Character No6
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“Character #6” 1999 © marina kanavaki
Technique: Oil on paper
Original Size: 60x75cm
from M.K. solo exhibition in 1999 at Epohes Gallery: “CHARACTERS”
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Categories: art, characters, concept, oil painting, painting
just finished reading (but no-wear near “understanding”) S. Hawkings’ “Universe in a nutshell”. your painting reminded me of a/the “string” — from “string theory”. a one-dimensional though almost-infinity-in-reach ‘object’. hmmm ….
Il ya de l’âme et de al vie dans ce tableau et c’en est si touchant.
Quel merveilleux commentaire! Merci beaucoup pour vos beaux mots, Sylvain. 🙂
Love it! Beautiful as always my dear Marina!
Also love the carves of that golden strip❤️
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Violet, I am so happy you like this, thank you my dear talented friend! 🙂 xxxx
Love this. Looks 3 dimensional.
Oh, thank you, Sherry!! 🙂
Marina, this so classy and bold on the same time – stunning colors as always. I got my sleeve today and it’s so beautiful. I could see that it was mailed from Germany – they have the post mail system in the world, take ages to get anything from Germany. Love it, slightly too big for my netbook, but I know it will feel very good in the sleeve.
Oh, that’s brilliant! I’m so happy you like it. I’m sure it will do its best to keep your notebook happy and safe! 😉 As for Germany – I thought we were the only ones but apparently you are right – they do own the post system worldwide! Thank you for your kind words on my painting. Have a lovely weekend! 🙂
Crisp and lovely Marina, very Zen-like somehow! Love the paring of yellow with the dark blues.
Oh, thank you, Madhu! The ‘Zen-like’ sounds really nice to my ears! I’m so glad you like this! 🙂
First of all, I wonder how I missed this one … and now I’m wondering about what else I’ve missed! Love it … there’s something that captures me in this one, but I can’t pinpoint it.
Ah, my friend, that is more than enough to me – no need to pinpoint anything! Thank you so much! Happy Wednesday, Frank! 🙂
Thanks … and I checked … thus noted I didn’t miss any!
Elegantly done, great art work, Marina. I like the compositions and the colours too. Strong work.
Thank you very much, my dear Bente! I’m so glad you like it! 🙂
Love the blue .. and the yellow, well now, I am using my imagination here…As the yellow reminds me of some yellow yarn I have used recently in knitting.. it also sent my mind to what I have been painting today.. a mouse’s tail.. 😉 I love the detail on the close ups.. 🙂
Have a Wonderful rest of the week Marina.. I always seem to be late in catching your posts… But I do get here eventually.. 🙂 Much love dear friend
Love Sue xoxox
I saw your lovely mouse [both of them actually!] and loved it!!! I see what you mean about the tail! 😆 You are never late, my dear and thank you! Wishing you also a beautiful and very creative rest of the week, Sue! 🙂 Hugs xxxx
Your amazing!~Love It
Beautiful images
Have a good day ~dear marina
Ah, thank you, KOH – you too have a wonderful day!! 🙂
Thank you so much^^
Marina, I love this – it looks like gold. (I don’t know how I missed this post!) ~xoxo
Awww, Patricia, what a lovely thing to say!!! Thank you! Wishing you a bright, beautiful and joyful week [much like your amazing lily!] 🙂 xxxxx
Hello Marina! I warmly greet you and invite you to see my new photos.
I wish you a successful week.
Greetings and a very successful week to you too, Marko. I will. 🙂
Very Beautiful Abstract – Love it! Great work Marina! All the Best to You, from your friend, Nawfal – I PINTERESTED this one! 🙂
Oh, thank you so much, Nawfal!!!! So very grateful, my friend – mostly for your kindness and support! Have a beautiful new week [I mean it!] 🙂
🙂 You are a good friend; no, you are a GREAT friend, seriously! It is funny, or strange, how we have never met in person, yet, I feel that we have such strong mutual support and I am SO Grateful! Thank you!
and so am I, Nawfal!!!! Very much so! 🙂
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This is quite a mysterious creation, Marina. It makes me think of a dark sea. But is the sinuous strand a source of light; or is it a serpent? V. intriguing.
Tish, what a lovely thought! It could be a portrait / face [the ‘sinuous strand’] swimming in a dark sea of thoughts… Thank you for your beautiful comment! 🙂
Marina that is great sorry I am not around much now a day… love the composition and colours 🙂 xx
Thank you, my dear Doron! 🙂 Keep creating! 😉
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Wow gorgeous work! And the details are just beautiful! I also loved the color combination of yellow and blue!
Thank you, my dear Nandini!! It’s so nice to hear that!! 🙂
Elegance with a twist of golden opulence. Beautiful, Marina!
