Realism. The heart of it all.
Patricia Bukur was trained as a realist painter prior to becoming a mushroom enthusiast. While focused now on abstracts, her realistic period included many portraits, landscapes, and conceptual themes. Some portraits and mushrooms in this section are manipulated photos on museum quality paper. The “Arigato” pieces are metallic ink and paint on paper
"When Icebergs Thaw" Soul Portrait
Painting of Sicily on restaurant wall
"Peace Flight" oil on board
"Deconstruction of Ego" photo on museum quality paper
"Ella" oil on board
Sketch of Ella for portrait
"Powell" oil on canvas
"Is the Path the Destination?" oil on double canvas
"For Love or Money" oil on canvas
"David" oil on canvas
"John" oil on canvas
"The Empress" oil on canvas
"Arigato" silver ink on black paper. 5790 hand written arigato as a reflection on gratitude
"Shakti Rising" arigato silver ink with white paint
"Arigato Radiating Light to the Future" silver ink on hand made paper
"Arigato with Tunnel Vision" silver ink on black paper
"Moth of gratitude" arigato in silver ink with painted moth
"Never Cry over Spilled Wine" arigato in ink, painted bird, and spilled wine
"The River of Forgetting" arigato exploring past lives
"Hineni" Silver ink and white paint on black paper.
