Original pencil drawing for Tiger Translate Dubai 2011 – Double Vision
the original pencil drawing for Tiger Translate Dubai 2011 - Double Vision
Mixed Media Illustration by Victoria Viray aka Prettymonkey26
Mixed Media Illustration
Photography by Hind Mezaina
Illustration by Victoria Viray
This artwork was produced for the Dubai leg of the global Tiger Translate arts and music festival. quite happy to have been invited to be part of it and even more happier to have been able to collaborate with awesome artists from Bangkok and the UAE
The Frog Princess18” x 24”Oil on Wood by Prettymonkey26
The Frog Princess
18” x 24”
Oil on Wood
Hi guys, sorry for the lack of posts lately, been busy as Death. and it looks like the month of September will kill me, as Im juggling 2 paintings, gonna be doing customs for a skateboard and a New Era cap.\ (on top of my day job! whew!) Anyway, this is the first of the two paintings completed for September, and my first attempt at oils. Please be kind :) I had a fellow artist, and friend Farah Nehme model for me, and as you can tell from this painting, she likes frogs and the color purple. And cats.
Kalachuchi or as it is known in English as Frangipani
Kalachuchi or as it is known in English as Frangipani or Plumeria, is a fragrant and delicate flower. Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure butterflies to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. (What a very mean species of flowers…)
It is commonly found in the Philippines and other tropics.
The butterflies in this painting are Morpho amathonte which can be also found in the tropical forests of of the Phillippines but are now quite rare due to habitat destruction. I think they are the most beautiful and mysterious in the insect kingdom.
The lady in this painting is a self-portrait, and is wearing a traditional Philippine dress made from pineapple fibers or Pina. I tried to keep the floral embroidery as accurate as possible.
As for the skull, well… I just like skulls! Oh yeah, it represents mortality!
Painting Detail Right Side
painting detail
right side
I Dream of Kalachuchi
I Dream of Kalachuchi
15’ x 21’
acrylic on wood panel
Ladybug17” x 15”Acrylic on Wood
Ladybug
17” x 15”
Acrylic on Wood