out for a stroll,Spain

soft pastels on canson Mi teints paper 13x19in.

Colorful powder for Holi, India

after my photo in India, colorful powder for the religious holiday, Holi.

Soft pastels on canson mi-teintes 18x12in.

Alabaster workers in Luxor, Egypt

soft pastels on Fabriano Tiziano paper 24x18in.From the series People and places.

a squirrel for my friends

pastels and pastel pencils on mat board 14x11in.

some books on my reading table

Impressionist Still life by Eliza E.Rathbone and George T.M. Shackelford,
http://www.amazon.com/Impressionist-Still-Life-Eliza-Rathbone/dp/0810906139

The Art of Pictorial Composition by Louis Wolchonok, New York 1969

THE ART OF COMPOSITION: A Simple Application Of Dynamic Symmetry

Michel Jacobs

Composition and rendering by A.Thornton Bishop, London 1933

The next Grandmaster

soft pastels on canson Mi-teintes paper 24x18in.

My original composition with terracotta warriors, statue of Liberty as Venus of Milo, and skyscrapers on a chess board.

my first ART Show

Between May 18 and Iuly 1, 2011 I am exhibiting  at Showcase gallery, in Santa Ana, California for the first time in an open juried exhibition.This is the video I shot in the gallery. The cats in the window, the masks and the still life with mandolin are my pieces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hW014iwE8U

Hope you enjoy it.

my recognition certificate

I won a special recognition in Nature Art Exhibition – June 2011 | Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

One of my entries won a special recognition.

Nature Art Exhibition – June 2011 Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery