Friday, March 19, 2010

Illustration Friday: Expire

"The Funeral"
8"x8" acrylic on canvas
painted today for Illustration Friday's prompt: expire

26 comments:

  1. omg!
    lolo... this is a masterpiece!

    every element of it talks of the theme... colors... her posture... the flower... the way she's holding it... her dress... her looks... and
    the way her hair reflects the agony within...

    so soulful... and sad... and beautiful...

    you are the best!

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  2. i agree completely and utterly with hb. you are the best!

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  3. Beautiful melancholy imagery! It's perfect!

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  4. Wow Lolo this is so deeply emotional! Gives me the chills.

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  5. Wow! This illustration is fabulous. I love it! I especially like the simplicity of the composition and colors--very powerful!

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  6. wow what a beautiful image. Sad but beautiful just like a funeral it has something double but I like that also about the whole concept of dying.......
    Jeeh hard to explain but a beautiful funeral helps to give everything a place in your heart....
    And I agree with HB!!!

    love
    >M<

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  7. You really have a talent for the human form. This is beautiful - graceful and serene.

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  8. Sublime! I love your art Laurel.x

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  9. This is wonderful. Human Being said it all.

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  10. Yes, sadness in this piece. She is holding on to the last physical remnant. Very well done.

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  11. it's a beautiful painting and yes...you are the best

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  12. Hauntingly stunning...you elegantly captured the spiritual essence of loss and grief...and of an expired spirit. One of your best!

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  13. Wonderful and stunning!Love the colours and the posture,calm and powerful at the same time!

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  14. you have truly captured and distilled the very essence of the word this week. communicates on every level and reaches out and touches the soul.
    michael dailey

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  15. like this composition...lot of nice stuff going on with what seems like a 'simple' work...big thumbs up...

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  16. This is just stunning - I cannot put into words my feelings on seeing this painting, scrolling down your blog it took my breath away.

    Thanks for the spoonflower info - I am investigating!

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  17. Somber painting and beautifully composed. You always know how to touch the deep places.

    Happy Spring my friend!

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  18. Wow. What a powerful image. The placement of the figure, with so much space to one side, reinforces the sense of emptiness & loss. Lovely.

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