C.P.Adorio, Sunday Painter

2011

2011-12-23T20:26:00.001-06:00

For an explanation of the above illustration, go here.

These are some of over one hundred eighty five illustrations I did this year. As you can see I only completed four oil paintings. I am not including the intentionally ugly art illustrations I did earlier this year nor the over one hundred acorn ATC/ACEO I drew and gave away.

2010

The ATC Antidote To The ATC Antidote

2011-12-19T19:22:00.002-06:00

After drawing the matted ATCs and/or ACEOs, I definitely had an overdose that I sought to draw the simplest of ATCs. Aaahhhh!!! I think I am cured. The theme is "Snow."

An Antidote To ATC (Artist Trading Cards)

2011-12-18T10:41:00.003-06:00

It started as an innocent exercise in drawing ATC (Artist Trading Cards) or ACEO (Art Cards Editions or Originals). So small, so confining, so limiting, so insignificant, so most certainly I had to "cessify" it. But I did not think that it would end up like these. Notice the ATC or ACEO, they measure 2.5"x3.5". When they are matted, double matted here, they look so small so I thought I should illustrate the mats...

The Fiesta Series 2009-2011 Latest Additions

2011-09-15T16:32:00.001-05:00

Steam Punk Too

2011-05-27T12:29:00.003-05:00

The Unfortunate Gift of Eternal Slumber. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board.

Steam Punk Project Preview

2011-05-01T07:45:00.008-05:00

The Cessification of Steam Punk...

Click or double-click, depending on your machine, it is slightly larger than the original image of 8"x10" inked area on a 9"x12" Bristol board. My goal is to ink almost all the white spaces and surround the mechanized objects with vegetation.

UnArtTradingCard

2011-04-09T13:06:00.006-05:00

Snow Mountain. Archival ink on 2.5"x3.5" Bristol Board on 8"x10" mat.
Down The Hill. Archival ink on 2.5"x3.5" Bristol Board on 8"x10" mat.

Goodbye Edo. Archival ink on 2.5"x3.5" Bristol Board on 8"x10" mat

Seasons

2011-04-08T11:06:00.001-05:00

2011 Jan-Feb-Mar

2011-03-31T21:13:00.004-05:00

The pen and ink drawings I did this quarter.

Fowl

2011-02-13T05:34:00.004-06:00

Elma, The Mother Hen. Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Elma and Maes were the original sources of our chickens and eggs when I was growing up.

The Cock, Ma-es. 9"x12" Pigment ink on Bristol Board. A few memories from my childhood: elephant tusk and bird of paradise plants, yellow bells, aka Ezperanza, cadena de amor, bamboo, Movie Snap pictured on the photograph image on right lower corner, a roll of photographic negative, banana peel, egg shell (I am learning to walk on eggshells) used to cap the elephant tusk - we thought it made them grow taller and straight. Now I know why my mother did that. Yesterday, I was reading about the plant characteristic called phototropism. The sensors that influence the plant's ability to grow in the direction of the light are stored in their tips. I need to ask my sisters for the name of that pointed-leaf plant used to line the flower beds.

Moleskine Journal and Notebook Pages

2011-01-11T20:21:00.046-06:00

Before cellular phones oozed with gadgets and applications, I had Moleskine notebooks to distract my attention from the lengthy waits at the doctor's or dentist's offices, school plays and karate sessions and tournaments. There on every black notebook I owned, I wrote copious notes and drew pictures using a regular ball point pen. Sometimes I had colored pencils and so I colored the images. Once I copied the entire crossword puzzle from the paper in the waiting room so I can work on it without using the communal paper. I also copied an entire article on the ethanol craze for reference. I used regular lined pocket Moleskine notebooks. This was before everyone used a Moleskine for drawing. Leave it to "artists" to make something ordinary, seem extraordinary and faddish. Everyone started doing a Moleskine exchange, so I went back to using it for plain notes and instead, started drawing acorns on ATC sized cards. These days my Moleskine notebooks are filled with notes from business phone calls. Here are some Moleskine notes and doodles. A few of them were published on Moleskinerie and on the 1000 Journal Pages book.

Trees

2011-01-10T19:36:00.002-06:00

Here are some of the many "Trees" drawings I have done. They are in Bristol Boards and Moleskine journals.

