A fungus is among us

a iddy biddy painting 5 inches by 5 inches... watercolor on paper


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geisha good bye

This painting is part of my series of paintings about geisha. I love the way the skin looks on their neck as it peeks out of their white make up. 10" by 10" watercolor on canvas, ( gallery wrap) 150.00 plus s& H

New Koi Painting in Oil

I've been painting Koi in watercolor for a long time and this year I decided to paint some Koi paintings in Oil. This painting is pretty big and took a long time to paint. Mostly because my studio is rather small and its actually set up for watercolor. This painting was so big and each time I chose to work on it I had to pull out all the oil painting supplies and put everything away after each session.
For me this is a pain...
My watercolor supplies are set out ready to go.

I will always love my Watercolor paintings, but after painting 7 or 8 paintings of Koi in oil I'm getting a better feel for the medium. I have plans to paint more Koi but I'm also very busy doing a lot of research on my next series which will be Geisha. I'll paint them in both oil and watercolor and maybe even in mixed media. I hope you'll be around to see some of those paintings.

I haven't figured out the name for this piece yet, so if you have any ideas let me know...

Some names that have been suggested to me by others are ( try not to laugh some are funny)


Carp Ahoy
Colony Koi
Carp deluxe
Fantastic fantasy
Koi menagerie ( I've used this already for another painting)
Wrecking Crew
Creme of Koi
Colored Carp
Fabulous Koi
China Koi
under the H2o







This is the painting as it sits in my studio... The size is 44 by 44 inches

Novemebr Leaves

11" by 8" watercolor on paper

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This abstract acrylic painting is painted on wood and is 8 by 10 inches. The sides are also painted and are about 1/2 inch wide. 75.00 pay pal accepted!

Butterfly Koi

Watercolor on Masonite 8 by 10. $75.00 Some folks call these fish ” fairy fish” or “Dragon fish” and “long fin Koi”. I watched this Butterfly Koi swimming back and forth under about a foot of water and I was desperatly trying to see if this little long fin fish would hold still. Not a chance, she was moving like Isadora Duncan, & her fins were flowing all around her like veils. She swirled in and out of the Lillypads. It was like watching an underwater dance all alone skimming thru the water and dancing for no one but for herself. They are beautiful fish and so different than the standard Koi. Some folks think their not Koi at all but a hybrid. I don’t really get involved in show Koi ( although they are beautiful) and I don’t care about the correct classifications of Koi, I just like them as I like my three rescue dogs, for the pleasure of watching them and having them be a part of my life.
I’ve owned several purebred dogs in the past but none ever gave me the love my three mutts have given me each and every day.
Also that reminds me of my Walmart fish.. I told this story a while back…who would have thought, its an ugly duckling story all over again.
It started to rain tonight and the weather seems a bit cooler. Its refreshing after a couple of very humid days.

"Blue"

oil painting 8 by 10" 75.00 shantmarie@aol.com for purchase info.

This is the Oil painting I did last night as part of the tribute to Monet series. It is a bit more blue than the other and I decided not to put in lillies or what ever and make it a bit more plain.

Tribute to Monet

This is my tribute to Monet who love to paint his pond and as you can see I used some of the lavender he loved to use.

When I saw the Monet’s for the firat time....I was very surprised to see the many layers of paint he used. Some of his paintings were at least an inch thick. As an artist I understand this completely. The layering is a meditative process and one that can be difficult to stop once one has started the process. There is a snow painting I looked at for over 30 minutes… its of a village he painted over and over and the white paint is layered with other colors so that you see thru the white and you glimpse the pink, lavender and the blue, it brought me to tears. The beauty of that painting must be seen in person to truly feel the emotion of the piece. I may do a series of paintings using some of the impressionistic techniques and colors. I love water paintings and reflections so check back with me to see more paintings like this one.

The Enchanted Path Sold

I was really in the mood for some color today so I decided to paint this landscape. 7 inches by 8 inches 45.00

open water

This is a mixed media piece on illustration board. 11 by 15

I've done several of these paintings. First I used watercolor, then I used gesso and acrylic paint.