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"Unfurling"13 x 18 inches
Medium: watercolors
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Like a strange blossom, or a butterfly emerging from its cocoon with crumpled and still-damp wings; she stretches out her tendrils. Uncoiling, unfolding, unfurling so slowly you might not notice it. She shakes her filaments, and reaches to the firmaments.
Like the turn of the seasons, one stretch-tumbling into another, and all tied in a linked cycle of no ends and no beginnings and no ends and no begin---
Like death decaying into the soil to spring out with emerald fronds of life.
Like a phoenix's flames fading...dimming...dying...to surge up in its own successor!
She tilts her head up. She closes her eyes. She feels the pulse within her: no ends, no beginnings.
now THAT is beautiful - love the rich colors and the great darks at the bottom
ReplyDeleteStriking... The unfurling of color, and feathers, and branches, and fruit at the center of the painting really draws the attention in. The real treat is when you begin to notice all of the other details.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a bolder color palette than I'm used to seeing in your work, but at the same time, experimenting is ALWAYS good. I have a feeling that the subtle reds in the background that really bind the composition all together are a little more vibrant in real life, which makes me wish I could see the original.
ReplyDelete15 hours straight? Sounds like my last weekend where I was rendering briars on a painting for DA's contest. Gotta love briars and their thorns and twisty intersecting details. Feels good to think that we can be that 'fast' and dedicated sometimes when we push ourselves!
And randomly, I really love the little face in the branch near the bottom. I just want to put a word balloon that says 'ooo'! (yes I do find things that should be rather serious and morbid as 'cute'...don't ask me whyXD)
ReplyDeletehaha Angela!
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah 15 hours was a bit much, but I think I'll take today off and read a book, play some piano, and then take off at a leisurely time to drive the hour over to where the convention will be tomorrow. :)
you may not be happy with it but I think its beautiful...as all your work is....this being the reason I purchase your first how to book
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm familiar enough with myself to know that I just need to set it aside. Some of the pieces that are now among my favorites I really disliked on first completing!
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