Familiar Images

2011-01-09T18:41:00.005-06:00

A painting on a painting on a drawing. I like to incorporate my paintings and drawings on other paintings and drawings. These are individual oil paintings and illustrations, some measuring 30" x 40". Top left, Medium Green Tea, oil on canvas 20"x24" found on next oil painting titled Chartreuse 30" x 40". Fiesta Blues 24"x36" also found on the background of a 30"x40" oil painting titled Pearl Grey with the painting of the nurse. The oil paintings of The nurse 20"x16" and The Dream 20"x16" were originally drawn on a doodle of colored pigment ink called Diablo de Uteri an on a 10"x8" sketchbook page.

A Few Paintings

2011-01-08T13:27:00.007-06:00

From the late 1980's and when I became a mother in the 1990's up until the epsilons were in their preteen years, I did not do any art. Motherhood took most of my time. Instead, I relished watching my children do their art. I started picking up my brushes again in 2004.

Pachyderm Messenger

2011-01-07T18:38:00.006-06:00

I use the elephant to relay messages to friends.

Pigs And Bananas

2011-01-06T18:26:00.000-06:00

Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board.

I love pigs and bananas.

The Fungus Among Us

2011-01-05T06:19:00.000-06:00

Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board.

Always have been attracted to mushrooms.

The Pig And The Elephant

2011-01-04T18:47:00.000-06:00

Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board

The Arabesque Series

2011-01-03T22:30:00.000-06:00

Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board. Custom envelope and stationery from Bristol Board.

Quercus

2011-01-02T23:02:00.003-06:00

Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board

Bamboo

2011-01-01T22:41:00.005-06:00

Pen and Ink on 9"x12" Bristol board.

209 Quercus Acorns and Leaves

2010-08-29T22:07:00.008-05:00

L to R: Quercus suber, Quercus cornelius, Quercus acustissima, Quercus gambelii, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus virginiana, Quercus bella, and Quercus coccifera, Quercus stellata, Quercus libani, Quercus lyrata

This is an installment of one of my current projects, 209 Quercus Acorns and Leaves. These acorns and leaves are illustrated on ATC-sized (3.5"x2.5") Bristol Boards with pigment ink.

Oak Acorns and Leaves

2010-08-15T10:58:00.010-05:00

A Sampling of Oak Leaves and Acorns Illustrations on Bristol Board Artist Trading Cards Rendered in Permanent Pigment Ink:

I am in the process of of illustrating oak leaves and acorns from a list of two hundred and nine (209) Quercus species that I researched and obtained online.

The Fiesta Series 2009 -2010 ...Latest Addition

2010-08-14T16:20:00.008-05:00

This series is still in progress. These are oil paintings on 30"x40" gallery stretched canvas. These are metaphorical interpretations of special events and people in my life which I depicted with one of my favorite things, colorful Fiesta dishes. Left to right, Top row: The Launch. Second Row: Heather (Hope, 2010), Pearl Grey (Courage, Grace and Balance, 2010) and Scarlet (The Awakening, 2009). Bottom Row: Chartreuse (Peace, 2010), The Ivory Babies (Friendship, Trust and Love, 2010), The Vaticinating Moon (Serenity, 2010).

Colored Pencil Drawings

2010-07-27T00:01:00.010-05:00

These are my first colored pencil drawings, they are on Bristol boards. I think in the end, I got so tired that I just haphazardly did the last two. Pigment ink and pen on 9"x12" Bristol Board

A sakada is a sugarcane plantation worker. Many of the sakadas live in Negros Occidental, otherwise known as the Sugarbowl of the Philippines. Their labour, called “sag-a” is backbreaking. They are paid in minimum wage, they almost have no rights. Services such as health care and education are available only when their employers provide for access to such services. The sakadas and their families and sometimes their descendants are indentured to the sugarcane plantation owners and their descendants. There are exceptional plantation owners, the ones who treat them humanely and with dignity but they are the exception rather than the rule. I based these drawings on photographs taken by a Belgian blogger friend, Sidney, who lived in the Philippines and visited the province of Negros Occidental. Sidney, a prolific photographer of Philippine life, has stopped blogging since but his blog is still up. For the real photographs and other images of sakadas or sacadas check out Sidney’s blog.

The Seasons Series

2010-07-26T06:05:00.021-05:00

The Seasons Series, is my first serious attempt to draw in permanent pigment ink on Bristol Board. At that time, I was only painting in oils. I decided to join Illustration Friday and since I cannot paint fast enough to submit an oil painting every week, I decided to start drawing. My first entry is shown on the bottom for the theme, "Stitch" . These drawings measure 12"x9". I drew these images with Fiesta dishes in mind. Can you see them?

The Seasons

I leave thee just
As seasons
Come and go
As Earth pleases
Existence.

