Marina Dieul

I stumbled upon this Marina Dieul when I was searching through blogs. I could not believe how talented she is! Her work is completely amazing. I can only hope one day that I will be as great as this. Since I really want to get into portraits, I figure this is great work to look at in order to get inspired. Her sense of light is amazing and I can't believe how realistic her work is. To find out more and to view more work, here are a couple websites to look at:

Marina Dieul Website

Marina Dieul on Blogspot

El Museo!

I recently entered two of my pieces in a local art show at El Museo. It was a community show for all ages. There were a couple different categories to enter in order to win prizes. A couple of well know people in the art district were judges for the show and...I recieved FIRST PLACE for my oil painting! I was beyond excited and still can't believe it. I'm very proud of my painting and can't wait to create more work! Many people commented on how well they thought I did on my piece and it's really pushing me to do a lot more.

Edward Hopper

I found Edward Hopper's paintings to be very inspirational. I love the way he communicates his thoughts through his paintings. I also connected his work with mine. I really like the buildings and houses that he painted because I've been getting into that myself. They all have individual stories behind them even though they are such simple scenes. His figure work is also super inspirational to me. I really want to improve my skills with figures and his scenes show me that I can do both figure work and buildings combined. Here's a link if you'd like to check out more pictures and information: Edward Hopper


"Nighthawks"