Phthalo haze

New paintings from the last few month. I seem to be lost in a dream vision of phthalo blue, green and purple.

 

 "Birth" acrylic on canvas.

 "Butterfly daze" watercolor on Arches paper.

"ice flowers" watercolor on Fabriano paper.

Bialowieza

I cant quite decide if I'm finished with this watercolor piece or not. I am aware that I still  try to paint with watercolors like I would with acrylics, so I don't  want to overwork it. Maybe a few more delicate touches on the hair and a couple more reflections on the water. This is based on a picture of the Bialowieza forest in Poland. The forest is one of the last remnants of old growth lowland forest left in Europe and one of the places I most want to visit. Once the forest covered most of Europe and was know as the "Hercynian forest" or "Hercynia silva" in Latin, which is the what this blog is named after.

In other news, I have also been screen printing some bags and tshirts. I love the soft misty effects I got by using watery washes of dye. I have some tops already listed on etsy and more are on the way.
 https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/styx2stars

Rainy days

 

So the other day we went for a drive in my friends car to a local national park. It was raining gently all day long and the rain droplets on the leaves of the plants and splashing on the surface of the creek made the place look so wonderfully magical.

I came home that afternoon and painted this little ACEO.