Hot, humid, dry, arid
The ground breaks
Tempers released
Drought brings
Petrichor!

Breezy, chilly, dark, grey
Ablaze in colors
Fiery beauty
Silent death.

Frigid, cold, icy
So bleak yet white and pure
Sunny, bright, mellow
Slow.

Washes away grim
An acorn pushes itself from the ground
A little oak tree
Free.
Buying time.

Stitch (Un)

She ambles her way home
No one is waiting, so why hurry
Her thoughts travel like the runners on the ground
Going in all directions like running stitches
Keeping the soil together.
That’s exactly what she thought
And for a moment
She knew it was a ridiculous notion
Even corny.
Sometimes she wonders why she makes up these dramas
That make life complicated
When everything is really simple.
Now she focuses her attention
To the chill of the autumn breeze
She passes by a bush with its last remaining leaves
Clinging in futility
She is absent-minded and does not know
That her leisurely evening walk will unravel
When it becomes un-stitched.

Quercus

2010-07-25T16:25:00.007-05:00

I love oak trees. This was a homework I gave myself, in order to learn more about oak trees.
Colored pigment ink on 12"x9" Bristol boards.

Studying The Leaves Part II

2010-07-24T12:44:00.006-05:00

Permanent pigment ink drawings. These are the actual sizes of the leaves relative to the size of 9"x12" Bristol Boards.

Studying The Leaves Part I

2010-07-23T09:39:00.008-05:00

Blemished. I never thought a blemished leaf would spark my interest, but there it is! All drawings were rendered with colored permanent pigment ink on 12"x9" Bristol Boards. I look at these drawings now, and I see great room for improvement.

On August of 2008, I embarked on a new adventure, studying leaves. A serendipitous adventure, for I found myself in the middle of a natural tree farm preserve. There, for seven days, I was surrounded by majestic oaks, maples, evergreens and other stately trees found in the southeastern region of the United States. I could have just bought some field guides about trees, which I did, but drawing them gave me a better appreciation. I have not stopped since.

Acorn ATC Collages

2010-07-21T00:01:00.008-05:00

These are ATC-sized cards (2.5"x3.5"). ATC means Artist Trading Cards, but since I did not trade these (I gave them as gifts), these are technically ACEO - Art Cards, Editions and Originals. Permanent Pigment ink on acide free-archival quality cotton paper.

The Colored Leaves Series - 2008 - 2009

2010-06-20T10:48:00.025-05:00

Colored permanent pigment ink on 9"x12" Bristol Boards

My family and I spend spring and summer weeks in South Carolina with my parents-in-law where their house is surrounded by a hardwood tree reservation farm. Drawing these specimen is only half the fun. The experience and the process of collecting and studying them is nonpareil.

Shed A Tear Series - May 2010 - June 2010

2010-06-18T08:23:00.007-05:00

This was a recent series created in India ink, permanent pigment ink and colored pencils on 9"x12" Bristol board or Paris paper. This series was inspired by an old pencil portrait I did of my son several years ago, which I found inside my desk drawer. Aside from the children whose portraits I drew without a tear, the subjects of this series are my mother, sisters and several sisterfriends. I am inspired by the strength of their character. They are also wearing scarves from my collection. My goal here was to create simple line drawings with one intensive detailed item. My first illustration was the self portrait on the far left with my eyes closed with one teardrop. Later, as I started thinking about my subjects, I was inspired by their courage, strength, talents and gifts, intelligence and their enormous capacity for love, that I decided this to be a positive series of strong individuals and I drew them with their eyes open. These portraits are composite characterizations of the many facets and periods of their lives which I have been blessed to share. Like every other series that I make, I leave myself the option to keep it open. The stories associated with each portrait may be found here.

The Acorn Series II - October 2009

2010-06-15T09:54:00.005-05:00

These are permanent pigment ink illustrations of various acorn specimen, on ATC-sized (2.5"x3.5") Bristol Boards Completed on October 2009.

The Fruity Series - May 2008

2010-06-10T06:08:00.006-05:00

I wanted to see if I can draw with colored pencils. It requires more skill and technique than I ever imagined. It was fun discovering different styles and methods to achieve an object's texture. This was fun. The best part was discovering how many layers and mixtures of colors it took to achieve a certain shade. Unlike oil paints where I mix the paints on the palette to achieve the desired hue, colored pencils are entirely different. Even though an object may be composed of the same mixture of colors, the sequence of layering them achieved different effects. I had so much fun creating different hues. I never realized how popular the brown shades are and black is an extremely important color. I really love colored pencils. This is the Fruity series. Completed May 2008.

