WILDAGO
  • Home
  • Animals
  • Flora
  • Still Life
  • Socarrats
  • People
  • Pearl and Friends
  • Site Map

How Todd Became Otto

19/3/2021

 
After seeing this video you cannot doubt the ability to manifest dreams... or paintings! Todd the Dog is a fictitious character featured in many paintings as Edmund's loyal companion between 2009 and 2014. Otto, a real dog, was born in Valencia in 2016. He suddenly materialised as a temporary lodger at age six months. He is still with us, thankfully. Paintings of Todd the Dog were premonitions of Otto's colouring, short legs, long body, big snout, wild flapping ears and irresistable brown eyes, not to mention the unexpected way each dog found its new home. (Todd was lurking in Edmund's recycle bin.) Be very careful about what you paint!
Music: "Big Ben" by Judson Crane

via GIPHY

Picture

Día de la mujer

7/3/2021

 
Over the last decade a few hundred paintings of female characters have come out of my studio. Some are fictional and others are portraits of real people. To celebrate March 8th, the International Day of Women, here is a random selection.
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.

―Proverbs 31:25
Music: "The Wonder of Them" by Lisle Moore
Picture

Todd The Poet Dot Com

25/2/2021

 
One of my favourite superheroes is Todd the Poet, who happens to be my brother. While he has appeared in some small watercolours, this is the first life-size painting of him. It is based on a magical moment in 2014, the happiest day of his life, the day that he and Stella got married. Stella often says, "Todd is my knight in shining armour." Indeed, he is.
Music: "Meadows" by Hans Zimmer
Picture
Todd the Poet, 50x70cm pastels, 2021

Not Another Selfie

3/2/2021

 
Lately I've been under the spell of René Magritte, enjoying his fluffy white clouds and blue skies, his wonky portraits, and surrealism in general. Using one of the cloud studies I did for the recent goat triptych, I made a second Magritte-inspired selfie.
Music: "Through Lights" by Judson Crane
Picture
L'Autoportrait (deuxième), 30x30cm acrylic on paper, 2021

Happy Birthday Mark & Poe!

19/1/2021

 
Today is the 50th birthday of our friend Mark. His wife kindly commissioned a red stag painting to honour the occasion. The short video shows the making of the triptych entitled "Viktoriya's Stag" and the surprise delivery.
Music: "Sea of Lavender" by Mark Hadley
Picture
Viktoriya's Stag, 124x80cm acrylic painting on wood, 2020

There is another important birthday on January 19, that of Edgar Allen Poe, born in 1809.
Picture
Poe-trait, 50x65cm charcoal and pastels, 2017

New Days Year

1/1/2021

 
Congrats, we have arrived at January 1st, 2021. Happy New Day! After a rollercoaster 2020 how about a gentle entrance into 2021? Poco a poco. This is the starting point for 2021, a year of new days.
Music: "Bliss-O-Gram" by Uncle Black
Picture
Roots, 50x65cm pastels, 2020

Made In 2020

28/12/2020

 
A selection of artwork produced in 2020 with jaunty music to help me remember the positive outcomes of a challenging year. Heartfelt thanks to all who supported my art practice this year and every year.
Music: "Gold" by Rob Simonsen
Picture
Touch the Sky, 30x100cm acrylic painting on canvas, 2020
    Picture
    L'Autoportrait (premier), 2020

    Author

    Canadian painter Wilda Goyetche uses the artistic name Wildago to sign her work whilst balancing the needs of a highly demanding, four-legged, sausage-shaped muse named Otto.

    Contact

    UK Tel. +44 (0)744 920 6133
    Spain Tel. +34 671 785 423

    EMAIL

    Archives

    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020

    Categories

    All
    Animal Painting
    Birthdays
    Celebrations
    Commissions
    Cuisine
    Edmund
    Flowers
    Otto
    Pastel Painting
    Pearl
    Pop Art
    Portraits
    Self Portrait
    Socarrats
    Still Life
    Studio
    Surrealism
    The Neighbourhood
    Tile Painting
    Todd The Dog
    Triptych Painting
    Work In Progress

SITE MAP
  • Home
  • Animals
  • Flora
  • Still Life
  • Socarrats
  • People
  • Pearl and Friends
  • Site Map