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SciFi and Fantasy Art: I see the lights of home...Here would be an art trade I performed for the amazing Barbara J. Wickham. You must all go visit her site, lest I smite thee. She is amazing, one of the best in my humble opinion. ^_^ In fact, if you'd like, you can see her half of the art trade here, where she's done an incredible rendition of my Trench Coats character, Rook.
Anyway, this is her character, Maggie, who one day found herself in another world. Here's a bit of the prompt I was given for the painting.
"There's a scene in the story where she is outside at night, sitting in the tall grass and staring up at the stars and contemplating about how strange it is to miss the constellations from her own world. She had never really paid that much attention to them before but only now when the night sky in this strange new land is full of completely different star patterns does she find herself really missing her home."
The title I chose for the painting is based on a song by Jenny Phillips, from her Parables fireside. It's called "Tender Mercy" and the first phrase seemed to go through my head over and over and over again as I painted. (This is acrylic on a...sizeable canvas. Dunno, the dimensions; like two feet by one and a half or something. Sorry for the crumby, off-colored photo of it. The painting looks so much better in person.)
"I see the lights of home in the distance..." | |
 | |  | | | Date | Name | Comment | | | 16 Feb 2008 |  Liz Invicta Mallia | | |
| 27 Feb 2008 |  Chris Sazzmo Cunningham | "The blue fabric of a dress hides only the blue skin of a person... Painted blue lips held shut hide only a quiet blue voice... Some blue locks of my hair hide only the blue of gazing eyes... Reflecting blue eyes hide only the blue soul inside me... This blue world hides only the blue souls of everyone else... Dark blue shadows of night hide only the blue glow of moonlight... Endless blue skies full of stars hide only blue heavens behind them... I sense so much that is hidden only just out of my reach... I know blue flowers, blue stones, blue winds, blue tears... I see the lights of home in the distance, and I feel..."   Glo 'the Bug' Bowden replies: "Once again, there you go interpreting my stuff too literally.  But I can tell you like the blues. And this poem has feeling, which captures the different nuances of what it must feel like to be inside a blue painting, so I say kudos to you, my good man. " | |
| 27 Feb 2008 |  Chris Sazzmo Cunningham | I took nothing too literally this time Glo... I read the description, then I ignored it... Not in a bad way, but not factoring it into my thoughts... I stared at the painting(and close up), and I decided I wanted to write something from her perspective... A blue girl, being guided by the light of blue stars... So I just sat there staring/writing for 2.5 hours... I thought you would like it...  Glo 'the Bug' Bowden replies: "I loved it, actually. I hope my tone didn’t imply otherwise!! It’s just that she’s not really meant to be blue. But you so perfectly interpreted nuances of feeling through your use of color, just like I was trying to literally do as I made the painting. So literal, but not literal. Intense work, my friend. 2.5 hours, eh? Wowsa. I suppose true art and poetry takes time. And you’re so much more of a poet than I am, I can see that in your comments (some of them ^_~)
I’ve told you time and again that you’re a crazy genius. You see the world through a different lens, and force me to look at my art in different ways. That’s why I love your comments, both the serious and the not-so-serious. Thank you for your beautiful response to this painting.
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| 27 Mar 2008 |  Krista Williams | I didn’t see what had inspired you before. Wasn’t Parables such a great experience?  Glo 'the Bug' Bowden replies: "Yeah. Good times.  I seem to recall the actual performance falling at an intense time for Mom and me. " | |
| 8 Jun 2008 |  Andris Dreiks Celms | | |
| 9 Jun 2008 |  Andris Dreiks Celms | | |
| 9 Jun 2008 |  Andris Dreiks Celms | | |
| 30 Jun 2008 |  Astrid lian | | |
| 15 Jul 2008 |  Sarah ´Ash´ Koch | oooooo coool sky scene....i hope i’m not leaving too many comments.....oh wait is there such a thing....  Glo 'the Bug' Bowden replies: "Nope. There’s no such thing as too many comments, m’dear. Comment away.  " | |
| 31 Jul 2008 |  Melanie Kay Shibley | wow, that’s really haunting and beautiful....*jealous headbang*  Glo 'the Bug' Bowden replies: "Thanks!" | |
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