Colourful Gift Boxes for Art Lovers and Crafters

I am happy to be back with some pretty gift boxes that I painted recently and I would love to share with you. I really enjoy painting these trinket boxes in different colours with various floral patterns and I always have a recipient in mind: gift for girls, gift for mums, gift for gardeners, gift for art lovers, gift for crafters, and many more. They are small-ish and cute and you can keep many items in them from jewellery and hair ties to sowing kits and seed packets. 

Hanging Hearts Inspired by Spring

 

When I started painting these hanging hearts, I had no idea where they will take me. I have already created this collection in a different style, but I wanted to create something more arty. I had plenty of inspiration in my own garden and from my daily walks so I didn't need to do any sketches as I had all the images I needed in my head. I couldn't stop until I finished all the plain hearts I had in my studio and the result is a bright collection of spring flowers that will last forever in your home. They can be hung as part of your gallery wall, art collection or Easter decor. 

Hand-painted Christmas Decorations, Teodora Paintings Style

 

My hand-painted Christmas decorations are selling quite well on both Etsy and Folksy platforms, not just around Christmas but all year round. I keep them listed and I am surprised to see them going in the middle of the summer. As they were flying off the shelves so to speak, I decided to create some more, even though it might be a bit late in the year. 

Tackling the bridal market

Colourful nails for colourful bracelets

I really enjoyed painting my nails for these photo shoots. Every bracelet deserves colourful nails to match. All bracelets feature a mini print after my paintings and they are designed to complement and enhance the image. For that, I used colourful glass beads, gemstones and millefiori beads as well as connectors and clasp toggles so they would be easy to put on. They are perfect either to complement your colourful outfits or as an accent piece that will draw the eyes. What I like about bracelets is that you can see them too when you are wearing them, unlike earrings for example. Have you ever thought of that :)? Enjoy the showcase and please let me know which one is your favourite.

Meadow connector + agate slice stone, agate flower bead and lava bead.

Lyre Antlers and Horns - My Signature Feature

Today I am posting a collection of landscape paintings featuring deer with lyre antlers and other animals with lyres - my signature feature. I love poetry, both reading and writing and as the lyre is the symbol of poetry, I wanted to incorporate it into my paintings somehow. The landscapes are loosely based on my childhood memories of Brazi where I grew up, surrounded by green hills and high mountains in Romania and by the Devon surroundings and cottages as a homage to my adoptive place for over ten years. I hope you like this collection. More to be added soon.

Autumn Cottage by Teodora Totorean

Contemporary Still Life Paintings

Back in 2003 when I was doing a Decorative Art course, one of the projects was to paint a still life composition in a traditional style and then take the same composition and try to re-create it with a contemporary approach by making it bi-dimensional and using complementary colours. I liked this project very much, but I haven't explored it much since. As I like the still life theme from home décor to photography and paintings, I decided to start creating some contemporary still life paintings by exploring the technique I learnt more than ten years ago. Here are a few photos of the first project from back in those days, together with the new paintings created this year.

Still life composition in tempera by Teodora Totorean - 2003

Nature Paintings

The magic of the night by Teodora Totorean

One of the most relaxing activities for many of us is walking in nature. Nature offers us a range of outdoor activities to enjoy and an array of features to admire. Artists of all times were obsessed by nature and landscape. Painting “en plein air” or in the studio based on their sketches, nature is one of the main sources of inspiration since the dawn of arts.

The Colours of Autumn

Last Day of September by Teodora Totorean - SOLD

Autumn is my favourite season because of the warm and brown colours it displays, the yellowish light and the lovely weather: not too cold, not too hot, sunny days followed by rainy days. And because I love autumn, it is impossible not to be inspired by it in my artwork. From birch trees and leaves motifs to autumnal flowers and landscapes, here is a selection of works inspired by this season in various styles and colour combinations to suit any interior and office.

