NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Message of Peace' (2005) Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Radiant doves emerge from a field of sunflowers their soft pink feathers glowing with life. Theus captures their innocent sweetness as they look out from among golden petals. The blossoms themselves are an ethereal presence against the cool blue sky. There's no better way of transmitting a message of hope than through nature itself Theus confides. Titled Mensaje de paz in Spanish.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Evolution' (2006) Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Made Surita paints a mystical work in a modern expression of Balinese tradition. To show respect to god Bali's Hindu people make offerings he explains. They sacrifice a certain animal in a ritual ceremony and offer it to god. The fish and duck in this painting are two of these animals and are believed to have a better future in the next life. For example in the next reincarnation the fish or the duck could come back as humans because of good things they have done in a previous life. The one who carries out the sacrifice is believed to have prosperity in life symbolized here as a bird carrying rice in its beak and will get a clear path to heaven when he dies. I represent them as two human figures in the upper right.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Delicacy' (2006) Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Julieta Sathler selects poppies for this stylized bouquet. Standing tall against a warm background the blossoms assert red and ivory petals caressed with yellow. Wrought in a luminous style with a marked cubist influence this is a precise and sophisticated work. Titled Delicadeza in Portuguese.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Venice II' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Timeless in this dreamy composition the city of Venice seems unchanged by the years. Luiz Badia depicts a gondolier poling his boat down a quiet canal past piazzas festooned with flowers. Filled with billowing clouds the summer sky is reflected in blue waters. Titled Veneza II in Portuguese.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Abundance II' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Afternoon sunlight illuminates a gracious salon where fruit rests on a table. A copper coffee pot and a porcelain jar heighten the sense of opulence. Standing behind them an upright piano awaits the musician's touch. David Fernandez paints a beautiful still life rich in nuances. Titled Abundancia II in Spanish.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Twin Girls' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Twin girls dress in identical sarongs as they participate in the melukat ritual usually held on holy days. Offerings are brought to a sacred place holy water is taken back home. These girls wait for the priest to sprinkle holy water on them Mohammad Arifin confides. My inspiration came from my own twin daughters.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Undress' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Glancing around her a woman undresses on the shore of a clear blue river. In Balinese villages bathing in rivers is still customary. Sunshine caresses her supple body in a sensitive portrait by Mohammad Arifin.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Emotional Sky IV' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: As the sun sinks beneath the horizon its rays find a golden reflection in feathery cirrus clouds. Puntip Fooyat masterfully executes her vision of sunset in a delicate woodcut print.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'One with God' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Holding a nosegay of roses a young bride stands alone against the blue horizon. Flowers dance in the azure air as the sun slowly disappears. Looking ahead from this joyous day to the hardships of life Mukaila Ayoade has a word of advice. When everything seems suspended when the rose of marriage is not as vibrant when the partner is far from home there is someone who is very close. This person is the brightest light you see at the horizon ? God is always at home.
	NOVICA Impressionist Painting - 'Gale' Price: Visit top link for price Editorial Review: Trees sway in every direction the gale force winds take them and their leaves become a green blur in this dance of nature. Marina Costa successfully conveys a sense of energy and movement as she paints with luminous acrylics on canvas. Titled Ventania in Portuguese.