on the windward side of the island of Oahu and is also at the eastern most point of that island.    The beach is popular for body surfing, but large waves and riptides can make swimming hazardous.    This photo of mine, and the ones following here, are possible references for future paintings.   Let me know your favorites !

Looking towards Rabbit Island and Black Rock

Another view of Makapuu Beach.   The larger offshore tuff cone island shown here is know as Manana or Rabbit Island, partly because it resembles a large rabbit's head and also a rancher once released rabbits there that inhabited the island for a time.   It is now a protected bird sanctuary and is illegal to land there.

The small volcanic islet to the right of Rabbit Island is known as Black Rock or Kaohikaipu and is also a State Seabird Sanctuary.

Makapuu Beach 

This view shows the highway in the background which will take you to Makapuu Point Lighthouse .  Well, it will take you to where you can park your vehicle and hike a 1.75 mile trail to the lighthouse which sits on a 600 foot cliff which overlooks Makapuu Beach.    I had intended to include photos of the lighthouse, but for some reason my computer is not allowing them to upload correctly right now so I will save that for a future post.  

Beautiful plumeria at Makapuu Beach Park 

I will be posting new paintings soon.   Thank you so much for visiting and please return again soon !

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Think Pink - Plumeria

12" x 12" Acrylic on canvas

This is the completed painting of pink plumeria blossoms that was previously posted here as a work in progress.    If you view the earlier post  on this site showing various stages of the painting, you can tell I changed the arrangement even more in this finished painting.   On my blog at my main website I also show some of my own reference photos of plumeria blooms.    To view them, please go here   

Thank you for visiting and please return again soon.   I am currently working on other paintings that I will post here soon.