Buying Yellow Paintings

I’ve been watching yellow paintings at an online auction site.  I wonder where these yellow paintings will end up hanging.  There were twenty bids on a painting of yellow daffodils.  It was really pretty.

I really liked the painting titled Red Flowers Yellow Ochre Morning.  It came in three panels that were each 20″X16″.  The picture online showed the painting above a bed and it just looked so clean and crisp.  The medium for this painting was acrylic.

The smallest paintings that I found were on a panel bracelet.  The paintings were of Indian and Near Eastern rulers.  The paintings were put in an openwork gold frame set with seed pearls.  This piece was created in the early twentieth century.

Another yellow painting that I liked was Yellow World by Karen Khachaturov.  There were a lot of contrasting yellows in it.  I could see yellow lemons and a beautiful yellow flower.  The lemons were painted so realistically.  This artist has paintings hanging in private galleries in over 40 countries.

I can only imagine that the oil painting of yellow roses by an unknown artist will hang in a lovely home.  The painting has a nice quality to it.  The petals of the yellow roses in the painting seemed to reach out as if they were still alive

There was a nice painting that had twenty bidders that was of a vase of yellow daffodils.  The feel of the painting was that of one of the masters in impressionist art.  The artist listed the item herself and she is also a poet and songwriter.  I can close my eyes and see that painting hanging in someone’s formal parlor.  It is so very elegant.

The future home of the French chic painting of yellow, lavender and pink roses must be that of a very feminine woman.  When I was looking at the painting, I could almost smell the roses.  I thought that the sale price of two hundred dollars was disappointing.  I think it should have sold for more.

My search for yellow paintings found a painting entitled Yellow Taking Over.  I don’t know why the artist titled his work like that.  There was some yellow in this collage, but not much.  The painting was done in 1956 by Nicholas Krushenick.  It came from the personal collection of a famous photographer that works for the Village Voice.  This would look good in someone’s law office.

I wish that I could have purchased the antique oil painting of exotic yellow flowers.  The auction said that it was painted in 1897.  The pictures made the painting look like it was in great shape for being over one hundred years old.  It would look good on the wall of my guest bedroom.

Artist Heidi Vaught had a listing for a painting she titled Ambiance numbered 10.  The painting had only one bidder and sold for the opening bid, one hundred dollars.  I think the winning bidder got quite a bargain.  This painting was abstract with lots of teal and yellow.

Another painting by Heidi Vaught went for sixty five dollars.  This was another bargain, if you ask me.  The painting was entitled Yellow Squared and it had a really dizzy feeling to it.  I liked it at first sight.

I have a friend that would have like the painting I found of a yellow cat.  It looked just like her cat.  The painting was an original acrylic contemporary painting in yellow ochre.  It would have complemented her modern furnishings.

Yellow roses make a wonderful subject.  I never tire of paintings of yellow roses.  My favorite recently was done by Joan Cobb Mayer.  The interpretation was stunning.

There was one other yellow rose oil painting that caught my eye recently.  This one was painted by Berniece Meyers.  The bloom extended to all sides of the canvas and the center seemed infinite.  I felt good after viewing it.

Selected Works and Paintings by Christian Ward at the Saatchi-gallery

Christian Ward’s eye-grabbingly vivid paintings where Technicolor mountains, caverns and grottoes shimmer with rainbows, cascade with multicoloured waterfalls and are wreathed in iridescent mist.Ward’s wanderings have taken him from the mountains of Scotland and across America into the Arizona desert, but his most recent paintings – and the ones that caught Charles Saatchi’s eye – have their starting point in Yakushima, an island off the southern coast of Japan. This World Heritage Site with its virgin, swampy jungle and rocky mountains plunging into the ocean, is not only scenically spectacular, but also has a personal signiÞcance. Ward’s mother is Japanese and her family originally came from this area;

‘It’s always about a primary experience and then coming back and not doing a topography, but making something surprising and revealing about the landscape,’ he says. ‘Contemplation is a very big part of the process.’The influences of this 25-year-old graduate of the Royal Academy Schools range from Sixties psychedelic graphic design to ancient Chinese paintings, as well as the latest Japanese animation techniques. Yet for all their phantasmagoric otherworldliness – one critic described them as a cross between Fantasia and The Land That Time Forgot – they are always based on the direct experience of a real place.

