Book of life

Antoine Dagobert, 8 months ago

Wonderful work of art Martin..Bravo!

Antanas, 8 months ago

Great work, perfectly done

madvlad, 8 months ago

the book of life is endless, until the final chapter is written,and put away, most of us, will go unknown, but to our special friends and light pals after three days, we start to fade in others minds as they go on with thier living life, so take time to add to your book,and write love stores ina sometime loveless world of,things and stuff, always remembering, that love of life is love of living being,not inert dust, lovely sentamantal photo of a angel, about to enter the world,and his, life,s knocks and a few? hugs along the way, our child is always there, beneith the scars and toil of life,s disapointments, if we over come us, we over come the world and win our own peace of mind and heart, and still look out and see hope,

Renate Dartois, 8 months ago

Wonderful art-work Martin-interesting subject life is like a roadmap ups and downs dancing in circles black an white and a lot of grey but hopefully mostly wonderful colours and light.

funkyfacestudio, 8 months ago

Wonderful artwork Martin, love the colors, layers and text :)

Ozcloggie, 8 months ago

Like the theme, Martin. It strikes me how often I refer to Alleen op de Wereld (about the boy, Remi, travelling through France) Piggelmee (who made it to the moon) when communicating with Dutch people. And still books have such an impact, I just thoroughly enjoyed reading Het Blauw van Rembrandt.
Now your research into the Australian Chapter of the book of your life is well under way.
One of the smartlappen I very happily sing along with, while driving from Revesby to Fairlight, or elsewhere, is When you and I were young, Maggie.
I love the line: Your (My) face is a well-written page, Maggie, But time alone was the pen. ...

MaryO, 8 months ago

Beautiful colours and wonderful shapes. You paint a fantastic world of your thoughts, so symbolic and painted with so much love.

shanghaiwu, 8 months ago

brilliant and rather complex work flyboy
congratulations to you!

Jeff Burns, 8 months ago

Fantastic work

Helene Kippert, 8 months ago

Very creative Martin – love the backdrop!

Mara Panich, 8 months ago

A beautiful composition!

maka1967, 8 months ago

Great title and great work.

Life’s situation is always complicated and sometimes confused. The background or “settings” of the picture well illustrates this “wheels within wheels” character of life’s circumstances.

Among the kaleidoscope of life there are two sober images: a child and a man. The more tangible image of the child is the symbol of the unchanging innocence we are blessed by nature. And the blurred image of the man is the symbol of our potential for ever growing intelligence also blessed by nature. We are the combination of the two qualities. As a man is growing, the child’s innocence remains in his heart, so he can have inner peace, can feel and see with love and respect for nature and people.

Possessing these two qualities is an ideal existence. They give people the spiritual tranquility they need. The “man” is more spiritual in though, the “child” is more spiritual in innocence. We are truly blessed, thus we should be grateful. We live, reading the book of life, thinking about the meaning of what we read.

The picture is very philosophical and poetic.

Sorina Williams, 8 months ago

beautiful work, very complex subject!

Tallulah, 8 months ago

Beautiful image…love all the layered work, so much to see when looking deep within. Great work.

Rusty Woodward..., 8 months ago

Hello Martin! How are you? This is a wonderfully poignant and profound piece of work. So familiar too. Like Vlad says, we carry our child with us until the end. It’s always there until we start again. Very cleverly and sensitively realised.

(sorry to have been so slow with thecomments but I’m busy working on a painting at the moment and it’s taking up a lot of my time. Cheers from Rusty!)

Deborah Parkin, 8 months ago

very beautiful and very powerful image – love the detail and the madness surrrounding the little boy – looking so calm amidst the madness – the book is a really potent symbol – it is where i often hide when life becomes too much for me.

hugo, 8 months ago

Interesting work, which every one will be able to relate to I’m sure!! Like the b&w subject burning through his colorful past history, a little of yourself, I think!!

