and what's left are the pieces of a woman

I agree, your work is brilliant…it portrays such intense messages and graphics…..Incredibly expressive…A bold display of a damaging society!!!

amazing work/ certainly something to think about but the presentation and artistic ability is awesome

yur work is stunning…

Wow! You have an incredible body of work! Stunning art! I love this one!

j’aime …j’aime …j’aime …!!!!! i like it..!!!

wow so powerful and mind demanding too great pain and sorrow here

Awesome.

Great work!

powerful image here!

Perfect

Moving work. Beautifully done.

WOW powerful work.

wow wow!

you love frida en paint a tribute to her

Incredible piece!

totally amazing art-work Helen.

Brilliant..

Powerful and thought-provoking!

Great work

pheww…there’s a lot that could be said about this painting….I believe it could be open to many interpretations…all along the same theme of course. Fantastic image.

this painting was inspired by my best friend who passed 1 wekk after i finsihed this….it was the last time i saw her alive…she had been battling kidney disease and then suffered from acute mywoblastic leukemia,this was her time of chemotherapy…. the entire month had been a very emotional one because at the same time my sister who has MS was taking care of her husband hand and foot while he was battling liver cancer…he also has since passed….i also had to include the spine hanging out from her ripped open chest cavity exposing her heart because of the pain i was enduring with my back problems….i wanted to show strength in the woman, as she was still “big” and carrying on despite all that was goin on…thanks for all the comments everyone

Strong and powerful work!

Simply fantastic.

superior work..what is your method?

May I ask, along with krowraven7, what is your method? I’d love to see a tutorial by you. You have a lot you could teach us.

Very good art!

Wow, stunning work, it speaks powerfully,

Fantastic work, I need to get back inot my painting again, the depth and breadth of your work is inspiring.

Powerful work.

Excellent work Helen. Perfect composition

takes my breath away
OUTSTANDING

Powerful and brilliant,

WOW, I am speachless.

excellent!

I don’t comment here because it’s the best of you artwork.All your dreamy syombolic art works is very amazing.Your ways of expressing about what you want to say are very clear and expressive.I like aslo th details with your art.Well done.

Helene, you inspire me. Great intepretive imagery

So tender ,moving and beautiful ….brilliant piece.xxx

incredible work

Another superb work with powerful emotion on display

mind provoking!!!!!

awesome agree with the Frieda Khalo comment !!

How sad, the inspiration.

truly visionary art…

love the rawness! fantastic work..

Amazing work and extremely creative!

SCARY, BUT IMAGINATIVE. I LIKE IT…CREATIVE THE MOST…............ANGRY?

This one reminds me so much of Frida Kahlo – so evocative. Great work!

I love the colours of the buildings. Really nice piece!

Stunning!!!

shocking, haunting, surreal, truth

Nice to see this featured on Art, Helene. With so many people using digital programs it is refreshing to know that you still use a brush and paint. Long live pencils and brushes :))

of course it was a digital guy that had the good taste to pick it!
;D

This is simply fantastic work. After reading, it seems as though you are expressing a lot of personal stuff through this piece and it is inspiring. You have created what I consider a masterpiece. well done.

brilliant piece of work , such depth and feeling have gone into it.

this is brilliant

Perfect.

.. Very striking work.. compelling..

I keep coming back to this.the sheer brilliance of your work just leaves me open mouthed every time!

Intensely awesome helene! I’m speechless. peace

Such a dynamic piece…

your painting is..,,,,Very Beautiful**i liked it…...…
i wish you eternal happiness and well-being…your friend…alan

this one is just GREAT!

Helene, this is a wonderful piece reflecting your personal experience with pain. The emotional tone and colors are exceptional as is the presentation and composition with bold imagery, great detail drawing the viewer into the experience of this woman’s pain.
Outstanding work!!

Brilliantly moving work Helene..extraordinary:)

HEY HOMEPAGE Feature!!!!
Congratulations, Helene, my heart!!!!!
Your work is always so strong!
XOXOXO

Censorship: My comment was just deleted.

“The reason this reminds everyon of Frida Kahlo is that it looks distinctly like one of her paintings:

http://www.marxist.com/images/Frida/broken_column.jpg “

who deleted it?

I can only assume it was the artist, unless there is some sort of glitch.

Righto.
Here are some links. You’re going to have to copy and paste into the address bar, I think.

http://srv0201-05.sjc3.imeem.com/g/p/4e52c0eac01a3f9589c638b54f158bff_web.jpg

http://www.marxist.com/images/Frida/broken_column.jpg

http://www.alternateuniverse.zoomshare.com/album/ART!!!!/images/a5f22c0cc796b527d4e143fd30a44731_11258407030/image.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_8ap4iSwd3kU/R-1t73uBVeI/AAAAAAAAAvI/Jiealp2Xsts/Broken+Column+1944.jpg

http://taosartschool.org/frida/images/broken.jpg

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-ca:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GGLD&q=frida%20kahlo%20column&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

That’s fantastic.

I’m surprised that as such a Frida Kahlo fan, you’ve never seen this painting. It’s quite famous.

It’s a good movie. Selma Hayek is a very talented actress.
It’s worth watching again, anyway, but yeah, you should check if this painting shows up in it again. Frankly, I forget. It’s been a while.
Peace to you too.

