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    Yoga Paint Part 2 – Dancer’s Pose – Natarajasana


    2015 - 01.26

    Yoga Series Continued…

    Dancer’s Pose – Natarajasana – 12″ x 36″ x 1.5″

    This was a 6 part  yoga painting – Step 1) Gesso the canvas black – Step 2) Resin over the canvas was a black tinted resin – Step 3) Mark exactly where the pose would be painted – Step 4) Sand the area to be painted – Step 5) Apply clear gesso to sanded area – Steph 6) Paint Pose

    The painting was completed using just a palette knife. The pose has a nice thick texture that was accomplished by the use of modeling paste added to the acrylic paint.

    In the first picture, you can see that the resined black background gives a mirror effect, reflecting whatever is in front of the canvas. It has a glass-like top finish, and the pose has a non-reflective matte finish.

    The second picture shows how the reflection moves as you move, showing off the matte finish pose.

    The last picture is a detail shot of the palette knife work.

    Click on photos to view larger.

    Dancer's Pose Yoga - Natarajasana Untitled IMG_9663

    I hope you all enjoy! Being able to be creative really brings a joy to my soul, and a smile to my face! I hope it does the same for you :)

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    Xo Alexis

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    Come see this painting in person! It will be on display as I paint for Third On Canvas Feb. 9 & 10

    **Painting is available for purchase. Please contact me if interested at alexis.m.martinez@gmail.com**

    The Yoga Series


    2015 - 01.10

    The time has FINALLY come!!

    I am so very excited to release my newest series: The Yoga Series!

    I have been working on these since early September 2014, and I love how they turned out!

    Using only palette knives, the yoga painting series contains 3 inverted yoga poses: 1) Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana  or One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose 2) Sayanasa with scorpion variation and 3)  Handstand or Adho Mukha Vrksasana with Stag Legs variation

    The 3 yoga paintings are all done in acrylic paint, mixed with a flexible modeling paste to give the thick rich texture, and they are all 30″ x 40″ on a 1.5″ thick gallery wrapped canvas.

    I hope you all enjoy!!Yoga Painting Series
     Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana  or One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose
     Sayanasa with scorpion variation

     

     

    Handstand or Adho Mukha Vrksasana with Stag Legs variation

     

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    Xo Alexis

    Peter Pan Painting – “I Won’t Grow Up”


    2015 - 01.04

    Oooooooh I just LOVED creating this custom Peter Pan painting!!! I created this for Angie over at Angie’s Pop Up Shop for her youngest one. He loves the new Peter Pan Live, and I wanted to bring the bright colors into the painting. Here is “I Won’t Grow Up” – 12″ x 12″ on loose canvas – Showing Peter Pan and Tinkerbell flying around Captain Hook’s ship in Pirate’s Cove.

    Peter Pan Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    P.S If you are looking for the CUTEST clothes for your little ones, do yourself a favor and click on this link to Angie’s shop –> Angie’s Pop Up Shop!

    Handpainted Custom Stationery


    2015 - 01.04

    Who doesn’t love hand painted stationery?  These made great holiday gifts and stocking stuffer! Add an extra special touch by personalizing them! 

    Custom Stationery

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    Grandfather Mountain NC Painting


    2015 - 01.04

    Here is my latest commissioned painting! 16″ x 20″ acrylics on canvas -“North Carolina Summer Loves” is a North Carolina based painting with a combination of Grandfather Mountain, Hound Ears Golf Club and Roan Mountain -which is the Rhododendron flowers on the bottom.

    Grandfather Mountain Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    “Golden Glades” – Everglades Painting


    2015 - 01.04

    “Golden Glades” is an 8″ x 16″ acrylics on canvas Everglades Painting that I did for my great friend Sarah and her husband Timmy! They wanted a painting of the Everglades at sunset, showing the waterways. Here is how it turned out!

    Everglades Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    Underwater Wahoo Painting – Fishing Boat Painting


    2014 - 03.14

    Happy Friday, everyone!!

    Here is the latest underwater wahoo painting!

    The client wanted to get this painting for her husband as a birthday gift. She wanted to incorporate the charter boat that her husbands grandpa once owned in Fort Myers Beach, FL. She also said that her husband loved to catch wahoo. With those ideas in mind, this is what I created for them. :)

    Underwater Wahoo Painting Underwater Wahoo Painting Underwater Wahoo Painting Underwater Wahoo Painting Underwater Wahoo Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    “One Happy Island” – Aruba Painting


    2014 - 03.11

    How great is this: Did you see my previous post on the Allure 8901 Wedding dress a husband bought his wife for their 1 year wedding anniversary? WELL, the wife contacted me 1 hour after him, saying that she would like to get HIM a painting for their 1 year wedding anniversary…without knowing that he was getting her one too! I believe that this is an example of true soul mates!

    They had gone to Aruba for their honeymoon, and Gia, the wife, wanted to incorporate some special memories from Aruba into a split-view painting- The Giwi Tress, Black Stone Beach, the shipwreck that they dove, and a hidden “G+W”.

    Here are the results!

    One Happy Island - Aruba Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    Black and White Lily Painting


    2013 - 05.25

    My mother just finished remodeling her house, and wanted a new focal point for above the sofa in the living room.

    She found a photo of some black and white calla lilies, and asked me to recreate it for her onto a canvas.

    Here is the finished Acrylic White Calla Lily Painting – 30″ x 48″ x 1.5″

    White Calla Lily Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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    Copper Leaf Painting


    2013 - 05.24

    Hi! A great season customer of Enzo’s Italian Restaurant, who lives in Copperleaf in Bonita Springs, wanted some copper leaves painted for this home there. He found three leaves one day, and sent me the photo to create into a painting for him. This painting is done in metallic and iridescent paint, so it changes tones as you walk around the painting. We decided on the teal and copper colors since they compliment each other.

    “Copperleaf” – 24″ x 36″ on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

    Copper Leaf Painting

    Enjoy!

    Xo

    Alexis

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