Briar Rose I

dairygirl, 9 months ago

this is totaly awesome, just brilliant

purelydecorative, 9 months ago

Gorgeous- very Bakst indeed, so luscious.

Cathie Tranent, 9 months ago

So many wonderful rich colours Ivy! Beautiful.

cdwork, 9 months ago

Awesome work!

Deborah Hally, 9 months ago

wonderful, love the colours and various patterns….amazing

missmilly, 9 months ago

Ivy, This is amazing! You take the viewer into another world!

Belinda Leopold, 9 months ago

This is so fantastic!!! Sweet, beautiful…..magic :)

Ivy Izzard, 9 months ago

Thank you all for so much the comments, in fact thank you for looking at it at all.

kathleen, 9 months ago

Ivy, I have had you in my watchlist for a really long time… but I don’t remember seeing this come through my list… I hang on seeing your work…

The reason I think that things are swaying is because people just walk away… I guess I fight hard to maintain but there have been so many new people here who didn’t get it… so people just took off instead of sticking around and proving the goodness here…

The art I like has gotten easier from groups… but I implore you to try not to be too disheartened… I am a big fan of your incredible imagination and always have been… perhaps you and I could work together in dark arts to find a better balance… I am just watching the gallery grow at the moment but I have a lot of ideas to address just what you are talking about… perhaps I should bmail you?

Di Edwards, 9 months ago

Ivy, the detail in this is just awe inspiring. Your work continues to amaze me. I love the dog especially :)

kathleen, 9 months ago

now… to comment in the way I always have and history is there to back me up…

what I love about all your work most is the beautiful skin tones you find and your seeming love of expressive eyebrows… the detail in your faces always takes my breath away…

the piece here is so rich a lush of colour it takes me there and I love that colour green so thats a natural aesthetically nice thing… but your sleeping children are so serene yet also… all of these characters seem in an uneasy sleep, like it has been forced on them… a kingdom (or shiekdom) hit with a sudden and terrible sleeping spell by and alchemist with a falcon… perhaps… my mind has wanted to find the story… always good…

StacyLee, 9 months ago

Really stunning style and colors here! Great work :)

alexa70, 9 months ago

Absolutely Stunning work Izzard !! I adore the colours, Beautiful work and detail !! I favourited this a couple of hours ago and forgot to comment, sorry ; ( Keep your amazing work coming !!

micmac, 9 months ago

Beautiful art piece.

theurbannexus, 9 months ago

Fantastic. I’d call this actual Mughal art. It’s so reminiscent of it that it… is it. Other than the few modern embellishments (cat, dog). Tell me what inspired you?

It takes me back to walking in Laal Qilla (Red Fort), Old Delhi and viewing the Mughal art.

Ivy Izzard, 9 months ago

In this case my direct inspiration was the designs of Léon Bakst but I’ve always loved illuminated manuscripts and islamic miniatures and I think that shows in a lot of my work.

Michelle Avery, 9 months ago

Wow! This is superb. Love the detail

Lauren Zorn, 9 months ago

An absolutely fascinating art piece !!

Pendraia, 9 months ago

Gorgeous image, the textures are just so rich.

ThePyre, 9 months ago

This is brilliant

Jessica Tremp, 9 months ago

this is just so inspiring…there is so much detail to look at…just fantastic

clau, 9 months ago

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anne Vis, 9 months ago

Awesome artwork, Ivy!

Mariska, 9 months ago

Wow!! Beautiful textures,very,very,very well done!!

RonniLeigh, 8 months ago

I like every little detail in this picture it keeps me looking. A story would make it complete!!!

greenbeards, 3 months ago

Stunningly entices the imagination. 1001 days of this would be nice.

Anni Morris, 12 days ago

You create amazing work Ivy…a delight to the eye ;)~ Anni