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
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
Red Flows
Red Flows
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: 48 x 24 inches
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: 48 x 24 inches
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
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
Sunflower, Sacred Geometery
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
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
Pink Heaven
Pink Heavn
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: 40 x 30 inches
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: 40 x 30 inches
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
Turquoise
Size: W; 35 x 25 inches
Materials: Turquoise, malachite, Lapiz Lazuli, cobalt blue, black ink, gold inks on paper
Materials: Turquoise, malachite, Lapiz Lazuli, cobalt blue, black ink, gold inks on paper
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
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
Pink in the Middle
Meidum: Mineral pigments on paper
Size: w: 30 x H: 60 in
Size: w: 30 x H: 60 in
Saffron Nebula
Saffron, hibiscus flower, ink and gold on paper mounted on board.
Size: W: 45.5 in x H: 22 in x D: 2 in
Size: W: 45.5 in x H: 22 in x D: 2 in
Lost Heaven II
Medium:
Mineral pigments such as Lapis Lazuli, Cobalt Stone, Orpiment, Indigo, Turquoise, Ultramarine Ash and Suihi Mud colors and more with gold leaves
Size: W: 50 in x H:30 in
Mineral pigments such as Lapis Lazuli, Cobalt Stone, Orpiment, Indigo, Turquoise, Ultramarine Ash and Suihi Mud colors and more with gold leaves
Size: W: 50 in x H:30 in
Expand no.2
Pigments and ink Chinese paper
Size: 53in x 30 in framed
Size: 53in x 30 in framed
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
Sold