Aloha from Blue Hawaii!
HI EVERYONE!
Thanks to the few people who still come now and then to look at this blog site!
Imagine I haven’t posted anything for a whole year! You would think I’ve run out of gas, right?!
I do very little art work lately since I’m now nearly 82 years old and anyway have always been a hobbyist artist. I’ve already painted something for nearly all of my children or grandchildren, family members, primary care physician, financial advisor, and others. I’ve tried oil pastels recently and pen and ink, but like drawing with graphite pencils and oil and acrylic painting, especially.
My walks and daily water exercise and swimming and grocery shopping seem to take up most of my day so that drawing and painting have to take the back burner. I have painted still life, famous people and animal portraits of all the family pets, landscapes and seascapes. My favorite are seascapes with both calm or rough water.
When I did my series of volcano paintings in 2018 on recycled board I took the pictures right from the TV and did the paintings . I wrote about the historic Kilauea eruption on the island of Hawaii as a chronicle for future reference. You may find it a very interesting read, too!
I like to do narrative paintings best which are paintings that tell a story, so quite a few of my art pieces are from my own photo references of familiar places I’ve actually seen. Family members give me their photos to paint, like my daughter’s dog sitting at the beach and my son body boarding at the Wall in Waikiki. Lately, I’ve been interested in copying the art of my favorite classical artists like Renoir, Monet and Van Gogh to learn more about color mixing and painting techniques. Here are some of my last paintings. Take care and God bless all of you!
ALOHA, ~Liz from Blue Hawaii
P.S. I have another blog site if anyone cares to go there. It’s ‘God’s Enduring Love’ http://heulu.wordpress.com
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