Fountain of youth

BLYTHART, 4 months ago

an interesting image Martin.

MaryO, 4 months ago

Very powerful. Great image.

madvlad, 4 months ago

splash! three times! lord how i,d like to find the fountain of youth too but too late it will have to be the one in my head and my body will just have to catch up before it falls apart hope my martin pal is ok here bored out of my head i am coloring and listening tony bennett cd boy he 80 and looks good and still sounds great good music and art yah@@!!!

Renate Dartois, 4 months ago

Wow-this is fabulous art-work Martin the fountain of youth searched for by everyone on this planet mostly to preserve our vanity when we look in the mirror but of course it it not age creeping up on the outside it is the mind we need to be concerned about these days as people live longer…..

funkyfacestudio, 4 months ago

beautiful artwork ! I love all the layers here, diving head first into the fountain of youth.

marco britti, 4 months ago

Great creativity Martin and great clours!

Helene Kippert, 4 months ago

I hope so Martin – for both of us! Love the colours here.

Casey Herman, 4 months ago

Looks like you’re heading down under!

Martin Derksema in reply to madvlad’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks, Vlad. My wife love the music of Tony Bennett. Which cd (title) are you listening to?

Martin Derksema in reply to Renate Dartois’s comment, 4 months ago

We have to keep making art untill our last breath; that will keep the good old spirit young.

Martin Derksema in reply to Helene Kippert’s comment, 4 months ago

We will be fine … hope so … aaarrrrgggghhhh.

Martin Derksema in reply to Casey Herman’s comment, 4 months ago

You bet!

Antanas, 4 months ago

great work, well done

maka1967, 4 months ago

Your art is really the great food for thinking. There is the inner world and the environment. Both should have some quality hospitable to the fountain of youth: truth, good, beauty. But the environment is not always so favourable. So we have to rely more on the innate, and life becomes a long struggle to retain our best quality. For me, those who know what is truth, what is good, and what is beauty, are people possess heavenly innocence. So you have your innocence.

madvlad, 4 months ago

hi martin, the title is tony bennett’ ’’an american class celebrates 80’”’ it was sent to me by a lady who collects my art from ,brooklyn, n.y. i have known her 20 years she sends me music and i send her art or ceramics, nice lady who was orriginally from france,

Ruth Palmer, 4 months ago

Totally thought provoking art Martin! Excellent job!

shawhouse, 4 months ago

a lot going on here. love the title. I could use the fountain, and a dose of innocence….

BeckyJean, 4 months ago

very nice work :)

helene ruiz, 4 months ago

woW!!!!! This is powerfully exectued..Just perection!

hugo, 4 months ago

Martin, we are all only as young as we feel and a rejuvenated youth, I believe, is within us all well hidden under the scars of living, many times. The bright colors here reflect optimism and hope, we must look deep with in to find the innocence of youth, which only the individual can find. Good luck!

Ozcloggie, 4 months ago

I had (probably still have) a little black and white filmstrip, which I could show to friends in my street, on my very basic little projector, one frame at the time. It was about the search for the fountain of youth.
Thanks for reviving that memory.
Being with kids all day, while working kept me young. Not so sure if I’d want back the youth along with the innocence and lack of knowledge. There were also so many awkward moments.
Thanks again for making me think.

Martin Derksema in reply to Ozcloggie’s comment, 4 months ago

I am glad this triggered your thoughts. With innocence I mean the lack of prejudice young children have. It has to do with the desire to empty my mind of thoughts, patterns and ideas that don’t serve me.

Martin Derksema in reply to hugo’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks for your beautiful comment, Hugo. I’ll keep searching ha ha.

Deborah Parkin, 4 months ago

another thought-provoking image Martin – i don’t think i have ever looked at an image for so long on RB – so much depth and emotion – into free fall – nothing guiding you – i like that a lot :) Wonderful work as always.

Mia1, 4 months ago

Interesting but very cool. Love the colour

madvlad, 4 months ago

thank you martin for your visit,your wonderful to share your art and deeper emotions with us keep on the road to knowing!

shanghaiwu, 4 months ago

you never seem stuck for words and always have so many wonderful/interesting ways of seeing life

I look at your images and think I am growing with you.

this is excellent/no brilliant
I want you to write stories….....ha

Martin Derksema in reply to shanghaiwu’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks for your generous comment. Means a lot to me, coming from you. I wish I had time to write stories …. maybe later …

Antoine Dagobert, 4 months ago

beautiful color and composition! bravo again my friend!

kcranmer, 4 months ago

Fantastic work, love the details and colors!

mare, 4 months ago

I love the suggestion of innocence in this work, FB, which feels so purifying in your composition, as a fountain would be, and a fountain made from youth would be even more. I always get the sense that you absolutely go for it with your compositions, and there is nothing more youthful and pure than that!

Jeff Burns, 4 months ago

fantastic work

GittiArt, 4 months ago

Hi Martin , this is a fantastic work …I admire your talent , creativity and fantasy !!! Always TOP NOTCH !!!!

Martin Derksema, 4 months ago

You are all so generous. Heart-warming … thanks.

Joyce Dickens,..., 4 months ago

Mind boggling and beautifuly creative….when you find the Fountain of Youth, please let me know! I agree with a comment you made earlier…being busy with our works does keep us young….if we truly enjoy what we are doing…........I do, and I can see from your works that you do as well…...terrific image here Martin!

Martin Derksema in reply to Joyce Dickens, IPA’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks a lot for all your generous comments, Joyce. Gives me go-power!

Joyce Dickens,..., 4 months ago

Glad I could help :-)...the feeling is mutual…you are an inspiration!

pmistric, 3 months ago

Great visual. I love your concept. Colors are fantastic.

Rusty Woodward..., 3 months ago

Dearest Martin! How are you? I’m afraid I’ve been away from the networks recently and having little rest from them all. We had a lovely break in Paris and now it’s back to work refreshed. I love this image because it reminds me of a dream my husband had recently. The images falling suggest a certain insecurity (from which we all suffer at some level or other!) Grerat feeling of the surreal. Brilliant artwork!

Martin Derksema in reply to Rusty Woodward Gladdish’s comment, 3 months ago

Thanks for your beautiful comment. You are so right about the insecurity. Glad you had a good trip to Paris and feel refreshed.