2019 Calendar Kickstarter

We are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for a 2019 calendar chock full of Omar's art. We've chosen a dozen of his favorite and most popular images to feature in a 12-month wall calendar. 

Click this link to check out the Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omarrayyan/omar-rayyan-2019-art-calendar

The campaign ends on August 23, 2018

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A Few New Pieces

Here are a few more of Omar's paintings that are currently available for sale.
You can find others in a previous post.
Please contact us if you are interested in purchasing, or wish to get more information about them. And remember: he also has smaller, lower priced pieces available
in his Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/studiorayyan.

Anna Katenina - oil on panel, 10x12 inches  SOLD

Last Diner Before Mordor - watercolor, 22x30 inches  SOLD

Last Diner Before Mordor (detail)

Last Diner Before Mordor (detail)

Giveaway Contest!

Portrait with Pansy - 7x8 inches, watercolor

We are offering this chance for you to WIN this original Omar Rayyan watercolor painting.

If you buy something from either of our Etsy shops:

www.studiorayyan.etsy.com or www.motherspoon.etsy.com

your name will be automatically entered for a chance to win.
Contest runs until August 31, 2015 at midnight (EST).
Winner will be announced here and on Omar's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/orayyan

Good luck and happy shopping! :)

UPDATE:
We have a winner!
Congratulations to Hannah Saurs.
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest this year.

Really BIG Art!

This past winter, Omar was commissioned to do a painting titled "Bunny's Birthday Bash". The client wanted him to do a very LARGE watercolor depicting her favorite rabbits and their friends partying it up. The painting was so large, in fact, that it did not fit on Omar's usual work desk. He had to make a temporary workspace just to accommodate the piece.

Bunny Bash in progress.

 You'd figure that when facing such a huge task, Omar would maybe perhaps just possibly consider that he might use bigger brushes and use bolder strokes to get the job done. Nope, he used his usual little brushes and spared no detail. Crazy man. But the finished piece is quite epic, as you can see in the images below.

"Bunny's Birthday Bash"  27x37 inches, watercolor

detail of some of the partygoers

detail of the birthday bunny

Bunny admiring his new painting

More Art

Here are some more paintings by Omar that are available for sale.
Please contact us if you are interested in any of them.
Enjoy.

The Mock Turtle - watercolor, 14"x18" SOLD

Turtle Tacking - watercolor, 13"x17" SOLD

Tickle Tickle - watercolor, 8"x11" SOLD

At the Fish Market - watercolor, 9"x11" $500

Milking the Triceratops - oil on panel, 11"x14" SOLD

The Princess' New Pony - oil on panel, 11"x14" SOLD

Another Giveaway!

Bubbah on a Bullfinch  -  6"x8" watercolor

Yet another giveaway contest!
We are offering this chance for you to WIN an original Omar Rayyan watercolor painting.

If you buy something from either of our Etsy shops (www.studiorayyan.etsy.com or www.motherspoon.etsy.com) your name will be entered for a chance to win.
Contest starts today and runs until August 31, 2014 at midnight (EST). 

Good luck and happy shopping! :)

UPDATE: WE HAVE A WINNER!
Congratulations to Ania Mohrbacher, Bubbah will be winging his way to you.
Thank you to everyone who participated this year.

Aquarium Art

Omar's "Contessa with Squid"

We're very excited to announce that Omar's painting "Contessa with Squid" has found a home at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in their recently opened exhibit called "Tentacles".

The collection not only features live specimens of octopus, squid, and various other cephalopods, but also has ancient, historical, and more modern art and sculpture inspired by these wonderful creatures.
They also commissioned San Francisco Bay Area artist Nemo Gould to create kinetic sculptures for the exhibit using found objects. Check out the video below to get an glimpse of the cool stuff he made.