paintings

The beauty of a boat in the immensity of the sea and the reflections upon its immensity to the extent of man is the reflection behind this remarkable oil on canvas painting included in Peruvian artist Alberto Herrera's series devoted to boats and seascapes. He crafts the painting in a traditional realistic fashion with a masterful technique that makes this work of art something truly unique.

Titled Bote II in Spanish.

Below a local castle, African villagers gather together to pull their fishing boats ashore. Inspired by the livelihood of his people, Ghanaian artist Attakora Yeboah paints this composition in an impressionist style. People with colorful clothing dot the beach landscape as they gather around the fishing boats. This piece will make an excellent addition to your home or beach cottage.

Traveling side-by-side, a couple of young betta fish swim together in this painting from Bali. Mahmud paints this composition, capturing the bettas in hues of red, blue, white, and orange. The male betta displays elaborate fins while the female is more modest, yet rich in spots of color. Says Mahmud, "Betta fish are beautiful fish; even though they are small, their colors are awesome. All of their fins can be opened wide like a flower. Each betta fish has a different color, like yellow, red, blue, white, and other mixed colors."

Traveling side-by-side, a couple of mature betta fish swim together in this painting from Bali. Mahmud paints this composition, capturing the bettas in hues of red, blue and white. The male betta displays elaborate, frilly fins while the female is more modest, yet rich in hues of blue. Says Mahmud, "Betta fish are beautiful fish; even though they are small, their colors are awesome. All of their fins can be opened wide like a flower. Each betta fish has a different color, like yellow, red, blue, white, and other mixed colors."

Celebrating the relationship between humans and nature, Indian artist Geetha paints this enrapturing composition. A woman's face, representing humanity, becomes one with nature within the deep green crest of an ocean wave, which carries a multitude of shells and other animal life in this amazing surrealist composition.

Featuring a a lighthearted anchor motif in turquoise, olive green, blue, orange and bright red paint, this wood coat rack by Indonesian artisan Putu Suserini will bring a smile to your face. The hand-carved accent showcases a rustic, distressed finish. The coat rack is enhanced with three brightly colored anchors and three wooden pegs, perfect for holding keys or jackets.

Featuring a a lighthearted message in blue and turquoise paint, this wood coat rack by Indonesian artisan Putu Suserini will bring a smile to your face. The hand carved, house-shaped decoration showcases an antique finish, created by using a slight whitewash over the natural wood. The coat rack is enhanced with starfish, turtle and seashell figurines and three wooden pegs, perfect for holding keys or jackets.

With colorful flowers blossoming on its shell, this turtle captivates with psychedelic artistry. Zeny and Reyna craft this endearing alebrije sculpture with techniques inherited from their parents. They carve a found piece of copal wood into the statuette and proceed to paint it with hand crafted artistry.

Alebrijes are a fairly recent Mexican art form, attributed to Pedro Linares. Unconscious due to illness in 1936, he was presumed near death and yet his dreams were extremely vivid. He tells of a place where all was peaceful and quiet until all of a sudden there appeared a lion with an eagle’s head, a rooster with bull's horns and a donkey with butterfly wings. They kept screeching "alebrije, alebrije!" and Ricardo began running away. He encountered a man who told him it was not yet his time to be there are and he should continue running towards the exit. In this dream Pedro climbed out of a window and regained consciousness. He made paper replicas of these creatures to show everyone, and soon others began to craft other "monster-like" creatures in bright colors.