April Exhibition at Cervantes restaurant and bar in Barcelona

Bar Cervantes is a typical Catalan bar located in the “Gothic” part of Barcelona. The bar is easy to spot especially because its named after the street “Cervantes. Bar Cervantes has a very authentic Spanish design with beer barrels stored up on its high ceilings complete with antique fans, the only renovation that’s obvious is where the one wall that has been painted a deep purple containing long shelves which makes it a cinch to exhibit paintings or photos without having to hang them. 

The bar has been owned by the same family for at least three generations. Owner Christina is not only an extremely nice person but also very helpful and supportive of the arts. It’s been an absolute delight to exhibit here not to mention the delicious food they serve for breakfast and lunch. Here are some photos just to give you an idea 🙂 

Bar Cervantes, Calle (street) Cervantes 7, Barcelona

what’s so nice about the design is the fact that they have been able to perserve it’s original tiles which look great against the deep purple wall, and the paintings just “pop”!

New exhibition at Spritz, Barcelona

After looking for the perfect location and painting almost non-stop, finally found a great spot to exhibit. A super busy cafe with a great wall, where the artist is free to do what he or she wants: put nails in and this makes life easier because most places want to use fishers’ line and that I find is quite difficult to hang pictures with. I am also proud to say that most of the work that has gone up is new, and I have already sold a few pieces! YAY, yay and YAY! S

Step by step progress of my painted cigar box

hi everyone! I’ve been away for too long and I am excited to share some new projects that I have been working on. I wanted to document the process of a cigar box that I just recycled using rice paper that I had from a small notebook and of course a cigar box that I was given from a smoke shop in town. I took a photo of my painting/ drawing progress on a daily basis, it took me exactly a week to finish. So here is what I did:

Day 1: I first primed the rice paper from my old notebook. I took just enough pages to cover the box all around, including the bottom. This was quite tedious as it took several layers of gesso to get rid of the ink on the paper, then I proceeded with the desired colour, which was a mint green. I wanted to give this box a vintage, rustic feel, and I decided that this time around I did not want to aim for perfection but rather its new “character” and its alternative use as jewellery or a trinket box. I wanted to decorate it with roses, this was my first attempt ever to paint roses, and I was really up for the challenge, I first outlined the roses and filled them in with white acrylic paint…

 

Day 2: I started to fill in the roses layer by layer to try and achieve as many undertones and colours as possible…

 

I also framed the cover and the edges with a dark green, to try and tone down the rough seams of the rice paper…

 

Day 3: More layers, adding more colour bit by bit…

 

Day 4: Adding more elements…

 

Day 5: More layering, more painting…

 

Day 6: Adding flowers and sparklies on all sides of the box…

 

 

 

Day 7: Adding final details, cleaning up edges, varnishing ( I used a high gloss varnish) and adding more sparklies and voila!

New Art exhibition in Sitges, Barcelona

Days are passing by a little too quickly for my liking but as they say time flies when you’re having fun. I have been ill for the past two weeks, and quite busy and yes having a lot of fun too. My latest mini exhibit is now in a new bar (just opened up in my town) called KVA Sitges -which stands for Catalunya’s famous champagne like drink”cava”. The bar is quite small but has a fantastic chilled out ambiance which is what attracted me in the first place, plus the owners support the arts which is just an added bonus. If you’re ever in Sitges be sure to visit this place which also features live music on the weekends.

 

“Gracia” – giving thanks

hi everyone! I’ve been away for some time. Been busy studying, researching, painting, and the rest. Just when I thought that nothing was happening… BOOM! It’s all starting to happen! So much good so much positivity that I just wanted to send you all the good vibes! Most importantly today I sold one of my paintings “la hermosa de San Sebastian”, I am over joyed! Nothing more rewarding than someone loving my work, makes me want to paint more and just spread the love!

The golden hour @ Sitges

I live in a small town and there’s only so many times one can walk around without seeing the same thing over and over again, I decided one late afternoon to re-discover the paradise town called Sitges and take a closer look so I started to chase  shadows (and flowers) and here is what I discovered…

 

 

 

 

mad hat 2 I wanna be a dj

I secretly fantasize about being a dj and just running with the vampires until dawn. size: 76 x 114cm, acrylics, gloss varnished on recycled masonite board

 

 

Mad hat 1 in pure bliss

I painted this piece quite some time ago- as an experiment, later with more practice and more experimenting I changed the painting- not completely but certain elements that I thought would look better. I always use acrylics as I am a bit skeptical about using oils(I need to get over it really) so the inspiration for the mad hat 1 was brought on from the deep depths of my imagination and mushrooms (ha ha haaa). Size 63.5 x100 cm, acrylics/ gloss varnished on recycled masonite board