New Designs Available: Spanish and Italian Countryside Tiles
My newest online designs are available on the bottom of this page:
https://shopvida.com/collections/zita-barbara?page=21Recently, I've been inspired by colorful, hand-painted, Spanish tiles. The first time I was drawn to the color and patterns of Spanish tiles, I was in a church in San Francisco, California. This church was unusual because it had a display with a "gravesite" for Don Quixote. Painted on some of the tiles images from the story. The windmills, Sancho Panza, and Dulcinea. Then, for decoration, colorful patterned tiles. I loved this "style" of decor. When I came to San Antonio, I saw these colorful tiles at "The McNay." Making clothing with the patterns was an idea I had recently when falling in love with them once again and realizing that the colors/patterns are perfect for statement pieces to wear outside. I took some time to develop Spanish tile clothing accessories. Some inspired by patterns I saw in San Francisco...some inspired by lemons and blue/while painted kitchen designs found on painted countryside decor.
(Below) I called this design "Fluer-de-Lis Clover Hearts"
I loved the use of the "Fluer-de-Lis" in Spanish decor. It will make anything look regal and classy. To create a successful pattern for clothing, accessories, and kitchen decor, I decided to create a design that easily translates on many items at different lengths. When it came to creating this design, I was sure to keep many interesting shapes: The "Fluer-de-Lis" to create a heart...and a series of repeated hearts to create a four-leaf-clover. Wow...on top of that...it must remain consistent so that the pattern can be repeated and extended. I was sure to retain the "handprinted" look of blue paint on white pottery so that I could use this as the background for my "finale" design.
The next design builds on the background of my "Cloverhearts" design above. A while back, I created an oil painting of lemons in my kitchen. I didn't think that I would one day make a design out of this. The two lemons I created for a kitchen painting seemed dull to me as a painter. It was a "still life" but because of the side by side positioning I tossed it aside as one of my "messed up" paintings. My mom liked it, kept it, displayed it in her kitchen for a long time where oil from cooking made its way to the canvas and created more texture for the painting. Over time I decided to like my own painting...and I even keep it in my kitchen next to spices.
That's just how we painters roll. We don't like our own work...until much later.
I added painted lemons to the top of my painted background using design software. Therefore, I listed this under a "multi-media" work. I called the design "Limoncello" at first...but then thought I loved the play of the word, "limonzita" which sounds like "little lemon" with the use of my name. The result was to use both words, "Limoncello de Limonzita."
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