Darkness...and Pain.

Artist: Adam Stone
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Darkness...and Pain.

Drawn 2008. Age 21

This is my final vision of my original Pain sketch that was quickly drawn during a thinky night.

This picture is inspired by the book i’m writing…

I poured a lot of emotion into this picture, but it seemed to create itself. I tried to illustrate the physical agony of self-harm whilst tapping into the psychological and emotional trauma that prompt such self-destructive actions. Is the Grim Reaper really there? Or is it a symbolic portrayal of her own demons…?

Ultimately, rather then fear I wanted to create an image that evokes feelings of sadness and regret… despite its dark and sinister tone.

Darkness...and Pain. belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, A New Aesthetic.... Divine and Otherwise , All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Back In Black, Bits and Pieces , Fantasy Art, Practising the Dark Arts and The Healing Journey

Natalie Foss, 7 months ago

very powerful, there’s something so dramatic about the different textures, the strokes versus the softness. Darkness and pain…
geraint, 7 months ago

Great artwork
MinoYasue, 7 months ago

Yes, too painful to even watch!
Lucindawind, 7 months ago

excellent !
TeriLee, 7 months ago

wow…the is intensely ominous…fantastic work!
butchart, 7 months ago

stunning… too beautiful Not to watch…......... exquisitely captured…. congratulations…....b
micmac, 7 months ago

Fantastic drawing ,like you say sadness and regret ,When «La faucheuse» is there ,there is nothing else to do but to think about all we’ve done…beautiful work.
JustCards, 7 months ago

Fantastic work. Very bold
Imber, 7 months ago

Great artwork!
Dan Garcia, 7 months ago

abslolutly love it
Lizspittall, 7 months ago

Your image certainly affects the senses. Great use of tones!
Rosie Collins, 7 months ago

Brilliant!! Well done for getting featured on the home page as well! xx
Adam Stone, 7 months ago

Thank you rosie and thank you everyone for such lovely comments and your amazing support. Its absolutely incredible to be featured on the main site, i smiled so much when i saw my cheeks started to ache… in fact i’m still smiling now! So wonderful and again thank you for the kind words.
Dani Dreyer, 7 months ago

Wow, really very stunning, i like it alot!!!
M Malicki Beser, 7 months ago

great composition…
Ilmari, 7 months ago

You gave me many thoughts with this work. Very nice indeed!
Alexandra Donn..., 7 months ago

Wow, very powerful. Beautiful and dark, too! x
emz13, 7 months ago

great artwork amazing well done! Thank you also for your kind comments on my work!
x
emapearl, 7 months ago

this is excellent!! :) wow i love her pose. :) good job
Tony Elliott, 7 months ago

Definate regret. It looks like one of those days when the reaper says:

“I bloody hate my job.”
mazmedia, 7 months ago

i love the atmosphere in this picture and the title says it all hope to see more like this truly talented
i ♥ u... do u ..., 7 months ago

that reminds me of Harry Potter… well sorta, but you have more emotion and pain behind it…
i love it… your a very powerful artist
Colin Tobin, 7 months ago

Terrifying!
Excellent work!
Rose Moxon, 7 months ago

this has that ‘wow’ factor. love it.
Lisadee, 7 months ago

Wonderful, wonderful stuff.
KEITH R. WILL..., 6 months ago

this is real good
Beth Lambert, 6 months ago

Gripping and intense. Emotive and dramatic….
Brilliant work
jerry alcantara, 6 months ago

very nice work of art!
Damian, 6 months ago

Wonderfully done Adam. Look forward to hearing about the book when it’s done too.
Shelleymay, 6 months ago

You have portrayed the intensity of emotion beautifully. It resonates instantly.
plyle, 6 months ago

Nice drawing. Thank you for the description!
Good luck on your book!
Julie Marks, 6 months ago

