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dustfae — The Memory of a Girl
Published: 2011-06-06 17:38:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1739; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 0
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I wanted her to appear as a memory, ghost, or apparition of a man's lost love. Inspired by Mr. Poe of course! I thought a lot about this painting, and referred to the Victorian language of flowers when I chose the lilacs and the forget-me-nots.This is one of the largest paintings I have ever done, 50 inches by 50! It was definitely a learning experience painting that large, but I still prefer small.
This photo does not do the painting justice, as it is so big. oh well!
oil on canvas
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I have featured this deviation in my journal [link]
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Thank you so much! 
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Beautifully painted and work with colours!
I think you've conveyed the emotions behind it perfectly
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Did I miss this one somehow??! It's amazing, I love how it's kind of white washed, it almost looks like the face is peering out from behind ice...and 50 by 50 is HUGE!!! Did you stretch he canvas yourself?? I think 36x48 is the biggest I've ever done. Awesome job as usual
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Thank you! Yes I stretched it myself, that in itself took long enough!
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Oh you are far more patient than I could ever be! I never learned how to stretch canvas just because I knew I'd never be able to spend the time on it....I can't even imagine stretching something that big!
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I know! It is so tedious. I have to do it for many of my classes, but I avoid it as all costs. The worst was when I had to do a six footer, it took about 6 hours or more to build, stretch, and gesso.
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Hahah that sounds painful....I definitely would have given up and gone to Michael's to buy a pre-stretched frame about an hour into that
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haha, I wish! I might have been shot.
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Haha true. I'm guessing pre-stretched frames aren't overly accepted in art class
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So ethereal and beautiful, she certainly looks like a victorian ghost.
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Thank you so much, I am glad you think so
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this is really beautiful! I love the colours, and how it's nearly transparent looking. Great job, i wouldn't know how to do such a thing. This is simply gorgeous! 
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Thank you so much! I didn't really know what I was doing either. I had an idea but no image really of this. Somestimes it's a good thing to let yourself go
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love the blue color scheme.
I like the way you overlap the white stroke, great painting!
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Wow *~*
Beautiful work, I love your style and this technique is amazing. It looks like a memory indeed, there's something cold and distant, yet I can tell that it is a good memory (of a lover...). Great job, I think you presented the idea wonderfully
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Thank you! You got what I was going for perfectly
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Take the flowers away and I see some of M'Hamed Issiakhem in there
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I had never heard of him so I googled, and wow- his work is beautiful! Thank you for mentioning it.
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Got a Algerian workmate whose both parents are artists.
At some point, I too never heard of him.
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This is so impressive online I can only imagine what it looks like in person. Great textured effect and detail. Almost as if she is frozen in time. Well done!
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Thank you so much! I am glad you like it
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no problem, the blue almost looks transparent.
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I did this in so many layers, I think that's why. I wanted her to be buried in all that stuff, sort of like a metaphor for a funeral shroud I think.
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I like it. did you have an idea before you attacked the canvas, or did you kind of just "go with the flow"?
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I had the idea and concept in my mind but I had no idea it would look like this. I went with the flow a lot, especially with the layers.
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that's how i do all my work too, i can never plan out an entire piece, just the idea. i have to work off an idea until it looks right to me.
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