Joyce Dickens,..., 8 months ago

Brilliant creation; such an intense expression on this little man….almost as if he could see what his future holds…......awesome work!

mare, 8 months ago

A very stirring and thought-provoking work

helene ruiz, 8 months ago

wow…phenomonal piece!
love the power it reaks of
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

Martin Derksema, 8 months ago

Thanks a lot, all of you. Your beautiful comments help me so much.

Michael Gatch, 8 months ago

awesome work! you have a great way of narrating things.

madvlad, 8 months ago

ah yah go for it party time evey day if only you see it so, hey all our troubles are gone , as soon as we see them as answered , hah yah you say i wish it was that easy, your are right it is not easy , but it is ok, we are tougher then we know , in spite of the nay voices , we hear we, go on anyway yah . and then laugh later at our fears that were 99% in our heads and not really out there be good to martin he is a good guy and your best pal snowing here again and a week more they are predicting oh boy, oh boy. more snow

Saerin, 8 months ago

powerful!
it exactly gives the strong image of “reading”
that child in the center looks scared I guess
I think it’s because of your shadow

mawaho, 8 months ago

You show such a richness of the inner boy and outer man in this personal series, FlyBoy.
Very emotive!

Rich Gale, 8 months ago

super PP work very well done.
Rich.

Martin Derksema, 8 months ago

Thanks guys, you are all so sweet.

Caprice Sobels, 8 months ago

great collage! I love the effects, contrast and colours! they work really well together!

AngelArtist, 8 months ago

This is lovely

Martin Derksema, 8 months ago

Thanks a lot!!

coffeebean, 8 months ago

Like a kaleidoscope of memory, beautiful powerful image, great work.

Marilyn Brown, 8 months ago

What a fantastic concept for a series of images. Love the way you have shown us a child’s way of looking at things.

Paul Vanzella, 8 months ago

Great series of work – such an unique flavour!

Martin Derksema, 8 months ago

Thanks a lot, MB and Paul, for your generous comments.

JennyDean, 8 months ago

Just great, way to go.

Rosina Lamberti, 8 months ago

Wonderful artwork Martin,

pmistric, 7 months ago

Great work..I just love all the details.

Carrie Glenn, 7 months ago

Beautiful piece, your style is very rich and unique. Lovely!

Colin Cartwright, 7 months ago

An astounding image!

That little boy was/is me, and the seemingly chaotic world around me, as I try to make sense of the madness, through the tiny window of logic on those pages…....

Art which scores a direct hit. difficult to achieve, but you’ve done it, here.

BLYTHART, 7 months ago

This will obviously mean different things to different people. While we are children, the world of chaos continues unabated all around us, while we are cocooned in a protective bubble of cosiness and security (or should be). You’ve done a great job here, Martin

Martin Derksema in reply to BLYTHART’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks a lot for your thoughtful comment! Great analisys.

Jase812, 7 months ago

WOW ! your blowing my mind, amazing stuff flyboy !

cheetaah, 7 months ago

By chance I found you. This work is great and beautiful.

Jen Cannella, 7 months ago

Fantastic work of art!

paulevelin, 7 months ago

original and very strong artwork

Rosina Lamberti, 6 months ago

Wonderful work of art

kcranmer, 6 months ago

Wow creative work…love all of the terrific colors and textures…and the symbolism of it!

helene ruiz, 6 months ago

wow….i can hear the words in this book now….

INcreations, 6 months ago

Very interesting

paul romanowski, 5 months ago

SIMPLY AWESOME, GOOD COMPOSITION…..

madvlad, 5 months ago

luv dis kido, just look how seroius he is even back then, poor guy! no one told him this all is a bad joke, with a few good chapters?maybe? along the way, but hell, you have to luv thi face, it took you to where you are today and better!! onward hey thanks for the note mister martino! me too martin me too ugh some days? and if blessed only ugh. a few hours! pax and faith ibn a better minute,hour, day,etcetcetc hugz pal