Laurelle Cidoncha Fine Art

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My first peony painting👩🏻‍🎨🎨

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I know this place intimately, the lovely shore of La Jolla, California. Here I'm sitting on what's known as La Jolla Point above the cove looking at the twinkling night lights in the hills. There's times of the year when the moment the sun sets behind you the moon begins to rise, and truly it's magical. “Moonrise La Jolla,” oil, 8x8” Available via bio link "I am thinking of sitting out on the sand to watch the moon rise. It’s full tonight. So we go and the moon rises, so beautiful it makes me shudder, makes me think about time and space, makes me take measure of myself: one iota pondering heaven. Thus we sit, myself thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s perfect beauty and also, oh! how rich it is to love the world." Mary Oliver https://www.instagram.com/p/Cofh6amL1iR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“If Only,” oil on linen, 8x8 in.

Painted Rosie’s portrait alla prima, directly in one session.

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“Spanish Village,” on Arches paper, 7.5x5.5 in.

You can't find this village on a map or actually walk its streets. It's a compilation in my mind of the many I have seen over the last so many years, the quintessential "aldea éspañol," white-washed small villages where you find tranquility and history and a bit of magic.

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“Rose Étude,” watercolor on Arches paper, 7.5x5.5 in. Available via link "Imagination is the air of mind." Philip James Bailey https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj83lBrrjE8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Snowdrops in Delft,” watercolor on Arches paper, 7.5x5.5 in. Available thru bio link https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjvair1I_3y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Playing with watercolor today “Because watercolor actually moves on the paper, it is the most active of all mediums, almost a performance art.” Nita Engle “Arrangement in Blue,” 7.5x5.5 in. $40 link in bio https://www.instagram.com/p/CjqQDbzIjce/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The “encanto” of her inner and barely visible outer smile, slight tilt of her head as she rested in her hand…inspired me to attempt those in 🎨 paint. “In thought,” oil on board, 12x12 in. https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGE-D4jU1y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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“Alyona,” oil on board, 8x8 in.

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Portraiture is this moment’s passion, painting more fearlessly and expressively, hoping to capture beautiful Alyona Savin👩🏻‍🎨❤️

Oil on board, 8x8 in. Available on my website https://www.laurellecidoncha.com

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Alla prima portrait today using a limited palette of red, blue, yellow, raw umber, white. 👩🏻‍🎨🤸‍♀️

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“It interests me tremendously to make copies…I started it by chance and I find it teaches me things.” Vincent Van Gogh My copy of “Roses 1890 after Vincent Van Gogh,” 55x46 cm., oil on linen Available thru my bio link https://www.instagram.com/p/CejO6-oI8v3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Our world is so chaotic at the moment, and I find that time and again I return to the theme of personal stillness.

This is my most recent painting, “Boundless Sea,” oil, 12x12 in.

You can see this painting and more at https://www.laurellecidoncha.com