Then there’s the physical quality of the paint itself: no shiny surfaces and quick-drying acrylic here, but juicy areas of oil paint that gives the work a direct physical immediacy that prevents it from tumbling into kitsch. Ward attaches great importance to technique and applies his paint in lush, sweeping brushstrokes that he’s compared to the raking of gravel around the rocks in Zen gardens. ‘I’m very interested in this idea of origin, and for me origin as a subject is very hard to pinpoint. Painting, because of its history, deals with origin very well. It’s got this life to it that isn’t apparent in a lot of other mediums’.While he’s happy to have been singled out by Saatchi, ‘it means I can carry on, which is a good thing.’ Ward is already pondering new avenues,

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Oil On Canvas Paintings: Can Be Easily Afforded By Common Man

Oil on canvas paintings have now become the latest trend, which is mainly popular among the painting aficionados. These paintings deliver elegance and enhance the ambiance to the overall looks. Some people are just passionate about the seascapes and so are fond of collecting some of the finest pieces of work. These people do not consider money, while purchasing such kind of lavish items. The original pieces of work are actually costly because of their unique editions. Due to the expensive rates, many people just drop the idea of possessing one. Keeping this in mind, art reproduction oil painting has been invented in order to deliver famous painters’ works to every part of the world.

Common man just can not afford such kind of expensive items. It’s not one’s cup of tea to just empty one’s wallet on highly expensive items in order to just decorate one’s house. Such kind of lavish items are only purchased by billionaires, industrialists or any state’s art museum. But does that mean the common should kill his willing just for the sake of money? Well, now it is no more an issue with the onset of the art reproduction oil painting. You can now decorate your house with an exclusive masterpiece. Duplicity can not be caught, unless it is witnessed by any art expert. Yet, such kind of item flaunts same audacity and elegance. The oil on canvas paintings can be considered to be the replica of the original pieces. These do not fall short on your expectations, as they also render the same look, which the original work delivers.

The technique used in the art reproduction oil paintingis too advanced and is mainly implemented by the expert artists, who can iota entire piece of work of your choice into excellent quality oil on canvas painting form, which is either surfaced on a wooden panel or on a cardboard. All the seascapes, which begin on a canvas, are being extended in order to fit across the wooden panel with agesso layer to erase any acidic texture of the paints used.

Realistic, Satiated Color Still Life Oil Paintings by Russian Artist

I am a native Russian born in Latvia, a beautiful resort city on the Baltic Sea, I am currently residing in the beautiful mountains of East Tennessee. Art is my passion. I took art lessons from various artists in Latvia, Russia and Eastern Europe. I have 5 year University degree in History. I have taught basic art classes to children in elementary school. I also have worked with various artists to organize and teach basic to advanced art classes for adults. I feel art needs to show emotion, feeling, expression and technique. My paintings come from my soul. I feel my art reflects a mood of the moment captured in time, something that will never be back. All my paintings are created on canvas panels. I work mostly with oils, and sometimes acrylics. I work every day to improve my skills and create new paintings.

I have sold many of my paintings in person and online at various online galleries. I have received very good feedback on the paintings I have sold and continually receive wonderful comments and feedback on the paintings I have listed. I am always ready to hear what you like or my not like about my art.

Here are a few comments from visitors:

Dear Belka,

I just happened across your work while browsing on the Internet. I love your style and subject matter; your colors are incredible and vibrant, and I love the cross between realism and impressionism. My question is, why don’t you paint the same things in big, big, big!!

A fan,

Paula

Fantastic work-almost want to give the big bear a hug-keep it up.

