Sunday, August 1, 2010

Yes. I am still here. Yes, I know this looks different!... Right about when I last posted here I had this really strong urge to pick up my brushes and just paint everything in my home. I felt my work was becoming very graphic and I missed the sensuous way in which an oil painter engages with their subject matter. I took a risk, I jumped in, I immersed myself in oil painting, which in the beginning was awkward
and strange and... totally gratifying , like eating big chocolate bars all day! I am painting the things that surround me at home...Yes, I know...it's perceptual, it's 'realism',oh my..., is this me? But , I have a voice in my head that says : 'Just Paint...(think later)' So that is what I am doing.
I hope you are all well and thoroughly enjoying the summer (or winter, as the case may be!)
Hugs-

11 comments:

Laura said...

ANNAMARIA! SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU:)))) BEAUTIFUL,BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!

Gloria Freshley Art and Design said...

Yeah!!!! You are well!! And painting!! And the work is fabulous!! Have missesd your posts...So glad you're at it again...Gloria

kirsty said...

Go with the flow - the paintings are wonderful. Good to have you back!

ELK said...

happy to see you ...and your home from the tip of a brush ...blessings friend!

belinda marshall said...

it's great to see what you've been working on ~ it's definitely worth following your impulses!!
love this piece.

red-handed said...

So you're having fun ... good! These are really very warm.

annamaria potamiti said...

Thank you so much my friends! So happy for your encouraging comments!
Annamaria xx

kristine h said...

Hooray! Glad you are well. THANK YOU for sharing!!

Kylie said...

YAH!!! Annamaria - you're back!!! So very lovely to see you here again :)) I LOVE your new works in oils! I think you should always go with the flow and look at the divine results :) Kxx

Francesca said...

just paint, think later is exactly the way art should be. these home still lives will be lovely to look back on. x

ArtSparker said...

Gorgeous work