my newest work-in-progress, in acrylic paint on panel, 16" x 16" as part of the series I am calling "Fireworks"

My newest work in progress is in acrylic, a 16" h x 16" w acrylic painting on panel, still part of what I am calling the "fireworks" series . . . enjoy!

working in the studio on Sunday afternoon

On Sunday, January 29th, I worked on my INI fireworks oil painting  I am continuing to apply thin layers of paint . . .

Fireworks - - my second oil painting in the series

I am working on my second Oil painting in the "Fireworks" series . . . it's a smaller sized square, 16" x 16" . . . painted in Oil and Gold Leaf paint.

I mix Galkyd and refined Linseed oil with the oil paint to change the viscosity of the paint, so that the layers of paint are thin and perhaps then more luminous . . .

a new oil painting in the "Fireworks" series

I am working on a new oil  painting in the "Fireworks" series . . . I created the digital series first, then used one image as a source for a new watercolor which I posted earlier on the blog, and now I am working on the oil painting . . . a work in progress . . .

in some ways I am more at ease with the watercolor medium, i like to play with the oil medium in terms of the chemistry to change to viscosity so that the layers of paint are very thin, and therefore retain that luminescent quality of light that the watercolors have . . . ahhh, we keep on keepin' on . . .

"Anna, la Dea della Fotosintesi" Anna as the Goddess of Photosynthesis

I have stretched a canvas, and resupplied the studio with Galkyd and odorless turpentine . . . I'm ready to start painting, but I have been dragging my feet on Monday and Tuesday . . . I know the art of self-sabotage . . . of procrastination . . . there is always housework to do -- not that I do it . . . i'm like a satellite who has lost her orbit during that time before the brush strokes begin to fall onto the canvas . . . like a pregnancy, i suppose . . . is it a boy or a girl?

from artist Anna Rita Aprile


"I tuoi acquerelli sono fantastici Maryclaire! Un'esplosione cromatica e dinamica ! Bravissima .Guardandoli mi sento "Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie" "


"Your watercolors are fantastic Maryclaire! An explosion of color and dynamic! Very good. I'm Watching "Alice in Wonderland"  "