God's Garden

Martin Derksema

God's Garden

Drawings of faces and man and plants and flower in charcoal, then digitized and digitally painted. Then thrown into the digital blender.

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God's Garden by Martin Derksema
God's Garden by Martin Derksema
  • Marilyn Brown

    Marilyn Browncommunity host

    The black background really makes the colours vibrate!!

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    wow ! this is great! the colors are fabulous, the contrast of the black really makes this beautiful and colorful composition pop! very nice!!!!

  • Rusty Woodward Gladdish

    Rusty Woodward...

    This is brilliant Martin! I love the bold background which contrasts sharply with the highly coloured figures. I like the smiling flowers too, they’re sweet! Is your face there too.? After all, you’re the gardener!!! Great stuff!

  • Martin Derksema replied

    Maybe every face represents an aspect of me. Thanks for your generous comment!

  • Elaine van Dyk

    Elaine van Dyk

    Energy plus!! Who are all these people, Martin…........... I love it. I get such a sense of the 60’s and early 70’s from this. It must be the particular combination of bright colours, and the flowers. You’ve created fantastic facial expressions! I’d say you and your blender are well matched – a wonderful piece!

  • Martin Derksema replied

    I dunno who those people are. They popped up into my mind and they wanted out. I just love the diversity and abundance of humanity. Thanks for the generous comment.

  • Renate  Dartois

    Renate Dartois

    Oh wow this is a wonderful creation Martin-love all these faces there is so much colour you must have had fun putting this together the black backgroud is fabulous makes the characters pop out.

  • Rany Lutz

    Rany Lutz

    Great work! So original.

  • Susan Grissom

    Susan Grissom

    Martin this is fabulous. i am amazed of what comes out of your digital blender. Its stunning in every aspect the colors, the design, the emotion of it. Bravo!

  • Sorina Williams

    Sorina Williams

    It does feel like God’s garden, creations of all colours, shapes, moods, emotions…I like how the flowers have smiley faces, while the people are each doing or being something different. Very cool work, I love it!

  • Mara Panich

    Mara Panich

    A little bit psychedelic and very intriguing! The black background really makes the color fantastic.

  • Ozcloggie

    Ozcloggie

    Now that’s a strong one. I like all the different emotions and, as all the others commented the colour, the background! Mooi werk!!

  • madvlad

    madvlad

    wow wow a real killer!! supah fun martin love it so much joy in it wow g r e a t yah thanks for your words pal be good to you amen

  • artlein

    artlein

    Brilliant!

  • alexa70

    alexa70

    Such a Gorgeous array of Colours Martin ! Loving all the expressions on their faces, your work is always such a brilliant mix of Colour, and beautiful and intriguing storylines ; ) x

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    A real celebration of life – wonderful!! :o)

  • Tonia Composto

    Tonia Composto

    Love it Martin

  • maka1967

    maka1967

    Love the conception and brilliant execution. What today’s world needs is this broad-mindedness. It’s touching to see the grace a kind, tolerant and carefree mind gives to these figures. This life affirming effort has a great spiritual value, and by this one can find the god within. Great work.

  • Martin Derksema replied

    Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comment. Really appreciate that.

  • Deborah Parkin

    Deborah Parkin

    I love this Martin. It feels so contradictory in its message and emotions. I feel like i should be disturbed by this – like a really bad nightmare – it reminds me of the puppets/mannequins that jump out at you when you are kids and frighten the life out of you – but somehow the colours balance this nightmare and it gives me hope.

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great work

  • MaryO

    MaryO

    Lovely, a strong loving creation, colours, faces. It is all so vivid and fascinating.

  • hugo

    hugo

    Lovely work Martin, lively color gives me a feel like THE BEATLES – SGT. PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS ALBUM, ALL THE LOVELY PEOPLE, ELEANOR RIGBY etc. , but only you, probably, know the story behind each face!! very original with depth!!

  • Martin Derksema replied

    They are faces that were living a hidden existance in my head and politely asked to let them out. I did.

  • GittiArt

    GittiArt

    Fantastic work Martin…all those amazing faces seem to glow against the black background and each of them tells us a story …....it’s refreshing and fills my heart with joy !!! :-) Thanks for sharing !!!

  • Steven Novak

    Steven Novak

    Interesting piece. Great colors.

  • JennyDean

    JennyDean

    fabulous, puts a smile on the face!!! That’s got to be good.

  • funkyfacestudio

    funkyfacestudio

    Awesome work….wow this is fun and I love how the black background makes the characters and the colors stand out !

  • Ruth Palmer

    Ruth Palmer

    Martin, this is fabulous and so creative! The color contrast and the facial expressions are just amazing! Your imagination is wild, I love it!

  • BLYTHART

    BLYTHART

    I love the facial expressions and those happy flowers are just SO cute :))

  • Joyce Dickens, IPA

    Joyce Dickens,...

    I am so glad you let these people out Martin! They are fantastic; well done my friend!

  • Martin Derksema replied

    Thanks a lot, Joyce. Really appreciate your words.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema

    Thanks a lot all of you, also on behalf of the faces.

  • midnightdreamer

    midnightdreamer

    This is such an awesome artistic expression, Bravo!
    Peace,
    Leah ♥

  • Rich Gale

    Rich Gale

    super work so colourful well done.
    Rich.

  • Casey Herman

    Casey Herman

    Beautifully digitally blended, Martin! Fantastic collage! Reminds me of your happy fish images, too.

  • Martin Derksema

    Martin Derksema

    Thanks. Yes, I like this one too. It has a dream like atmosphere.

  • OneMultipleCode

    OneMultipleCode

    That is a lot of white people! ~ (I am such a bother lol!) I favorited this work. I like it a lot. ^

  • Deborah Glasgow

    Deborah Glasgow

    Love all the different faces and expressions. Keep the blender going..

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garden, god, life, man, miracle, people and woman