PAINT OUT IN HOLLIS

I went painting again in Hollis with the Breakfast club artists yesterday. I painted the same house 3 weeks in a row. The first week I used gouache and didn't like the results too much. With Gouache you cannot overpaint forever, it is best to use it the way you use watercolor by using the white of the paper. The second week I used Oils and canvas paper. The third week, yesterday I used acrylics with a lot of medium. I ended painting three paintings which I will post when I am completely done with them.
Many artists come to paint every week. It is such a lovely spot in the historic district of Hollis!

The pony tail session

This is a painting of Elizabeth combing Madeline's hair. The painting was started last year and I almost destroyed it, it was driving me insane. The problem was that I didn't know how to interpret the whole scene and Madeline's figure was too big, I mean the canvas chosen was too big and Madeline initial photo was taken when she was two years old. I redid Madeline's face maybe 20 times at least, made her look older, and changed the colors of the dresses too, with flowers, no flowers, flowers again..and they say I know what I want!
oil 24x36
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Portrait of my friend Ruth

oil 24x30
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Flowers in pink, blue and yellow

oil 24x30 on canvas
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The Dream

16x20 acrylic on paper
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Prescott park in colors

Another view of the beautiful Prescott park as see in the summer..I painted it so many times
oil 8x10 $250
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Newburyport flowers by the sea

oil 8x10

Ogunquit Maine

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oil 24x30

MARGINAL WAY, OGUNQUIT MAINE

OIL 23X30
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I LOVE WALKING PAST THE SEA AT THE MARGINAL WAY IN OGUNQUIT

Newburyport

A painting that needed retouching..i will never be done retouching!!!!!!!!!!!!
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White fence in Newburyport

oil on canvas 16x20
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Marilene Sawaf's paintings at Tower Gallery of NH Antique Coop

Vibrant Paintings by Marilene Sawaf on view at New Hampshire Antique Co-op
Date: March 16, 2010
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Occurence: Every Day, Feb 2, 2010 to May 3, 2010
Price: Free and open to the public
Presenting Organization: New Hampshire Antique Co-op
Telephone Number: none entered
Email Address: staff@nhantiquecoop.com
Web: www.nhantiquecoop.com
Location: New Hampshire Antique Co-op
323 Elm St., Rte. 101A
Milford, NH 03055
Telephone: 603-673-8499
Email: jackie@nhantiquecoop.com


Description: Be transported to another time and place with the mysterious and vibrant paintings of Hollis, NH, artist Marilene Sawaf, now on view through May 3 in the Tower Gallery at New Hampshire Antique Co-op. Sawaf's richly patterned canvases are reminiscent of Medieval stained glass and Oriental carpets.

Influenced by past cultures, Sawaf paints reflections of women in flowered dresses set against Venetian arcades and marbled, checked floors. Often her canvases show a world filled with music and poetry woven like a tapestry with vibrant reds, golds, and blues. "I try to create an illusion, painting women in rich, patterned dresses who make you wonder who they are and what they are doing," says Sawaf. Her landscapes are inspired by the countries in which she has lived and by the colors of the Post-Impressionist school, with moods taking precedence over realism.

Marilene Sawaf’s work has received numerous award recognitions throughout New England. In addition to several solo and collective exhibits, Sawaf’s paintings have been exhibited at the Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH) and the Whistler House Museum (Lowell, Mass.). Sawaf is a member of the New Hampshire Art Association, the Nashua Area Art Association and the Sharon Art Center in Peterborough.

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Liz and William, oil 24"x30"

Liz and William
oil 24x30
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Red room with horseman

ACRYLIC GOUACHE on paper, 18x24
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Marginal way in Ogunquit, first version

oil 24x30 on canvas.

NEWBURYPORT

oil.16x20
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House in Kennebunkport Maine with flowers

acrylic on board
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Newburyport gardens by Marilene Sawaf

oil on canvas
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Ladies in Ogunquit

acrylic gouache on claybord, 16x20 panel
$1200

"The Arrival of the horseman",painted on paper and inspired by Medieval and Persian Art
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People with Umbrellas in Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH

 goauche on paper
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A view of the beautiful Prescott park in the summer. It is located in the town of Portsmouth

The Song of Maine

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This painting was inspired by the sea in Maine and is painted on claybord 16x20"
with acrylic gouache. It is varnished to give the impression of stained glass and is typical of my style.There is a transparent lady on the foreground which is the breeze coming from the  sea , the song of the water clapping in the background, the scent of the music floating in the room, the bird lady who never disappears.

Farms in Nashua with goauche. Spring painting

gouache on paper $100. The spring in Nashua where I discovered this farm behind the Ice Cream place
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Opening at the Sharon Art center Depot gallery in January 2010

My painting of Madeline is in the middle. Many  artists and collectors were there and the atmosphere was joyous and interesting.

Ogunquit Maine with boats.

OIL ON MASONITE BOARD, 8x10
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It is a view of Ogunquit in Maine, with the boats and the flowers in the foreground

Liz lady of Lebanon

Liz lady of Lebanon, oil 24x30
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Madeline with the white dress

Madeline and the white dress is a portrait of Madeline done last year when she was two years old. I won a first prize for this painting and would love to paint commissions portraits.
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Medieval women

acrylic on board 16x20. One of my earlier paintings transition from the  stained glass women into the flower women. There is a door in the background, access to a new world of vegetation. I used medieval tapestry for the background.

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AN AFTERNOON WITH THE male HARLEQUIN and MUSIC

An afternoon of laughter and music with the Harlequin and friends. Don't forget my cat Snowball in the foreground and notice the Nashua wild pink landscape in the back

Family afternoon

acrylic gouache on paper. this painting is inspired by a family scene of my niece Paulina, my grandaughter Maddy and my daughter Liz, of course I could not help adding an Harlequin in the background,
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three women and cat

acrylic on paper 8x10" image
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the Welcoming

30x40 size oil $3500.00
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House of Lebanon in gouache

acrylic on paper by Marilene Sawaf and painted during my trip to Lebanon during "My rescuing my parents mission".. but that is another story!
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beach in Ocean City

OIL on canvas 30x40
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Ladies with horseman on claybord

ACRYLIC GOAUCHE ON PANEL 8X10

Four flower ladies

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Hot air balloons hats

The ladies with the hot  air balloons hats..I never knew I could come up with a subject like this one!

sketch portrait of Anne

oil on canvas paper

Four ladies and music

oil 24x30

Madeline with red hat

Hubert and Carol on the sun filled deck

oil on canvas
$3000

portrait of Paulina

oil portrait 16x20 of Paulina

Afternoon in blue

16x20 acrlyc gouache on panel

red tree in New England

8x10 oil painting on masonite board,
the mauve flowers, the yellow field and the red trees, a day to remember

Lady of India with elephant

acrylic gouach on panel, 16x20,$1200
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Rachel with hat

I would like to paint more portraits and would paint people heads on a 16x20 oil canvas like this one .

woman in gold

acrylic on paper, 16x20 with matboard
$300
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Ogunquit

16x20 sixe
acrylic on board
$400