This painting was created for a client who wanted to express her love and passion for someone. I started out with line work.
Then painted the body. Red was added to show how the touch was affecting the body and the senses.
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MIKEY ESPINOSA – UNCLE JACKS FARM
I was given the duty to paint the beloved land for a lovely family who owns this farm land, you can see how much they love their Earth! The canvas is painted on a 24 x 36 inch canvas using acrylic paint.
The sky was the first section I painted and I was able to achieve a 3d like effect with the clouds because I painted a texture layer before the sky.
Different greens were used and yellows were added to ready made greens and blues to create a variation.
White and brown was used to highlight and add depth to the features. Below is the final piece.
MIKEY ESPINOSA – JUSTIN
An acrylic painting of my friend Justin, I was going through a period of not painting anything and I wanted to get back into painting faces, so I used my friends face to help me. Shout out to Justin Tang for letting me paint his amazing bone structure haha!
MIKEY ESPINOSA – WOMEN OF THE ISLAND
I wanted to celebrate femininity, slightly inspired by the Moana film and Te Fiti, the goddess island. I painted the figures like they were in the form of an island with the hairs falling over their bodies as if it were a waterfall. The woman in the centre faces the air as if she is giving air and a breath of life to the island.
MIKEY ESPINOSA – THE EMPEROR/KING
These are old pieces I did when I finally was confident enough to call myself an artist. This series I call the Emperor and King. These pieces celebrate the male body.
MIKEY ESPINOSA – BLUE SKIES AND BLOSSOM TREES
I worked on this painting for a lady who once worked in Washington as a nurse and was taken back by the cherry blossoms that were there. For once she took the time to stand back and pause to appreciate something and she wanted that to be recreated in a painting.
I imagined her looking up and noticing the blue skies and how it compliments the cherry blossoms to create light hues reaching towards the sky. I wanted to create awe and grandeur to the viewer as the branches spread across the sky.
Mikey Espinosa – My Little Pony – Pinkie Pie painting
I have a little friend that loves My Little Pony, I would call myself a fan of MLP so I had such fun painting this piece for my friend!
Painting her body first, and the sky around her. I did this because Pinkie Pie is famed for her curly locks and I wanted to have the freedom of painting her curls wherever I wanted to.
Of course Pinkie Pie is known for her energetic behaviour and love for foods and parties and I wanted to include this feeling in the painting with sparkles, cookies and a picnic mat! Wouldn’t you want to eat with her!
MIKEY ESPINOSA – 4 BEAUTIES OF CHINA – Xi Shi
Xishi – Said to be so beautiful, fish would forget to swim and sink as she passes by (7th century BC).
Celebrated for her natural beauty, she was selected by King of Yue Gou Jian (who was vanquished by the state of Wu) and was trained in royal court etiquette. Gou Jian sent his minister Fan Li to take Xishi as a tribute gift from Yue to the Prince of Wu. Xishi and Fan Li fell in love and secretly confessed their love for each other. The Prince of Wu welcomed Xishi and was enamoured by her appearance, so distracted he forgot his duties. Xishi continued to distract him eventually bringing political chaos allowing Gou Jian to take back his honour. Xishi was said to have disappeared with Fan Li after the death of the Prince of Wu never to be seen again.
MIKEY ESPINOSA – 4 BEAUTIES OF CHINA – WANGZHAOJUN
Wang Zhaojun – Said to be so beautiful, her appearance would entice birds to fall from the sky (Han Dynasty 1st century BC).
Wang Zhaojun became a concubine during the reign of Emperor Yuan. Yuan chose his partners and lovers by looking at their portraits. Due to the many maidens, competition was harsh and this caused a lot of bribes and offerings to the artists to make them as beautiful as possible. When Wang Zhaojuns portrait was seen by the emperor she seemed the ugliest and was sent to become the bride of a barbaric nation to calm relations. However on the day of her leave, the Emperor fell in love with her and brought the death of the artist. It was too late for Yuan to reclaim her.
