THE GUARDIAN OF THE RED GARDEN, MY NEWEST PAINTING!

 HELLO FRIENDS!

Happy May, one of the most beautiful months of the year because there is so much green, flowers, colors and nice weather! Finally.

Im very happy because I have finished my painting of the wolf and it turned beautiful, so I want to talk about this.

From my work during April 2025.

"Guardian of the red garden"

Acrylic and oil on cotton canvas 24x30”

Signed and certified.

Since November 2024 I have been very close to wolves and this affinity led me to create some sketches to paint. In the end, I selected two for this year, so I started with the simplest one, which is the one you see here. At first, I saw it more as a study, but as I painted, it became more than that.

This is one of my reddest paintings! The ones that come to mind right now are Start Over, an abstract piece, and Red Horse, this horse, also in a figurative abstract style.

For my paintings and sketches, I've been inspired by several things. One of them is Aurora's song "running with the Wolves". For this piece in particular, I was inspired by isolation and that sense of protecting my space. From a passive perspective, like this wolf, but also wild inside.

That's how I see it., as a majestic white wolf, it's fur soft and detailed with flowing brushstrokes of white, grey, and hints of soft pastels. He’s Protecting his red peonies, which add passion to this atmosphere. And if you look closely, the wolf has red marks on his face, adding a little more drama and leaving it to your imagination to figure out what it is.

Is it blood for protecting his garden? The Blood of him or from the intruder?

The wolf's golden, slightly mysterious eye looks calmly into the distance, giving the creature an air of wisdom and quiet strength despite its wildness.

Surrounding the wolf is a lush, vivid explosion of peonies — rich reds, deep oranges, warm yellows, and soft creams — creating a beautiful, almost dreamlike contrast against the wolf’s pale coat. The background feels alive with movement, as if the flowers are both blooming and swirling around the wolf in a protective embrace.

I think the entire piece feels both wild and tender, balancing the quiet and untamed spirit of the wolf with the lush beauty of nature. The color palette is warm and rich, yet the white wolf stands out as a pure, almost mythical figure. It's a magical, soulful painting that feels full of story and emotion.

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This week was full of food! Im a vegetarian foodie so here I share one Nepalese restaurants from St. Louis that I like.

It's called Everest Cafe & Bar it's the only restaurant in Saint Louis that serves Nepalese, Korean, and Indian cuisine. Dr. States is from Nepal, and his wife, Maya Gurung, is from South Korea.

And near the restaurant I saw a very colorful mural!

Also I have been working with my botanical products but I want to show you the earrings that I did with Azalea flowers from my neighbor's house. His son requested me to create some earrings for his wife and this is how they turned out and you can see the Azaleas on the background from where I took them.

I sold a painting in Australia, This is a painting that I did as a Frida Khalo's tudy during a workshop

TO READ:  I am still reading "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" so here what I liked:
-"The dancer in fact has his ear on his toes"
-"Noise kills thoughts"
-"He who loved him the most and possessed him the most is he who has now lost him the most"
TO EAT:  I did lemon scones for the first time and they were delicious! you can follow my recipe HERE
TO WATCH: I did  video about my painting The guardian of the red garden and you can see how I painted from beginning to end HERE

ALL ABOUT WOLVES AND MY NEWEST PAINTING IN PROCESS.

 Hello people! Happy weekend!

Ahhh...

This week has been relaxed but fast, every day working with my painting waiting for the moment when it was finally time to paint the wolf. I was very lazy during the mornings, but at night is when I feel more comfortable with the canvas and the paints. I spent the days studying my sketch and the colors, area by area. It's strange how one doesn't know how the work will develop until one is in the middle of the action.

I did quite a few 'sweeps' with the brush, something I didn't think I would do but the piece called for it. I also had my moments of doubt as to how to develop the flowers, whether in a more realistic or more abstract way... I think I always struggle with this and I've been doing it in an intermediate style.

I I really like fluid brushstrokes that are not so structured and precise for this piece. I prefer more organic and bold shapes.The time came to paint the wolf and I felt excited, I remember the first two wolves I painted, one on a sheet of paper that turned out horrible, I have it stored somewhere, it looked like a rat's face, then I did another wolf accompanied by a girl, which also turned out horrible like a bad cartoon, but the illustration itself and the model were beautiful, so what I did was watch painting videos to refresh and learn more about the subject. I cant't believe how useful was and was a game changer! was not about painting a wolf but about how to build brushstrokes and this made the whole difference for my painting "Strawberry night" you can see the difference in the pictures! 

"Strawberry night" its available HERE

I also painted a watercolor about wolves with a woman "The whisper" and it turned out beautiful. I already sold that piece but I have prints HERE

Ah! I didn't remember another two I made of a girl with a wolf "Never alone" and I also sold it, I have prints HERE. And the other one is "Desert boy" this one is a very colorful watercolor about a boy with a wolf and desert landscape, I have the original for sale. HERE

It is nice to see the variety and difference between images and styles, so I guess my newest wolf also will be different, but now I have learned more about brushstrokes, so here the first layers and pictures where Im building the wolf.

