Through a GLass Darkly

A beautiful piece sure is. the mood ,color ,light, feel ,all there for me .

There is something so hauntingly beautiful about your work Paul, you have such amazing talent. As Cliff said, the lighting in this is incredible.

Beautiful. Difficult pose but you have done a wonderful job of controlling it and the lighting / mood. Thank you for sharing.

I like this piece…..very nice. Mood and the light is just great

Love this one. I’ve been trying to work out her mood. Whether she is just melencholy, or if it’s tormented, or confused. Nevertheless, it’s captivating.

Im in awe.

gorgeous.

I just don’t buy the pose. The feet are otterly improbable. Unpheasant to pose for any length of time like this – makes me uncomferretable.

she is so small and beautiful, great work

Stunning.

Nothing wrong with her feet; ask Nudie Jane to show us her paintings anyway – she still hasn’t put any on :) I’m sure your model took a rest occasionally anyway. A truly memorable painting and it uis going onmy list of Favourites for sure.

thanks for your defense dave@!!!! i think – i suspect! that nudiejane is a figure from my haunted past – model not artist with whom i shared many giggles… not seen her for a while and truly not sure if it is the same person. still. HI JANE! if that is you…!
(going to post this to her or something)
and thank you one and all for your generous comments. this remains a favourite of mine also.

Wow – this is spectacular. I love the curves.

This is one of my all time favorites on RB! ... just stunning

I love this great reflection, light and good idea about the smudge, Well Done!!!

I enjoy this piece a lot. Its very well done Paul.

Simply stunning!

Stunning light play, and the entire mood is effected. It’s beautiful.

This is exquisite Paul, plus I think pastels are wonderfully atmospheric.

this jumped at me, my feelings, seeing what others cant and think crazy. artist some of us, i one far right brain 4th quadrant, sees not like yours so beautiful, yet you have shown me how. thanks i am in awe of this piece. janet

Very nice piece Paul …your depiction of light is exceptional !!

beautiful use of light to set a mood

Great piece of work and text, well done Paul :))

very beautiful

This is excellent. Beautiful work

This is lovely – there is such a feeling of sadness in her.

Lovely piece of artwork!
I like it!

stunning art work! good job!

Gorgeous, there is a frailty that you’ve captured beautifully here. The light too is divine.

I am not an artist, but i appreciate good art. very nice

a wonderful peace of art work

hmmm
yes i love this
really
at first i thought it was an oil painting
but now i see the pastels

well done
i love this

This is really beautiful. I love the way you’ve portrayed light here.

Lovely :D

This is beautiful!

nice captured image in the painting.

G. Tavo

I like this, yes indeed. I personally wouldn’t need to see the woman’s face. For me I like a sense of mystery.

blonde at her best

I think this is a terrific piece of pastel artwork, and your write-up is the tops as well.
I don’t think I can add to what has been said already!

Beautifully done!

lovely work, very nice light. db

Very nice!

incredible!!! this is like nothing i have seen… your words make this even more incredible than the image alone… well done – v. inspirational!

how beautiful

Lovely work.

Lovely work

This is gorgeous, so delicate.

There is such an innocence to this. It is very captive.

Incredible work!

WOW! thank you all SOO MUCH. i have not had a reaction like this before. love to all… paul…

WOW

nice work

This really is quite beautiful.

This is very, very nice. Love the colors and the execution is impeccable. I, too, love obscured reflections and scattered light. When I take photos that aren’t self-portraits (ha!), I tend to focus on shop windows, where you can see three or four different worlds at once.

Paul, this is an exceptional piece of artwork!

Sensational!

my favorite! beautiful

Love this piece of work
the details are perfect, love the capture of the fingerprints on the mirror.

thank you all from whatever depths there might be in me. this kind of support… blows my mind.
paul

Very intriguing- definitely worthy of studying

Beautiful! Perfect composition.

This is beautiful Paul .. beautiful x

Decadently beautiful! From which corner of your soul you took it? Maybe from the crevasses of immortality.

just gorgeous lighting. Love it.

oh… immortality… ‘i don’t want to achieve immortality through my work, i want to achieve it through NOT DYING’ – woody allen… thank you one and all

Wow this is really beautiful :)

Stunning work.

thanks !

I saw this a moment ago after many months it is so beautifully done – so soft in Pastels – glad pauldrobertson brought it to my attention again

Stunning

Wow – superb artwork, amazing creativity and talent…

This is a lovely graceful image. The mood is very affecting and the colors gentle and sublime. I perceive a sense of sadness that draws me into the emotional power of your artwork.

when i look at this piece of art the one incredible focus is the toes and the legs they have something beautiful and powerful this is a strong and in depth image that speak words unknown

i get a split impression – graceful on the left, and haunted on the right. overall, a beautiful image

thank you all SO MUCH. makin me cry. i am such a pussy sometimes

Beautiful work

Beautiful, wonderful work!

fantastic work. Love the mood.

beautiful

Beautiful, and so sad…

Pure style.

WOW not quite enough…................you have a special brush stroke!

thank you all

I love this one

Very nice. Love it. :)

You have a wonderful talent!

Very well done! Nice work

Beautiful artwork.

You portray show emotion in your work. It is amazing!

When a painting speaks to you it’s an excellent chance that it will be an enduring piece of art.
I can feel the emotion in this work. It tells me of a young woman who is asking herself questions that will soon have to be answered.
Your technique is excellent.

wow! stunning!

Great job on the feet….jus poking fun! great use of the light! has a master’s feel to it. Aloha! CT

St Paul would be proud, excellent interpretation.

my favourite pastel work… possibly ever!

wow! incredible! you have talent!

Stunning work and use of pastels – a fave instantly! real talent!

Stunning pastel piece, Paul.
Very good form and pose of the model. The skin tones and window light, and of course, the slightly distorted reflection, elevate it to pure art.
Excellent!

Great work.

wow, just stumbled into this fabulous pastel work, come and submit it to our group contemporary pastel painters

fabulous,

I love what you said about the “indescribable sensation of [your own] hands making something like this” – I know exactly what you mean by that, it’s something I experience every time I do art. There’s something about realising your hands have created the thing in front of you, that it’s your own expression which lies before you that cannot be summed up in words, for it’s all in the picture. =]
This is amazing, I want to start using pastels soon, and I’ll definitely look to your work for inspiration.