Legend of A Girl Child by Constance Widen
Constance Widen

Legend of A Girl Child by

“All the golden children became a golden chain.
It lies on a white throne in a magic place
With a tunic of velvet and the gown of white lace.

My sword, it lies broken and cast in a lake…"
(DONOVAN LEACH)

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Legend-O...

The lonely red poppy continues it’s hopeless weeping.
The indestructible Golden Chain lies torn apart forever.
The bleeding butterfly continues flying away.
She was the “Joy of her Heart”.

I have used A3 Canson pastel paper and Schmincke pastels.

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About Constance Widen

I paint because I cannot do otherwise. I paint because if I don’t I become unhappy and sad. Most of all, I paint best the things that filled and fill me with joy and excitement, like the ocean and waves which I no longer can see nor hear now. During the long winter months I paint butterflies, they are symbols of what it felt like to fly away to freedom. And all the while, I continue trying to achieve what Matisse wrote, “I continue painting until the hand sings” .

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abandoned, monochrome, red poppy, red flower, black butterfly, bleeding butterfly, pain, sadness, grief, escape, final farewell, path, trees, forest, golden chain, broken

Comments

  • DeeZ (D L Honeycutt)
    DeeZ (D L Hone...11 months ago

    So creative with wonderful story-telling ability! Lovely work!

  • That is a wonderful comment Dee, thank you very much!

    – Constance Widen

  • shanghaiwu
  • Thank you so much for Featuring me!

    – Constance Widen

  • Pam Amos
    Pam Amos11 months ago

    love the contrast of the butterfly against the background…gorgeous Constance… :)

  • Thank you for your lovely comment Pam :-)

    – Constance Widen

  • AndreaEL
    AndreaEL11 months ago

    CONGRATULATIONS Constance on your wonderful feature, this is so lovely.

  • I’m really glad that you like it Andrea, that means something to me! Thank you for your wonderful comment :-)

    – Constance Widen

  • Lynda Robinson
    Lynda Robinson11 months ago

    Fabulous work and a fabulous description Stanza. Very very eye catching!

  • Lynda thank you so much for your awesome comment :-) Painting with black pastel is something of a challenge, have you tried it? Apart from the mess, it “floats” and settles onto every surface of the paper which is a problem when I want to keep it unpainted :-/

    – Constance Widen

  • JUSTART
    JUSTART11 months ago

    beautiful work

  • Syl thank you so much for your lovely comment!

    – Constance Widen

  • Ana Belaj
    Ana Belaj11 months ago

    Fabulous work and a fabulous description,incredible work,anna

  • That is a wonderful comment Anna, thank you so very much! oxox

    – Constance Widen

  • maria paterson
    maria paterson11 months ago

    lovely constance

  • Thank you for your lovely comment Maria :-)

    – Constance Widen

  • midnightduchess
    midnightduchess11 months ago

    Love this!

  • Thank you for your wonderful comment!

    – Constance Widen

  • Mary Sedici
    Mary Sedici11 months ago


    JULY 8th, 2011
    ► See your work in the Permanents Featured Gallery
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    Mary

  • This is awesome Mary, thank you very, very much!!

    – Constance Widen