The thought of what would xyz think of my work? while doing the work ruins much of the atmosphere needed to create. There's this dilemma around the intersection of doing work for yourself or for other

Last week I completed a post of about 25 paragraphs with no intention of publishing it. I have a number of these on file that are written more as a writing exercise and sort of a "thought hopper"

I tend to observe that some of the most rewarding - yet maddening - aspects of my creative work involve the process of "building operations"(for the lack of a better term!). By that, I mean the

I Like to Write about life. You know, real shit. The stuff that happens to us every single day as we take step after step on the treadmill of bullcrap and bounty that we face every single day. Stuff that

I cut up my painting

This post was inspired by the creative process and the title itself (which usually takes place at the end, as I typically use a working title until then). As my fellow creators can attest, the certain

Just realized it's been three days since my last digital "confession" and had to set aside some time to create something here on Hive (which is my first home). I'd fallen behind on the other

Hi, this is an image of the last little painting I finished in 2019. This is how it began: I´m now working on a new illustration project and I can´t publish any of it so I won´t be posting much. I can´t

27x41cm acrylic on wood. Ibiza 2019 This little painting is one of the last ones I have finished. I just flowed with the image I could see in the initial smudges. I don´t really know what these plants

This morning I had visitors to the studio. A family of friends who are visiting from the Basque country, in northern Spain. They wanted to have an experience trying the technique that I use playfully and

22x27cm acrylic on wood. Ibiza 2019 Here is another one I finished last night. I feel its an inner view of how I´m feeling. A certain melancholy in a very bright place. It´s raining tears of a certain

This last week was very busy and I had almost no time to paint. Today ad tomorrow are very special days where I can spend the whole day painting. And here is one of the one´s I worked on and I think I

MELTING FISH . 18x24cm acrylic on wood Here is another small one I did this week with the little time I got to paint. I hope to paint more this new week. Best wishes! Romanie www.romanie.net

watertree . 30x40cm acrylic on masonite. Ibiza 2019 Here is another piece I have made recently and have included in the Small Format Art Fair in Ibiza we will be inaugurating next Sunday. It was one of

OCEAN. 18x24cm acrylic on canvas board. Ibiza 2019 Here is another little one I did just recently. I hope you like it. It is one of the ones I have selected for a small format exhibition of unframed paintings

ANCIENT BIRD . 24x30cm acrylic on masonite. This is the evolution of yet another small piece. Started out like this I then saw the face of a bird. I hope you enjoy this process. best wishes, Romanie

"Overgrowth" 27x41cm acrylic on wood. Ibiza 2019 Here is another of my latest smaller pieces. I started the paint smudges while I was showing some students how they could play with their pieces

Birdplants 27x41cm acrylic on wood. Ibiza 2019 Here is the evolution of yet another pf the latest small paintings. I had fun with this one and enjoy the result. Best Wishes, Romanie www.romanie.net

Hi! here is the evolution of this new one. In this case I liked the initial painting rather than the result. I think I wasn´t good at bringing out the essence of the shapes it had. Sometimes one fails

Hi, here is the evolution another of these smaller paintings I have been doing over the past two weeks. I hope you enjoy it. Best Wishes, Romanie www.romanie.net