Painting “woman – nature”

I find my self painting all the time. These days starting to work on a new exhibition that will take place at the “Container” -  From May 1st to 21st. Join me on Facebook to stay updated.
These magical large women combined with trees and whimsical landscapes, started to appear in my paintings after my baby girl was born, they have big colorful dresses, they may look pregnant, and there is something magical going on in their big bellies… I’m sure motherhood took over my creative mind, and I enjoy it so much! New images come to my mind the moment I close my eyes, I am very grateful for that. My red tree painting is also part of this big thing, the canvas prints reproduced from it seem to be a bestseller…

Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/DachaStudio

Colorful landscape with sky

Colorful landsape art by Dina Argov

Thanks to teaching I find myself  creating all the time. The excitement of painting is coming to life in me when I sleep. I love the process and hope my art brings joy to more people.

Spring time in the valley – Acrylic on canvas

Spring time in the valley Dina Argov Art Painting

Title: Spring time in the valey   -  Acrylic on canvas, imaginary landscape painted with painters knife – thick color layers.

16/12 inch
30/40 cm

I ship worldwide!

My Facebook Fan page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dina-Argov-Online-Art-Gallery/122503804456607

My Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/DinaArgov

Even better – one word

After writing about writing only for a little while, without images, I thought about taking it one step forward. Instead of an image, I’ll use one word only. The one word for post will try to describe my whole situation in this time of my creative process.

Here is today’s word:

Equilibrium

Art, Craft, Life

This is the first post without a picture. I think a lot about what I do with my art, style, work, job etc. “I think a lot” is the main issue. So here is the first post with just thoughts. I discover that time is a main aspect in everything I do. I love finding amazing images. I love making new images, or re-making old ones. I love new ideas popping in my head, becoming real or just fading away. When I try to do everything all at once, I see that just thinking is something my mind just can’t be without. So, an idea just came to me right now, while writing. A new challenge for this blog. Write only thoughts for one month. And only then start writing with my images. SO here it goes. Keep up.

Do you collect anything? From the interview on “Anniedees” blog

A link to Anniedees blog

Love Letters by Dina

Here is my favorite question from the interview:

Do you collect anything?
Oh yes. Many things:

1. Leaves & branches
I live in a small village in Israel, not far from Caesarea. My studio is at home, with a big window to my back yard. From time to time I go outside with my baby, and pick up interesting leaves, branches or stones that look interesting to me and I would make something with them later.

2. Old photographs from flea shops
My mother lives in Berlin, so I visit her from time to time. She is a tour guide, and I go with her sometimes. One time she showed me an antique & secondhand old stuff shop. Since then every time I come back I go to the big box of old photographs, and start digging in. Every time I buy about 5-9 pictures that look unique to me – like a Treasury. I collect them in a special album, they take me to another place in space & time.

3. Furniture from sides of the road
Well, you can also call it junk. This is how my husband calls it. But a big part of our house is actually furnished with these. I love this eclectic feeling. Actually the top of my work table in my studio was collected from the garbage in Jerusalem.

4. Textures
I take pictures of interesting textures I find mostly in nature. My camera is my favorite collecting tool…

READ MORE

Lucky squares, art in miniature size

Miniature acrylic painting

Art doesn’t have to be big, expensive, in a museum or in a big art collection. As I see things, the small creative expressions in my life are the most interesting part for me. Not the big projects, but a tiny though that finds it’s way into my fingers and out to the canvas. The series of the “Lucky squares” is something I started just because I liked the format. I bought these small canvases in one of my visits to Berlin, and they lay here for a long time before they became useful. I paint on them without too much planning, I just catch one visual idea and paint. The tiny size adds magic to it, the painting becomes an object – holdable… The name “Lucky squares” came from a friend of mine, who reacted to these paintings like they were a precious finding. She told me that when she was a child, there was a common belief that if you find a square stone it will bring you luck. So I called these tiny art pieces “Lucky squares”. Their size is 2 inches square, (5 cm square), originally painted by me, covered with glossy varnish, signed. Available at my Etsy shop.

My wedding portraits are featured on Christian Brides Blog

Wedding gift - portrait of a couple

Something old - my new shop with letter designs on magnets and other goods

Dear Annie wrote in her blog:

“Wedding portrait painting has become a lost art in this culture of digital photography, but many young couples and their families desire a wedding portrait that will be passed down to children and grandchildren in the form of a vivid, painted masterpiece. Today I want to introduce you to an artist with a rich appreciation for symbolism as well as an incredible talent for realistic representation in her custom wedding and portrait paintings and sketches. Dina Argov comes from a family of artistic talent and tells stories about her time spent as a little girl in Russia, sketching under the table while her mother painted folk art for tourists. Now Dina is married and has her own little girl. She lives in Israel, and spends her days painting heirloom masterpieces that represent the purity and joy of a godly marriage. If you’d like to contact Dina for a custom request or take a look at more of her artwork, go to the Dacha Studo on Etsy. Also, don’t forget to tour the Weddings Section of her studio!”

You can read the full interview in here.

Peru images – a series of paintings with oil pastels

Piranha fish oil pastels painting

Dog and pig -oil pastels painting

I almost finished my Peru oil pastels paintings series. I have scanned and printed them on A4 heavy wight paper and it looks great. All prints available on my Etsy shop.

A year after traveling in Peru, I finally painted this series. Meanwhile I finished my degree, I moved to the country side and had a baby… So, I’ve been processing. These images were chosen from hundreds of pictures I took while traveling, you can see it here on my flickr. When time will come I’ll print some of the photographs for sale too. But now I’ll just focus on painting. This trip was very inspiring in many ways, and as someone I don’t remember his name said (and then I changed it to what I want to say): “The thing with traveling is not having new things to see, but having new eyes”.

Old dog by the pool - A4 print repeoduced from oil pastels painting

Love in black & white (bizarre birds and flying eggs)

Well, sometimes I take a break from reality and it’s images. Actually I like it a lot. After painting a lot of realistic portraits and landscapes, this black & white series came to my imagination. I have already painted (or should I say draw?) 5 in this series, and the one above is made specially for Valentine’s day for my Etsy shop. I paint them with archival ink markers on A4 size old paper I found in my drawer. I have time to paint it after my baby goes to sleep, and I really enjoy it. I don’t plan, I just keep the same pattern (shape wise), and all the rest can change. I see that animals take big place in these images, but I also have one with aliens… A4 prints are available, and also 4/6 inch small prints (can serve as greeting cards:). I am always looking for inspiration, so if you like you can drop me a line and show me something interesting.

My Facebook fan page

My twitter

All rights reserved. If you want to use any of the content please contact me.