Ed Meredith : Featured Artist

Ed Meredith is an extraordinarily talented artist and one I have the greatest pleasure of featuring his artwork. Ed actually has little to say for himself – which I understand as I think images speak very loudly for an artist.

I even call this words in image format – in other words I believe that artists communicate in a pictorial form on some level. This is only my opinion – there is no science to back it up.

Exquisite photography.

Do you see an owl? I do

An intrigue unto itself.

I’d say to anyone – you need to go and look at this image above to fully appreciate the artwork and the meaning.

Marvellous sense of form and solidity.

I have a great love for Vintage imagery and the above is no exception.

Do I have a favourite?

It’s hard – and I believe it is one I have already posted above – and I shall let you, my readers, work out which it may be.

However, there’s never enough love in this world – so here is some from Ed’s magnificent portfolio.

Photography Prints

Please get that coffee or whatever your poison and visit Ed Meredith’s work. Buy a gift. Buy yourself a treat. Or just enjoy – but please click below and enjoy!

Ed Meredith Artworks

Or visit his website – it’s a real treat for the eyes.

Ed Meredith Personal Artist Website and Contact

Have a safe and happy weekend,
Zeana Romanovna

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Mandala Art – Mandalas Interest Me!

For quite some time now I have been experimenting with Mandala art. In some instances I’m successful, in others the delete button comes as a best friend. Just recently I decided to try and do some Mandalas in Adobe Illustrator. I don’t know how successful I will be, but I feel the results will me far more intricate that what I am currently getting.

Whilst I like this one, I want even more intricacy – although other people like it, I believe I can do better.

This is one I really do like, but I often wonder if I have taken the modern side of a Mandala tradition a little too modern! Maybe not – I have sold several prints of both on Zazzle.

Certainly not following the ancient tradition in the slightest, I veered from the traditional circular format on several occasions.

Rectangular format.

I love creating these but want so badly to take them much further. Not everything comes easy despite being highly creative and sometimes is good to share the “not so easy” parts of our art.

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For The Love Of My Mother

For The Beauty Of Her Heart

A Rose For My Mother who lost her battle to cancer 15/8/2011 after a 20 year battle. I still cannot come to terms with the loss of her and seeing all the Mother’s Days things and art makes it worse, so my sister suggested I put my energy and feelings for my Mother into my art – hence “the beauty of her”.

With Love………Always.

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Explorations Of Color – Bright and Bold

Most people know that I have had an artistic block that lasted quite a time, and in part I still struggle with it. However, in “suffering” the block, and artists really do suffer when creativity doesn’t flow easily, I stayed within fairly safe borders for a time and only worked on unfinished works or reworked old oil paintings I had either sold or completed.

In doing so I noticed something. Most of my work was getting bolder in color and more vibrant. I have no reason as to why as I was always a rather sedate creative when it came to color and use of color theory.

I also took to using my old master’s art reproductions painted lovingly under a zoom magnifying glass so as to catch as many brush strokes as I could and instead of posting them for sale – I reworked them into new works. I honestly love doing this and it is also my way of attributing and bringing attention to the Old Master’s works. Too often we all stray from the purity that was. It’s also pleasant, at least to me and some other artists, to see the works slightly modernized.

Despite all that, I have also done a few works from scratch, which shows me that my muse may be returning. For how long he will stay, no one knows. But I enjoy him whilst he is here.

My own creation of an abstract garden.

Red Lady is dedicated to all women – here is a verse with the work if you click the image and read it.

The Famous “Kiss” reworked.

Field of Desire is where the woman depicted comes from the famous painting of Frederic Leighton’s called Flaming June. I saw her in a different light. I hope Mr Leighton would approve!

Finally, The Girl With A Pearl Earring By Vermeer – My favorite work ever, I dared to touch.

Now she sits surrounded by Autumn Leaves shimmering around her face and body.

This and many other things have kept me rather busy, but happily so.

Have a pleasant weekend, and please check out my artwork.

Romanovna Fine Art

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Red Lady Painting

RED LADY PAINTING

Red Lady was painted in 2002 and reworked recently this year into a mixed media version which is more modern in feeling – at least to me. The original lacks the vibrance of the Red Lady and of late I seem to be getting bolder in my art.

Dedicated to All Women -:
Most Beautiful Woman In The World – Ruwaida Van Doorsen

She has no special talent
No special beauty mark
No invention with a patent
No voice of a comely lark

No hourglass physique
No sunbeam likened smile
No lingering mystique
No manicured nails to file

But what she had she flaunted
With the style of a fur- lined stole
With the chic of a runway model
She flashed her beautiful soul.
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Red Lady is for every lady who flashed her soul.

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Passion and The Abstract

Commenced Traditionally with watercolour and acrylic, and then scanned and completed freehand in Studio Artist 4.04 using a Cintiq 24HD came this vibrant and colorful abstract garden full of passionate colors.
I think most of us love color! I tend to either be very subdued or bright and bold, which ever suits my mood at the time, but emotively painting color is something I truly love to do, and then I hope my viewers see something as lovely as I felt whilst working.
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Poem – Anon

You have planted a seed in the secret garden of my soul, that I will water everyday and give it love to grow.

I will nurture it and take care to give it all that it needs, and grow a symbol of our love from this sacred seed.

As I watch it blossom I think of you here with me, and dream of the blessed day when together we shall be.

If you are ever lonely or sad and blue, step into our secret garden where I wait for you.

Come share in the splendor that our love has grown, and in my arms by this rose let our secret be known.

