Sylvie Kantorovitz

# 30
~ 11.5 x 9 mostly watercolor.
The bird at the bottom, makes me think of people who need to hide. And of the brave people who hide them.
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#Art #Drawing #Watercolor #Patterns #Birds #Courage #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Icons

Thank you! 🩵 🙏

So longing for peace too, Luis! 💙🩵🤍

# 29
~ 11.5 x 7.5 watercolor.
I thought the more of these figures I would do, the easier it would get. Not so. Interesting!
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #Patterns #Leaves #Flowers #Seeds #Plants #Bird #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Icons

Thank you, Melissa! 🤗 🥰 🙏

# 28
~ 9 x 11 Ink + watercolor.
Here's to sleep, hibernation, rest, dreams, and emerging refreshed.
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Patterns #Birds #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Sleep #Hibernation #Dormancy #Icons

Thank you, Melissa! 🥰 🙏 🧡

This painting from 1983 reminds me so vividly of the little room I rented in Paris; squeezed between bed, dresser and window to paint; the French window, the light; life unfolding ahead of me; dreams, goals, hopes, illusions, youth.
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#FromthePast #Painting #Art #SelfPortrait #OilPainting

Thanks Isabel! 🥰

# 27
~ 11.5 x 7.5
When I was a tiny kid, I adored this color harmony: red orange yellow. Hello again!
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#Art #Drawing #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #ColoredPencils #Patterns #Plants #Seeds #Birds #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #Icons

Wow, Melissa! "How long until the slippers grow holes?" Indeed!

Sounds great! Also beautiful photo!

No need to be distressed, Luis! Figuring when a piece is not worth saving is part of the process. 🥰

Nope! Not today…
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#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #HowIWork #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength #Failure

A black and white photograph from 1937 by Russell Lee for the WPA. A big joyful Mexican-American family gathers around their kitchen table after working in the sugar beet fields of East Grand Forks, Minnesota. They are drinking cups of coffee together. There are four adults and five children. Everyone, minus one little child who looks straight at the camera, is smiling with love at a baby held warmly and securely in a woman's lap.

Mexican-American farm family in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, 1937. Photo made by Russell Lee for the WPA.

# 27
~ 11.5 x 7.5 gouache.
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#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Gouache #Patterns #Bird #Sadness #BrokenHeart #MotherEarth #WomensInnerStrength

Pieces sit on my mantelpiece for 2-3 weeks before I call them done. During that time I bring them down for endless tweaking, “pushing and pulling”, and often surgical patching.

#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #HowIWork #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength

So cool, Gene! What an interesting selection!

Lovely, so lovely!

Thank you so much, Melissa! 🙏 🍃 💚

# 25
~ 11.5 x 9 watercolor.
Playing with greens while hibernating. 🌿 🌱 🍃
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#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Patterns #Plants #Leaves #Seeds #Bird #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength

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A ray of sun on my mantelpiece! ☀️
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#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Gouache #Patterns #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength

I'm so glad. Luis! 🥰

# 24
~ 9 x 11.5 watercolor.
How I love the sound of my pen scratching on this paper! My own personal ASMR.
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#Art #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Patterns #Plants #Flowers #Leaves #Mushrooms #Bird #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength

# 23
~ 11 x 7.5. ink and watercolor.
“And what if I used only yellow and sepia (+ the skin tone)?” 🖤 💛
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#Art #Drawing #Painting #FromtheDrawingTable #Watercolor #PenandInk #Patterns #Shapes #Peace #Serenity #MotherEarth #Nature #MotherNature #WomenStrength

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Wishing all a measure of serenity for 2026!
Happiness is, in my mind, a false pursuit, leading mostly to disappointment. How about seeking serenity and contentment instead?
#Serenity #Peace #Contentment #NewYear #Bird

Thank you, Melissa! 🙏 🫶