My studio

Monday blog post #25

Hello my lovely people and welcome to my studio!

my studio

My studio is my sanctuary :)
The time there stops.
I can be there for hours and not noticing that the time past and that I'm hungry, thirsty or anything...

At the moment I'm finishing my painting for the exhibition in May with my art group International Artists Doha.

my favorite color - turquoise 

brushes

details of  my painting

details of  my painting

About the exhibition  

A total of 22 international artists, including me :) will be exhibiting their latest works under the theme “Between Cultures”. The artists hail from a variety of countries including Qatar, The Netherlands, Germany, Egypt, Portugal, Croatia, Australia, Sudan, Iran, India, the UK, Barbados and the Philippines.

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VENUE
Exhibition will be held in Al Qool Hall, at the Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre

OPENING
Doors are open to the public on Wednesday May 1st at 6pm with the official opening at 6.15pm by Sheikha Hala Al Khalifa, the Head of the Artists in Residence Programs from Qatar Museums Authority.

The exhibition will also be open:
Thursday May 2nd from 10am-6pm
Friday May 3rd from 12pm-6pm and
Saturday May 4th from 10am-4pm.

Silent auction

In addition to original artworks being on display, all artists have contributed a 30x30 cm piece which will be offered to the public by way of a silent auction. All proceeds from the auction will be returned to IAD to fund their future public events and workshops.

Entrance will be for free and everyone is welcome so hope to see you all there!!!

I have to share with you a beautiful photo I got from my youngest happy customer with my little owl brooch, isn't she cute???!!!

Sending you my smile with love,
Dominika

Final preparation

Monday blog post #24

Hello!

How's everything?

Yesterday evening was our last meeting before our group exhibition with International Artist Doha on 1st - 4th May. We all have our own tasks to make our exhibition successful and everyone is so excited and doing a great job :) As for myself I'm in charge of our Facebook Page to keep you posted about the artists and the exhibition.

One article about our group and exhibition is already published in FACT magazine 

22 Artists, 13 Nationalities, One Theme: Between Cultures
Apr 04, 2013

As Qatar grows into more of a cultural melting pot, a third kind of heritage is emerging and it involves the expatriates. International Artists Doha have been inspired by this idea in their upcoming group exhibition, exploring what living in two worlds means to the individual.

FACT Magazine

I'm pretty busy with finishing my paintings for the exhibition and I find outdoor painting really relaxing and more enjoyable because of the natural light.

I'm also working in parallel on your custom orders :)

Personalized Handpainted Name Sign by Dominika

Original painting Sea Adventure by Dominika

Original painting Sea Adventure by Dominika

Original painting Sea Adventure by Dominika

Handmade owl brooch Marin by Dominika

Handmade owl key chain Nica by Dominika

Sending you my smile with love,
Dominika

Angel with a flower in her hair

Monday blog post #17

Hello my lovely friend!


ARTogether
As you may know I'm a member of International Artist Doha IAD and we are now preparing for our exhibition which supposed to be in March but  it is postponed until 1st May. Now I have plenty of time :))) I don't like working under a pressure, no one does, I know.
We sometimes meet and paint together. It's nice to see what other members are painting, how they do it and hear their comments and suggestions about your work. Last night we had our ARTogether where I continued with one of my painting for the exhibition. This is what I've painted so far. It presents West Bay in Doha where all the business buildings and hotels are and the corniche by the sea.

Angel with a flower in her hair
Last week I submitted one of my sketches for my new painting to Lega-lega contest.  I'm really thankful for all your votes and your comments on my Facebook Page! You are the best! Unfortunately my sketch is not going to a final :(((
I will try to make print on a t-shirt on my own just to see how will that look like and I already got an order for the painting based on that sketch :)

Angel with a flower in her hair

More brooches
Thank you all for ordering brooches and bookmarks, it's fun creating them with new fabrics and upon your wishes!

Handmade owl brooch Wany

Handmade owl bookmark Emeri

Handmade owl bookmark Allura

Handmade little heart brooch Live

More custom ordered brooches and bookmarks you can see if you click here

Sending you my smile with love,
Dominika

Grey owls

I found nice grey felt and so cute cotton fabrics and created new Grey edition owl brooches Anna, Gabi, Loo and Ivette.

Black and white edition owl brooches

For my girls that like elegant and simple stuff I created black and white edition of owl brooches.

Great gift ideal for Owl collector!

Brooches handmade with lots of love and patient using fabrics, wooden beads, pretty ribbons and plastic pearls.
They are only 6x8 cm or 4x5,5 cm big that can perfectly fit on your pullover, sweater, coat, bag, beanie, scarf, pashmina and many more.

All owls'n'cupcake and Bird of Paradise brooches  you can see on my Facebook fan page

Orders @  cherubins3@gmail.com