I wanted to do a sand painting of my grand-son Jaden. He was so cute then and he still is. He has a great personnality and I wanted to capture it. The first thing I had to do is take pictures of him. Year of 2006, he was 3 or 4 years old at the time,… Continue reading sand painting: JADEN
Month: February 2011
sand painting: Orlando Temple
Orlando Temple, sand painting, year 2011. size 20×16 unframed This is the drawing of the Orlando Temple that I made back in year 2007. I am using it for this project. The process is still the same. I place the tracing paper on top of the polyphane paper and transfer the drawing onto it. … Continue reading sand painting: Orlando Temple
“The Tahitian Dancers”
“The Tahitian Dancers” size: 36×24 , on canvas, ready to hang. medium: acrylique and extra heavy gel gloss. I like oranges and reds and yellows. So I used those for the background. I painted the silhouettes in dark brown, so we would not be distracted by looking at real faces. It’s about the dance not the… Continue reading “The Tahitian Dancers”
The cat in the tree
Have you ever been stuck in a tree? It has happened to me once. Only once though. I am not going to make the same mistake twice. Like a lot of other kids, my parents were still at work when school was over for the day, so I had to walk from my school to… Continue reading The cat in the tree
THE KING, THE SWORD AND THE WASP
Master of his castle, king of a mighty kingdom, master of all and in charge of all, King Jim, adored by all and most of all by his beautiful wife Queen Hina, was touring one of his domain, mainly The Garage, with a small entourage. On a clear and crisp day, King Jim and an… Continue reading THE KING, THE SWORD AND THE WASP
Destination Moorea: Cook’s Bay
As soon as Jim and I arrived in Tahiti, my family whisked us to Moorea, loaded the cars and drove on the ferry Aremiti. In less than an hour, we were standing on the turf of Moorea, eating fresh pineapples, green mangoes dipped in bonbon chinois powder and drinking cold coconuts. Life on a small… Continue reading Destination Moorea: Cook’s Bay