Rosie Sanders

Magnolia Butterflies

2018

The focal point of this oil painting is a fig, depicted with a mastery of light and colour that highlights the fruit's plumpness. The purple fig is placed on a striped tablecloth with hues of grey-blue, yellow-green, and grey-white. To create a more harmonious composition with the purple fig, the artist has added touches of orange-pink to the tablecloth. These strokes bring a vibrant and cohesive balance to the overall colour scheme, making the painting both lively and harmonious. Jeannie Kinsler...

This painting features a creamy white enamel jug and white hybrid cherries, accented with yellow-green leaves. The perspective is a top-down view, with the background in shades of blue-grey and dark grey. This creates a striking contrast and harmony between the light-coloured enamel jug and the white hybrid cherries against the darker and cooler tones of the background. Jeannie Kinsler...

"Chateau at Vauvenargues, Provence" portrays the castle of Vauvenargues in the Provence region of France. The painting depicts the magnificent appearance of the castle and its integr...

"Moonrise at Roussillon" captures the enchanting scene of the moon ascending over the picturesque village of Roussillon in France. The painting portrays the ethereal glow of the moon...

Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...

Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...

This painting is both strange and intimate. It depicts a small wooden boat floating on the water and two "passengers" in the form of a leafless tree and shrub. The placid water and ...

"Cactus", by Christina Haglid, is a painstakingly detailed watercolor of a Saguaro Cactus on panel. Each needle from the cactus is evident in this small scale painting. The background gives the idea that is a scene from a solarium with its blurred window panes. The piece is floated within a white wood frame and measures 4.75h x 3.75w inches. Christina Haglid Cactus watercolor and gouache on panel 4h x 3w in 10.16h x 7.62w cm Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences. At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...