learning to meditate

i listed this painting today that is about learning to meditate for me. let the lace elephants parade on by and parachutes and tigers try to distract me... i'm calm and centered as they pass on by:-) i'm not looking for answers... or "ansfers", just listening to my inner quiet.



i sometimes listen to pema chodron audio tapes in the morning before painting to center myself. painting is also a form of meditation. being present with color, texture, collage and imagery. i like that. i think about what it would be like to visit pema's monastery in nova scotia... it kind of scares me to think about being quiet and meditating for so many hours in a day, but that's probably precisely why it would be good for me!

my meditation painting measures 18 inches by 18 inches painted with acrylic, silk-screen and collage on wood panel that is 1 1/2 inches thick, ready to hang. it's available here!

and in person at our shop sale sunday! you can see the scale (on the bottom left) in this photo below. hope you locals can stop by!
this Sunday, July 11, from 12-5!

We'll have art and prints available at bargain basement prices. And we'll be serving mojitos! We'd love to see you!

H&M's Studio
2498 Harrison St @ 21st

Note: Sunday is *also* Sunday Streets in the Mission! So Harrison will be closed to traffic, which will make for a really beautiful day!

summer sale!

hi friends,

i'm having an in person studio sale this sunday, july 11th from 12-5pm!

Compound 21

2498 A Harrison Street (cross street 21st)

San Francisco, CA 94110

and an on-line sale too! all of my prints are $25 (regularly $35) and sets of prints are $60 and originals are greatly discounted too!

as i'm gearing up for sunday i'm working on completing larger paintings and will hopefully show you their progress the next few as part of my painting a day.

i added a new painting to my etsy shop today that returned from the patagonia show! it measures 10x10 painted with acrylic and collage and is on sale here!

be well,

mati

doily dreams

detail of one of my fave doily paintings

as many of my past students & studio mates can attest, i LOVE spray painting doilies & lace! i remember the summer i discovered the technique through experimenting a few years ago and could not stop spray painting through doilies (i bought a garbage bag full of them at the thrift store!) and other found objects... like a pretty patterned rubber place mat and weird vent thing that had a petaled pattern! once you start looking for inspiration in this department it's everywhere!

here are some more explorations (the 2 on the right are already sold):

silver doily love, measures 4x4 inches on canvas (above)
available HERE

tangerine & the ocean measures 4x4 on canvas
available HERE

i think what i love most about this process is they layering and mystery involved in the outcome!

xoxo
mati

extreme gratitude

sea bloom measures 10x10 and is available here
SOLD

i am feeling extreme gratitude this week for all of the on-line art support from my amazing customers who continue to support my art! thank you. i could not do any of this with out you.

i am very excited that by putting a painting a day out there for just 4 days... that 3 out of the 4 originals have sold! WOW! thank you! it helps me keep going in every way. also every order you've ever made from my etsy shop has meant the world to me. every small magnet order, repeat customer and kind thing you say about how happy and (fill in the blank) having my art in your house touches me deeply.

much love to you all & happy independence day!
xoxoxo
mati

transfor-mati-on

is it just me or do other folks see their names in words? auto-mati-c is another that comes to mind!



to me, today's painting feels like it's about transformation. i've been doing a lot of research on elephants lately for a kid's book i'm trying to write. elephants are symbols for all sorts of luck and especially white elephants. elephants grieve and remember their bones, are matriarchal and they paint! how amazing is that?

butterflies are also symbols of transformation and i find it funny that i truly struggled recently painting butterflies... then it dawned on me that i was having my own painting transformation through out it.

so interpret the painting as you will... it's 8x8 on canvas with a 1 1/2 inch side. it's painted with acrylic, ink and silver leaf and available HERE!

xooxo
mati rose

ps- i'm glad so many of you related to my previous painting of the day. i felt a bit sheepish about listing it because i thought it might be too revealing of my grumpy morning character!

today's painting

"i'm cute, but pissy before coffee".


quite different than yesterday's, eh?

SOLD! this pissy kitty measures 6x6 with acrylic on a wooden panel available here!

XO

a painting every day

hello everyone,

thank you so much for your kind words about my beginning paintings! i've "killed" some of them already with the ugly phase, but so many are coming to life in totally new and unexpected ways.

i've decided to finish a small painting every day & list it in my shop for under $100. i'm excited about this as a practice for me to loosen up and experiment and to offer more affordable work!

i thought this was a good painting to start with as it has the words "grow" in it. which i'm trying to do... and i think especially in painting if you're not trying to do so, you could get very bored!


SOLD

"grow" measures 10x10 with 1 1/2 inch thick sides and is available here!

xxoxo
mati rose