"In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die;
Ever drifting down the stream--
Lingering in the golden gleam--
Life, what is it but a dream?"
Excerpt from a poem by Louis Carroll from The Hunting of the Snark
Artists often give great importance to dreams; I know I always find them fascinating. It appears we all lead double lives.
In many of my paintings I depict people sleeping. This is because they are in a moment of total surrender and sincerity, a condition which has its own beauty. They are inside themselves and travel to unknown worlds.
And now the recent research on the holographic universe theory tells us that it is quite possible that our daily lives are also a form of dream. Food for thought.
As in all of my paintings, there is a collage effect here; a melange of natural forms. A bit of drapery, microscopic cellular view of a fragment of nature, a Bocklin inspired landscape, a piece of drapery, a lily, and of course, a lovely Indian lady. Painting executed in the Mische technique taught to me by the wonderful artist Brigid Marlin. Mische technique is an oil glazing procedure described in detail on Brigid Marlin's website for those who are curious.
amazing painting. lovely
Thank you @bedee, glad you like it.
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Nice picture
Thank you.
Thank you for posting this lovely painting @kathleenscarboro.
Such a thoughful work.....
Enjoyed viewing it, looking through it and thinking on it.
All the best to you.
Cheers.
@kathleenscarboro ..Wow this is one of the best painting. You are so talented. The earthy colours are so soothing..and the expression of the lady is so pleasing..really a dream experience! Great
Thank you @satishart, so glad you like it.
wow, amazing art, very beautiful paintings, thanks for sharing
Thank you @bungaterakhir, sharing is what making art is all about!
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Life is but a dream within a dream! Love the energy coming from this piece! And the way that it all blends into her being.
Thank you @eterno. I like your work too, and am following you. Painting is an eternally fascinating activity.
Hi @kathleenscarboro lovely painting
Thank you @mcgrafite, I enjoy your drawings too.
@kathleenscarboro thanks
Another lovely painting. I really like the originality of your work.
Thank you @omdesign, always happy when people enjoy my work. I have devoted my life to it.
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wow realy nice painting... i like this post..
Thank you @foyez. Glad you like it.
most welcome
Awosome painting.....
Many thanks, @chetanshetty!
Wow such a nice painting..
Thank you @micch, much appreciated.
You are very much welcome dear:)
mam @Kathleenscarboro i really like your posts..... how beautifully you painted the expressions ❤
Thank you @chillymilly!
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I am glad you are enjoying my painting. My goal is to create in people the feelings you have just expressed. Thank you.
No worries. Nice to be able to enjoy it. I am looking forwards to see more.
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I really like the double exposure effect you do. I do that as well in some of my oil paintings, and I find it to be extremely fun. Depending on how complex of image you are overlaying it can be very challenging. You do it well.
The softness and range of value in her face is what really pulled me in.
The little designs you overlaid on the scene with trees is a very nice way of tying it together. It must have taken quite a while to do all of those little designs throughout the painting.
I'm looking forward to seeing more
Thank you @art-mess for your kind and insightful comment. Yes this type of painting takes quite a bit of time; I can do about 4 paintings a year working pretty much full time- oil glazing is always time consuming as it takes many layers to build up color and form. Photoshop is a great tool for composing images and allows me to do a number of trials before actually picking up a paintbrush. I plan color separately to give it its deserved attention.
I haven't done much glazing other than a few projects in school. It was a real pain for me. I always ended up starting too dark so by the time i started building layers the image looked way too dark.
Photoshop is definitely a great way to test compositions, overlays and color choices. I often wonder what great artists of the past would have been able to accomplish given the tools we have today.
Yes, glazing is a fastidious business. Logically, between glazing, we do a bringing up of the whites and then glaze down, otherwise it always gets too dark and saturated. My students would always try to go too fast with glazing (putting down too much color) and then fight to bring the lightness back. But really it is extremely satisfying and ages beautifully as the layers merge.
I think Leonardo da Vinci would have had a great time with digital cameras and photoshop - he did his best by inventing the projection method with his camera obscura.
Very good art this wonderful I congratulate you, I am a cartoonist and I would like to have your opinion of my work I invite you to my blogs and you go through my drawings and it would be interesting your appreciation as I draw with mixed techniques and blue pens.saludos and successes.
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