We are carrying a new TV

"We are carrying a new TV" by Andre

Size: 18 x 24 cm

Media: Pastel and ink on paper.

Now also at FB

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Couple of days ago our son got a mood and created an album of our paintings on FB. Practically he did it between two spoons of soup with no spending on it too much time and energy. He said "You don't get a potential of FB" (that's true, we don't get it). We were astonished with immediate wave of reaction. Storm of "likes" almost smashed us, people wrote comments - even the laziest of friends who always were messing with commenting on the BlogSpot and found it complicated, suddenly "awoke" and responded. Wow, it was quite impressive experience and we think to update some more pictures also there. It never will be full description on FB, it purposed to be a fast access to new pieces. Our "home" site is still HERE, as format of blog feels to us more comfortable and more private. No worries: these two blogs ("V&A STUDIO" and "STILL LIFE ART BY STASHINSKI") will stay alive until we continue to paint.

Yours,

V&A

The old wine cellars in Porrau

"The old wine cellars in Porrau" by Vanessa

Size: 28 x 21 cm

Media: Color pencils on paper

No frame

Porrau is a village in Niederösterreich, Austria. Once it was the village of wine-makers, but it changed. However the old wine cellars are still there and still in use as a storage or barn.

The Garden

"The Garden" by Vanessa
Size: 28 x 21 cm
Media: Color pencils on paper
No frame

Garden Flowers

"Garden Flowers" by Vanessa
Size: 28 x 21 cm
Media: Color pencils on paper
No frame

The exhibition

We were thinking about the new exhibition lately. For this time it not will be a still-life, but kind of Magic Realism. I mention "kind of" because it's not really it, but Magic Realism is the nearest genre that alike. So it could explain something anyway. Exhibition, if it will happen, will be exposed in February 2012. We will show around 20 paintings, most of them of a big format, painted with oil colors on canvas.


Last Friday we brought all paintings together and tried to compose the groups and "neighborhoods" of the future show. Surprisely it was not easy to manage - being painted in other years, pictures "didn't fit" each other, they "asked" for better conditions: more space and another light. Feeling a bit confused, we left couple of paintings on the walls - just let them get "settled" in our eyes, and we took out other paintings. In few days we got used to see them sharing the wall, and it gives the hope that it can be exposed. The answer is still more negative then positive, but we delay taking decision for a while. It would be great to receive a proposal to show few pictures of this serial, even in group show.

Burrfish

"Burrfish" by Andre
Size: 30x30 cm
Media: oil colors on canvas
Stretched canvas

I'll b back

We didnt update staff online for a while, so possible few (paintings) are missed, but will be trying to complete... at least some :-) ... at least new ones.
Best Regards,
V&A

Three paintings by Andre Stashinski

The Mast

    Size: 70x100 cm
    Media: oil colors on stretched canvas

    © ANDRE STASHINSKI

Castle

Size: 80x120 cm

Media: oil colors on stretched canvas
© ANDRE STASHINSKI

Franz Kafka:
"The Castle hill was hidden, veiled in mist and darkness, nor was there even a glimmer of light to show that the castle was there."

Patrool

    Size: 50x40 cm
    Media: oil colors on stretched canvas

    © ANDRE STASHINSKI

Shell & Butterflies

"Shell & butterflies" by Vanessa

Size: 80x90 cm

Media: oil colors on stretched canvas
Not avaliable

I feel butterflies floating around inside
Whenever I'm with you, I feel butterflies
I feel butterflies floating around inside
Don't know what you do,
but I feel butterflies

Time-bomb

"Time-bomb" by Andre

Size: 90x50 cm

Media: Oil colors on stretched canvas

From Andre:
Squashed time once becomes a time-bomb

Red Cows

  Size: 56x78 cm

  Media: oil colors on stretched canvas

  © VANESSA STASHINSKI 2002

  Not avaliable

Angels

"Angels" by Vanessa

Size: 90x70 cm

Media: Oil colors on stretched canvas

Framed
Not avaliable

Sweet Dreams

"Sweet Dreams" by Vanessa
Size: 30x22 cm
Media: pastel on paper
Not avaliable

Andre in profile

Andre's "Roman profile" by Vanessa

Size:

Media: oil colors on canvas, grisaille

Folks, I really, but r-e-a-l-l-y didn’t mean, but look at it!
Isn’t Andre looking alike one of these Roman marbles?
/Vanessa/

Portrait of Andre in hat

Portrait of Andre in hat (#1) by Vanessa

Size:

Media: oil on canvas, grisaille *

* Grisaille (grɪʼzaɪ, -ʼzeɪl; French: gris, grey, French pronunciation: /ɡʁi.zaj/) is a term for painting executed entirely in monochrome, usually in shades of grey or brown, particularly used in decoration to represent objects in relief. Some grisailles, in fact, include a slightly wider colour range. A grisaille may be executed for its own sake as a decoration, as underpainting for an oil painting (in preparation for glazing layers of colour over it), or just as a painting technique.

Vanessa - self portrait once again

Self-portrait (Vanessa) # 4

Size:

Media: oil colors on canvas

Just study - once again with " the most loyal model ever"...

The third me

Okay, here is the third one - small (16x20 cm) as well. I doubt if to show it or not - I look really weird here. As you can see, the art-reasons (I consider that the painting itself is very interesting) finally won lady's care to look good ;-)

Vanessa ...as St Elena?

The second portrait is smaller (16x20 cm only), but it's much more successful painting. It is "another me" - You may to tell that it is not much looks alike, but I really don't care. Andre said that I'm looking there like St. Elena from Byzantine mosaic in Constantinople. Was it a compliment or what?

Cat vs. dog

"Cat vs. dog" by Andre
Size: 21x29 cm
Media: pencil on Ingres paper