Adam, This is an extraordinary and very powerful image of a person in intense pain. Self mutilation and cutting is more common than most people think and you captured the agony of self harm as a symptom of extreme psychological agony. I would love to know more about the book you are writing. This is a very impressive image, the dark background highlighting deep wounds that I believe lie within.
Dawnsky2, 6 months ago

it certainly brings feelings of saddness, it’s a fantastic picture :)
Leah Highland, 6 months ago

You portrayed the emotion well.
Although I see her being in much emotional pain the blood does depict being physically hurt as well. Maybe by her own self affliction….......I’m not sure….....but I do feel the reaper is not really there but yes a figment of her torn imagination.
Wonderful lines, textures and shadows. Well done Adam.
allisonberryart, 6 months ago

this is stunning – thank you…
Tony Ryan, 5 months ago

It seems that physical pain for some can be the ultimate proof to self that things are in need of attention emotionally. On a society level violence and pain seems to be the wakeups we need to go deep into heart. Personally I think pain can be empowering so long as we truly listen to it and respect it.
Nightvenjer, 5 months ago

Very deep and very effective techniques…
RosaCobos, 5 months ago

She is bleeding…
May be her natural breeding..
As a woman…
seems strange to beleive that we…women are fertile..
because we monthly bleed..
And that bleeding has been called the “curse” in many cultures..
and granted a sort of “impurity” on women´s behalf..
Such injustice and ignorance of Life.. is enough pain for her…
that instead of feeling her womanhood as a promise of Life…
she feels it as a terrible omen of Death…
Truth is…
Woman is the Messenger of Life…
and anyone that is born from her…
is doomed bo Death by means of natural course of Life..
Archetypical fears….
Rosa (very intense..)
debteraI, 4 months ago

deep and most inspiring
fluffdoll, 4 months ago

You definitely did pour a lot of emotions into this. awesome job. :D
Sandra Fisher, 4 months ago

Wonderful art, you can feel the emotion.
JeffStockton, 3 months ago

Great sketch & you have illustrated self-harm in form.This is a Descriptive piece of work,well done
CherishAtHome, 3 months ago

Amazing
Madison Ellis, 2 months ago

I like what you’re going for here! This is brilliant work indeed =) Keep it up!!!
margpie, 2 months ago

brilliant, this is the sort of art I could look at for hours, i hope you succeed with the book too :)
Adam Stone in reply to margpie’s comment, 2 months ago

Thank you, and thank you for all your other comments too. I usually don’t seem to find the time to express my gratitude when people post comments, but i really do appreciate each and every one. Make me smile they do, so thank you again.

The book is/was going well… though I must admit its been put on hold for the time being… But certainly not neglected nor forgotten… Just too much other things to be doing, which is a shame. Anyhow, this is one of my favourite recent drawings, so i’m very pleased you like it too.
margpie, 2 months ago

thanks i shall look forward to more of your work, like i said, you are very talented and a fantastic artist :)
Adam Stone in reply to Julie Marks’s comment, 2 months ago

Hello Julia,

I hope you can forgive the lateness of this reply. I’m useless at replying and things have been quite hectic of late… Still, thank you again for your insightful comment. If you’re still interested in hearing about the book i’ll send a little pm your way :-)

I hope you are well and thanks again
John Fish, 2 months ago

beautifully done work. I can’t imagine any better illustration of pain. It seems to me to also be about trauma, violence and possibly suicide. The two figures have a somewhat similar look, though the Grim Guy is standing. They both remind me of fetuses. IMaybe a rebirth?
David owens, 2 months ago

beautiful
Neil Johnson, about 1 month ago

ohhh wow! Such a great drawing very nice!
RoxyLust, about 1 month ago

:)very powerful,so dramatic and yet taunting :) love it xxx
mina301292, about 1 month ago

Cool pic! I’ll have to see if I can find your book.
katharine mons..., 25 days ago

amazing
drjones, 10 days ago

amazing…love it. FAVE!