Places of Peace

Places of Peace - 9 x 12 - Oil on Canvas

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Jason painted this from a picture I sent, he painted one of 

my secret places of peace here in Finland. 

A perfect painting for any occasion. 

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Pascale Mark

Portrait of a very special little dog

Bonbon - 9 x 12 - Oil on Canvas

Portraits of the older generation

Thoughts of an old man 

While I'm putting them on the page, I wonder what that person is like. What they've done, what they've seen, what they've endured.
What they did during the hard times and the good times.
As I develop the features, the realization comes that the story of their lives is reflected in their faces, in their eyes.
All of it makes a portrait to remember them by, a portrait of who they are.





14 x 17 Graphite on Bristol

    

                                     Helping Hands                                                   Times of Need

                             14 x 17 Graphite on Bristol                                14 x 17 Graphite on Bristol

Tears of a king

One of my long time students wanted to paint a special project. So I said, "Pick anything you like!" A week had passed, and I wondered if he forgot about it. Then he presented my with a page torn out of a magazine. I began reading it. And he took it out of my hand and turned it over. A lion. We had not painted animals in class. And then it dawned on me that for the exception of a dog being held in a portrait, I had not painted animals -- at all. So I stalled a bit. My student reminded me that I did say, "anything." So we began, and this is the result. I wish I knew the original photographer to proper credit, it's a spectacular lion.

18"x24" Oil on canvas

The Wave Collection Series II

 

The ocean has always attracted me. There is a mystique about it: a calming, reassuring effect it has on me. There's also the fickle side: its enormous power and beauty in its movement. The longer people look at the waves, the more they see something. Perhaps it is the colors, maybe it is the sculptural or textural effects that attract. Others sense masculine and feminine traits. And, for some, the longer they look, the more they feel the movement of the wave... of the ocean itself. That's what I've strived to capture in this collection.
Take a look for yourself and tell me what you feel.

Oil on canvas 20,5x15,5cm