Many people search for different things: a book store, a cafe, mushrooms in the forest, lice in your hair, a bathroom or a library… I spent my last two days looking for FISH. And not just one fish to eat, that would be easy, but piles of it, which made it much harder! Before getting [...]
This is my second paining of the bridge I like the most. We live in Bay Ridge, so close to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and I get to see it often, I like it’s structure, I love that it is very tall and spacious. I like when it disappears in a fog or a cloud. I [...]
“Right Turn into Dusk” by Ekaterina Smirnova
Watercolor on rough Arches paper, 2 sheets
40″ x 52″, 3.2012
“Right Turn into Dusk”
[by S. David]
Rain fog falling
Darkness a litany
Approaching
Either magic
Or madness
No moon seen
But the season
Swings
Driving
Windshield
Wipers
Hypnotic
Headlights
Scatter light
Have I set
The scene well
Have I
And there was
A turn on
The highway
Coming up
The overhead
Lights had as
Much halo as
Shed light on
The road as
I took the turn
Samhain they [...]
Spring AAF NYC always offers more in my opinion then the autumn one. The policy of the show is that you can not show the same artists twice a year. This year spring show was a success. The private preview had attracted a lot of guests, the line to get to the show was at [...]
Every time I have a chance to be in Miami, one of my favorite activities is looking at the sunsets, they are so beautiful, so different and full of color. I would like to share with you the beauty I find in them. For one week I will be painting everyday sunsets, film them and [...]
While working on the series of work “Rainy Way”, I have painted my large ”Driving Through the Rain 2″ 90″H x 52″W, but it was not as successful work. I didn’t quite know how to make it better and decided to put it aside for a few month. When I recently pulled it out from my [...]
Thursday, February 23, 2012
As some you may know, I have been doing printmaking for about 6 years. During this period I have produced a number of etchings and silkscreens that are commonly exhibited. I love printmaking, it is a fascinating but yet complicated process that requires your full attention and knowledge of the media. The Art Students League [...]
Friday, February 10, 2012
“Bacchus”
watercolor on Khadi paper
46″ x 30″ (22″ x 30″ each part)
II.2012
The same as any other day was my 100th day of my project, except that I had my great friend Aziz, poet from Uzbekistan, over at my studio. Thanks to Skype, which made this possible. And I thought that I should invite you too to [...]
Thursday, February 9, 2012
During my 100 Days project I have made a few sketches of my paintings, prior to starting working on the large papers. I did not make sketches as much before. Selecting my subjects, framing them, deciding on the color or techniques was an important stage, but it did not include making sketches. Now I am [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I added to this guy more curly hair today and worked on deepening the shadows on the top part of the painting. Light textures background is also was more developed. I believe that this work is almost finished, I will try to be done with it tomorrow. The background will stay very light.
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