Gallery One
Painting with Handmade Colors from Plants, Stones, Minerals, and Pigments
Painting with Saffron & my Breath
Painting with my Breath and Saffron
In some of the following pieces, I used saffron and my breath as my painting tool.
My breath is like the wind; instead of on the soil, I spread them on my paper to expand their magical colors.
My breath is like the wind; instead of on the soil, I spread them on my paper to expand their magical colors.
Video of adding saffron threads
Saffron Sun
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Saffron, ink, and gold leave on canvas. I used my breath to spread the saffron on the wet canvas and spread the colors. There are poems written around the circle or in the circle
Size: W: 20 in x H: 20 in x D: 2 in
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Saffron, ink, and gold leave on canvas. I used my breath to spread the saffron on the wet canvas and spread the colors. There are poems written around the circle or in the circle
Size: W: 20 in x H: 20 in x D: 2 in
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Saffron Ripples
Saffron, ink, and gold leave on canvas. I used my breath to spread the saffron on the wet canvas and spread the colors. There are poems written around the circle or in the circle
Size: W: 40 in x H: 40 in x D: 2 in
Size: W: 40 in x H: 40 in x D: 2 in
Salute the Sunshine in the Darkness
Medium: Various natural pigments and inks such as Weld (a plant), Orpiment and Realgar (mineral pigments,) 24K gold leaf, 70 Saffron threads (preserved on the piece), and black ink on canvas, with pasted handmade Mulberry and Hemp papers
Size: 30 inches in diameter
Size: 30 inches in diameter
Side View
Saffron Sun 1
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Saffron, ink and gold on canvas.I used my breath to spread the saffron on the wet canvas and spread the colors.
Size: W: 50 in x H: 40 in x D: 2 in
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Saffron, ink and gold on canvas.I used my breath to spread the saffron on the wet canvas and spread the colors.
Size: W: 50 in x H: 40 in x D: 2 in
SOLD
Bundle of Joy
Medium:
Henna, weld, Yellow Ochre, Red Ochre, Aloe Vera, Suihi Mud colors on a canvas primed with Tragacanth gum, and added 24k gold leaves
Size: W: 40 in x H: 30 in
Henna, weld, Yellow Ochre, Red Ochre, Aloe Vera, Suihi Mud colors on a canvas primed with Tragacanth gum, and added 24k gold leaves
Size: W: 40 in x H: 30 in
Torus- The Sacred Geometry from Virginia Blue Ridge Mountain
Medium:
Yellow Ochre (Limonite mineral) from VA Blue Ridge Mountain, Vermillion, Brazilwood, Gold Mica, 24K gold leaf, Suihi-enogu or Mud pigments, on Crepe De Chine heavy silk primed with tragacanth gum stretched on frame.
Size: W: 50 in x H: 30 in
Yellow Ochre (Limonite mineral) from VA Blue Ridge Mountain, Vermillion, Brazilwood, Gold Mica, 24K gold leaf, Suihi-enogu or Mud pigments, on Crepe De Chine heavy silk primed with tragacanth gum stretched on frame.
Size: W: 50 in x H: 30 in
The fantasy of circle of light and life
Medium:
Earth minerals and Suihi-enogu (Mud pigments), on a round canvas, with hand-cut shapes and gold leaf
Size: 48 inches in diameter
Earth minerals and Suihi-enogu (Mud pigments), on a round canvas, with hand-cut shapes and gold leaf
Size: 48 inches in diameter
Detail of "The fantasy of circle of light and life"
Earth Laughs in Flowers ~"Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Medium: Natural earth mineral pigments such as Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Suhi Mud Pigments on pieces of handmade Mulberry and Hemp paper, torn apart and shaped in 3D format, pasted on the canvas
Size: 40 inches in diameter
Size: 40 inches in diameter
Video
Flow of Beauties
Medium:
Brazilwood, Logwood, natural pigments, and mud Suihi and mineral colors on canvas primed with Tragacanth gum, with added 24K gold leaves
Size: W: 48 x H:24 inches
Brazilwood, Logwood, natural pigments, and mud Suihi and mineral colors on canvas primed with Tragacanth gum, with added 24K gold leaves
Size: W: 48 x H:24 inches
Winding Paradox 2
Medium: Different mineral pigments, with gold mica and gold leaf on canvas
Size: W: 48in x H:24in
Size: W: 48in x H:24in
Another Heaven
Medium:
Cobalt Stone, Orpiment, Indigo, Turquoise, Ultramarine Ash and Suihi Mud colors and more mineral pigments, with gold leaves on canvas with Tragacanth gum
Size: W:50 in x H: 30 in
Cobalt Stone, Orpiment, Indigo, Turquoise, Ultramarine Ash and Suihi Mud colors and more mineral pigments, with gold leaves on canvas with Tragacanth gum
Size: W:50 in x H: 30 in
GoldenRod
Medium: Various natural inks and pigments such as GoldenRod, Weld, Turquise, Eucalyptus leaves, Hisbcus on silk.
Size: W: 50 x H: 40 in
Size: W: 50 x H: 40 in
Sweet Memories
Sweet Memories
Medium: Natural inks such as Aloe Vera, Brazilwood, Logwood, Mica, Hibiscus, and Natural pigments with Mulberry papers added to the silk stretched on canvas
Size: W: 48 in x H: 24 in
Medium: Natural inks such as Aloe Vera, Brazilwood, Logwood, Mica, Hibiscus, and Natural pigments with Mulberry papers added to the silk stretched on canvas
Size: W: 48 in x H: 24 in
Fall 2018
Medium: Various natural inks and earth pigments and minerals together with preserved and reconstructed carnation flowers, fall leaves on unprimed cotton
Size: W: 60in x H: 40
Size: W: 60in x H: 40
Detail
Real dried plants pasted
Meet Me There
Medium: Various natural inks and earth mineral pigments such as Weld, Brazilwood, Indigo, Suihi Mud pigments, Turquoise added on unprimed cotton canvas, and Mulberry and Hemp paper pasted on the canvas to create a 3D effect.
Size: W: 40 x H: 30 in
Size: W: 40 x H: 30 in
Detail
Found My Way
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Hibiscus flower, ink and gold on paper mounted on a board
Size: W: 53 in x H: 30 in x D: 2 in
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Hibiscus flower, ink and gold on paper mounted on a board
Size: W: 53 in x H: 30 in x D: 2 in
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Entering Cosmic Consciousness
Medium: Various natural pigments and inks such as Hibiscus, Logwood, Brazilwood, Cinnabar, Indigo, Mud pigments added to pieces of handmade Mulberry and Hemp paper, torn apart and layered on top of or next to each other on the canvas, with 24K gold leaf
Size: W: 40 x H: 40 in
Size: W: 40 x H: 40 in