Chocolaterie

 

Chocolaterie

35.5"x47" oil on canvas

                                                                                                                                                    

Working on this piece, I hoped to make this painting very simple and clean yet I was afraid of it

might end up being dull and boring. My main concern was how I can come up with interesting shapes, fortunately I loved and enjoyed making all the shapes one after the other in the piece. To avoid too much and too many sharp edges I introduced lots of soft shapes within the shapes which seems like helped soften the painting. At the end, fortunately I started thinking that I can 

live with this painting for a long time.

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#chocolate #chocolaerie #losangeles #travel #patisserie #boulangerie #bakery #cafe #sweets #california #ordinaryday  

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San Pedro

 

San Pedro

36"x47" oil on canvas

Every time I start a new painting a new conversation with a painting starts and lasts even long after I finish the piece. I know it sounds crazy but it's almost like meeting a lifelong friend. Duration of painting, we talk about colors, shapes, textures, brush strokes even constancy of paints and so lists goes on. I embrace the time with the painting, it gives me such a pleasure: the moment of infatuation. 

#cruiseship #travel #sanpedro #harbour #baycity #cruiseline #ordinaryday #infatuation #bonvoyage #portsofcall #journey

 

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Downtown Los Angeles

 

Downtown Los Angeles

45"x29.5" oil on canvas

At the begging, I had no idea how I was going to work on this piece. All I want from this piece was to be able to feel like I was in the middle of downtown enjoying the end of the day. Lately I started listening to my painting more so. It may sounds crazy but I'm not the only one.  I know that the painting talks to me as I go, something like having a conversation with the painting or more like it takes over and tells me what to do. Shapes, textures and colors has nothing to do with reality but enjoying making sensations of infatuation.

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#downtown #losangeles #california #infatuation #travel #dusk #cityscape #urbanlife #sunset

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Venice Beach California

 

Venice Beach California

29"x29" oil on canvas

There are no limits to come up with combinations of shapes, colors and textures but unfortunately I have to choose one particular combination for each brush strokes. The more I explorer my options the more I start having so much fun as I have so much freedom. Possibility of end results is astronomical but I have to settle with my instincts the best possible way at the moment of the painting. As long as the end results is with in my expectation I can rest my brushes leaving my options to change it in the future. Nothing is perfect yet sometimes imperfection is so attractive to me.

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#veniceveachcalifornia #california #travel #beachtown #beachwalk #quaint #beachlife #ordinaryday #beachcruiser #loveoflife  #lovingeveryday #everyday #infatuation #fineart #oilpainting #vacation #voyage #carefree #losangeles #santamonica  

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Winter On 3rd

 

Winter On 3rd

29"x29" oil on canvas

Finally I made it till winter. It wasn't easy to paint 4seasons with just colors without changing the composition but it was some learning experience. By painting them I had some understanding about colors, specially textures that I never thought about applying paints, guess I'll never know until I try them.

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#winter #windowshopping #3rdstreet #boutiqueofflowers #travel #quaint

Fall On 3rd

 

Fall on 3rd

29"x29" oil on canvas

It is still pretty hot in Los Angeles but my heart longs for a bit of cooler weather. I'm enjoying much simpler images lately at the same time exploring different shapes, colors and textures.

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#windowshopping #boutiqueofflowers #fall #flowers #flowerboutique #quaint

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Summer On 3rd

 

      Summer On 3rd

      29"x29" oil on canvas

Summer is here on 3rd street! I was going to paint with hot colors but somehow I ended up with mostly cool colors. I thought I might feel the heat by painting cooler colors, does it make any sense? Anyway exploring the seasons continues. 

#3rdstreet #summer #windowshopping #travel #bouquetofflowers 

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