Never Cry

oh, that must be tuff, not being able to cry…
sounds like an interesting book or ‘take’ on the Wiz of Oz Paul :)

So wondrously beautiful, Paul, enchanting. i’m just loving her more & more, all the hardships she has to endure, and still she has compassion for Animals & others. You have made her so very lovely

That’s amazing Paul. I will read the book too (this summer) I guess. :)

beautiful.

yayay. your stuff is fab. love_ this one.

paul,
Indeed a welldeserved award on this faboulous artwork that is so strong in its composition and elements..
very well done!!

Amazing portrait and it captures her not being able to cry with such an intense passion! I truly think Elphaba is one of the great characters of modern literature!!! I first read the book when it first came out. I was on study abroad in London and sat in Hyde Park and read it in a few hours. It was a perfect day! This bring me back….

Great stuff Paul your a legend

Peace Paul, I really love this series, and all of the background information you’ve included. I saw Wicked on stage, but I’ve never read the book. I think I will now. Elphaba seems totally fascinating, as is your art that is based on her. peace…

and she so looks like she wants to cry.. heart breaking….......b

this is just great:))

love how u captured the emotion in her face…excellent

brilliant drawing paul, cant wait to get the book

Definately ordering the book! (Should be books as I noticed several and the all look the business!)
Love this – the pinched expression, the bottled-up pain and outer strength. Stunning

Fantastic, Paul.

you can see she’s holding in those tears, wonderful work as usual Paul. (looks like I might have to read this book too!)

outstanding comp.

superb

beautiful work Paul… well done

Great work Paul! Do you sketch as you read? Or..?

Beautiful!Great work Paul!

lovely work

very nice works…and you are very creative with your titles…..love it!!!:)

What a sad portrait? But how do you stop from crying?

This is so beautiful

Great work, and a great description of her life. Such a fantastic character.

Elphaba Thropp, Wicked Witch of the West , an amazing character Paul!!
Did you know : In the original L. Frank Baum book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Witch is unnamed and we know little about her life. Elphaba is modeled after the witch as she is shown in the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz: Green-skinned, clad entirely in black, and wearing a tall peaked hat. Maguire formulated the name out of L. Frank Baum’s name. L. Frank Baum became El-pha-ba. In both adaptations, Elphaba is also called by several nicknames including Elphie, Fabala, Sister (Saint) Aelphaba, and Fae.
A stunning tribute to this wonderful witch Paul…BRAVO…

Yes Paul..I did know this snippet of info aswell…love it…”Research Junkie”...never quite thought of myself as one, but Yes, I am one too….tend to buy a good book, then the need to research the author, then the need to research some finer detail within the book…the need goes on and on…I always thought of it as never ending curiosity…lol…but then, that killed the cat…so I’ll now refer to myself as a “Research Junkie””...lol…thanks for brightening my day Paul….xo

Wonderful work Paul – you have captured the essence of this character!

I agree, Elphaba is an amazing character. So good to see a contemporary literary character that causes us to re-evaluate our notions of what “good” and “evil” is. Cool portrait.

Oh god if i were her i would have gone up in smoke years ago! Wonderful character, she emotes from the page.

I wouldn’t call her atheist, more .. undecided. It was the majority of the human(oid) race(s) that she didn’t believe in, including herself. That is my take on it, anyway.

However, I do agree she was strong, in a way, and even where she was weak it was come by, and fought off, honestly which is a sort of strength in itself.

fabulous work :)

Beautiful!