This “small octopus” has been on my mind since I saw it 5 years ago! and finally painted it last month. Marine life is depicted in ancient frescoes of many cultures; here, Octopus cyanea, the ‘Hawaiian day octopus,’ in ink on dry plaster and...
March 23- April 19: Arrivederci, 11 G St, San Rafael CA Fresco & Ink Paintings by Krista Anandakuttan, Salon event Monday 3/25 I explore our living, breathing world in ancient fresco techniques in this group of new mixed media paintings on plaster. Please...
A detail of my fresco painting of clouds, finished this week. Natural pigments on a fresco secco panel made of burlap and plaster. 24″ x 24″ Using a very limited color palette presents some challenges, but lets me explore value and texture. Here the white...
Picture me peering into a microscope and counting 0.1 mm star-shaped hairs… amazing “stellate trichomes.” And handling fragile dried plants with care. While in residence at the Bishop Museum’s Herbarium Pacificum in Honolulu, HI a few years...
Waning Moon, fresco secco panel Buy the original at Saatchi online gallery plaster and ink This is about 11 x 14″. I set out to paint the full moon and instead, with our year 2012 coming to a close, found myself painting a waning moon (also known as a...