Passionate Garden Abstract Print

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Autumn Impressionism

When Autumn Leaves Fall

I paint or photograph autumn so much that I often am lost for words as to what to say about a work and it’s content – most of the time the artwork is inspired by something I really enjoy and autumn – fall are one of those something’s, so I’ll leave the painting with the beautiful words of a famous song most will know in both french and english, because I usually sang it in french.

Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves drift by the window

The autumn leaves of red and gold

I see your lips, the summer kisses

The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long

And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song

But I miss you most of all my darling

When autumn leaves start to fall

C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble

Toi tu m’aimais et je t’aimais

Nous vivions tous, les deux ensemble

Toi que m’aimais moi qui t’aimais

Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment

Tout doucement sans faire de bruit

Et la mer efface sur le sable les pas des amants désunis

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Leah Saulnier : Special Featured Artist

Leah Saulnier : Special Featured Artist

Leah Saulnier calls herself the “Painting Maniac”, and for quite good reason. She’s clearly deep into her creative process most of the time, and even when in that process the results of her work reveal a mind that is as unique as anyone could imagine.

From her biography I learnt much about Leah Saulnier, “BECAUSE THEY CAPTURE SCENES EMBEDDED WITH PROFOUND MEANINGS, MIRTHFUL MEANDERINGS AND UNTOLD STORIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE DEPICTED WITH A WINK, LEAH SAULNIER HAS BEEN TOLD THAT HER PAINTINGS HAVE THE FEEL OF FAR SIDE MEETING NORMAN ROCKWELL.”

Please take your mind out of the gutter – this is not what it appears

“SHE CONSIDERS HERSELF A SURREALIST PAINTER WITH INFLUENCES FROM MANY OTHER GENRES. SHE ALSO SEES HERSELF AS A WRITER-BY-PAINT WHO IS OCCASIONALLY INFLUENCED BY SUCH WIDELY FAVORED AUTHORS AS O. HENRY, SHIRLEY JACKSON, LEWIS CARROLL, TO NAME BUT A FEW. HER ART IS LACED WITH EXPRESSIONS OF HUMOR, HINTS OF THE MACABRE AND ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE. ALSO IN HER WORKS, LOOK FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SEEMINGLY UNRELATED EVENTS, THE CONVERGENCE OF THE ABSURD WITH THE RATIONAL, THE ROLE OF MACHINES IN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE, THE CURIOUS APPEARANCE OF ANIMALS IN UNUSUAL SURROUNDINGS. “

Surreal? Maybe. Or maybe you have no elephants in your rooms.

I love Leah’s interpretation of Hitchcocks movie “the birds” – the movie always gives me the shivers but Leah’s work makes me see the hillarious side!

Well, don’t you have a frog in a jar???

See if you can work this one out!

Don’t we all know someone like this when driving? Notice I did not say a “man”

I never knew she painted me. HMmmm!

“SAULNIER, BORN AND RAISED IN THE WEST SUBURBS OF CHICAGO
AND THE DAUGHTER OF AN ARTIST-MUSICIAN COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF STORYTELLERS. THIS HERITAGE SHOWS IN HER ART.

SAULNIER HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO SINCE 1992 WHEN SHE FOLLOWED HER PARENTS TO THE CITY DIFFERENT TO HELP RUN A FAMILY BUSINESS. CURRENTLY SHE PAINTS FULL TIME IN A RELAXED COUNTRY SETTING THAT GIVES HER A DIRECT VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS. “

Yes, even fruit protects its young. Well, in Leah’s world it does!

A Horny Tree. Or better known as a Horned Melon.

Mechanic in your family? Here’s a gift!

Sweet Potato – and Cute.

WTF? Leah’s title, not mine

I love this one – oh my, I adore all of Leah’s art!

This last work I chose for a special reason -:

Leah has had a terrible tragedy strike in her life and I have no right to go into details, but she needs all the help she can get, but I suspect that sometimes she wants to go back to her childhood and escape some of the world’s horrors – I would if I were her.

I am asking anyone with a little heart to please retweet this, G+ it, post it on facebook, or if you are so inclined and adore Leah Saulnier’s works – buy a card or print. You have no idea you will touch her heart and ease some of her burdens.

Visit Leah Saulniers Portfolio and Print Site by Clicking below.
Leah Saulnier The Painting Maniac

I would give almost anything to have this brilliant woman’s imagination!

Please share - YOU make a difference.

Romanovna Fine Art

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Free Downloadable Textures – Backgrounds – Materials

All free downloadable textures for many different artistic needs. Each are high resolution and I’m sure there is something for almost everyone. Downloads are not watermarked – that is just site wide for other image protection.

The above is actually transparent rust – but doesn’t show as such until you download it.

All freebies can be found here -:

Free Textures and Backgrounds

Have fun!

Romanovna Fine Art

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Silence Is Beautiful

This is a very modern artwork based very loosely on a still life by Abbott Handerson Thayer. For a time now I have suffered quite an artistic block, and yet whilst looking through some works of old master’s images I had paid rights to use I selected an image that appealed to me, but I had to make it my own, despite that I still give great attribution to Abbott Handerson Thayer.

I painted this very loosely in watered down acrylics and pastels, scanned it and worked a great deal in digital effects hoping to create something soft, warm, modern and yet still hold an old world charm. The pastel colors and tones are very
deliberate. I hope someone other than I enjoys this work.

Zeana

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Ed Meredith : Featured Artist

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Mandala Art – Mandalas Interest Me!

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For The Love Of My Mother

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Explorations Of Color – Bright and Bold

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Red Lady Painting

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Passion and The Abstract

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Autumn Impressionism

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Free Downloadable Textures – Backgrounds – Materials

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Silence Is Beautiful

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