Elena, you are so kind… thank you! 🙂
I haven’t been around much, but it’s nice to see that your skills haven’t diminished, Marina.
Now that’s a great compliment! Thank you, my dear Robert! 🙂
A line is not just a straight line… It might be also a curve..
Good one, Marina.
Best wishes, Aquileana 🙂
Indeed, or even a face! 😉 Thank you, my dear Aquileana! 🙂 my best wishes to you too! 🙂
I love the brush strokes and the lighting that comes through in the use of color, Marina. I scrolled up and down multiple times in the reader enjoying the different perspectives. This is really beautiful!
Ah, Debra thank you so much! 🙂
That really caught my eye. I love the closeup, the 3-D depth of the yellow form is wonderful.
Thank you, Donna! I’m happy you like it! 🙂
As sophisticated and elegant as the artist herself, kudos M! Your creation is really stunning as always!
Coming from a talented lady as you are, it is greatly appreciated, my dear Aina!!!! Thank you and happy weekend!! 🙂
A lovely composition. I wish I could type more but cannot tonight. Blessings~
Oh, but you have said more than enough and thank you very much for this!!! 🙂 Blessings to you! 🙂
minimalist with a lot of depth!!! superb as always!!!
That’s a great compliment, my dear Nonoy – thank you so much! 🙂
Amazing! This face is for the wonderful animals, I think.
I have been a Veggie since I was 17 and love animals, as you do.
Beautiful art, beautiful blog!
Ah, Resa, I really like your interpretation!
I’m a ‘fresh’ Veggie – only a couple of years [never was keen on meat though anyway] and nearly vegan [I’ll get there eventually]!
Thank you for your beautiful words, my dear!
Have a great weekend! 🙂
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I suspect that this kind of stark, elegant apparent simplicity is incredible difficult to execute. It’s wonderful Marina!
What a lovely thing to say, Gilly! It does take practice and a rather full garbage bin but the ‘final’ one usually comes effortlessly, so much so that even I am surprised! 🙂 Thank you, my dear! xx
Something rather different my dear Marina! Love those blues. xxx
Thank you, my dear Rosa!!! 🙂 xxxx
Just wonderful, Marina! 🙂
Oh, thank you, Mark!!!! 🙂
Great colors, structure and composition, love it:)
Ah, thank you, Linda. I’m so happy to hear that! 🙂
Looks like a face! And like a snake also.
Anyway, I love it!
It is a face indeed [I’m not making it easy – am I?!] I’m very happy you like it, Cha. Thank you, my dear!!! 🙂 xx
I just loove this! So beautiful!
I see Ariana is writing comments already!!! 😉
Thank you sweet Anne! 🙂 xx
Nice. Reminds me (though your style is totally different) of the snake jewels in many of Labisse’s paintings! Thank you.
Brian
Thank you, Brian! That’s very interesting! This is my ‘take’ of a portrait which after years of abstraction it has come down to a line: profile and front of a face, simultaneously. Glad you like it! 🙂
What if…depiction of the “silver cord” that binds body to soul in this life.
Ah, indeed, Gary. I like that ‘what if’! Thank you. 🙂
An Idea + imagination = beautiful art ,the colors and the shape are unique.Jalal
Ah, thank you very much, my dear Jalal for the flattering equation! 🙂
Wonderful Marina, it’s the use of color that draws the eye, with the texture and form shapes that draw the viewer in. Love the composition.
This was such a thick layer of oil to get the texture I wanted, but it’s hard to capture it on a photograph [eventhough it was done by a pro photographer]. I am very glad you like it, Mary! 🙂
I liked this very much. I have completed several pieces similarly. Where one large piece was divided into smaller pieces, which, curiously had an entirely different feel than the first piece. My post today is such a piece. I liked that you let us see the whole process.
Thank you, Noelle. I did see your work and it is beautiful. This is from my exhibition in 1999 titled: Characters as the paintings are ‘portraits’ of different characters – or at least, my version of a portrait. Glad you liked it! 🙂
Interesting pattern, although the gold shape is too snake-like for comfort.
🙂 Thank you, Ronnie! Maybe it’s a portrait of someone who’s not so pleasant… or someone torn between emotions [profile].
Love the color, and the depth and texture within the square.
Very happy to hear that as this is a photograph of the painting and some detail was inevitably lost. Thank you! 🙂
Enough showed through, for sure. Intriguing and beautiful work, Marina.
🙂 Greatly appreciated!!! 🙂
Came back to look again. 🙂 This is just a painting that I could stare at for a long time. Now the yellow looks like a river to me, and it is just so wonderful, Marina. Great work. 🙂
I really like this. The square, the vertical lines and than that wonderful yellow squiggle line. Love the different blues too.
Thank you Katie!