Las Hijas de Señora Phenomena Naturale - May 2010

2010-06-05T06:47:00.010-05:00

THE DISASTER SERIES

L to R, 1st row: Vulcana (Volcanic eruption), Ulan and Monsoon (Rain and Monsoon), Tsunami (Tidal Wave), Balas (Sandstorm), Lindol (Earthquake). 2nd row L to R: Lutak (Mudslide), 4th Row: Baha (Flood), Init (Drought), 5th Row: Buhawi (Cyclone) and Bagyo-bagyo (Typhoon). This series is still in progress with two more disaster illustrations. Pigment ink drawings on 9"x12" Bristol boards of personification of natural disasters originally published as Las Hijas de Señora Phenomena Naturale on Ces And Her Dishes.

The Fiesta Series 2009 - 2010...

2010-05-29T16:18:00.004-05:00

This series is still in progress. These are oil paintings on 30"x40" gallery stretched canvas. These are metaphorical interpretations of special events and people in my life which I depicted with one of my favorite things, colorful Fiesta dishes. Left to right, Top row: Heather (Hope, 2010), Pearl Grey (Courage, Grace and Balance, 2010) and Scarlet (The Awakening, 2009). Bottom Row: Chartreuse (Peace, 2010), The Ivory Babies (Friendship, Trust and Love, 2010), The Vaticinating Moon (Serenity, 2010), Launch (Patience, Perseverance, Hope, Love).

The Illustrated Abecedarian, Aug.2008-Jan.2009

2010-05-22T03:15:00.004-05:00

Even though I have been drawing since I was young and have been drawing with ballpoint pens on my Moleskine notebooks, I never really took up drawing seriously until last year. I use permanent pigment ink on Bristol boards. The Illustrated Abecedarian is a series of pen and ink drawings depicting the letters A to Z drawn in late 2008 until January 2009.

Alexandra Ambulating Along The Avenue And Admiring The Adscititious Atmosphere

Bedecked and Bedizened Baxters Badinaging On The Boulevard On A Brisk Day

Calumet the Cheerful, The Cordelleran Caretaker In The Cantankerous City of Calatrava

Dr. Daniels, The Dendrologist Dangled Daringly From The Dogwood At Dawn

Eleanor Easley's Equilibrium Punctuated By An Eerie Echo

Fair, Fertile, Fecund And Fascinating Forest

Gabriela And Ghalan In The Grove Of The Gentle Giant

A Happy Ending For The Hapless Heir And A Helpful Hound

Isolde, The Indifferent and Isolated Insomniac

Jack And The Jujube

Knowledgeable Kaye Kant Was Killed At Kota Kinabalu

Ludmila Ludlow The Lunatic Who Loved Life

The Metaphorical Life Of Margaret McMullen, The Mercurial Melancholic Mistress
Of Montessori Academy

The Never-Ending Nightmare With The Negro

Over

Polymorphous-Perverse

Quitting Quietly Under The Quercus

Ruminating Resolute

Scarlet

A Torrid And Tantalizing Tryst That Terminated In Torment

Un-Unemployed

The Vaticinating Moon

Wendy Wellesley Went Wandering Westward On A Windy Weather

Mr. Xerxes Xavier, The Xanthocroid

Younglings Yearning To Yank A Yank

Zen At The Zenith

The 80's

2010-05-18T10:00:00.006-05:00

Here are a few of the paintings I did in the 1980's. It was a very prolific era for me but I think I was still trying to find my own style. I painted using palette knives instead of brushes on large canvases (36"x48") and some smaller pieces. I must have painted over a hundred pieces and gave away most of them. I stopped painting in 1985 when I accumulated a near toxic level of lead from Flake White oil paint. Oops! The painting of the three women on the second row was done at a later time.

Ces And Her Dishes

2010-05-17T00:31:00.010-05:00

In 2007, in the absence of muses or inspiration, I used these still life painting exercises as precursors to the paintings I intended to do to get me inspired.

About This Site

2010-05-16T20:10:00.003-05:00

Woman In The Mirror. Oil on Canvas. 16"x22"

Dear blog friends and visitors,

Welcome to my blog, Ces, The Sunday Painter. Thank you for visiting. I intend to use this blog to display the different series of paintings and drawings that I originally posted and discussed on my other blog, Ces And Her Dishes. I hope you linger and enjoy a break with me.

Sincerely,
Ces