Bronco Metal

"Bronco Metal"     Colored Pencil on Black Paper and edited with Paint Shop Pro  
4x6 inches         Maleko ©2012

Red Sun Streaks

"Red Sun Streaks"    

Colored pencil on black paper with Paint Shop Pro border     5x7 inches   Maleko ©2012

Equine Bells

 

"Equine Bells"       ©Maleko 2011

Watercolor pencil and pastel drawing with Corel Paint Shop Pro border 

To view or purchase greeting cards and prints of this design or others 

please go to my website on Fine Art America

Merry Christmas!   ~M

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

 

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town"           ©Maleko 2011

 Watercolor pencil & pastel drawing with Corel Paint Shop Pro border.

To purchase greeting cards and prints of this design please go to my website on Fine Art America.

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Face Off

"Face Off"              ©Maleko 2011

Colored Pencil & Pastel Drawing           9x7 inches       Border added with Paint Shop Pro   

Red Sun Rising

"Red Sun Rising" ©Maleko 2011

Colored Pencil & Pastels             3 1/2 x 5 inches 
Border added with Paint Shop Pro

Out of the Sun

"Out of the Sun"

Maleko ©2011

"Out of the Sun" Negative Image

Maleko ©2011

"Out of the Sun" 

Maleko ©2011

The original drawing at the top measures 3.5 x 5 inches and was done using pastels and colored pencils.  The middle design is the digital negative image of the original.  All images have an added digital picture frame with the second and third a black border added using Paint Shop Pro.   Enjoy! ~M

Myth Takes Flight

"Myth Takes Flight"      Pastels on Black Paper  6x9     ©Maleko 2011

The Three Amigos

"The Three Amigos"   Colored Pencil Drawing on Black Paper   6x9    Paint Shop Pro Border
      ©Maleko 2011

America Rises - 911 10 Year Anniversary

A tribute to the 911 tragedy that occurred 10 years ago and remembering those that lost their lives and those that gave all they had to save and serve others.

'America Rises'  11x14  Crayon & Ink Wash ©Maleko 2011

The design above represents the will and strength of this great country as we have risen from the ashes of that tragic day 10 years ago on wings of mercy and grace.  Revenge never brings redemption & bitterness only shackles the wings that carry our dreams of the future. ~M  "God Bless!"

'Seduction in Blue' (Horse Art)

'Seduction in Blue'       

Watercolor - 24x18 - Black Border added with  Paint Shop Pro - ©Maleko 2011

I love the way this painting came out as the mare (I assume she is a female) is glancing over her right shoulder as she peers from behind her mane as it is blown across her face by the wind.  The eye and the tilt of the head and the blue colors convey the emotion of the moment.  What are her intentions?

What I fear and desire most ...

What I fear and desire most in the world is God.  

I fear Him because He promises to be spontaneous, out of my control, unnamed beyond my reasonable self.  

I desire Him because God has color, like the fire that burns hot.  

He is not pale, He is not neutral.  

His light reveals the darkness of my heart.

Excerpt adapted from "Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert" by Terry Tempest Williams, © 2001

Blue Ice Flows Over "Adobe Dance"

View the original "Adobe Dance"  11x14  Pastels & Colored Pencil Drawing

Negative Image using Paint Shop Pro

Maleko ©2011

Negative Image using Paint Shop Pro 
with black fill background    
Maleko ©2011

"Adobe Dance" Flows Golden

"Adobe Dance"  11x14  Pastels & Colored Pencils 

Maleko ©2011

Black border added with Paint Shop Pro

Black flood fill using Paint Shop Pro

In this drawing I attempted to portray the beauty of the horse by emphasizing the golden yellow mane flowing in the wind and simply implying the image by using simple shapes to define the body shape.

To view and purchase prints of my art work please visit my site at Fine Art America where you can select mats and frames to complement the art as well as greeting cards.  Thanks!

Bucking Broncos!

A tribute to the wild mustangs of the great American West!

"Bucking Bronco"   ©Maleko 2011

"Bucking Bronco in Sepia" ©Maleko 2011

The original painting (above on the left) measures 7" x 9" and was done using watercolor pencils on white watercolor paper. The a border was added using Paint Shop Pro.  The image above on the right is the sepia version using Paint Shop Pro with a black border and the image below is the negative image of the original. I love the different feelings the colors evoke. 

      

"Bucking Bronco in Negative" ©Maleko 2011

 If you are interested in purchasing or licensing any of my art work please contact me at malekoarts@aol.com.  Click the link to view a Price List for prints, mats or greeting cards or visit the new website at Fine Art America.     Thanks ~M

At the Ready

" At the Ready"  Colored Pencil Drawing on White Paper   3.5" x 5"

I like to use shapes of the underlying musculature of the horse to show the implied edge of the subject floating in negative space.  This allows the eye of the viewer to complete the picture and become an active participant. The simple beauty of a horse head silhoutte captures the regal bearing of this powerful creature.  This design appears to me that this horse is 'at the ready' every watchful and just a slight tilt of the head, a flick of the ear, flaring of the nostrils is all that is necessary to convey the emotions.  the image at the right was finished in Paint Shop Pro with a black flood filled border and a picture frame added. ~Maleko 

If you are interested in purchasing or licensing any of my art work please contact me at malekoarts@aol.com.  Click the link to view a Price List for prints, mats or greeting cards.  To view more art check out my new website at Fine Art America. Thanks!

American Bison 2 - Echos

The second installment of designs from the 'Echos' series.  Endeavoring to capture the strength and beauty of the American Bison.  View the first installment - Echos from the Past 

 
 

 Miniature Colored Pencil Drawings   3.5x5 inches   Border added using Paint Shop Pro

©Maleko 2011

In the Mind's Eye

New designs recently completed that I call the 'Shadow Series'

Negative Image using Paint Shop Pro

Watercolor Pencils - 7x9 inches - Paint Shop Pro border

Colored Pencil - 7x9 inches - Paint Shop Pro border

Negative Image using Paint Shop Pro

 

Majestic Red

                                                      

 "Majestic Red" Colored pencil drawing 11x14 (borders added using Paint Shop Pro)

Maleko ©2011

  

If you are interested in purchasing originals, prints or licensing my work please contact me at malekoarts@aol.com.  To download a price list for prints click here Printable Price List or visit the PriceList Page on the blog.  Thanks ~M

3 Easy Steps .....

Away From the Light & Into the Darkness.  I have come to see 3 easy steps that we may succumb to every day in deceiving ourselves, which quickly lead us away from light and into darkness.  These acts most often seem to occur almost unconsciously and quickly as we fail to follow the truth, which regularly results in broken fellowship, hurt and grief.  

"Wings in the Dark"  Watercolors & Pastels/PaintShopPro  
©Maleko 2011

1- Rationalization of the act - telling ourselves it will be okay and it is just this once so why not?

But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,  ~Mark 2:6

2- Justification of the impact- everyone is doing it and nobody gets hurt so what is the big deal?

And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts ; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. ~Luke 16:15

3 - Expectation of the outcome - that this is the way it is and there is nothing else, no eternal truth or judgement, right?

The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. ~Proverbs 11:23

However, within the darkness there is a light, there is redemption, forgiveness and a rescue from our pain. But we must make a conscious choice to turn from our own plans for making life work and be willing to believe in the grace that is offered freely through Jesus Christ; the way, the truth and the life.

(All scriptures references were found at Bible Study Tools and are from the New American Standard Bible translation.)