Mineke Reinders

Picnic in the meadow

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Mixed media collage, 10"x8"
Prints available starting at $17.50.
To purchase, please send me an e-mail.

This collage is a collaborative effort between my friend Ahmet Sürücü, whose photograph provides the background, and myself providing the figures painted in watercolor. Please visit Ahmet's photostream on Flickr, where you can see his wonderful and diverse collection of photographs including this collage, and the photo that was the source for my painting of the ladies at their picnic.

I posted the finished painting yesterday, but before painting the background, I took a digital photo and printed it, cut around the figures, and applied it to an 8x10 of Ahmet's photo.

Komşular piknikte - Neighbors at picnic

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Watercolor, 7"x5" $120

This painting is available.

To purchase, please send me an e-mail.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

With snow blowing around my studio, painting this scene provided a welcome escape into warmth and color. I usually work on subject and background simultaneously, because I think it tends to make a painting more organic and harmonious, but in this case I had reason to finish the figures and objects before adding the background. The reason will become clear in my next post, so stay tuned...

Çift sürme zamanı - Plowing time

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Kütahya province, Turkey.

Watercolor and gouache, 7"x5" $120

This painting is available.

To purchase, please send me an e-mail.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

As a general rule, I look for a subject first, and then consider how I can interpret it in watercolor, but with the last painting as well as this one, the process worked the other way around. In this case, I knew I wanted to paint a scene incorporating the colors blue, yellow, green and white. This autumn subject suited my purpose well, in part because the freshness of this particular color combination imparts a hint of spring, with the promise of another season of growth, for which the preparations must be done now, before the winter.

I began by laying down some white gouache where the smoke would go. It may seem counterintuitive to paint white gouache on white paper, but I find that when the other colors are painted around and the edges blended into the gouache, it creates a natural smokey appearance. This is probably enhanced by the fact that white gouache has a slight blue-ish tinge.

[White (Winsor & Newton designer's gouache), ultramarine blue, turquoise blue, azo yellow, quinacridone gold, quinacridone red, sepia (M. Graham's watercolors)].

Belki de bu, aşkın sonbaharıdır Perhaps this is the autumn of love

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000

İzmir, Turkey.

Watercolor, 7”x5” $100

or E-mail me.

This painting was born out of my desire to try out a few new watercolor paints I had just received. One of them was olive green, with which I've been familiar for a long time, but which I'd not yet tried in my new favorite brand, M. Graham's watercolors. The other, also from M. Graham's, was one whose name I just couldn't resist: ultramarine pink. Eager to try my new tubes of paint, I looked for a subject to incorporate them both.

The olive green is as juicy and strong as I knew it to be, with the added advantage of M. Graham's slow drying properties (if you're like me and sometimes forget to cover your palette, these paints are very forgiving). The ultramarine pink is a very pretty color, but very heavy on the binder, and doesn't flow the way ultramarine blue does. It feels a little oily. That was a disappointment, but in diluted washes, like I used here, I think it is quite nice.

Ana cadde - Main street

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:33:00 +0000

Demirköy/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor, 10"x8" $250

or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Again, I exercised considerable artistic license with this scene. There were cars and taxis parked on the left, which I moved out of sight, and the dog, Paşa, was imported from another photo. I wanted to focus on the peaceful atmosphere of a misty autumn morning, in a town that could be anyone's hometown, but happens to be Demirköy in Turkey's northwestern province of Kırklareli. I never visited it in person, but I think the atmosphere is universal enough that you can feel yourself there, as I did.

Luna

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000

Watercolor, 5"x5" $100
or E-mail me.

Luna's favorite spot is a chair in my studio, from where she supervises my work between naps. In the afternoon sunlight, her black fur glows with reflected colors from surrounding surfaces.

Kara bulutları kaldır aradan Make these black clouds go away İğneada series #6

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:53:00 +0000

İğneada/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor sketch, 7"x5" $100

or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Burası sensiz şimdi - Here without you now İğneada series #5

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +0000

İğneada/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor sketch, 5"x7" $100
or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Maziyi seyret - Behold the past

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:14:00 +0000

Watercolor, 11"x15" $500
I took a few liberties with this scene. The white house at the end of the alley has been restored in recent years. The brand-new roof looked a little stark and out of place to me, so I put the old roof back on. Also, I wanted to show the hills in the distance to provide a sense of space, though in reality they are not visible from this point of view.