Stunning, Beautiful, Brilliant. Many Congrats on Being Featured on the Home Page

this is outstanding! ;-)

so moving, brilliant i admire it very much

wow! your work is inspiring! greatr piece..im off to check some more of your work!

do you have a story somewhere that i can read?, you are very interesting to me, thanks for sharing this piece.

i read that little piece about you, thanks again it was great, have you thought of doing a book? anyway, thanks for the words on my photo’s, the one called ‘father and son’ is one of my fav’s, thats my son, and I so relate to your brilliant art, lets keep an eye on each others work, see you Helene, thanks for ‘keeping it real’ Kim from delphoto

Amazing, almost Christ-like pain, conveyed in this powerful painting, Helene.
Impressive indeed.

This image is iconic and should be in a prestigious art gallery … for ever.

powerful as always

Thanks for the direction as well

reminds me frida..

Thankyou for the recent comments Helene, but it is you who has the excellent style.. that is some fascinating work you are doing!

Paint on my friend :)

-Leith in Oz

Endurance is not a hardening… but a forgin of the soul.
I am not wishing anyone to suffer in order to be forged….
Sometimes I think that some persons have got too much “lots” of suffering… in the benefit of the other ones.
So… when something does happen to me… and thanks god not so horrible till now, i tell.. well…..the suffering have to be “lotted”.... “shared”....
Your works are mostly talking about it.
They cannot be more clear…. more real.
Rosa (thanks a lot for yo8r visit to My Corridor of Time, helene)

A very powerful and thought provoking image. Great use of symbolism.

Oh this is such a powerful, arresting and exquisitely beautiful work. It provokes and stirs up intense emotions within me. Everything about this is perfect…the colour, composition and so achingly emotional. I love this work Helene.

your work has blown me over today..so glad i found it…i loved freda khalo…as you can imagine..but thankyou so very much as your stuff has given me such a buzz today

outstanding work Helene

You paint deeply from your soul and manage to put that across to the observer, in my opinion , the best sign of a truly great artist Paul :))))))

Very strong very apt…

Excellent piece, Helene. Dali would be proud.

the steps to a new and winding world
beautiful and striking !

Congratulations Helene on being in the top 10 in the Surrealism challenge!

This is like Frida Kahlo … or Dali, or … Helene Ruiz! You’re very talented!

Now I can see..
urban shores of pain.
many windows… and no eyes to see you fate.
Cannot say any more,
the dimension of the subject…
overshadows my intelligence..
just..can…
sigh with you..
from the womb.
Rosa

OH…..it just stunned me to see this…..what can I say???? Just so naked and raw…..

I am awestruck, this blow my mind away, just incredible, my fav!!!!!

Amazing… I’m so glad you could create something so beautiful as a result of so much pain, it’s a great tribute. X

You’re incredibly strong, I’m so glad you’ve joined The Art of Pain!! I know exactly what you mean when you say art keeps you alive. I think it’s wonderful that we’re able to express so much through an artwork that is otherwise inexplicable, it’s truly amazing! All your work is beautiful, I love it. =]

One of my very very favs when I first met you.. ahhhhh timeless… Opps there is that damn clock again!!! tee hee

be cool

I’m sorry you had to go through such difficult times, truly. Sometimes life is never as we expect… weithout pain and loss we wouldn’t fully appreciate the good life… your art is amazing. God Bless!

Wow!!!!! So much pain…explained here!!!!!!!! xoxooxoxo

hey ruizee thanks for your come by-this when i go back to it is always-soo dam us- me too- i just got done with 6? months of feeling half good and half?am i going to be me again

Helene, I realize that this was created from pain and emotional anquish; but I have to say:

THIS IS A MASTERPIECE.

I mean that sincerely.

Wow! Very cool!

Love to you and what a wonderful way to honor your sister and friends with your truth…

Stunning, superb, splendiferous!! Your art is amazing, Helene!! :))

Ditto Jewd….....This just breaks my heart…...just the Title and image did it for me..and then reading your short story…was like the final nail …..wow! :((( Love how you put so muchhhh emotion into your work ..we truly can FEEl them!

Helene, your art is showing up all over the place on my activity feed, for faves of my watchlist people – YAY, I’m so pleased for you as your work is amazing!!!

Amazing work helene..so sad, but so wonderful how you could paint this.
well done!

wow u have captured your words so well and i feel the powerful pull from this painting , just wonderful ….

First of all, I had to take the F Train to get to the bottom of this thread – whew. This is a brillian work of art; absolutely soul felt.

Exceptional presentation, Helene! Complex and intelligent! Masterful! I like the way you describe your art, wanting the viewer to make up his or her own mind. I feel the same way about my writing, thinking a work as a door-opener when successful, never for a moment dreaming that I should be telling anyone the correct way to think or fell about anything. You have extraordinary talent.

Such sadness my friend! The tears of loss can scar deeply and here your brush scars the memory of that which was whole! Try and hold your head up high and cast the beauty of friendship forever in your wanting heart! Powerful artwork Helene!!!...)o(

Your portfolio is incredible – rich and powerful and cathartic – it has a healing effect on me as a viewer – wonderful wonderful….

Amazing beautiful work!!!

very strong piece!

A powerful, awesome painting!