Across the Universe by Constance Widen
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The fields of Cosmos found throughout the South African Highveld in late Autumn immediately before Winter arrived were always a special source of happiness to me. I would walk through these flowers in the Benoni area and took countless photographs which I have used in previous paintings and which I have given to others in order to inspire them as well, even though it could only be a secondhand appreciation for them. It seemed as though God had thrown giant handfuls of marshmallows down to the earth to brighten it up before the winter starkness set in.

I’ve used A3 Canson pastel paper and Schmincke and Unison 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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cosmos, pink flowers, white flowers, magenta flowers, pink, white, magenta, blue skies, wildflowers, south africa, benoni, gauteng, highveld, autumn, field

Comments

  • Martina Fagan
    Martina Fagan9 months ago

    lovely work

  • Thank you so much for your lovely comment Tina :-)

    – Constance Widen

  • John Morrison
    John Morrison9 months ago

    Wonderful design!

  • Thank you for your wonderful comment John!

    – Constance Widen

  • almaalice
    almaalice9 months ago

    How lovely to have these delightful flower growing in such profusion. I just love them, their wonderful delicacy and foliage and exquisite pastel colours. Love the Tshirt. Alma

  • almaalice
    almaalice9 months ago

    Oh Constance, I have just read your bio and it has moved me almost to tears. I too have been lucky enough to travel, have visited your wonderful homeland and stood on a glacier in Alaska, stood on the rim of the Grand Canyon and sailed the Nile but now I know that my travelling days are coming to an end. Whilst I count my blessings on a daily basis for what I have seen and experienced, my feelings of containment and constriction sometimes overwhelm me. I cannot paint but learning this new skill of manipulation of my photographs has given me a future linked to my past and I fly again. Alma xxx

  • Dear, sweet Alma, your comment has moved me in so many ways and I am so happy that you are able to fly again. I have been very busy this past week because I finally received my Permanent Residence here and suddenly I have more freedom than I have ever had before, I am still floating and doing the “Happy Dance” :-) I will write to you personally once I have caught up with all of my correspondence and we can compare notes about such wondrous things such as sailing down the Nile on a Felucca in the moonlight, or perhaps discuss how privileged one feels to hold a koala in one’s arms and have it snuggle into your shoulder. If you would like it, I would like to email you a large file of this painting that you could have printed perhaps? Take care and may you spread your wings and dance on clouds always dear Alma! oxox

    – Constance Widen

  • RC deWinter
    RC deWinter9 months ago

    So pretty and femnine on a T, dear friend. XO

  • You like the colour!!??? Thank you so much dear heart :-) oxox

    – Constance Widen

  • Ayan Ghoshal
    Ayan Ghoshal9 months ago

    Nice work , Constance !

  • Thank you so much Ayan!

    – Constance Widen

  • Ana Belaj
    Ana Belaj9 months ago

    Wow! Wonderful design,anna

  • Anna thank you so much for your wonderful comment!

    – Constance Widen

  • Nanagahma
    Nanagahma9 months ago

    I too love cosmos! Very nice painting and T-shirt design.

  • That’s such a lovely comment Nan, thank you very much!

    – Constance Widen

  • Barb Leopold
    Barb Leopold9 months ago

    Beautiful work Constance, I love cosmos flowers too!

  • How wonderful it is to see you Barb, how are you? They are gorgeous flowers and I have even managed to grow them here in my garden of all the most unlikely places. Thank you for you lovely comment! oxox

    – Constance Widen

  • billfox256
    billfox2569 months ago

    A wonderful creation!!!! Bill

  • I’m so glad you like it Bill, thank you very much for your wonderful comment!!!

    – Constance Widen