Memorial Day 2010. 16×20. Oil on linen. I did this painting for Jerry’s Artarama’s Lukas paint competition. I had done one painting earlier for this competition ”The Cloud”. It is currently on the display for sale at Cary Gallery of Artists. I love the way evening light falls through front door of our home. My son Ian [...]
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Sasha Souza at the Cobblestone Hall- a live event painting by Tesh Parekh
Posted in Alla Prima, Event, Event Painting, Painting, Portrait, Watercolor, tagged 18 Seaboard Restaurant, building dreams, cape fear home builders, cobblestone hall, commission, commissioned painting, compositionHolbein watercolors, Drawing, escoda brushes, ISES, ises-gt, Kinston, Landscape, lighting, limited edition print, live event artist, live event painter, live event painting, live wedding painter, live wedding painting, nc, north carolina, oil on linen, paint out, plein air painting, portraits, raleigh, sasha souza, Saunders Waterford 140 lb rough surface paper, Still life, The Greater Triangle North Carolina Chapter of the International Special Events Society, Watercolor, wilmington on April 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Sasha Souza at Cobblestone Hall. Live Event painting. Watercolor. 11×14. Sasha Souza is one of the premiere event designers and a top innovator in the wedding industry. She is one of only a handful of wedding designers who have been named a Master Bridal Consultant, the highest designation given by the Association of Bridal Consultants. Souza [...]
Wedding Painting of Jeffiny and Steve- a studio commission by Tesh Parekh
Posted in Painting, Portrait, Watercolor, Wedding Painting, tagged 22x30, 300 lb, arches, arches 140 lb, artist, bride, california, ceremony, ceremony painting, christmas gift, christmas present, cold press, commission, commissioned painting, commissioned wedding painting, Derby Day, event painter, event planner, facebook, fine art, gift, hot press, Jeffiny and Steve, live event painter, live event painting, live wedding painter, live wedding painting, nc, nc contemporaries, north carolina, original, painter, Painting, present, raleigh, raw sienna, rough surface, studio commission, Tesh, tesh parekh, Watercolor, watercolor block, watercolor painting, wedding painter, Wedding Painting, wedding planner, winsor and newton, work of art on March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Jeffiny and Steve. 22×30. Watercolor. This is a commissioned studio wedding painting of Jeffiny and Steve. I had done one of my first live event painting for Jeffiny! Jeffiny was organizing a fund-raiser for the NC Contemporaries group and had invited me to paint live for Derby Day silent auction. I recently did another live [...]
In memory of Kyle Byrd- an oil portrait
Posted in Oil, Painting, Portrait, tagged Apex, art, artist, jimmy byrd, john howard sanden, karen byrd, kyle byrd, linen, nc, north carolina, Oil, oil painting, painter, Painting, Portrait, raleigh, tesh parekh on February 2, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Kyle. Oil on linen. 16″x20″. NFS. First, let me introduce Kyle. I never got the opportunity to meet this young soul. All I know about him is from the people who love him. And there are so many! I asked his mom Karen Byrd to share Kyle’s story. It brought tears to my eyes: “I [...]
Backseat painting: pages from my sketchbook
Posted in Alla Prima, Portrait, Sketch, Watercolor, tagged Alla Prima, backseat, Sketch, sketchbook, tesh parekh, Watercolor on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the joys of being both a father and an artist is being able to draw and paint my son. Of course, he is active even when he is sleeping! So, I have to wait for the right moment to capture his precious childhood. I made quite a few sketches of him when he [...]
Watercolor painting for Safe Haven for Cats: “Waiting”
Posted in Animals, Drybrush, Painting, Portrait, Watercolor, tagged Animals, Drybrush, Painting, Portrait, tesh parekh, Watercolor on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
”Waiting”. 8×10. Watercolor. Available for purchase via Safe Haven for Cats live auction. This is the painting I just did for the auction. I used my friend Courtney Banko’s beautiful image as a reference. Earlier I had done two more paintings from her images. Those were for the SPCA auction on Oct 4. I like [...]
Charcoal Drawing for Triangle SPCA
Posted in Animals, Charcoal, Drawing, Portrait on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an 8×10 Charcoal drawing I have done for the Triangle SPCA- “Looking Out”. The previous watercolor was- “Looking Back”. Both will be available for purchase via SPCA acution on October 4. Thank you Courtney Banko for providing reference image. Courtney Banko’s photos are works of art by themselves! Here is the link to SPCA [...]
Painting for Triangle SPCA
Posted in Animals, Drybrush, Portrait, Watercolor on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is an 8×10 watercolor painting I have done for the Triangle SPCA. It will be available for purchase via SPCA acution on October 4. Courtney Banko provided the beautiful reference photo. I may do one more painting. As I commented to Courtney, both Artists and Animals are in need of patrons! Here is the link [...]
Jerry’s Artarama’s Charvin contest
Posted in Oil, Portrait, Still life on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Redhead” and “Still life with Camera” are my two paintings which received Honorable mention in Jerry’s Artarama’s Charvin contest. Both were painted on linen with a limited palette. I painted both in a traditional manner. These paintings are currently in Jerry’s online gallery: http://www.jerrysartarama.com/Galleries/Charvin-Gallery.html