And so far I'm happy with the look, I have been working faster then I thought and I will share more about it soon on my instagram and facebook.

TO QUOTE: I am still reading "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" so here what I liked:

-"The word superman and that man is something that has to be surpassed. Man is a bridge and not a goal"
-"Overcome yourself even in your neighbor and a right that you can take away for yourself you must not allow it to be given to you"
-"Who cannot command himself, he must obey, and many can command themselves, but there is still a long way to go before they also obey themselves"
-"Abandoned to the grace of the spirit, to the madness of each generation that comes and reinterprets everything that was, transforming it into its own bridge"
-"Little is the value of everything that has a price"
-"Everything goes away, everything returns, the wheel of being rolls eternally, everything dies, everything blooms again, the year of being runs eternally"

TO EAT: I did carrot cake, so delicious, this carrot cake has cheesecake in the middle, so it was an experiment. You can fin the recipe in my recipes blog HERE

TO LISTEN: I liked a song called "Part of me" by Armin Van Buuren, this was new for me and not my common music style.

NEW SKETCH OF A WOLF AND TRYING NEW THINGS.

 Hello friends!

The week has gone by super fast, I feel like I did a lot of things in a short time, so I'm going to share with you a little bit of all the things I've done, from sketches to food and bit of what I've been doing. So it's a little bit of everything from This Artist's Life.

Starting in not a chronological order, I want to tell you that I have started a new sketch and it is a wolf and this painting is going to be more monochromatic, it will not have many colors but the palette will be based on red colors.

Since last year I was listening to Aurora and I discovered her song "Running with the Wolves" I thought it was a very big source of inspiration So I started to do some sketches about wolves and in fact I have a special sketch that I love and this sketch I will going to turn into a large format painting but at the moment I don't have the canvas available So I'm going to start with a painting of this wolf that is smaller.

So far this week I did the sketch with graphite and the wash with markers, I cant wait to start with acrylics and oils.

I have started Zumba classes because I love to dance. I am very bad at exercising in a gym. I prefer to dance because I love music, although sometimes they play songs that I don't like, but I have enjoyed it a lot. Above all, doing this type of exercise with my daughter is an activity that I like because we create a bond.

At first my daughter didn't want to take Zumba classes and here you can see it in this first photo but after I convinced her to take the first class she is super happy and now she accompanies me to dance which is great.

On Sunday I decided to paint a pair of shoes because I had two identical pairs in brown. So I wanted to paint a pair in blue. There is a blue color that I love called Blue Bonet, which is from the Plaid brand from which I am ambassador.

The truth is I wasn't sure if I was going to ruin the shoes because I had never painted shoes before but the paint turned out incredibly great on this surface. Plaid has a lot paints to use on different surfaces and well, the paint turned out perfect. Plus I applied a Mod Podge sealer which is also from Plaid and with this it looked incredible. I wanted to put some wings on it and this came to me at the last minute because I wanted to put a decoration on the ankles. I think it was the perfect way to include some white wings because here this to me represents the wings of Mercury and Hermes who are this messenger Gods.

In the end I added some glitter, which is also a Plaid brand, but I wasn't sure if I should put it on all the shoes, so I just left them on the wings part.

My tulips are already in their final phase, they are drying so I have really enjoyed spending time in the sun in my garden and above all I love seeing my super green grass full of these beautiful purple flowers and also there are some dandelions and I love this combination of purple, yellow and green colors and it always reminds me of this feeling of welcoming spring also I took some pictures with my gnomes I always do this every year and well I bought my first gnome when I lived in my beloved Des Moines in Iowa in 2015 which is the biggest gnome that you can see here in the picture is called Gerome.

TO QUOTE: I am still reading "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" so here what I liked:

-"Oh, its silence that surrounded me. Oh pure smell around me. Oh how this silence breathes pure air from the depths of the chest. Oh how this blissful silence listens".

-"Happy are my noses that breathe again the freedom of the mountain, my nose has finally been redeemed from the smell of all human nature".

-"This parasite did not want to love but rather to live off of love.".

TO EAT: I made flour tortillas for the first time and I really wanted a homemade flour tortilla. I remember my mom used to make me tortillas. So I decided make some. They are delicious. I made a vegan version, so instead of lard, I used a vegan coconut-based butter and the truth is that they turned out incredible, I dare to say they taste the same as the ones my mom used to make when I was little. You can follow my recipe in my blog about food, HERE

Also I tried the Dark chocolate with almonds and orange, this is a 60% cacao and it's very good, I loved the design, this chocolate comes from Switzerland and is the brand Bettergoods, the gourmet new brand from Walmart...delicious!

Happy weekend!