Purple Hyacinth Impasto oil painting

Purple Hyacinth Impasto oil painting

My friend gave me a lovely hyacinth plant for my birthday and I was inspired to paint her! I can still smell that awesome fragrance! Thanks, Tere!

Dimenson: 14x7x.75" gallery wrap canvas 

Media: Oils 

To see Purple Hyacinth in my etsy shop, click here.

Navy and Fuchsia Hyacinth

We all have favorite customers we like to deal with or in my case, "collectors" when we make art. Some people are a pleasure to work with and you want to do your best for them and strive to make them happy, others-not so much.

I'm lucky in that most of my repeat collectors, are great. One of my favorites is Ileana (and her sister). She recently asked me to make two hyacinth paintings fashioned after little aceo's I have in my etsy shop.

So I've been working on this commission recently. These two 8x10's are the result of her input. She specified the colors that will co-ordinate with the room she's decorating in her new home. Using the palette knife and swirling the oil paints on thick kind of reminded me of decorating a cake with frosting!  I really love the results but most importantly, so did Ileana!

Thank you, Ileana. I hope they put a smile on your face whenever you glance their way.

If you see something in my shop that you would like in a different size, color, etc., please contact me at msr107@gmail.com.

  

Pink-Plum Hyacinth Original Oil

Copyright 2010 by Maria Soto Robbins

This painting was done at the request of a collector who had seen my little aceo Pink Hyacinth and loved it but the size was all wrong. Sometimes it's easy enough to take the theme from a little 2.5x3.5 aceo (art card edition original) and enlarge it to what ever size is needed, with the correct orientation. However, in this case, my little aceo was kind of a modernistic, abstract shape of an hyacinth, with heavy impasto. Of course she loved the tones but they didn't match the walls exactly. And she didn't want quiet such a modernistic, abstract painting since the room it's being displayed in is more traditional. She sent along color chips of the colors in the room. This is so helpful, if you're interested in an exact match. I don't mind doing this at all. As a matter of fact, I think it helps with the decision-making aspect of what colors to use, since that decision is made for you by the client. So these are some of the considerations when dealing with a commission.

Dimension: 18x24x.75 gallery wrapped canvas

Media: Oils

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Spring Has Sprung!

Copyright 2010 Maria Soto Robbins

Angel Ray,from MuseSilk Painting blog had a lovely post about Artists in Bloom. One of the featured paintings was my little Yellow Hyacinth Oil Painting ACEO listed on Etsy. Spring has sprung indeed!
Thank you, Angel!

Dimension: 2.5 x 3.5 x 1/8" gessoed masonite

Media: Oils

Please check out my Etsy store to purchase Yellow Hyacinth ACEO and receive a free easel with your purchase!

Purple Hyacinth Oil ACEO

Copyright 2010 Maria Soto Robbins

ACEO stands for Art Card Edition Original, miniature original paintings or prints, a mere 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches in size. They are affordable works of art that can be framed, kept in albums, in your wallet, used as a bookmark, or anywhere you like! ACEO's are a wonderful way to build a collection of art miniatures from a wide range of artists at a fraction of the price of a large-scale original.

This Original Art ACEO's is an original painting. My friend gave me a lovely potted hyacinth and in researching different images, I discovered they come, not only in blues and purples, but yellow, orange and pink as well. They're such a pretty flower!

Size: 2.5x3.5
Media: Oils
Support: Masonite

Please click here to see Purple Hyacinth Original Oil ACEO

Purple Hyacinth Original Oil

Copyright 2010 Maria Soto Robbins

My friend, Tere, just gave me this lovely hyacinth plant for my birhtday. I placed it in a weathered, old copper pot and she looks lovely and smells wonderful! I couldn't resist, I had to paint her!

Dimension: 5x7 gallery wrap canvas

Media: Oils

Please click here for more information about Purple Hyacinth Original Oil painting