Shed My Skin

i almost wish the water was a bit lighter so i could see all the delicious subtleties in the murkiness…........ love the twig across her foot… whatson the end of it thomas???? beautiful work…. imagine…...........b

and I’m only scared of one thing – change.

Wonderful piece of art. She looks unsure of us watching her.

very poetic, so many metaphors
lovely work! ;-) xo

creepy :D eheh I realized one thing after I see your works .. I have phobias :D

Lovely Chrysalis… your delicate brushwork is superb, and I love that background. Beautiful skilled work as always Master Dodd

Love This Thomas! Very True words my dear.

Beautiful, love the darkness surrounding here with the subtle colors from the foliage. She looks reluctant to change, holding onto her skin for dear life, change is very hard, but even if its painful, we all gotta do it

your so deep….......

beautifully surreral…yes…change is constant…the fabric seems cocoon like. is she emerging or receding…

unknown or hidden things.. like shades, like the things under sheats.. I really love your art dear..

i love pieces like this…she does seem afraid to let go…unsure as to wether she ought to emerge or not…

nice

wonderful layers of color. great palette. an entrancing work superbly done.

I just… love it… Thomas… More than that… your imgaes.. and spcially this one… tell me much more about my moods thatn any others I can see… They have the elements of my true soul…the essence of my pursuit…. which is not always easy to understand.. not by myself.
I can see that soeone has said that owould have liket it a little brighter in order to see the “subtleties” of the water.. It may be right.. but I have this problem too… whenever I post a picture… in this site.. or other.. the light decreases.. and when your relationship between the dark and the high lighs are critical… ou suffer becaue you loose many of the definition and textures.. Have you noticed it before? Today i had to delete a picture I had posted and re-upload it.. with a litle more light… and sometimes you can´t do it.. because then your high lights start to burn.
I love the colour.. the shade.. the figure all centered.. the Nature in bloom.. mystic and intimate… her countenance so shy… the garment… the wonderul appereance of her feet.. Have ever oone thought how beautiful feet are…? I love feet.
I love it!!
Rosa

Rosa, i just noticed that on one of mine as well. I have an image uploaded here and on deviantArt and the lighting is significantly different. I thought i was the only one that had the problem.

Beautiful, Thomas. The emerging from a chrysalis, such is life. Humans often hesitate, although…we too…long to fly.

Fantastic work Thomas…very thought provoking!

Excellent work of art Thomas! The lighting of her expression, the hand, the foot, perfecton as always!

yes Thomas and thank goodness for if we don’t change we stagnate, the pose goes so well with the model and then she blends so well with the background, it’s like she is emerging from her shell.

I collect skins once they’ve been shed… I believe in keeping the environment clean and recycling anything even remotely salvageable… ;-) I love the overlays, textures and overall concept of this one, the analogy of a human being undergoing the process of metamorphosis like the life cycle of the butterfly… which, when you come to think of it, makes the plain ole caterpillar far more a remarkable creature than any of us… lol… I’m getting lost within the earthy tones and atmosphere of your painting… I’m out of here, before I transform into something I can’t control… :-P

terrific!!!!

Great image Thomas

Magnificent Art !!!!!! (as usual)

True words! Fantastic work!

whoa – pre-raphaelite or what!! – my favourite art genre. And what a worthy addition to the canon. Beautiful texture and layer work and I particularly like the worried expression on her face like “how did I get here?”

Your work is always so penetrating, Thomas! Another fabulous piece!!!

beautiful use of color here, especially with the reds, as the tones in her hair are echoed in the background above her head and down by her foot…beautiful reflective quality to the model as well as the background appearing to reflect down as if water. I love it that just her foot is poking out the bottom instead of what most people would do (a full sexy leg is what i mean….you know just when to stop and what is overkill). The textures here are awesome, from the skin to the background. as usual, great work, Thomas. such a raw expression, you have great and talented models as well.

OOOoooh! I really like her!
As usual I dig your layering, but there is a sort of blur of light to her that makes her seem almost “in between” that strikes the heart a bit. Like we’ve caught her between what she wants us to see and what she truly is. That’s a voulnerable moment.
Amazing work!

It will be very interesting, Thomas… I am not very “read” about all this,, but my taste and eyes are keen to see the differences. It is very difficult to adjust this screen light and tone with the others… And it is really difficult too to adjust the tone in order toprint the photos correctly in your own printer. Ours is always darker… I will be eager to know a little more about this. Now that you tell me I am going to check out what sort of light and tone we havve in this computer. The scren is flat… Imac 24. And I like a bright tone.. and do not like the tones shading to gold for I cannot play with colder tones with it… hanks for using your time for such a valuable information.
Have a hug..
Rosa

HI..
Another thing..
It is not that I see other´s pics in different tones. or brighter or lower… that I cannot tell… expcept if the person has told me something about my comment.
It is the fact that I send my pics to a program ,, I photo for example and the settings change.. I send it to RB and change.. and send it to other site and they change.. but I am talking from own monitor vision…. this is the difficulty… and many a times I have to change the pic for another one… once i have realized that it is dark… and it even chanes it.. wether is in thumb nail or greater size.. that is of course understandable. We use a Huey of Pantone.. a calibratotr which makes different lighting depending on the light around… so it may not affect to your own eyes… It is difficut… really. Well… Do you know I have loved very much your pic?... so… I tell you twice.. and for me.. the lighting is perfect…. Besides that who is one to tell the creator which lighting should he or she use?.... Too much subtetlies… that are not in our hands to mend… or change.
Rosa

this is such a fantastic image Thomas. seems that she may perhaps be heading deeper into the shelter of the moist darkness as she takes one last look while pulling her cocoon closed. hmm, how will she emerge…

This is such a masterpiece again ! Love everything about it; It is a feast for the eye and mind.

wow! this is stunning

You are the master at this type of work….it’s always filled with so much narrative. Love it!

fantastic work Thomas!

Thank you :) That makes my day!

Great!