Mariko Doi from Yuck Painting

French Born (1958) painter/graphic artist and musician ☯ ☮ ☮ -- P.B.M.A.A.A [Petty Bourgeois Masquerading As An Artist] Lived in UK most of my adult life ... I draw cartoon/illustration and paint expressionist portrait ● At the moment i tend to draw lines in pencil or fineliner ... as in music the instrument you use can dictate the outcome SOOO much ...] or marker on paper then photogragh and manipulate on free linux software like Gimp or draw with Inkscape or Gimp and do the same ; but the modalities of the work change and various media is used at different times : acrylic and or OIL ON CANVAS still a favourite.............. methods and media vary :] ● ... my areas of inspirations are in any order Picasso K Haring Matisse Basquiat Alex Katz Eric Fischl Edvard Munch VAN DONGEN Emil Nolde Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Messieurs Pierre Bonnard Jean Renoir Edgar Degas... Oskar Kokoschka .. August Macke Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Gabriele Münter Georges Rouault Paul Cezanne ●●● ● Love Portrait Oil on canvas the old-fashioned way ::::)))))))) do not believe the hype ; God[dess] not dead and neither is painting; they are one and the same ... Painting stills rocks and will do long after the last installation and video piece has long turned to dust .... ● Also love anything graphic-style altho see artists and designers as antithetic creatures; skills required often cancelling each other out looseness v. order... abandon v. rules /counting/measuring ... ============================================================ To leave a message simply join Saatchi site here [it is free to sign up] and send a personal message ++++++++++++>>>>>>>>>>> Thanx Shan