Little Radish

I am working on several new oil paintings. This little radish made it first to the finish line.


Little Radish
© Eva-Maria Ruhl, 2012
8" x 8" oil on panel



Here it is with a frame. It glows like a little jewel.


My Paintings at the Delaware Art Show



Beyond Words: Plants
Each letter in the name of this exhibit was painted by a member of Studio 155.
I painted the R for Rhododendron, also Ruhl :)


© Eva-Maria Ruhl 2011
oil on board

More about our letters HERE


Dance of the Reeds triptych






Small Works
Another collaborative work by Studio 155. Each member painted a plant idiom. The works are displayed in an accordion style book made by Betsey Carter.
My idiom: Rotten to the Core




© Eva-Maria Ruhl 2011
oil on paper

More about Small Works HERE




Delirious
Helleborus niger







Fleur-de-lis
Iris triptych





More images from the Delaware Art Museum are posted on Studio 155 Facebook Page
and all works can be seen in the online exhibit
HERE

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Review of the exhibit by Moira Sheridan


Petals as portals to the soul


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Delirious




© Eva-Maria Ruhl, 2011
24" x 24", oil on textured canvas

Delirious, Helleborus niger, is framed and packed up, ready for the journey to the Delaware Art Museum 
for the upcoming exhibit 
Beyond Words: the Symbolic Language of Plants.

Hellebores niger, also known as the Christmas rose or Lenten rose, is noted for its early blooming and toxicity. In the early days of medicine, hellebores were used to cure insanity. Their symbolism includes magic, madness and delirium. In one mythological tale, the ancient seer Melampus used hellebore to cure the daughters of the king of Argos after the god Dionysos punished them with madness for scorning his worship. 


Details:



Dance of the Reeds





© Eva-Maria Ruhl, 2011

An earlier painting, "Cattail", is now part of this triptych headed for the Delaware Art Museum.



The reed symbolizes humility. In Greek mythology, the nymph Syrinx, known for her chastity, was pursued by the amorous Greek god Pan. She ran to the river, where the river nymphs transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when Pan blew his frustrated breath across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion his pan pipes or “syrinx.” Pre-Raphaelite artist, Arthur Hacker’s Syrinx inspired this painting.





The exhibit
BEYOND WORDS: THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF PLANTS
is online here

Details:




"Fleur-de-Lis"



© Eva-Maria Ruhl

Watercolor on Fabriano Paper,
each Iris painting measures 10"x 21".
This triptych will be part of a group exhibit, 
by 
STUDIO 155
at the
February 4 to April 8, 2012

To view the exhibit online click    HERE

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Winter Jewel

"Winter Jewel", © Eva-Maria Ruhl, 2011


This little oil painting will be part of an exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum in 2012.
See next page "Upcoming Exhibit" for more details.


PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE

Studio Gallery, DC



Group exhibit at Studio Gallery in DC.


MAY 25 - JUNE 18, 2011



SONGS OF THE EARTH,
BRANCHING OUT

STUDIO 155



Poster by Michael Rawson






Dupont Circle Arts Blog:

Review written by intern
Asia Reynolds
Montgomery Blair High School
2011







Tulip Dance

© 2010 Eva-Maria Ruhl



© 2010 Eva-Maria Ruhl
detail

Sycamore Leaf

Summer has been busy, so I'm posting an old friend, the Sycamore leaf, a watercolor painted in 2008.