New Mexico

Stardust

Silk painting session with lovely Indonesian ladies

In Memory of Snow, a lost puppy

Myanmar puppies

I dedicate this painting to puppies who lost their mothers because of street poisoning and to salute the  new Myanmar government who has publicly agreed to end killing of street dogs. 

Inle Lake

It has been almost two years since I painted last. An addition in our family has a lot to do with it, but when I decided to paint again - during his sleeping hours - I cannot not put him in the picture. He has been a part of my life, my thought and he is such an inspiration. His energy, cuteness is irresistible; his laughter always fills our home and warms our heart.

This painting is made for our dear friend, Kanthan, whom we spent a lot of time with during our stay in Myanmar. He has relocated and we miss him so much. It takes a special person like that to make me dug my cabinet, pick the right silk and play again with brushes and paints.

Inle Lake is magical. It is about a landscape and culture that are so unique and it has not changed much for many generations. It struck me a lot while I am painting this idyllic looking village as the perception of beauty from an outsider like myself is actually poverty and hardship for people living there. It is a sad reality. 

Early winter in St. Paul Minnesota

Painted on silk with salt and alcohol technique.

More mural paintings

Mural paintings in a Vietnamese Restaurant by Anita & Thynal

A boy and buffalo
Anita with Etsuko and Yunmi



Street vendor



Nap time (Thynal, my partner for this project)

Sunset in Vietnam

Art students from Takeo province

Talents from Takeo

Talents from Takeo province

Sunday afternoon

What a nice quiet Sunday afternoon in Phnom Penh, painting with all my doggies sleeping around me. I am preparing a few pieces that will be on sale in the shop at St. 240 that will open soon.

Progress

Some progress

Tips: You can save paints when you do multiple projects.

Five projects in pipeline

It has never been easy to start painting again after a long pause. So when I managed to cut silk and put them on the frames, there's a sense of accomplishment already. Some of them are treated by alcohol and now waiting to dry. I'll paint a scenery of a countryside in Tuscany, abstract ocean scenery, a house in St. Paul, self-potrait and finish a fish painting that was started a few months ago.

Some oil paintings

A lady who cleans the inner year near our apartment in Yerevan, painted in 2002



Selling bread near a monastery in Armenia, painted in 2003

Silk painting class

Painting a house

Stone painting

Orange fish