Tiverton Art Society Summer Exhibition 2013

Tiverton Art Society, Summer Exhibition, The Castle Primary School, 3-10 August

       

1.Morning Meadow I - mixed media on canvas, framed by West Country Galleries

2. Morning Meadow II - mixed media on canvas, framed by West Country Galleries

 

3. Evening Meadow I - mixed media on canvas, framed by West Country Galleries

4. Evening Meadow II - mixed media on canvas, framed by West Country Galleries

Later update: Morning Meadow I - SOLD

Recent inspiration: Devon meadows

Spring Meadow by Teodora Totorean

Since relocating to Devon in 2006, I can't get enough of the countryside landscapes and lane meadows. Everywhere I look there are wild flowers on display and an array of colours to admire. Surrounded by this beauty, it is impossible not to be inspired by it. Here is a recent collection of semi-abstract floral art inspired by the Devon meadows. I hope you like it. 

Art Jewellery: pendant necklaces, earrings and rings

I started to create jewellery using prints after my original paintings last year in August and I got hooked. Something that began on a "see how it goes" note turned into a never ending and expanding my repertoire project. I create pendant necklaces using images of my paintings which are fixed onto the metal tray with ice resin. Sometimes I use glass cabochon and I also make rings and earrings. For the necklaces I use either chain or beadwork, the latest being designed by me to complement the colour and the style of the pendant. Each piece is different than the other even when I use the same image. Below you can see a selection of my products. Enjoy!

Art resin and bezels beaded necklaces

Flowers, a never ending project

Daisies  - SOLD

Devon Meadow - SOLD

Teodora, she signed

No, it's not vanity, I just decided to use my first name as my signature as I think it is more memorable. Like building a brand (I wish!). It also marks the beginning of a new stage in my paintings: finding my own style and stick with it for a while - still life scenes featuring semi-abstract musical instruments and flowers, playing with patterns, lines, bi-dimensional images and depth adding textured flowers that nearly jump out from the pictures. I also love painting on 10" X 23.5" canvas size and I am fixated with yellow and purple at the moment with a hint of metallic copper. Here it is the result so far and I can't wait to paint some more. Watch this space! :)

Golden Trills

Flowers by the
Alcove

Fresh Daisies
for the New Carpet

Yellow Flowers

Serenade by the
Balcony

The Sunflowers

©Teodora Totorean

Concerto collection part II

Concerto collection continues with original paintings inspired by music and nature. Enjoy! More paintings will be added soon. In the meantime, you can check my page on ArtGallery.co.uk  and westcountrygallery.

Floralis

Harmony

Jazz Flowers

Musica Universalis

Allegria - sold

The Music of the Spheres

© Teodora Totorean

When Painting the Music... the “Concerto” Collection Was Born

I like to incorporate in my paintings other forms of art like music and poetry - capturing a verse from a song, a metaphor from a poem, rhythm and lyricism alike in a mixture of colours and emotions.

For two entire weeks I couldn't stop painting the music, visually translated into a turquoise splash of colour suggesting the Atlantic Ocean bathing Merlin’s cave, or an imaginary ode to a mysterious princess, the strings of a Spanish guitar that resonates within, or the undulated sound of the jazz music surfing on the portative.  Mixed media has never had such a complete meaning in my paintings before. 

The Music of Poetry by Teodora Totorean - SOLD

Decorative Paintings - Leaves Series

Inspired by nature and organic forms. Perfect to brighten up any interior and complement the colour scheme in people's homes. Also suitable for business premises.

Postcards from October by Teodora Totorean

Mirage - My First Art Collection

Landscape with Flowers by Teodora Totorean  - SOLD

I am not talking about the fashion collection I drew when I was 13, nor about the exhibitions I took part in while attending art classes as an after-school activity 20 years ago, but about my first thought through collection created in 2009 using fabric cuts and acrylics. I haven’t promoted it much as at the time I had no idea that I would one day sell my art. I called it “Mirage”, like the shimmering heat of the desert. The idea behind the name is that the beauty in the world is much closer than we think; we don’t have to walk for miles to reach it.