"A Road Traveled"

Oil on Gessoed Masonite, 6"x6"

I have traveled near

And far, on a road that is

Yellow, blue, purple and at times

gray, a long time ago

Then I learn to love 

The grays, the sorrows

Mother of all

©Li Mahalik

I was trying out the newly bought burnt sienna oil stick, and got into painting this little piece. I added a little blue and transparent oxide red and lots of white. It's  spontaneous, and it's a good experience to help me paint looser in the future.

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Blue Bottle and Pears

Oil on Gessobord, 11"x14"

Is it possible
To see no shadows

In this shadow world?

Cafe Sunday

On the seventh day

The coffee house is seen again

Over an easy egg or two

Flowers on the adobe wall

The white table cloth 

The neatly placed silverware

And the feel of Mediterranean-  

Arizona's sun

It matters not how

Water flees to the south

Along the banks of concrete

Not blue and big fish

Life is as good 

As a friend

Or two; two cups of coffee


©Li Mahalik

I painted this from a picture I took of flowers on the adobe wall at a breakfast place where my husband, father and brother-in-laws and I went in downtown Scottsdale. The place had a feel of romance and the food was nice. I remember it was in April when the sun was gentle. 

"Just Passing By"

I just finished this painting. The title I gave inspired me to write a poem. Here it is:

Living

A world of colors, looking in

Wading through. Perhaps

With the first slit of sunlight, or amongst the busy rain

Slumbering still between

Two worlds, a crack

Will appear in the mesh

And you slip and glide through

That heavy story you create

What nonsense and opportunity! Now!

Oh, for heaven's sake

I'm just passing by

       

© Li Mahalik

I hope you like it. I'm sure it can be better and I'll work on it more.

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In Love With Grays

Oh, such lazy days staying in the comfortable, air conditioned home just goofing around and watching people buying international houses on the TV while the temperature here making record high of 109 in the late summer.

This painting transformed itself many times. Today I decided to just try a Joan Mitchell and call it good.

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"Caroline"

Oil on Gessoed Masonite Panel, 11"x14"

I meant to paint this lady abstractly but ended up painting her this way. The intent, though, freed me up from being too careful like I often do when I paint real objects. The hands are the most difficult to paint. It took me a few hours to find out what I did wrong, but ended up learning a lot from the mistake. Looking at this now, I think I need to add just a touch of yellow orange to bring the right hand to life, which I'll do in the morning.

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"Alone in Winter" By Li Mahalik

Oil on Gessoed Masonite, 6"x6"

This painting was  based on a picture I took during a plein air paint-out at the Pebble Beach along the Bush highway. The green tree stood out amongst the grey leafless trees along the creek. I added some horizontal elements to break up the many vertical lines.

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