Sandra Di Nardo - Paintings - Fashion

I imagine a pond in my living room where fish swim and play together.  They sleep where the roses grow and they are blessed  because they live on canvas and in my mind.  Just  like us humans who live on this earth and in the Creator's mind at the same time! Acrylic on Canvas 38" diameter

18 x 24 Suzanne Acrylic on Canvas Inspired by Leonard Cohen

The Cat's Ying Rosie Dog's Moon Tuscan Dream Winter Sleep

I spent 57 $ on art supplies of which I used only a fraction to create the gift I gave as Secret Santa.   I received a 50$ gift card from my Secret Santa.   I sold some ear rings this morning for 15$.   This sounds like a math question but it isn’t.   I am just observing how the universe works in my life and how grateful I am for all that it provides me with.   Thank you.   December 18, 2015

  Lucky in Love 12 x 16 Acrylic       Leave it all Behind 12 x 24  Acrylic

 Commitment 14 x 18     Blues Player 14 x 18 Feeling Blue 14 x 18 Persistence 14 x 18

Practicing the Flemmish technique but with acrylics. I love the results

"Vision of Mary Magdeleine Over Lake St. Louis" 18 x 16 Acrylic It is a beautiful summer day by Lake St. Louis in Pointe-Claire.  We are sitting in the sun and some clouds are suspended in the sky right by St. Joachim Church.  Small boulders are lining the waterfront and a woman's hair is blowing in the breeze.  The breeze makes my heart beat everso steadily as it takes in the oxygen.  The fresh air opens the soul and forgiveness washes over the rocks.

Portrait of a Soul on Standby 16 x 20 Acrylic This painting is inspired by Antony Di Nardo's poem of the same title.  Taken from his book "Soul on Standby" Portrait of a Soul on Standby As I sat down to drink a cup of oolong tea on a couch by Vermeer and considered the consequences related to losing a lifetime of unlimited access to a God created in the image of a Plasticine clock I was flattened and left to distinguish the two-dimensional from the mirror Lucian Freud looked into when he said, what could be more surreal than a nose between two eyes? Copyright  © 2010 Antony Di Nardo Di Nardo, Antony.  Soul on Standby . Holstein, ON: Exile Editions, 2010 Want 18 x 14 Acrylic The Water Bearer 12 x 24 Acrylic

Today I had fun with colours and flowers 11 x 18 Acrylic on canvas 

I decided to give my son a painting for Christmas.  Here is a picture of him with his dog which I used as a reference. Final stilll to come

You are invited to visit "Vibrant" at Vivi Vida Art Gallery where I will be showing 4 of my works. Heart's a Flower  14 x 18 Acrylic The Goat and the Calf 14 x 18 Acrylic

ou ADDICTION Acrylic on Canvas 14 x 18 One day in the park I saw a dragonfly.  I wondered; what if it was carrying a woman?  This is the answer that came up.   Addiction :  still being attached by invisible ties.  Although you have let go, unless you are aware of yourself you are still hooked.

14 x 18 Transformation (B) Oil on canvas

Here's another Italy inspired painting while I experiment with iPad.  Is it me or is there a pasta influence in these paintings.  Loved the pasta!!!

Pine Trees Near Rome Created on my iPad

I am working on a surrealist fantasy painting called transformation.  I can't wait to post it! As soon as I finish it I will start a series on Italy.  In May my daughter and I travelled to Rome, Florence and Cinq Terre, Italy.  I was emotionally moved and drunken not with wine (although it was quite good) but with the beauty and light of this country.  During our stay in Rome, our hosts, Rosalba, Fabrizzio and Riccardo were gracious, kind and everso attentive to Sophie's and my needs.  We are both grateful for their hospitality and friendship. What struck me when I arrived in Italy were the elegant tall pine trees seen everywhere. They line the hillsides and the streets with their wonderous height, their twisting and intertwining branches holding  tufts of leaves at the end of their reach, like tall waiters balancing platters above our heads.  They will certainly be part of my next few paintings.  Ciao amic...

This drawing was originally created 9 years ago at  our family chalet in St. Donat using pencil on paper.  After the children caught some fish I cleaned and prepared it for the meal.  As I looked at the remains it inspired me to draw the detail of its texture against the natural backdrop.  Nine years later I pop it into the computer and use my pen and tablet to touch it up.