My painting of Gaia came in phases. Today, I am finally revealing to your the final version of it, which I feel will not be altered anymore.
I have not posted in a while. Life got busy and steemit had to go on secondary road. I also feel that quite a few good people are leaving the platform. So is Steemit still a thing of future? Tell me what you think, I'd be delighted to hear your view.
Steemit future aside, I just came from biking after the rain and I am filled with fresh energy of Gaia, so I felt like posting something, and checking if I still have followers here which will appreciate it :)
As I said, "Gaia- Sacrifice" came in phases. The first version was born 2 years ago, and she was very naked....and quite frankly quite intimidating, especially for women who walked in my studio. I watched reaction of many such women during a public open door event, and felt like Gaia is not meant to be that naked.
Original version of Gaia 2017:
So I covered her up in clothes of of plants. That made her more appealing to our brainwashed society that fears nudity.
2018 version of Gaia:
As you can see, the sky section was not really done, but I felt no inspiration to finish that up until quite recently.
The final stroke of inspiration was given to me about a month ago, when I intensified my meditation practice and lessened my "social outside times".
Suddenly I knew what Gaia needs and it took me only couple of weeks to make her complete, so that I could finally declare:
It took me 2 years to finish this painting of Gaia, patiently waiting for the final download in meditation. It came to me a month ago and I carried out the final brushstrokes last night. My heart is in bliss and I am filled with joy by the final result (thank you Universe! ❤️). New Gaia has lots of enhancements that now make her complete: Life Giving mandala, new Sun necklace made of genuine gold, falcon has been re-aligned with the eclipse (falcon represents Omniscience = full opening of third eye), new sky and pretty much all plants and flowers covering here have been repainted. Obviously this painting has a story to tell and every element in it has a meaning. I told that story few times. Maybe one day you’ll hear it in your heart. The story of our beautiful mother Gaia💚🌈 So much gratitude Whoever acquires her in the future (subject to my own intuitive scrutiny), I will consider him/her a lucky human 🍀 Peace.
Final result:
Detail 1:
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Detail 2
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The more attentive ones of you might ask: Why is there the word "Sacrifice" in the painting name?
Well, that becomes quite obvious once you know the story of Gaia, and every element in the painting .
But that, my friends, is another story for another time.
Thank you for your support,
And remember Gaia in your actions and thoughts today
Much Love
Jan
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Hmmm, yeah, I'm sort of myself thinking that soon my time at Steemit will come to an end. I ran into some unpleasant people and the experience ruined the platform for me.
I did meet a lot of wonderful people, like Jan <3 so I'm still hanging around, but each encounter shapes our motivations in the world to do this or what, doesnt it?
Gaia looks really wonderful, a force of life and femininity. I am seeing so many elements that you've worked into the picture that shapes the painting into harnessing its powerful energies :) Whoever owns this painting in the future will be a lucky person, to be sure !
Hope you are doing well, my dear friend, Jan <3 It is always a treat to see you post <3333333333333
@veryspider , that is sad , but way the life goes. I just hope we can stay in touch via Instagram. I know you're probably not the biggest fan of social media, neither am I, but it would be good to stay connected. Always admired your artwork and beautiful approach to life. Happy for my journey here and so many amazing people, even if it comes to an end, new journey begins! Much Love! <3
Wow. The long development process was worth it brother .
Such a beauty. with so lovely details.
That is a clear resteem :-)
Thank you bruder!
Your details about this art in bold letters makes a reader about how close this art to your heart. In any yardstick 2 years is along duration to complete a project. And it is really worth to have a look for. There might be many important phases during these two years for completing. And since you had shown few of them in between we also got a feel of it.