John Treby, Australia

I love your work! I think this is my favorite one(cheriies). The marachino-like stickiness of the cherries gives such a rich appearance….and the glass is exquisite. Thanks for sharing.

Judith Espinoza

Harrisonburg, VA

If I was rich, I would by this one-(eggs) it’s my favorite at you

Gabriella DeLamater

Auburn, GA

Love your use of orange.

Elisabeth Vismans

Woodbine, MD

Barbara Keith

Maple Heights, OH

Absolutely wonderful.. when’s the OJ gonna be ready.. makes my mouth water!!

Karin Best

Zephyrhills, FL

Absolutely wonderful . What detail . WOW You sure are very talented.

Lori Tan

Shawnee Mission, KS

very realistic, i can smell the oranges from where i’m sitting.

I thank all of you for your kind words and continued support. I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Natasha

Love of Asian Botanical Paintings

I have a love for Asian botanical paintings. I’ve been seeking them out for a long time. I have many in my collection and love each and every one of them.

The first Asian botanical painting that I bought was Vietnamese. It was one of a series of twelve paintings that I bought that were created by Vu Viet Hung. I have them all over my home.

These oil landscapes by Vu Viet Hung are stunning. These Asian botanical paintings really set a serene tone in my home. The subtleties of the colors and the simple themes go so well on my walls.

I found a lovely Asian botanical painting quite by chance at a yard sale. I don’t usually make a habit of looking for paintings at yard sales, but this one was displayed out front and enticed me to stop. At first glance, I thought I was looking at a painting of a palm tree. At closer inspection, I found that the painting was of a bonsai tree.

My office has a more contemporary feel than the rest of my house. I have found that I like to have an abstract Asian botanical painting to ponder while I am thinking. I searched for a long time to find just the right piece to hang there. I finally found a piece by an artist named Soniei called Enlightenment.

Soniei has a collection called the New Zen Sho Collection. I love his work. The abstract that I bought is considered an Asian botanical painting because it features bamboo. In addition to the bamboo, there is beautiful calligraphy.

I have my eye on another Asian botanical painting by Soniei that has shades of sea-foam green. It is much more subdued than the one I bought called Enlightenment. This one is called Self-awareness and it is just lovely. It is another painting of bamboo.

My mother-in-law admires the Asian botanical paintings that I find. I found one that I really liked at a gallery in Hartford while I was on vacation. It did not fit with my home and so I bought it for her. She has really enjoyed it. It features two flowering trees in acrylic on two panels. The painting really is stunning with all of the shades of red. It looks great in her house.

My husband isn’t as big a fan of Asian botanical paintings as I am. They just don’t speak to him. He has allowed me to hang one painting in his office because he approved of the color scheme. The Asian botanical painting he chose for me to hang for him was a black and white.

Our daughter loves watercolor Asian botanical paintings on fabric. She keeps her eye out for advertisements in our local paper for people selling them. She has already purchased three. She is well on her way to her own collection.

Bamboo is the most popular subject in Asian botanical paintings. I have found so many paintings in so many different mediums that all feature bamboo. I catch myself buying so many paintings that I’ve started giving them as gifts for friends and family for house warming gifts.

My sister recently bought a condo and I gave her an Asian botanical painting of happy birds and bamboo. She liked the watercolor and asked me to find her two more to hang throughout her home. I was able to find several more at the same shop that were created by the same artist.

The other Asian botanical paintings were of snow bamboo in moonlight and green bamboo. I’ll keep checking back at that store for new paintings. She said that she could probably use one or two more.

I am planning to redecorate my kitchen. I do not like the French Country décor that the previous owner chose. I would prefer that my kitchen reflect my personality better. I will absolutely need an Asian botanical painting hung prominently in my kitchen.

I have the perfect Asian botanical painting in mind already. It is a nice Chinese painting that was done on rice paper with ink, water and color. It is mounted with nice silk border by an expert and is ready to frame.