CSMaza Artworks Jigsaw Puzzles

New jigsaw puzzles featuring Cyril and Lorna Maza's art pieces are now available for purchase online at http://www.zazzle.com/csmaza*.  

The puzzles come in two sizes: 10" x 14" (252 pieces) and 8" x 10" (110 pieces).

The 8" x 10" puzzle includes  a gift box with the image printed on its lid.

Made of sturdy cardboard and mounted on chipboard, these puzzles are printed in vivid and full color. For hours of puzzle enjoyment, give a custom puzzle as a gift today!

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Beautiful Morning in the Farm Puzzle by CSMaza
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Harvest Time Puzzle by CSMaza
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Hills by the Lake Puzzle by CSMaza
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Two Sisters Puzzle by CSMaza
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Summer View Puzzle by CSMaza
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Harvest Season Puzzle by cyrilmaza
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The Artist Puzzle by cyrilmaza
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Homework Puzzle by cyrilmaza
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Playing Melodies Under the Shade of Trees Puzzle by cyrilmaza
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Summer View

The title of this painting is "Summer View".  It is a painting of two cousins resting after a hard day's work on the top of a hill, overlooking a vast area of rice fields below.  They had been having fun, playing a guitar, and singing their favorite songs, while watching the sun, as it sets in the horizon.

My wife, Lorna, and I finished this painting on the 30th of April 2014.  It is an acrylic painting on a 30" X 40" stretched canvas.

Art and Wine

We're running a special promotion this month. All orders on Fine Art America come with a $100 gift certificate good towards your first purchase of wine on NakedWines.com!

Yes - really!

Naked Wines is a company based in Napa, California, that supports independent wine makers from all over the world.

When you place an order on FineArtAmerica.com, we'll e-mail you a $100 gift certificate from NakedWines.com... instantly. It doesn't matter how large your order is on FineArtAmerica.com. If you order a single greeting card, you'll still receive the gift certificate.

Once you receive the gift certificate, all you have to do is visit NakedWines.com, enter in your gift certificate code, buy some wine, and you're done! Then, just sit back and wait for the wine to arrive on your doorstep. If the logistical stars are in alignment, maybe your wine and your order from Fine Art America will arrive at the same time!

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The $100 gift certificate is only valid for first-time buyers on NakedWines.com and can only be applied towards purchases of $160 or more. You must be 21 years or older to redeem the gift certificate. Wine can not be shipped outside of the United States. Additional restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. See complete details at http://us.nakedwines.com/100voucher. Naked Wines is not affiliated with Naked Winery (http://nakedwinery.com) in Hood River, Oregon.

There is no minimum purchase required on Fine Art America in order to receive the gift certificate. If you purchase a greeting card for $5, for example, you'll still receive the gift certificate from NakedWines.com - yes, really!

All you have to do is make a purchase on Fine Art America, and the $100 gift certificate to NakedWines.com will be emailed to you... instantly!

Great art + great wine... enjoy!



Cyril Maza

Dogs Playing Mahjong - A Work in Progress

I have been working on a new art work recently.  This time, it's a graphite drawing on an 18" X 24" paper.  I am drawing four dogs playing mahjong.  Here is a picture of my drawing in progress:

It's almost done, but I need to work on it a little bit more.  Hopefully, I'll be able to finish it next week end, most probably on Sunday.

It's Sunday night right now.  I have been working on it the whole afternoon.  It's about time to stop and take a rest.  Tomorrow, I will be working in the office as an engineer as usual, and will not be touching this drawing until next week end.

House with a Water Pump

Painted from memory, this painting shows the house where I grew up. My parents built the house in a barrio around two miles away from the town proper. 

That house is probably the first concrete house that was ever built in that area. Our closest neighbor lived still a few hundred yards away.

It was almost surrounded by rice fields and fruit-bearing trees. The only other man-made structure in that area was a small pump house, which my parents had also built, to house a diesel-powered water pump. That pump was used to irrigate the rice fields. 

It was very quiet in that area, being away from the town proper and all its busy streets. In the morning, you could wake up at the sound of chirping birds, and at the crowing of roosters. At night, you could hear the chirping of crickets and, specially after a heavy rain, the croaking of frogs. 

The house had not yet been connected to the local power grid when we moved in. We basically could not use any electric-powered appliance during those times. At night, it was very dark, and we only used kerosine lamps for lighting. Outside, we had the stars and the moon giving light from the sky above us. And yes, we also had fireflies that gave light from the trees in front of the house. I still remember the fun and the laughter we had catching fireflies, and playing in front of the house during full moons. 

This painting is an acrylic-on-canvas painting. I finished this painting on the 25th of January 2014, and is my first painting for the year 2014.

Homework

I painted this from my childhood memories.

I was in fifth grade when my family moved to the house, which my parents had built for us. It was in a barrio around two miles away from the town proper. The house was barely finished when we moved in. We did not even have electricity. It took months before we eventually got the connection to the local power grid. During those months, we only had kerosene lamps for lighting.

I still remember myself, studying, reading, and preparing my homework at night with the help of those kerosene lamps.

This is a 16" X 20" acrylic painting on canvas. I finished this painting last Sunday, August 25, 2013.

Frog Hunters

These two men (a father and a son) are hunting for frogs. Armed with lamps and nets, they venture into the night, walking barefooted on the muddy field, looking for some fresh frogs for their family's next-day meals.

According to Wikipedia, "frog legs are one of the better-known delicacies of French and Cantonese cuisine. They are also eaten in other regions, such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the region of Alentejo in Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, northwest Greece, and Northern Italy, as well as the Southern regions of the United States. Currently the world's largest exporter of frogs is Indonesia, also a large consumer. In regions such as Brazil, Mexico and the Caribbean many frogs are still caught wild. A type of frog called the edible frog is most often used for this dish. Frog legs are rich in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin A and potassium. They are often said to taste like chicken because of their mild flavor, with a texture most similar to chicken wings. The taste and texture of frog meat is approximately between chicken and fish. Frogs are raised commercially in certain countries, e.g. Vietnam. Frog muscle does not resolve rigor mortis as quickly as warm-blooded muscle (chicken, for example), so heat from cooking can cause fresh frog legs to twitch."

This is an acrylic on canvas painting.  I finished this painting on August 31, 2013.

This is another scene painted from my childhood memories. I was a little kid back then, living with my family in a farm. Our house was nearly surrounded by rice fields with many frogs croaking and hopping around. I remember myself running after those frogs one night.