Posts in 2024
Medieval Triple Bud

In this picture I combined two medieval foliage artifacts found in a public domain book by James Colling. They are described as “triple buds” in the book. I also love the presence of Mooka tendrils sprouting from the branch. Shaded and colored with Inktense and Pitt Artist Brush pens.

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Lisbon Mosteiro Tiles

Last April I had a family reunion in Lisbon and as part of our trip we visited the stunning Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, built in the 15th century in the Portuguese Gothic Manueline architectural style. As most Portuguese historic buildings, it was full of beautiful painted tile panels (azulejos). This picture is inspired on one such panel. I included some “Found Flowers” to replace the center decoration and changed the color palette. Shaded and colored with Inktense and Pitt Artist Brush pens.

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Alhambra in color

One of the most beautiful historic places in the world has to be the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. This piece is inspired not by any one particular panel, but just the overall look as I was scrolling through my pictures of that place. Using my new favorite palette with blue/greens and oranges, using inktense and pitt brush pens.

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2024Eni Okencoloring, Alhambra
Pasadena Deco

Last week I was driving around Pasadena, CA and saw the most beautiful ornamental pattern on a building facade that served as inspiration for this picture. I can only guess that it is Art Deco due to the lines and style, and since Pasadena does have some fine examples of that period. Drawn using Inktense paint pads and Pitt brush pens with a waterbrush.

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LaQuinta

In this picture I mixed a tangle with some history: the leafy tangle is Laquinta (my own) combined with a Romanesque fragment on the lower right corner. I used Laquinta sprouting from a wavy ogee curve, climbing like a vine and turning around the corner. Again, tangled with inktense and pitt artist brush pens.

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Double Guilloche

I continue my exploration of historic ornament and fragments, using this blue/green/ochre palette. This pattern - sometimes referred to as "Double Guilloche” - can be found in ancient Egypt, Assyria, Greece and ancient Rome. I also found a similar but not identical tangle called Tuly (Carmen Muniz Real). Tangled using Inktense paint pads and Pitt brush pens with a waterbrush.

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Blue Green Postcard

Finally managed to get something done in a different color palette! This is inspired by a photo I took of the Pantages theatre here in Los Angeles, I extracted a string with some large triangular points. Inside I added Crescent Moon, outside Moonpie on a path and some tiny Opus. Tangled using Inktense paint pads and Pitt brush pens with a waterbrush.

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Moonpie Betweed

Starting a new series of rectangular postcards in color. These seem similar to the Journal Tiles I’ve been making but they are actually made in a completely different way, tangling with inks using a waterbrush. This forces me to work extremely large, something quite unusual for me and yet here is still tons of room for tiny tangling and hatching.

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Knotted Mandala

Another mandala: I used some overlapping knotted ribbons according to the samples I played with before, and it was fun - took me two whole days to finish the 8x8 inch picture. This is probably the last one I’ll make for a while, I’m utterly mandala’d out :-) But I can’t promise.

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