Limana giriş - Entrance to the harbor İğneada series #4

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:33:00 +0000

İğneada/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor, 15"x11" $500

or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Dalgakıran - Breakwater İğneada series #3

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:33:00 +0000

İğneada/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor, 15"x11" $500
or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Franklin Parkında sonbahar Autumn in Franklin Park

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:05:00 +0000

Watercolor, 5"x7"

The park looked beautiful in autumn colors when I drove by there the other day, so I parked the car to walk around and take some photos.

This painting is available framed for $150 from Main Gallery 404 .
If you have any questions or wish to purchase this painting, please send me an E-mail.

İğneada'da günbatımı - Sunset in İğneadaİğneada series #2

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +0000

İğneada/Kırklareli/Turkey
Watercolor, 7"x5" $120

or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Marmara'da günbatımı - Sunset in Marmara

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Watercolor, 7"x5" $120

or E-mail me.

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Denize doğru - Towards the sea İğneada series #1

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Watercolor, 10"x8" $240

or E-mail me.

Many thanks to my friend Ahmet Sürücü for the reference photo that inspired this watercolor landscape.
The location is the town of İğneada in the province of Kırklareli, Turkey.

İyi yolculuklar - Good travels

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:54:00 +0000

Watercolor, 7"x5" $100

Or E-mail me.

Yağmur yağıyor, seller akıyor Rain is pouring, floods are flowing

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:33:00 +0000

Watercolor, 15"x11" $500
Many thanks again to my friend Ahmet Sürücü for the use of his video, which inspired this painting.

Mutluluk en çok onun hakkı Happiness she most deserves

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Watercolor, 15"x11" $500

Please click on the image to view it larger.

Yağmur gibi - Like the rain

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:44:00 +0000

Watercolor, 5"x7" $120

This is a smaller version, in vertical format, of a scene I have painted before: Tam ortasındayım yağmurun.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jvvn_clint-black-like-the-rain-nashville_music

Like the rain - Clint Black

I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you
Every thunder cloud that came was one more I might not get through
On the darkest day there’s always light and now I see it too
But I never liked the rain until I walked through it with you
I hear it falling in the night and filling up my mind
All the heaven’s rivers come to light and I see it all unwind
I hear it talking through the trees and on the window pane
And when I hear it I just can’t believe I never liked the rain

Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you I’m falling for you now
Just like the rain

When the cloud is rolling over thunder striking me
It’s as bright as lightning and I wonder why I couldn’t see
That it’s always good and when the flood is gone we still remain
Guess I’ve known all along I just belong here with you falling

Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Liked the rain always calling for you, I’m falling for you now
Just like the rain I have fallen for you
I’m falling for you know just like the rain

And when the night falls on our better days
And we’re looking to the sky
For the winds to take us high above the plains
I know that we’ll find better ways to look into the eye
Of the storms that will be calling
Forever we’ll be falling

Like the rain I have fallen for you, and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I’m falling for you now just
Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I’m falling for you now just
Like the rain I have fallen for you and I know just why you
Like the rain always calling for you, I’m falling for you now just
Like the rain

Ormanda - In the forest

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Watercolor, 7"x5" $120

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Buyrun akşam yemeğine Welcome to dinner

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Watercolor, 7"x5" $120

Her evin bahçesi - Every house its garden

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Watercolor, 10"x8" $240

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.
Click here to see Ahmet's photo of Every house its garden on Flickr.

Her şey mazide kaldı Everything remains in the past

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Watercolor sketch, 5"x7" $100

Şabandede'nin türbesi Şabandede's tomb

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Watercolor sketch, 5"x7" $100

Photo reference courtesy of Ahmet Sürücü. Thanks Ahmet.

Şabandede came to Tavşanlı (Kütahya province, Turkey) around 1300 as a functionary to spread the religion of Islam to Anatolia. He lived and died in Tavşanlı.

Hoşgeldin Sonbahar - Welcome Autumn

mineke@minekereinders.com (Mineke Reinders) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:26:00 +0000

Watercolor sketch, 7"x5" $100