Time and Space

one painting inspires another
gratitude
summer fruit 
blueberry, strawberry and raspberry porridge in the morning
sorting plants in the garden
time and space
heading North

Woods

I painted 'Hear me' at the beginning of the year. 'Hear me' is no longer with me and I decided to paint it again. I enjoy it so much that I made 2 pieces. They share the same story and message but are unique and different at the same time.

Calling

Ivory

Summer

Hello beautiful and dear souls. It has been happening so much recently. It feels like the universe sends one blessing after another. It is summertime. That is definitely one of the blessings. It is a gorgeous time of the year. There is so much light everywhere. Even nights are not completely covered by darkness anymore. It feels like days never end. My summer is a combination of moments: tasting strawberries, making blueberry muffins,getting  freckles, enjoying 'Moomins' stories, resting and relaxing in the garden, being more focused on the present moment, practicing daily meditation, new inspiration and projects. I am getting ready to a group exhibition and 2 solo art displays, which  requires so much energy but it is a great experience at the same time.


One of the latest works. Sketch and watercolour.

and a little 15x15 cm canvas made for a group exhibition in Space Artworks Gallery

'Are you a squirrel?'

I am slowing down and I am more relaxed and happier. I also have just finished reading  'Hear the wind sing' and started 'Pinball 1973' both written by my favourite author Haruki Marukami. I took 'Murakami' to the garden, bed and arts market and he is a great companion. I take him to the places and he let me read himself. Beautiful relationship and beautifully written book.

These are recently sketched and painted in watercolours works.When I look at them now I think straight away about my young friend Ada, who like a little fairy can guess my dreams. Magical Ada!
Both of these works were inspired by a beautiful photograph from profilaktyka.art.pl.

Scott and I did together arts market in Out of the Blue. It was an extremely nice experience. It was a beautifully sunny and rainy day ( zen weather).  We both met very friendly, talented and inspiring artists and visitors. The best and most cheerful and philosophical conversations we had with...children.
I asked little boy with his faced painted: 'Are you a squirrel?'
The boy said: ' Yes, but not the real one. Squirrels do not talk. I talk. I am a human being'

These 3 photos below are photographs of Scott's work. Personally I love them. It is so good to see how Scott's adventure with photography develops and how his perception of seeing and feeling expands.

My favourite photo from the market captured by Scott. It reflects how our art journeys combine into one.

Out of the Blue

Much love to you all!

Green

After 3 weeks of constant work I have started to feel like being on a train that I could not get off. So the first thing which I did when I had some time off was go for a walk. I walked to my favourite spot in Edinburgh.


Solitude. Me and nature. Silence. Sun, lots of sun. Feeling warm. Feeling calm.

Thyme

The time of 'Wild mountain thyme' song listened to at the farmers market, when I was selling organic bread and meeting so many cheerful and positive people. The time of the summer slowly coming through spring, offering thunder and blissful rain. The time of drawing and sketching.

(colour pencils)

My parents

My parents visited me in Edinburgh. It has been 4 years since they visited me together. It was great to spend time with them and to feel them so close. They both are lovely people with enormous hearts filled with love, delight and curiosity about life. During their visit I have started to wonder who I am? It is proven that we all are energy. The more I look at my parents the more I see myself. Not only do I recognize myself in their physical features but also in many behaviors and reactions.  Am I a combination of their energies and all experiences which have happened to me since I was born? My dad said to me yesterday whilst we were talking about something trivial, wise and simple at the same time. He said: ' Remember life is beautiful'.
It has been an extremely intensive week and I did not have time to paint. However generous life brought me much inspirations instead.


I shared a watercolour 'Portobello Sunday' in my previous post. This time I would like to share another 'Portobello Sunday' but painted in oils on a wooden panel. I have never painted on the panel before and it was an interesting experience of getting familiar with a new texture.

before birds

and after

Here I would like to share some little beauties

Also I would like to thank you all for your kind and supporting comments from my last post. I really appreciate them and I am very grateful.
Much love to you all!

Parts

Hey beautiful souls. One of the parts of my art journey is sharing and selling my paintings.  I did my first Makers Market this week. It was an interesting experience. It did not go very well with regards to selling. In fact, I felt pretty much exhausted after it.  But in spite of that I also felt more confident afterwards. That confidence comes from my intention of sharing and getting feedback from people. 

I also have started to work on my seaside paintings which were inspired by our recent trip to the beach.

Portobello Sunday

Nothing seems to be better and more relaxing these days than outdoor time and appreciating the gifts of nature.