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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
SOLD
Anahita
Anahita is the ancient Persian goddess of fertility, water, health and healing, and wisdom.
Medium:
Natural minerals, mica, mud pigments on canvas
Size: 30 inches in diameter.
The whole piece supports Anahita, the goddess of water and fertility, in her fight with darkness and demons.
Zahhāk or Zahāk (Persian: ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Persian: ضحاک ماردوش,, is an evil figure in Persian mythology, Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka (Persian: اژی دهاک).
He is considered the son of Ahriman, (devil). Two snakes on his shoulder needed to be fed daily with two young fresh brains to survive. The Persian rugs and the fantasy heaven very much influence my piece.
The light prevails, and the whole work supports joy and the sun.
Medium:
Natural minerals, mica, mud pigments on canvas
Size: 30 inches in diameter.
The whole piece supports Anahita, the goddess of water and fertility, in her fight with darkness and demons.
Zahhāk or Zahāk (Persian: ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Persian: ضحاک ماردوش,, is an evil figure in Persian mythology, Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka (Persian: اژی دهاک).
He is considered the son of Ahriman, (devil). Two snakes on his shoulder needed to be fed daily with two young fresh brains to survive. The Persian rugs and the fantasy heaven very much influence my piece.
The light prevails, and the whole work supports joy and the sun.
Anahita detail
Anahita detail
The fantasy of circle of light and life
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Medium:
Earth minerals and Suihi-enogu (Mud pigments), on a round canvas, with hand-cut shapes and gold leaf
Size: 48 inches in diameter
Medium:
Earth minerals and Suihi-enogu (Mud pigments), on a round canvas, with hand-cut shapes and gold leaf
Size: 48 inches in diameter
A Fantasy Dream of Hestia and Hermes
A Fantasy Dream of Hestia and Hermes
Medium:
Mud and water pigments,a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, with the hand-cut pattern on a custom-made beveled round canvas
Size: 44 x 46 inches
Medium:
Mud and water pigments,a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, with the hand-cut pattern on a custom-made beveled round canvas
Size: 44 x 46 inches
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
Crystals of Light
Crystals of light
Weld, Saffron threads, Walnut ink, minerals,and crystals on canvas. Crystals follow the Fibonacci sequence and pattern in nature.
Size: 48 x 24 inches
Weld, Saffron threads, Walnut ink, minerals,and crystals on canvas. Crystals follow the Fibonacci sequence and pattern in nature.
Size: 48 x 24 inches
Video of Crystals of Light
Crystals follow Fibonacci pattern
Salute the Sunshine in the Darkness
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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
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
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
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
Earth Laughs in Flowers ~"Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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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
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
Video
Sunflower, Sacred Geometry
Medium:
Mud and water pigments Suihi-Enogu, a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, hand-cut pattern
on silk
Size: 50 x 40 inches
Mud and water pigments Suihi-Enogu, a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, hand-cut pattern
on silk
Size: 50 x 40 inches
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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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
Fantasy
Medium:
Mud and water pigments Suihi-Enogu, a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, hand-cut pattern
on paper
Size: 32 x 32 inches
Mud and water pigments Suihi-Enogu, a Nihonga paint containing fine particles derived from natural mud or made by dyeing Gofun or white clay, hand-cut pattern
on paper
Size: 32 x 32 inches
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
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
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
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
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