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HOT AIR BALLOONS – ISLAND OF ANTIGUA
20210622 By Vasanthi This painting of hot air balloons by Dr. Beena is such a pleasure to admire and take a trip with. Her subtle use of earthy tones on a journey to explore freedom is so enchanting. From childhood I had always wanted to feel the freedom of attaching wings to myself and viewing…
GRAB THE MOMENT OR LET IT PASS
GRAB THAT MOMENT OR LET IT PASS
20210617 by DrBeena For coffee lovers this is for you. The painting above is a cup of coffee. Do you believe that? I don’t. I kept asking my Art teacher as to how I should look at it and say it’s a cup of coffee. Anyway, I will leave that to you to imagine. After…
IMPERFECTIONS
20210610 by DrBeena Why are we riveted by imperfections? In the painting of the bird above that I painted from a picture that a friend sent to me, I was unaware of my mistakes till I watched the tutorials by John Muir Laws. In his tutorials, he explains why it is crucial to understand the…
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NEGATIVE PAINTING
Now isn’t that a bizarre word for something creative. Many of my friends including me could not fathom why that word is used ☹. However, I have reflected on that word for a while now since I did paint a couple of negative art. They gave me tremendous amount of peace while I was doing…
SURREALIST ART
Surrealism art Beena I began dabbling in art starting with acrylic painting sometime last year during the start of lockdown in 2020. It began as a way to spend my time. Being a new skill, I found I needed to focus and to me this was akin to meditation. Of course, for serious meditators it…
ISLAND OF ANTIGUA