Recently as I am being very active here for quite some time and gone through many of the art related Post, I can confidently say that this ranks among the top.
thank you for your support and encouragement! Really appreciate it!
ehy dear @jankasparec, amazing painting! two years is a long time, it must have cost you a lot of work and patience and energy, but in the end all the stories you had to tell with this painting have found their place and gay shines with light. do you do it for work or for passion? very beautifull!! :-))
It's been sitting on the sidelines waiting for my inspiration most of that time, but even so, it was worth it! Thank you kindly!
wow wow, such an amazing painting. I like the final version better than the 2017 version. Those light rays coming from above looks so natural and then the leafy clothes of lady Gaia- every component looks so magical. Congrats on your curie vote, well deserved :)
yeah when @curie speaks people see. Pure steemit magic :D Thank you sister!
hahaha yeah this is real steemit magic
This one looks so psychedelic! AWESOME AND ENCHANTING! you are great artist!
thank you kindly <3
wow, what a great art work. very nice 2 years is a long time
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I guess that's why it went viral. Deep bows of gratitude @curie!
2 years... @jankasparec
Wow man this amount of time is considered a life...
And I see that is why your art is full of life... You gave it life! Those colors are so alive! And I think for me to understand this art, it will take a long time... Because it will take a long time to understand life...
And to be honest, I have no background about Gaia, but your art really inspired me to go and learn about it...
This is the first post I saw today and it is AMAZING!
Thanks for sharing !
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thank you kindly for your awesome comment brother! Happy to hear that you're inspired!
Amazing!
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If we can only put this one on trending that would be awesome...
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Wow! Awesome work! I love it.
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wow... you are awesome. excellent...🙏
The best painting I've seen, I congratulate you and send you many blessings for the most beautiful work of art I saw today. You are a person who looks very enthusiastic and motivated in your work, greetings!
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This is very beautiful.
If I may comment on the nudity? ... I believe that a nude gaia is acceptable and often expected however, in this case it seemed that her breasts were the primary focus. Also, her breast age didn't seem to match her face age unless she had breat augmentation which clearly doesn't fit with the ambiance of Gaia.
I don't think you did wrong with the nudity- it was just such a strong focal point that I didn't really pay much attention to the overall beauty of the woman and entire piece.
Either way, it was and is beautiful. Congratulations on your amazing success.
Ha, @anaclark, maybe you're focussing on the boobs? I think it's perfect. Is there a breast age to face age ratio? That's a new one to me!
I like breasts, but funnily enough I didn't focus on them on this piece - there is too much else to look at - what a stunning piece of work hey?
That was some massive project, but man, was it worth it!
This is one of the most impressive paitings I have seen here in a long time.
Really beautiful.
It would take hours to appreciate every detail.
I loved the concept, the symetry, the complexity of all the elements involved, old and new.
The pristine nature vs the risky modernity in the form of predatory cities.
Theoretically it should be so easy to keep a balance in our planet, to let things follow their natural course and benefit from it, and yet we keep complicating things and compromising the health of the whole planet.
Bread for today,hunger for tomorrow as people say here.
That's what mega corporations have done so far and most people who allegedly love this planet and care about animals and plants keep encouraging these corporations to continue making life for those we love impossible
Absolutely stunning. It's posts like this that make the platform! Don't go! There's plenty of fun things happening here all the time - it aint dead yet! Adored this - really made my heart just thrum with WOW!! rESTEEMING.
Absolutely stunning. It's posts like this that make the platform! Don't go! There's plenty of fun things happening here all the time - it aint dead yet! Adored this - really made my heart just thrum with WOW!! rESTEEMING.
Woah, you can really see the difference between your work in 2017 and now, the final result surely pack a punch is really intense and beautiful and your work in the detail and every form are really mindblowing, thanks for sharing!
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wow... this is very big .. and cool :) I give my 100% upvote :)
This is SO beautiful!! WOW is too small a word for it. I adore work like this where I can spend hours just looking into the depths of the details . It brings smiles and an overwhelming sense of love and bliss. A complete success. Congratulations and promise you will stay here on steemit..... there are good and bad types everywhere we go in life..... the answer is not to hide from them but to realise they are still evolving beings with a way to go.... we are all one in the universe. One vibration, one love....different leaves but of the same tree of life xxx
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wow! I love this....... What a beautiful painting it is
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