| Mist Fairy from the Fairy World Series #18 Click on Images to Enlarge Free shipping & Insurance with every artwork, world wide. International buyers are always welcome To read the story behind the series as a whole click here, it's at the bottom of the page. |
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| FW #18 'Mist Fairy' 36" X 48" (HUGE) oils and mixed media finished sides, needs no frame, ready to hang $2500.00 |
| Here’s the quote that inspired the work: “May every soul that touches mine- Be it the slightest contact- Get therefrom some good; Some little grace; one kindly thought; One aspiration yet unfelt; One bit of courage For the darkening sky; One gleam of faith To brave the thickening ills of life; One glimpse of brighter skies Beyond the gathering mists- To make this life worth while.” ~George Eliot *** Mist Fairy is from the Fairy world series it’s #18. This work started out really slow. I painted the background (at the time, I used every single color I owned just to see what would happen) about a year before I finished the work. Finally, one morning I woke up and knew what this canvas needed. It took another week to finish her, one because she is a huge work and two because she took a while to fully form in my head, she is mist you know. :) I added the flat backed marbles and mirrors at the last minute and then felt like she was really done. I love painting in very large format. It’s just too darned expensive to get to do it often. When I get the chance to have the supplies to do a work this large, it can take a month or more to complete. Working in a large format means even more attention to form, detail and balance than in smaller works. Get something a little off in a wall sized canvas…and well, you tend to notice the mistakes, first. She has great balance. This work seems to move on it’s own, close up or across the room it has a presence and quiet power. It has won two international top awards for mixed media work and it won an honorable mention as an oil painting, here nationally. It hangs in the studio because I like watching the light play across her and change her all day long. Yes, she takes up a lot of valuable wall space in my small working studio…but she talks to me, she shows me new things about herself, and she continues to inspire new works with her soft presence. I enjoyed working on her, I hope that shows through in the work. |
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