away for a short while

leaving tomorrow for my in-laws. one week away from domestic routine, hooray! no internet access, so all I want to do is to work in some new sketches and read. dunno if I'll be able to do all I want - one week is not much and I still have to take care of my baby.

above, the project I am leaving home to continue working on when I come back. it's called Padma (lotus, in sanscrit), and I am loving the ethereal purple and pink. can't wait to finish it.

take care, kiddos. hope to have something nice to show you when I'm back!

calling all the aquarian folks

I have pushed the start button for my new project, The Aquarian Eye, which idea has been developed in conjunction with my friend Julia, a collage artist from UK. the project intends to give exposure to visionary/sacred artists through interviews and publishing articles exploring art and spirituality. more ideas are popping out. we're starting with a blog and Twitter, soon expanding to Facebook. I'm excited to pick the artist that is going to open our features! if you are a visionary artist or have something valuable to share in the fields of spirituality or alternative living, contact us at theaquarianeye@gmail.com

"I am half sick of shadows"

Mixed Media (Watercolor, gouache, graphite and colored pencil) on board,
9 x 12
2009
$15

Model: Adhara Batul

Illustration for a brief moment in the Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott".

about Waterlily

Waterlily was a nice surprise to me since I got to believe I was not able to work in soft colors anymore. I've been pursuing a dreamier, cleaner and suave style for a while and it suddenly came to life with this work. again, I got to achieve exactly what I wanted just by working with no sense of compromise or preoccupation with quality or symbolic purpose. I suspect I'm getting closer to something very exciting right now... :)h

another thing it's been difficult to control is the complexity of certain subjects I plan to work on. they end up too detailed and because of those I run away from my stylistic aspirations. so I have to learn how to express exactly what I want using few but powerful elements. exactly due to this complexity that doesn't please me anymore I had to set my recent piece Our Lady of the Angels-Gone aside. I think it needs more study, and the colors for some reason don't seem right.

let's keep on experimenting then...

Waterlily

Mixed Media (Watercolor, gouache, graphite and colored pencil) on board,
9 x 15
2009

Model: Tamia M

$180