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Stephanie S. K. Marbach

"armtree" by Stephanie S. K. Marbach

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in artclass we were supposed to create all sorts of different trees with any materials. and one day i had this idea of a tree with branches of arms. thats how i made it. i thought i'd put a foot in there too which would make it more abstract somehow. i've also drawn some hands beeing born and other fighting with each other, or caressing each other.

pencils. (1999)

 

*** exhibition at 'jugendart' in olten, may 2003




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13 Jan 2006:-) Norielle C. Cunanan
Is that arm...trying to rip the foot out? o.o Anywho...I think I had a nightmare with a tree like that o.o And then I saw my friends from kindergarten running from a fish with a knife XD Dr. Suess creepy ^_^ AWesome picture!

1 Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "ehm, no actually it's just holding it so it won't walk away... or such...;-) never thought of that2!!! hehe, you should draw that fish knife kindergarden thing...2!!! thanks for your comment, girl2!!!"
8 Feb 200745 Anonymous
WOW!! I love this one. Very original!

2 Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "thanks, i really appreciate2!"
4 Jul 200745 Lanfeust <nigamura@ho
Hi,

nice idea. I like the touch of surrealism of this picture. Seems like several souls are captured by the tree and they’re trying to escape know. I like.
At the other hand it it could be, that the different extremity are playing together. It looks to me playful.

Greez

Lanfeust

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "hey lanfeust2 thanks for your lovely comment2 interesting idea of the many souls being kept inside the tree and trying to escape... and now that you say the word "playful" - it reminds ME of how lion babies play together and how harsh that looks... so you’re right with your suggestion, interesting2! thanks2"
28 Dec 2007:-) Heather ´Pixy´ Lynn
ha, I love the foot! It really is an interesting idea. I wonder what they are all reaching for???

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "...heaven? air? just streching? help? i don’t know... you tell me what’s in your mind2!!! would be interesting... thanks for your comment2"
26 Jan 2008:-) Norma Peters
What a unique and original idea! It really made me smile. 2 I especially like the foot, and how one of the hand branches is grasping it.

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "hehe, and your comment made ME smile2!!! thanks so much for it, norma2! yeah, appearantly the foot is the highlight of the pic...2 *g*"
15 Oct 2008:-) Lorraine Frasquillo
Whoa, this is totally amazing. I love this. The two in the middle coming off the same branch look like they are trying to hi five.

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "...oh that’s right, i haven’t noticed it2!!! haha2!!! thanks so much for your comment lorraine, i’m glad you like it2!"
20 Oct 2008:-) Nathan Cel Medwin
WHAT?!!! THE LIES!! LIES!!! THERE IS A FOOT IN THERE!!! THIS IS NOT AN ARM TREE! THE LIES!!!
OH WHAT WHOABEGOTTEN WORLD IS THIS!?

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "...poor nathan... *rubshisback* - i hope after all this time you’ve recovered from those TERRIBLE LIES...;-) there’s always a lie somewhere crawling around... beware...;-)"
19 Nov 2008:-) Silvia Meiliani
Well, I got scared for this one...17 Arms and legs in the tree...17 Thinking what if the arms tried to grasp people...16 This is a good pic, anyway^^

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "...of course they do try to grab the people - what did you think, it’s a nice tree2? maybe also been inspired a bit by the evil trees on "king’s quest IV" - arms in trees have always been there to grab people...;-) thanks for your comment, silvia2"
1 Jan 200945 Zisinka
Absolut abgefahren-sieht genauso realistisch wie unwirklich aus! Komplimeeent!!

:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "...wooooooooow süsse - danke dir2!!! *oberknuddelwuddel*"
2 Aug 200945 Anad Mirer
Very creepy and inspiring, every hand is telling a small tale and the foot is like the anchor that pulls you into the picture. The rightmost hand nags at my brain but i can’t quite settle my mind to where its inspired from - ah I figure it might be michelangelos "creation of adam".
Im impressed by the ease with which you apparently scetched all these different angles and positons of the human hand.
You should try to do surrealistic subjects more often, considering your amazing creativity I imagine you’d come up with some great stuff.


:-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach replies: "haha, i feel very flattered you compared my hand to such a famous painting... *g* i used to LOVE to draw hands - it was basically all i did back then... i guess i lost practice in it :-/. i have indeed tried some other surrealistic stuff, back in school i was very inspired by dali & co., but i’ve never really picked up the theme again - too weird i guess;-) hehe. thanks for your comment2"
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About 'armtree':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Stephanie S. K. Marbach
 • Copyright: ©Stephanie S. K. Marbach. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Tree, Arms, Foot, Pencil
 • Categories: Landscape, Nature, Panoramic
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
 • Inspirations: Other Artist
 • Submitted: 2006-02-03 18:41:22
 • Views: 575
 • Resolution: 506x700


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