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Published: 2006-09-21 18:50:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1601; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 20
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A bit of an art historic comment... I'll spare you the essay but this is pretty deliberate, "old school" straight forward work.Inspired by the Sisters of Mercy song of the same name, somewhat.
It's digital, but I did do quite a bit of traditional sketch work and hybridization to get the final digital work ready.
Original work 10" x 40", archival giclΓ©e on canvas.
I found out today from the gallery that the original just sold.
Thanks for checking it out.
Look up the Sister's of Mercy song too if you are not already familiar with it. It is great!
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thanks very much for taking the time to check it out!
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Ah, no , not so much that Waterhouse was pushing into new regions but just that for me he is a symbol of the previous concept of "an ideal in art making to aim for".
I do love his work and agree it will always have a place in both history of course, and in my own heart but I noticed that...
some galleries really exert a subtle pressure on artists to imitate work of the past because collectors like to think they are upholding some tradition by buying work that recalls it.
There is still today, among collectors, a tendency to adopt the "go with the herd" mentality, and I've had a few great conversations with millionaires who told me flat out that, it is more of a game among them to buy stuff even if they never really hang it. It is reduced to sport.
That's a different conversation about a weird world that runs parallel to the reality most of us experience but I do talk to much as it is.
So, in this image, I wanted to (or felt like I should) demonstrate to that gallery base "Yes, I did learn the older ways, did my time studying traditionally and do appreciate the history that came before me... but am ready to move on into less recognizable images"
Ironically, but happily, the sale of this work pretty much paid for the vehicle repairs. I bet no one asks mechanics to focus on fixing a certain part of a car!
Anyway, thanks for checking it out and you nailed it... sometimes our intuition knows before we know that we know!
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Damn,
I thought I knew everything about Waterhouse and his predecessors,but several of your references to his nymphs have me completely confused. You are saying he broke ground with his nymphs,yes ?
Because he depicted them as real flesh and blood individuals ?
By the way,I totally appreciate your kind of post modern explanations of your works. The high level of execution backs up the the words which are always sort of hindsight anyway,are they not?I mean, the intellect always seems just a bit slower than intuition doesn't it ? Dunno,maybe just me...
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I am a big fan of the Symbolist/Decadent dudes and this is quite in keeping with the old school mastery of mythic depiction. Exquisite, refreshing beauty...
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This is gorgeous...
Again, a pre-Raphaelite sort of dreamy lushness to the image, but almost, and I say this oh so tentatively, stepping into the realms of HR Giger...Oh, and do I detect a bit of Turner in the bottom right hand corner?
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It is definitely a mix. Heavily inspired by the pre-Raphaelites and symbolically, the destruction of the "old regime" icon s like the Waterhouse's naiads, et al. Not so much a rejection of the past as to say "okay that was then, what now", and all of that more of a personal experience in accepting the traditions of art history but slaying it to some degree so change can be made to move forward.
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Wow, this is truly beautiful and stunning!
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Thank you, I have something going on with these "mermaid" types of works....they just keep showing up. I think I am just dealing with the past...and the effect of artists like Waterhouse. Glad you stopped by to check it out.
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Your work speaks to me in a way... art hasnt really done before. I get this weird soothing feeling in my chest and at the same time it starts beating faster and I feel it down in my thighs. Your Marian is beautiful, not like your abstract work, it's... just beautiful.
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YEAH the Sisters! I've played my copy of Floodland to death.
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Mermaids. Gotta love them. 
Why is it that you often use themes in your work that I've worked with in writing? I edited a book on the mermaid theme, once. And I did a presentation on Ophelia's death in the water and paintings on the theme... and very often, it mixes with the mermaid theme.
The pose is very Kate Winslet in "Titanic", btw.
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The truth is, I live in your closet, sometimes and it is quite possible that I've tried on a few of your clothes.
Hmmm. I've said too much.
But really, I don't think it is conscious but we do tend to move in the same circles. It also helps that I like so much of what you write, it is fluid and powerful.
This image, "Marian" is, on a level, about the destruction of tradition, to a sort. Not destruction in a bad way, more like the "Death " card of the Tarot deck being a symbol for change I would say. The idea is to show the slaying of the metaphor...like Waterhouse's nymphs ... I am effectively talking to the gallery/collector world with this image letting them know that I recognize and respect that tradition, but also will slay (move beyond) its use in the more technologically informed works.
Often artists have to show that they know the "old" ways and have studied the history before they will be accepted in their future endeavors. In that sense, I suppose this work functions quite well.
I do like your writings very much, and it is always so nice to talk with you.
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Sometimes I don't know if I find you funny or sinister.
Thanks for the additional info about the picture... I have an idea how that works, and it's a very smart move. Some of your stuff is so abstract and brainy... I remember when I first came across your gallery, how I wouldn't be able to connect with some of your work, at all. It gets easier with time, with learning about your colour codes, influences and maybe also a bit about, hmmm ... do I call it your personality?
Maybe, some day, I'll even learn to read your script... 
And thanks for the compliments. I should remember to drop Lady Luck a thank-you note for letting me move into this community just a couple of doors down from your place.
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Ah, I am harmless. For the most part. When fully caffeineated.
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She's lovely, and the colouring is inspired. No slight case of over bombing here
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STUNNING ! ........ wonderful colors & textures , great use of space
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So beautiful really. Getting back to basics sort of then.
Congrats on the sell also
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Congrats on the sale - it's a fantastic work.
Well, well done.
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i like it great flow and colors, but the orientation doesnt do it for me.
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No wonder this was sold... it's such a lovely work of art... and ha! Inspired by a song by Leonard Cohen... Nothing can go wrong with that
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I never really thought of Marian as being a siren, there is that whole I hear you calling across the water across the waves bit. That adds alot more to the song, not that a sister's song really needs any help, but I will never think of it quite the same. She is really beautiful.
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Wow this is really great, I love the use of color and all the texture! And the way she glows! Beautiful details in the face and down to the fingers too. The length of this piece seems to translate a little strangely for me tho...I'm not sure if it's the orientation or what, because she kinda looks like she's lying down but then it looks like I'm viewing her sideways at the same time. I'd like to have seen it in the gallery, I'm sure it'd be better then scrolling to the right to view it heh.
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It's terribly beautiful, really. The colors work great, the little cut (or geels?, I do get something fish-like from her with those fins and all, it is some form of a mermaid?), and her 'pose'. It's incredible...
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yeah, you haven't been posting for a while. this artwork is very beautiful.
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