Fantasy landscape

This fantasy landscape was painted using emulsion with a little bit of kid's glitter paint.
The somewhat ramshackled barn is feeling the effects of time but is still quite welcoming.

one-brush style, flowers and fishes

This is my first attempt at one brush painting,

without any practice.

I am trying to persuade a member of our art group

to paint this particular style.

These painting took a couple of minutes each

and I am looking forward to being proficient in this style

and laughing at my first splodges of paint.

The colours of a woman

 Emulsion paint.

Acrylic, the colours of a woman.

The BFG.

MS picture manager auto correct really boosts the colours of my paintings.

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and find easy, fast and efficient ways of working with the issues or little unpleasantness’s in your life.

I am now featuring aspects of my upcoming internet programme to teach Turbo Charged Reading.

Moon Ship

                             Moon Ship, emulsion paint, gold acrylic and space gel.

I found the history that I 'lost' for the schooner below.

My name is Rajan Koshy  Artist & curator of Rice Straw Museum. 
http://www.etsy.com/listing/151122827/cuauhtemoc-sailing-ship-of-mexico
This unique art is in the list of endangered form of leaf art. Less than 100 artists practice this ancient art around the world and I am the only rice straw artist in USA. Rice Straw art is an ancient & endangered leaf art existed many centuries ago but very few people knew about this art, also handfuls of artists still practice this unique, beautiful leaf art. This art originated in the southern tip of India called Kerala & in danger of being extinct. Not many people want to learn this art because they can make better living doing something else.

I learned this leaf art working with some of the masters of this art. I lived with them and learned this art and practice this unique art in Galveston, Texas. Now I to create an awareness of the beauty & uniqueness of this special art. You have to see it to believe they are made out of rice straw ( Dried leaves of rice plant). No color paint or dye added to the natural color of rice straw. All the colors or hues you see in rice straw art is natural colors of rice straw. This art originated before we knew how to make color, paint or dye. The artists selected & sorted out different colored straw, opened it with a sharp tool flattened it out, apply glue ( gum Arabic is the glue used & it is the sap from a tree ) on one side placed it on a cloth or paper and cut with a double edged razor blade. Before the razor blades they used sharp stones to cut the rice straw. Everything used to create rice straw art is natural substances like leaves, rice straw, glue, stones etc. even now the artists use the same techniques as used by the forefathers. No two leaves or leaf art look exactly alike. It origin goes way back in time to hundreds (may be thousands) of years when people didn't know how to make paints, colors or dyes. The shades of rice straw goes from pale brown to golden brown and everything in between. Some work take half hour and some others take weeks to complete. Some work has twenty to thirty pieces of rice straw and some others have three to five thousands of tiny pieces in it. Especially in portraits, each strand of hair is over a dozen tiny pieces of rice straw. 

Suspended Tears.

                                    Suspended tears from my photos of Solomon’s seal.

                                           Tears that could not be shown,

                                           Tears that would never be known.

                                           Solomon the wise,

                                           would he have cried?

                                           Sure thing my love

                                                         he had a heart inside.

She looks through time with love.

Colour? What does it mean to you?

Her eye reminds me of my deceased eldest daughter, the eyebrow does the same for her sister.

This point is important for the next painting I’ll share with you, The lady with eyes. 

In the video below you’ll find Art under the skin – literally. 

I’m a Brit, I’m English from the Mitton / Hardicker family, my birth name is Maureen and my chosen name is M’reen. Working backwards, as a Brit I must contain the heritage of most of the world and that is why her beautiful pale skin goes gradually darker until it represents all the colours underneath what is supposedly apparent. Then I got enthusiastic and added a splash of purple and orange and why not? Some believe in parallel worlds and other dimensions and aliens who might be a glorious purple. Still others are aware of the vibrations and hues and tones that are outside of the awareness of most and these may be an amazing orange. Why limit ourselves and miss out on the vibrant, spectacular and simply quite beautiful world within, part of and around us?