Beautiful Art of Renilde Wouters

Lately its been such a rare treat to receive a real mail among all the invoices and the junk mail. Recently I was SOOO lucky to receive such a mail from Belgium..

Renilde is an extremly talented artist I am following with great interest for some time. Striking emotions and the colors on her paintings are capturing my imagination. They are wild, they are peaceful..AND I was so lucky to win the latest giveaway of Renilde. She has sent me 2 lovely post cards of her art work and a sweet surprise piece.. Thank you for your generosity dear Renilde..

and please check her wonderful art at her blog: Stroke of the Brush and her etsy shop....

and a personal request::::: please put more of your work to etsy dear Renilde....

Turquoise Painting

I was lazily walking with Hera the other day when I realized that a nearby framing shop is holding a clearence sale. I usually dont find the taste and quality of the paintings on framing shops match mines but on this case I was totally wrong.

I found this wonderful painting among a stock of others.



Well there was a 50% discount and plus I used some of my bargaining skills and it was a real bargain.. Now I put it on our bedroom but soon it will find it real place and will meet with the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. I will take it to our beach house.

The painter Atilla Susoren has a web site. It is written there that he started painting at a later age for therapy. I am glad he did so that we could all see the talented artist in him. Photo is from his website: www.atillasusoren.com

Master Sitki

Whenever I pass thru Kutahya, a city in mid Anatolia, there is a place I have to go. It is the store of a ceramic artist known as Master Sitki. Ceramic tiles used in the decoration of palaces and mosques for centuries in this country. It was a way for artists to express themselves when Islam prohibited most types of painting.

Sitki Usta (usta means master) is the most famous contemprary name in the world of ceramics here and guess what?? he was selected as one of the living human treasures by Unesco. Isnt it cool??? His love to his art led him to resurface the formula of certain colors which have been lost centuries ago.Please take some time an look at his wonderful works at www.sitkiusta.com . He is a real treasure.


As I said I love stopping at his store whenever it is possible. Although most of his works are beyond my budget I like to look around and if possible try to add something to my little collection of animals. This time an alligator came home with me..


And here are some birds from him.


First photo is from here